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31 Jan, 2019 Schwarmann leads WPT Borgata Championship Day 3

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is conducting its WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open series in the prestigious Borgata Casino and Spa, in the gambling hotspot of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The series, which began on 15th January, will be in the books tomorrow, i.e. 1st February. Celebrity pro and...

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31 Jan, 2019 PokerStars LIVE announces two APPT stops

The highly popular Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is back for 2019 and the schedule for two stops have been announced by PokerStars LIVE a couple days ago. Last year saw a total of four APPT series hosted, two in Macau, one in Incheon, South Korea and the last in Manila in August where ...

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31 Jan, 2019 EPT Barcelona 2019 scheduled announced

The prestigious European Poker Tour (EPT) takes place every year across Europe and is always a massive success, given its growth and popularity over time. Last year was the 14th season of EPT and ran in 4 locations in Europe, beginning in Sochi and ending in Prague. The dates for 2019 E...

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31 Jan, 2019 Aditya Sushant finishes 87th in Aussie Millions Main Event

The industry doesn’t need to be told how good a poker player Aditya Sushant is, but just in case, he will keep reminding you. India’s first WSOP bracelet winner is always boosting his poker bankroll, whether it’s live or online play. Once again, he’s in the news ...

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31 Jan, 2019 APT Tokyo Japan to begin tomorrow

One of Asia’s leading poker brand – Asian Poker Tour (APT) – just concluded their first series of 2019, the APT Kickoff Vietnam. Many acclaimed Indian pros left Vietnam with a pay-check in their pockets. India’s Abhinav Iyer won the Main Event for over INR 69 Lakhs. The second sto...

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30 Jan, 2019 4 Indians progress from Aussie Millions Main Event 1C

The 3rd and the final starting flight of 2019 Aussie Millions AUD 10,600 Main Event just got in the books. A total of 4 Indians participated on Day 1C of ME – Vinod Megalmani, Aditya Sushant, Raghav Bansal and Paawan Bansal, and they all played some phenomenal poker to progress to Day 2...

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30 Jan, 2019 Sam Anand wins Tuesday Stacks for 1.35L

Among the growing companies in the Indian online poker scene, 9stacks is one that definitely ranks in the tops on that list. The platform has been hosting plenty exciting tournaments and events leading up to 2019, and the new year has also seen them host some tournaments which have beco...

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30 Jan, 2019 Betfair to no longer accept bets from India

When we talk about online sports betting, Betfair happens to be one of the biggest names in the industry. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Betfair is the world’s largest online betting exchange, while also offering online sportsbook, casino, poker and bingo. It’s safe to...

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There are many tournaments that are taking place across various poker platforms. Both Indian and international poker platforms are offering some high value tournaments for poker players, both for pros and newbies. Tournaments series like India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) and Final Table Series are very well-known in the Indian poker circuit. Poker players always look forward to participating in these tournament series as they offer massive guarantees. The poker game as we all know is a very thrilling one.

Aspiring poker players look for poker games through which they can get some great learnings. Online poker took prominence after live tournaments came to a halt due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Online poker news generated had players winning big in these online poker tournaments. All the poker platforms across the globe had to adapt to the new online poker system, owing to the pandemic. Now, everyone who is enthusiastic about poker will play poker online, and will wait till live tournaments are held more frequently.

Good news is that some international poker brands have slowly steadily kick-started getting the live poker tournaments rolling. Many poker players are eagerly looking forward to seeing what the live tournaments feel like in a post lockdown era. The poker news India fraternity is also looking forward to covering some action packed poker tournaments.

Poker news is also covered with respect to some major business happenings across the globe. Be it mergers or acquisitions, these business deals include massive money. Readers are intrigued to know how the global poker scene is shaping up with these business deals. The poker platforms are expanding their bases, and gradually adding more value for the players as well.

Poker news is read widely, and makes for some interesting read as well. Poker news sites also cover in-depth analysis of some high value tournaments that are hosted globally. Many poker players take these poker news stories as their study material on a regular basis. Poker news is all the more important as it tells you, which poker platform or poker player is making headlines. The growth of the poker scene, both national and international becomes very crucial to track. 

In India there are some poker platforms that always make headlines. Poker rooms like Spartan Poker, PokerBaazi, Adda52, Natural8, Calling Station, PokerStars India, 9stacks among others always get covered on pokernews India due to the popularity aspect and how poker players flock their sites to play poker.

Poker news also comes from players venturing into different arenas like poker commentary, live-streaming and poker coaching. Many veteran poker players in India have taken to poker coaching as it gives them immense joy to coach budding poker players. Poker news comes from poker tournaments which have an underdog winning poker tournaments that nobody expected. The poker news is always thrilling to read as it covers the complete low down of what went down on various poker felts.

Online poker is also expanding its wings. Earlier poker players preferred the live poker set-up. But, due to the pandemic lockdown, players had to adapt to the regular online poker tournaments. There are many poker sites in India and abroad who are competing daily with each other to make sure that poker news is disseminated quickly and regularly to millions of readers out there.

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Talking about poker news and its importance it is crucial to also look at the legality of the poker game. States like Goa and Sikkim are allowed to have casinos and the union territory of Daman. While other states like Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana do not allow online poker. State governments have the right to construct the legislations for their respective states. The legislations are different in various states.

Even after the Supreme Court defining clearly what is a game of chance and what is a game of skill, the state governments have gone ahead to put in place the legislation as per their will. The final ruling to allow or disallow online gaming stays with the head of state. There has been a lot of furore about the state governments making different rulings. The operators in the online gaming industry have specifically voiced their displeasure. In states where online poker is allowed, the online poker platforms have witnessed growth in terms of user base and revenue state the news reports.

Many poker platforms in the country have been steadily witnessing growth as more and more people come on board. The poker tournaments have seen their advertised prize pools getting crushed. The poker fanatics across the country are heavily participating in online poker tournaments. The poker community in India is growing and the number of professional poker players is also seeing a sharp rise. The Indian poker community is making headlines with their winnings and achievements and poker platforms too are making sure that players get a best-in-class experience while playing the poker game.

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