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22 Nov, 2018 Anirban Das wins SSS Opening Day PLO Highroller

Winning major online poker tournaments is not something new for Anirban Das. Over the course of each month, he has made it a point to make at least a couple of trophy additions to his cabinet, regardless of which website he wins them on. And when it comes to a big series, he seems even ...

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22 Nov, 2018 Ashish Munot is big winner on Spartan’s SSS Day 1

Yesterday, The Spartan Poker launched yet another edition of the Spartan Super Series (SSS) on its platform, with INR 2.6+ crore up for grabs in guaranteed prizes over the course of 5 days between 21-25 November. Day 1 of this edition of SSS kicked off yesterday, with a total of 5 tourn...

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21 Nov, 2018 PokerBaazi’s Bout has a new winner – Vinayak Bajaj

The last one week has been a very good one in online poker for Vinayak Bajaj. It was just a few days ago that the player won The Vegas on PokerBaazi, where he plays under the screen name ‘salmanbhai’. He took home a prize of INR 2+ lakh but was not satisfied with just that. ...

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21 Nov, 2018 PokerRaj signs Anita Hassanandani as brand ambassador

There are a lot of poker websites offering real money games in India, with well-known names helming the industry.  Many new online gaming sites also crop up from time to time but not all of them survive the intense competition in this industry. Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty owned Viaan I...

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21 Nov, 2018 Dang Van Hien leads Day 1C of APL Vietnam Main Event

The Asia Poker League (APL) scheduled its latest live stop at the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam between 15-25 November. Apart from several other side events scheduled for the series, the APL Road Series Vol.3 Main Event is also taking place simultaneously, where three starting ...

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21 Nov, 2018 High-Stakes Pro Patrik Antonius To Visit India This Month!

The Indian poker industry was welcomed with some brilliant news by Adda52 a few days back, when the company offered its users a chance to play poker on the tables with high-stakes pro, Patrik Antonius. However, you won’t be flying out to play with Antonius, but instead, he will be...

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21 Nov, 2018 India’s Abhishek Paul wins title in APL Vietnam!

The Asia Poker League (APL) recently kicked off the third stop of their live poker calendar in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Festivities at the Pro Poker Club kicked off on 15 November and plenty of side events have already concluded, while the prestigious Main Event is also taking place...

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21 Nov, 2018 The Game Changer: India’s Biggest Online Poker Tournament

PokerBaazi, one of the big names in the Indian poker industry, hosts numerous high-stakes online tournaments on their website offering huge guaranteed prizes. The PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) Winter Edition with INR 5 Crore GTD prize pool was announced just recently, making it their ...

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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 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 new 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 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.