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08 Jan, 2019 The Millionaire offers huge returns in upcoming IOPC

2019 on The Spartan Poker seems to be the most action-packed year for the platform. We haven’t even completed eight days in the first month and Spartan has already hosted some huge tournaments. The Two of a Kind (2.o.K) tournament hosted last Sunday, awarded INR 15 Lakhs each to the two...

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Gambling

08 Jan, 2019 Slovakian Prez vetoes gambling bill passed by Parliament

In mid-December last year, the European country of Slovakia was all set to open its online gambling market to foreign operators. The bill, passed by the Slovakian National Council (Parliament), mentioned the liberalization of their home market to foreign private businesses who wish to o...

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Poker

08 Jan, 2019 PSPC: Farid Jattin leads Day 2; Indian challenge ends

It was always going to be a tough time for everyone playing in the 2019 PSPC Bahamas tournament, given the fact that hundreds of the world’s best players were a part of the field. Yesterday, it officially became the world’s largest $25k buy-in poker tournament, with 1,000+ e...

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Poker

08 Jan, 2019 2019 IOPC’s Main Event has a staggering 1.5CR GTD

The latest India Online Poker Championship, or the IOPC, is the biggest ever online series to be hosted in India with a guarantee of INR 8.5 Crores in cash prizes. The upcoming edition will run between 11-20 January 2019 on The Spartan Poker. Such a colossal series implies the Main Even...

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Poker

07 Jan, 2019 EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Iori Yogo reflects on a successful 2018

It has been over 8 years since Iori Yogo first cashed out in a live poker tournament. Since then however, he has scaled so many heights in the Asian and international poker scene, with countless achievements under his belt. Today, he stands tall as one of the most feared mid-stakes tour...

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Poker

07 Jan, 2019 Sriharsha Doddapaneni and Harsh Dembla earn big on 9stacks

To start the new year of 2019 on a good note, 9stacks launched an exciting series called Happy New Year (HNY) 2019. The series ran between 1-6 January and witnessed a total of INR 1 Crore up for grabs in guaranteed prizes. The series also featured a leaderboard for its duration worth IN...

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Poker

07 Jan, 2019 Talal Shakerchi leads Day 1 of PSPC Bahamas 2019

Here it is! The most anticipated PokerStars LIVE tournament has begun, with preparations of over a year going into it. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2019 kicked off yesterday, scheduled between 6-16 Jan 2019. However, the highlight of this series is the PokerStars Players Cha...

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Poker

07 Jan, 2019 Sajjan Barnwal victorious in PokerStars Sunday Special

PokerStars, a giant in the worldwide poker industry, had launched their Indian arm – PokerStars India – back in April of last year and subsequently launched major events and series on their Indian platform which became a popular fixture for the poker masses of this country. Yesterday’s ...

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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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