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31 Oct, 2018 Mayank Jaggi takes down Endeavour on PokerBaazi

The Endeavour INR 10 Lakh GTD is without a doubt, one of the most popular daily featured tournaments on PokerBaazi. It’s a tournament where the guarantee is almost always beaten, and one which poker players mark on their calendars – “Every Tuesday night. 8pm. PokerBaaz...

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31 Oct, 2018 Ryan Riess leads Day 3 of the WSOP Europe Main Event

The competition is heating up. It’s getting more and more intense as the field narrows down. 534 entries and we’re down to just the final 50 survivors at the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event. Three days of play are done and we’re one step closer to ...

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India

31 Oct, 2018 Win from a pool of 7.5L in Calling Station’s Clash VIP Race

Our country has seen a rapid rise in the poker industry over the last couple of years and it’s probably only going to get better from here on, if a few legal restrictions are cleared. As for online poker, several companies have been set up in recent times, all trying to ride the w...

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31 Oct, 2018 Julien Stropoli wins Battle of Malta after 5-way deal

After six gruelling days of play, the record-breaking MPNPT @ Battle of Malta Main Event has been won by French-born Malta resident Julien Stropoli, who bested a tough final table featuring previous MPNPT finalists Mantas Urbonas, Mateusz Moolhuizen and Andy Hills, and came out on top h...

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31 Oct, 2018 888 NFL sponsorship under scanner

The latest news to hit the poker and sports world in the US is 888 apparently signing on as a sponsor to the New York Jets, an American football team competing in their National Football League (NFL). The reason this has come under the scanner is because NFL regulations forbid sports be...

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31 Oct, 2018 Super High Roller Bowl 5 shifts to December

When you think of one of the most prestigious tournaments in the NFL, you think of the Super Bowl, but when you think of one of the biggest tournaments in poker, you think of the Super High Roller Bowl. This is a tournament that has a very expensive buy-in but similarly, pays out very, ...

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30 Oct, 2018 Abhinav Iyer takes down BSS SuperStack on PokerBaazi

In the Indian poker industry, Sundays are known for the biggest tournaments hosted and contested across major platforms and across the country. On PokerBaazi, there’s something called Baazi Super Sundays (BSS), where a guaranteed prize pool of INR 25 lakh is split into three diffe...

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30 Oct, 2018 PokerDangal Launches Diwali Dhamaka Series

PokerDangal – India’s fastest growing online Poker site is celebrating the festive season with some of the best give-aways and promotions of the year. True to their image, this Diwali promotion promises to be full of action and surprises. PokerDangal has successfully paid out more than ...

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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.