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20 Oct, 2018 Anirban Das wins third PPL Autumn title on PokerBaazi

The PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) Autumn edition kicked off on 15th October and players all over the country were excited to be a part of this online poker series, which has completed five days so far, and it’s fair to say that this has turned out to be one of their most success...

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20 Oct, 2018 ‘profishnall’ is latest Elite winner on Spartan

On Fridays, there isn’t just one major tournament on The Spartan Poker, but two. We recently reported news of Puneet Dhawan winning the Triple Bubble tournament last night after a 3-way deal, and we’re here to report the winner of The Elite that was also contested last night...

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20 Oct, 2018 Shivam Khanna ends good day by shipping Adda52’s Whale

On some days, you just know you can do nothing wrong. For online poker player Shivam Khanna, that day was yesterday. He began the day with a couple of deep runs in afternoon tournaments on PokerStars and then also shipping their Big 500 tournament for INR 8,862, where he plays under the...

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20 Oct, 2018 Zain Mulji makes a big Roar on Adda52

As a poker player in India, there are only a handful of top poker websites that you would consider if you want to be a part of huge tournaments with massive guarantees and good structures. One of these websites is Adda52, a company that hosts daily featured tournaments with varying buy-...

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19 Oct, 2018 Manish Goenka finishes 6th in WSOP Europe PLO Event

We were all excited to get behind Indian poker player Manish Goenka, who had reached the final table in one of the recent tournaments at the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). Yesterday, we reported how Goenka returned from one of the shortest stacks to finishing 6/8 after Day 2...

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19 Oct, 2018 Abhinav Iyer beats Aditya Sushant heads-up in Godfather

Sometimes, players can breeze through tournaments on Adda52, but sometimes, the battles can become really epic, as it did last night. Godfather is one of their signature tournament series, and currently Godfather 5.0 is underway, where weekly tournaments take place before eight winners ...

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19 Oct, 2018 Andreas Rauh named Co-Player of APT Vietnam 2018 series

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) recently held a live tournament series at the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The series was spread out between 5-11 October 2018 and at the end of the series, quite a few players walked away from Vietnam as much richer than how they walked in. Apart f...

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19 Oct, 2018 BalleBaazi.com launches Android Mobile App

There are quite a few gaming industries that are booming in India at the moment, and one of them is the fantasy sports industry. This skill game is spreading like wildfire and many companies have got into the fantasy sports business, with the industry leader Dream11 leading by example. ...

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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.