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21 Jun, 2018 Eric Baldwin eyeing second WSOP gold bracelet

Event #37: $1,500 NLHE saw 20 survivors bagging up yesterday and coming out to play Day 3 earlier today. We thought we would have a winner today, but instead we are down to the final two who will have to come out early tomorrow to decide a winner among them. Ian Steinman is one of those...

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21 Jun, 2018 Raghav Bansal finishes 55th; Reategui in lead

Top Indian poker pro Raghav Bansal made headlines yesterday by making Day 2 of Event #39: $1,500 NLHE Shootout, from among the total field of 908 entries. The top 100 players were to be paid out in this event that was packed with some of the best players from across the world. Bansal di...

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21 Jun, 2018 vyakulkumar010 is second Destiny winner on Spartan

Less than a couple of weeks back, The Spartan Poker announced the comeback of its signature tournament series called ‘Destiny’. Four successful series saw four players being awarded free package trips to the best gambling destination in the world – Las Vegas. Now, they...

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21 Jun, 2018 Bonyadi is first woman winner of WSOP 2018

Four days back, Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors NLHE kicked off at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. A record breaking field of 2,191 entries were recorded in this event, much higher as compared to last year, with the minimum age limit being dropped from 65 to 6...

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21 Jun, 2018 PokerStars announces EPT Open Sochi

A lot of attention would have been taken off other poker tournament series with the buzzing action taking place every day at the 2018 World Series of Poker. However, once the WSOP ends, these smaller tours will be the ones to watch out for. A couple of days back, industry leader PokerSt...

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21 Jun, 2018 Broke in Poker

Going broke in Poker isn’t an uncommon scenario. It would’ve happened to you or to someone you know. If you’ve gone broke, you’re not alone. Many professional poker players also have gone broke. Many poker players can’t resist the urge and end up falling down an endless pit. For most, t...

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20 Jun, 2018 Aditya Agarwal finishes 45th in $1,500 NLHE Event

Aditya Agarwal is one of India’s best chances to bring home a bracelet from the 2018 World Series of Poker. With nearly $1 million in live poker cashes and a best score of HKD 1,900,000 ($242,211) that he earned for finishing second at the APPT Macau Main Event (March 2018), you c...

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20 Jun, 2018 Paawan Bansal finishes 74th in Double Stack Event

After two days of starting flights, a few Indians made it to Day 2 of Event #34: $1,000 Double Stack NLHE, including Nikita Luther, Paawan Bansal, Nishant Sharma, Akash Malik and the Indian origin Nipun Java. While some busted out, Bansal and Java continued their impressive runs to reac...

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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.