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14 Mar, 2018 Samuel Dessaix-Porter wins APL Million for A$247,500

Samuel Dessaix-Porter emerged victorious in the Australian Poker League Million in Star Poker Room in Sydney competing with players from across the country to not only win a package for the next WSOP but also a large piece of the 1 Million dollars guaranteed for this Main Event. The fou...

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13 Mar, 2018 Kalyan Chakravarthy Wins Adda52’s Big Millions

We all know that poker is slowly on the rise in India and we often see new formats and new tournament structures being introduced. Similarly, Adda52 recently hosted their first ever Big Millions tournament, which saw the entire tournament taking place online and the final table being co...

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13 Mar, 2018 Is Playing Poker Tournaments Only a Men’s Thing?

Poker is a traditional game and currently the most popular card game. Being descended into what it is right now, you can be sure it has certain connotations. Earlier referred to as ‘a Man’s game’ (it’s sad that it is still considered the same by some people today), because men thought w...

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12 Mar, 2018 Mind Blowing Online Poker Tips to Up your Game

If you’ve ever played poker, professionally or online, you will know that there is nothing more unpredictable and nerve-wracking as playing against a newbie. They don’t know their hand strength, or play out of turn and sometimes making some pretty fortunate and profitable mistakes. Don’...

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12 Mar, 2018 ‘BolAuntyAuKya’ is March Millionaire on Spartan Poker

Every second Sunday of the month is a big night for poker lovers across the country as TheSpartanPoker hosts its signature Millionaire tournament on this day with a mammoth prize of INR 20 Lakhs to 1st place and INR 10 Lakhs to 2ndplace for a buy-in of INR 5,500.‘BolAuntyAuKya’ emerged ...

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10 Mar, 2018 Spartan Poker And MukkaMaar Celebrate Women’s Day

MukkaMaar: An initiative that aims to empower girls through free martial arts and self-defence training, started by actress, entrepreneur and social activist Ishita Sharma. The organization aims at teaching basic martial arts techniques to underprivileged girls, so that they are able to...

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09 Mar, 2018 David Pham Wins 2018 Wynn Spring Classic Championship

Amidst all the controversy around Wynn Resorts and its CEO Steve Wynn resigning over allegations of sexual misbehaviour, it was good to see some well-fought poker battles back at the Wynn Casino. The 2018 Wynn Spring Classic was scheduled between 19th February and 11th March 2018, at th...

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09 Mar, 2018 Poker Movies to Watch and Quench Your Thirst for the Game

Have you ever binged? No, not just TV shows but movies are worth binge watching too! Ask yourself this, what’s better than a well-written good movie? A well-written good poker movie! Whether you’re a beginner in poker or have been playing for a while and are looking for inspiration in P...

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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.

Gutshot Magazine offers the latest and up-to-date poker news. Readers can find information about poker tournaments, online poker sites, and exclusive stories and a lot more. Readers can also sign-up via Gutshot Magazine to various affiliate brands listed in the website’s poker rooms tab.

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.