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07 Nov, 2017 Juan Gonzalez wins WPT Uruguay Main Event

Argentina’s Juan Gonzalez emerged victorious in the first-ever WPT Uruguay Main Event, presented by Brasil Poker Live. Gonzalez topped a field of 410 entries in the $1,500 buy-in event to claim the title and $109,860 first-place prize.  Gonzalez stormed to the top of the leaderboard to ...

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17 Oct, 2017 Mega Diwali at Spartan Poker

The festival of Lights – Diwali is right around the corner and while it is a Hindu festival, some aspects of it are universally celebrated. For instance those lovely Diwali mithais that one can gorge on during this time and of course game nights at various relatives’ or your friends hou...

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12 Oct, 2017 APT to hold 2018 Championships in Macau

The Asian Poker Tour has announced that it will hold its flagship APT Championships in Macau next year, with the scheduled 25 April to 6 May dates to coincide with Japan’s Golden Week holiday.  The APT Macau Championships 2018 will be the second event held at Babylon Casino since the AP...

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12 Oct, 2017 Mahima Walia Das is eighth Destiny 2.0 winner

The boom in the Indian poker industry in recent times has also encouraged many more females to take up poker as a full-time career. India now has several female poker players who not only play at a national level but also represent the country at international events too. This time arou...

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11 Oct, 2017 Spartan Introduces Multi Day Tournament Battlefield

Most of the live tournament series all around the world have multiple starting flights for their big tournaments and for the first time in India there will be starting flights for an online tournament. The Spartan Poker is coming up with its latest offering called ‘Battlefield’, a 3-day...

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10 Oct, 2017 Akshay Nasa is October Millionaire on Spartan Poker

Every month the excitement for The Millionaire amongst poker players is increasing and it shows in the great numbers exhibited at TheSpartanPoker. Last night was a big night, in the fact the biggest for Spartan’s signature tournament, as 1427 entries took part in the Millionaire to make...

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10 Oct, 2017 Smain Mamouni Wins WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event

Over the weekend, Smain Mamouni earned the latest World Poker Tour DeepStacks title after he took down the WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event for 1 million MAD. Mamouni topped a field of 433 entries to earn the crown and became the fourth WPTDeepStacks winner of the inaugural WPTDeepSta...

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06 Oct, 2017 FTR Poker Upgrades to FTR 2.0

One of the top online poker rooms in the country, FTRpoker has upgraded to a brand new platform along with a revamp to their website and mobile app. Started in April 2016, FTRpoker has been growing steadily to make to the top rungs of the online poker rooms in India. With innovative pro...

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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.