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03 Mar, 2018 3 Indians Score at APL Road Series Vol.1 Philippines

The inaugural edition of the APL Road Series Vol.1 Philippines kicked off on 24th February and concluded on 1st March 2018. After 6 days of Main Event action, a winner was finally crowned at the Royce Hotel & Casino in Pampanga, Philippines – local poker pro Lester Edoc. Playe...

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03 Mar, 2018 Tips to Help You Bluff Successfully in Poker Games

“If you can’t beat them, bluff them.” There is no poker player in the world who hasn’t heard of this. Not only that, but many professional players even follow this as a policy while playing. Bluffing is an integral part of Poker and also a necessary skill for survival in the game. Knowi...

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01 Mar, 2018 Alex Foxen Wins 2018 LAPC $25,000 High Roller

American poker player Alex Foxen has just recorded the second largest live winnings of his poker career so far, by winning the 2018 L.A. Poker Classic Rockstar Energy $25,000 High Roller. The event was part of the WPT LA Poker Classic, one of the stops of Season XVI of the WPT Main Tour...

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01 Mar, 2018 Jake Cody Puts Entire Tournament Winnings on Roulette

English poker pro Jake Cody recently created headlines for doing something that very few people would have the guts to do. No, the headline was not that he shipped the partypoker UK Championships £2,200 High Roller tournament, but it was the fact that he gambled all of his tournament wi...

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01 Mar, 2018 Amrit Mishra Is The Eighth Destiny Winner On Spartan Poker

24-year old Amrit Mishra emerged victorious in the last night’s Destiny tournament on TheSpartanPoker for INR 5,44,800 and a ticket to the Destiny SnG Finale. The Finale is scheduled for 18 March at 6:30 pm where Mishra will compete with other nine qualifiers.Coming back to the Destiny ...

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28 Feb, 2018 Chris Brice wins UK Poker Championships Main Event

The four-day partypoker LIVE Poker UK Championships Main Event ended with Chris Brice being crowned winner. With his first recorded victory, the Brit pocketed £187,500, leaving Daniel Clark in second place with £115,000 while Super High Roller winner Steven Morris remained fifth with a ...

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28 Feb, 2018 2018 Super High Roller Bowl Schedule Announced

The official schedule for one of the most prestigious poker events of the year was announced yesterday. Just like the Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the NFL (National Football League), the Super High Roller Bowl is the annual world championship of high stakes tournament p...

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28 Feb, 2018 WPT CEO Adam Pliska Signs 4-Year Contract Extension

World Poker Tour the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment and a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed corporation Ourgame International Holdings, Ltd., today announced a four-year contract extension for CEO Adam Pliska – who has been leading WPT’s unprecedented gr...

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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.