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11 May, 2018 APT won’t postpone scheduled Macau tournaments

A couple of weeks back, a huge blow was dealt to the status of international poker with China banning all forms of social and online poker and choosing not to recognize it as a competitive sport any longer. This ban had serious implications, with companies not allowed to promote the gam...

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Poker

11 May, 2018 Goa Casino shut and then granted Interim Relief

At the end of the 2017-18 financial year, Goa drastically hiked the casino license fees with effect from 1st April 2018. Obviously, the casinos were affected due to these massive hikes, ranging between 2.5 to 4.5 times the previous year’s fees. The casinos then had to do some seri...

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Poker

10 May, 2018 Live Poker Instructions

The presentation of online poker rooms was a genuine distinct advantage. The capacity to play poker in the solace of your own home 24 hours daily was genuinely progressive. Also, the way that players were never again restricted to one table and the moderate pace managed by the constrain...

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Poker

10 May, 2018 Key Poker Terms for Beginners

Poker in today’s time has become one of the most famous game played not only among the youth but among all age groups. The increasing awareness about the game is just increasing day by day. It is therefore important that the Poker players especially the new Poker players are aware about...

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Poker

10 May, 2018 Andhra Bullets top Day 1 of Poker Sports League

Season 2 of the Poker Sports League (PSL) kicked off yesterday, 9th May 2018, on board the Deltin Royale in Goa. A few overseas pros and several top Indian poker players were set for a few days of exciting action as 11 teams would battle it out for a share of the INR 4.5 crore prize poo...

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Poker

10 May, 2018 Gordon Vayo Sues PokerStars over Confiscated Winnings

PokerStars is an online gaming giant that is also the largest poker company in the world. On the other hand, Gordon Vayo is an American poker player who has over $6 million in live tournament cashes and is best known for his runner-up finish in the 2016 WSOP Main Event, that fetched him...

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Gaming

10 May, 2018 Asia Gaming Genealogy Tree to take place on 16th May

Leading online gaming news publisher, Asia Gaming Brief (AGB), has announced the launch of its most ambitious project yet – the Asia Gaming Genealogy Tree & Reunion Dinner. The event is set to replace the Asia Gaming Awards and will take place on Wednesday, 16th May 2018, at S...

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Business

10 May, 2018 Walmart Acquires 77% Stake Worth $16 Bl in Flipkart

Walmart, an American multinational retail corporation that operates supermarkets across the country, has recently acquired Indian e-commerce company, Flipkart, in a record breaking deal. This acquisition, which was completed on 9th May 2018, became the largest deal for an Indian startup...

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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.