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11 Apr, 2018 APPT KOREA: Sheng Li leads Main Event Final Table

The second of three events offering players a chance to get their hands on a PSPC Platinum Pass – the 226-strong APPT National – has been whittled down to the final nine. The man leading the charge is China’s Sheng Li who concluded the day with 1,110,000 – the only player to hold ...

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11 Apr, 2018 Greg Himmelbrand wins Second MSPT Title For $125,598

Greg Himmelbrand has traveled to play MSPT $1,100 buy-in Main Events on three occasions. The New Yorker might want to visit the Midwest more often, because he’s now won two of them, for a combined total of $198,868 in prize money. New York poker pro Greg Himmelbrand has became the 10th ...

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11 Apr, 2018 Steven Bennett wins at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

The 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown opened its schedule in the new Hard Rock Event Center with a huge multi-day tournament. Event 1 drew more than 3,000 entries with Steven Bennett accounting for only one of them, but that was all he needed to win nearly $190,000 for his second S...

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10 Apr, 2018 WSOP Circuit debuts in Russia

partypoker LIVE recently signed a four-year deal to become the primary partner for poker tournaments hosted at Russia’s fabulous Casino Sochi. And what better way to kick off this new partnership than with the first ever World Series of Poker Circuit Event to take place on Russian...

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10 Apr, 2018 S. Saravanan Wins Baadshah Gaming High Roller Event

The Baadshah Gaming Live tournament series came back for its second series, after a successful one in December last year, and some of the best poker players from around the country flew in to be a part of the action at Casino Pride in Goa. The series is now over and we’re bringing...

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10 Apr, 2018 A Basic Guide to Omaha Poker

Introduction Omaha, originally referred to as Omaha Hold’em, first appeared in a casino at Las Vegas. Although the exact history of the game including its origin is still unknown. Omaha Hold’em is synonymous with a Poker Hold’em variant known as “Tight Hold’em” where players must use th...

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10 Apr, 2018 Shiva Kumar wins Two of a Kind on Spartan

Shiva Kumar emerged victorious in the Two of a Kind (2.o.K) tournament shipping the title for INR 15 Lakhs. 34 year old Kumar is a B.A. Graduate comes from a farming background and was born and brought up in Tumkur about 2 hours north west of Bangalore. In 2006 he moved to the Garden Ci...

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10 Apr, 2018 Davidi Kitai Wins Second SHR at MILLIONS Barcelona

The partypoker Live MILLIONS Grand Final kicked off at Casino Barcelona on 7th April and will continue till 15th April 2018. This tournament series would mark the end of the inaugural partypoker LIVE season, only for Season 2 to begin later this month! A whopping €10 million in guarante...

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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.