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23 Jan, 2018 IOPC: ‘kajuman’ ships Main Event; Sajal Gupta wins Jeep Compass

The biggest poker festival India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) concluded in the early hours of Monday morning after a terrific response from the players across the country. There were many big winners in this IOPC who shipped big titles with millions of rupees being awarded in prizes...

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23 Jan, 2018 In conversation with IOPC POS winner Sajal Gupta

India’s biggest poker tournament series India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) concluded just two days back and tourney enthusiasts can look forward to another value series taking place at the end of the month at The Spartan Poker. The site is hosting its Little Big Series (LBS) from 25...

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23 Jan, 2018 Macau Poker Cup 28 Kicks Off This Weekend

Launched in May 2008, the Macau Poker Cup has slowly been rising in popularity over the years, as Macau has gradually been overtaking Las Vegas as the world’s most popular gambling destination. Starting this weekend is the 28th edition of the Macau Poker Cup, or simply MPC 28. MPC...

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22 Jan, 2018 SHRPO Super High Roller Won by Stefan Schillhabel

High roller players around the world started off their year at the PCA 2018 and quite a few of them then travelled to Hollywood, Florida for the 2018 Lucky Hearts Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Among quite a few tournaments to be played there was the $50,000 buy-in S...

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22 Jan, 2018 World Poker Tour Adds Amsterdam Stop to Season 16

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is one of the most popular poker tours around the world with poker pros from all over the globe participating in WPT’s various stops across Europe, America and even Asia. Season I of WPT’s Main Tour was played in 2002-2003 and currently, Season XVI...

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22 Jan, 2018 PokerBaazi Signs Vijender Singh as Brand Ambassador

The game of poker is on the rise in India with the country slowly accepting it as a game of skill rather than a game of chance. Of late, leading poker websites across the country have been roping in famous celebrities as their brand ambassadors, to help spread awareness about the game a...

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21 Jan, 2018 IOPC Day 9: Deepak Bothra wins PLO Super HighRoller

The second last day of India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) saw Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra emerging as Pot-Limit Omaha Super HighRoller winner. Bothra who was rewarded with a prize of INR 9,90,000 outlasting 54 entries in total. Only one day left to claim the beautiful Jeep Compass from ...

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20 Jan, 2018 Myths Busted: The Truth About Poker Luck

The role of luck in poker has been dragged a lot since its inception. Many people still have this misconception that luck is the determining factor when dealing a hand. A large percentage of these are completely oblivious to the fact that poker is a game of skill and not chance. Some ex...

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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.