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08 Jan, 2018 Amit Ajwani Is January’s Millionaire Winner On Spartan Poker

The Spartan Poker launched their ‘Millionaire’ tournament a little over a year back and it has come a long way since then. The first Millionaire tournament in September 2016 saw an INR 10 GTD prize for the first place winner and the success of this monthly tournament since t...

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08 Jan, 2018 ‘shark attack’ Wins Destiny 3.0 10 Lakh Las Vegas Package

The weekly Destiny tournament has been taking place over the last 10 weeks on The Spartan Poker and yesterday was the mega finale of Destiny 3.0. All ten winners of the Destiny tournaments were awarded INR 1 Lakh tickets to the Destiny 3.0 SnG Finale which took place yesterday. The winn...

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08 Jan, 2018 Jason Mercier Parts Ways With PokerStars

It was just around a week back that 33-year old poker professional Vanessa Selbst announced her retirement from poker and also the end of her long-time sponsorship deal with PokerStars. Now, we come with more news of a pro parting ways with PokerStars – Jason Mercier. Mercier is a...

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06 Jan, 2018 Adrian Mateos Wins 2017 GPI Player of The Year Award

It was a tight finish for the race to who would finish as the 2017 Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of The Year. Ultimately, it was the Spanish Poker Pro Adrian Mateos, aged just 23, who edged out American Bryn Kenney for the title. The Spaniard started the year with two WSOP bracelets a...

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06 Jan, 2018 Signature Accessories of Professional Poker Players

Poker players across the world are known for some pretty weird stuff. From an ambiguous sense of fashion to straight up hilarious disguises, poker players have given us some truly memorable moments while at the table. Here are some of the most manifested style statements of famous poker...

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06 Jan, 2018 Best Books on Poker That Every Player Should Read

Ah, books! Where would we be without them! Books have always been an extensive source of knowledge and understanding for all. In recent times, they have been somewhat replaced by portable e-books. But they are still books. We all know that poker is a very interesting subject. People fro...

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05 Jan, 2018 Poker Sports League to Air on DSport Channel

The Poker Sports League was a huge breakthrough for the sport of poker in India when its inaugural season took place in 2017. The build up to PSL Season 2 has been good so far, with announcements such as 4 more teams, an increased prize pool, a new brand ambassador, and now the fact tha...

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05 Jan, 2018 Meet Destiny 3.0 Qualifiers

Vegas Vegas Vegas! It is every poker player’s dream to play poker on the biggest stage in the world of poker which is without a shadow of a doubt, that bright shiny jewel in the middle of the desert known as Las Vegas! The world’s poker capital has long been attracting playe...

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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.