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31 Jan, 2018 One-on-One with Siddhanth Kapoor

When you’re part of a well known ‘Bollywood family’, chances are you will be dragged into the limelight no matter what you do. But fame for this particular gent has come, at least initially, via a non-film route. In this player spotlight segment, we have a chat with ac...

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Poker

30 Jan, 2018 partypoker Brings Back ‘Big Game’ TV Show

partypoker, PokerStars, 888Poker and others are a few of the top poker companies across the world and they’re always in competition with each, jostling it out to be the best in the business. To be a part of the competition, these companies always come out with new and innovative w...

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Poker

30 Jan, 2018 888Poker in Exclusive Tie-up With Poker Central

For those who haven’t heard of the brand before, 888Poker is the second largest online poker network and second most popular brand in the world. When it comes to poker entertainment across the globe, 888Poker is the name that pops into your head and they have now strengthened thei...

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Gambling

30 Jan, 2018 18% Tax For Sweden Gamers

The rules and regulations with regard to online gaming and gambling around the world are always changing and here’s yet another development from the online gaming space. As per reports from last week, 18% tax will be levied on GGR (Gross Gaming Revenue) in Sweden. Late last year, ...

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Poker

30 Jan, 2018 Shot Clocks Will Debut at WSOP 2018

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is an annual series of poker tournaments that has been taking place in Las Vegas since decades. Originating in 1970, the WSOP has been held every year since and the 49th season is scheduled to take place between May 29th and July 17th 2018, at the Rio Al...

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30 Jan, 2018 5 Easy Ways to Enjoy Poker Online Even When You Lose

Online poker is an exciting game. It’s exhilarating and addictive as hell! No other card game can give you a thrill as high as poker. It’s a strategic game where you need to analyze your hand, read your opponents and play to win the pot. However, many players abandon this sport when the...

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Poker

30 Jan, 2018 Ayush Khandelwal is LBS player of the series

The recent conclusion of Little Big Series (LBS) saw Ayush Khandelwal topping the LBS leaderboard for INR 50,000 and a ticket to the upcoming Millionaire and Two of a Kind tournament. Khandelwal plays under the moniker ‘Giz^zy’ who maintained the leaderboard top position all the four da...

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Poker

29 Jan, 2018 ‘CopyNinja’ ships LBS Main Event on Spartan

It’s been a terrific January for the poker players in the country with high-value guarantees across all the tournaments and other promotions held at TheSpartanPoker.com. This month saw so many players claiming various titles and building their bankroll significantly. Starting with...

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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.