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17 Jan, 2018 IOPC Day 5: Guruprasad Gupta wins Mega Stack

The ongoing India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) has completed its Day 5 and the sixth day is already in full swing at TheSpartanPoker.com. A total of five events took place yesterday and big one of the day was the INR 3,300 Mega Stack tournament which was taken down by Guruprasad ...

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17 Jan, 2018 Stars Offers Shared Player Pool in Spain And France

ONCHAN, Isle of Man, January 16, 2018 – Poker players across France and Spain can now challenge and play each other at PokerStars, which today has become the first online operator approved to offer a shared player pool between the locally licensed poker markets. Poker fans from both cou...

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17 Jan, 2018 Definitive Beginner’s Guide to Learn Online Poker Etiquette

For all those who take the game seriously, Poker is no less than a war. But unlike war, Poker is built on certain rules, regulations, etiquettes and norms of behaviour. Regardless of what position you are in the game, there are things that you should not do at a poker table. But does th...

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16 Jan, 2018 Tips on How to Beat The Bully in Poker!

(The 3rd tip will make you a better player, read on) We often draw parallels between life and Poker through our official mouthpiece. Through that, we have established one thing – Poker is like life. And much like in life, you will face bullies in Poker too (unless you are the bully of c...

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16 Jan, 2018 Ole Schemion Wins WPT European Championship Main Event

Just a few days back, we reported the news of Indian poker pro Kunal Patni going into Day 3 of the WPT European Championship Main Event with the chiplead. There were 49 players left and Patni had the most chips among them, but he was ousted on Day 3, finishing at the 39th spot and winni...

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16 Jan, 2018 IOPC Day 4: ‘nuts_poker21’ ships Devil’s Freeze for INR 409,909

The biggest online poker festival of India, India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) concluded its Day 4 on TheSpartanPoker.com last night crushing all guarantees in individual prizepools. ‘GoMuckYourself’ continues to hold onto the lead on the IOPC leaderboard which is largely due to cla...

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Gambling

15 Jan, 2018 Florida Casino Boat Bursts Into Flames

Shocking news surfaced yesterday as a ferry boat carrying passengers to a casino ship off the Florida Gulf Coast was engulfed in flames. The boat was carrying 50 passengers and all 50 jumped off the boat into the cold winter waters. An investigation says that the shuttle boat caught fir...

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15 Jan, 2018 Maria Lampropulos Wins PCA 2018 Main Event for $1,081,100

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) 2018 kicked off on 6th January and the action there has been pretty exciting over the last 10 days. A few days back, we reported news about American poker pro Cary Katz winning the PCA 2018 super high roller event for $1,492,340. After that, all ...

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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.