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21 Dec, 2023 MPL India Poker Festival Worth ₹6 Crore GTD

Get ready for the thrill of a lifetime as Mobile Premier League (MPL) Poker brings back the much-anticipated India Poker Festival (IPF) for its second edition. From 9th to 24th January 2024, poker enthusiasts across the nation will be treated to an adrenaline-pumping experience with a g...

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21 Dec, 2023 WPT Big One For One Drop: Santhosh Suvarna’s Bust Out Hand

Indian origin poker pro Santhosh Suvarna made quite the splash when he reached the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Big One For One Drop 2023. He was among the 17 players who paid the $1 Million buy-in to grind at the coveted tournament. Renowned pros from across the globe like...

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21 Dec, 2023 Mikita Badziakouski Wins WPT Big One For One Drop 2023

All hail king Mikita Badziakouski! The poker pro from Belarus has shipped the $1 Million buy-in Big One For One Drop tournament at World Poker Tour (WPT) after battling some of the best pros in the world. Badziakouski beat footballer turned poker pro Mario Mosboeck in heads-up to take d...

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20 Dec, 2023 WATCH: WPT Big One For One Drop FT Live Stream

The final six players are grinding in the final day of the most expensive buy-in tournament—Big One for One Drop. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is currently underway with events like the World Championship and Big One for One Drop running full steam.  In the One Drop event, Indian-origin p...

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20 Dec, 2023 WPT Big One For One Drop: Santhosh Suvarna In Final 6

The World Poker Tour (WPT)  is hosting  one of its most-anticipated tournaments, The Big One For One Dro between 18th to 20th December 2023. Indian poker pro Santhosh Suvarna  is playing in one of the most high-stakes buy-in events, the Big One For One Drop ($1Million buy-in) and has ma...

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19 Dec, 2023 Zarvan Tumboli And Spartan Poker Part Ways

Well-known pro from the Indian poker fraternity, Zarvan Tumboli announced on social media that he and Spartan Poker are parting ways. Tumboli was introduced as a Spartan Poker Pro in July 2022. After over a year of being the brand’s ambassador, the live high stakes player and massively ...

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19 Dec, 2023 WPT World Championship 2023: Ankit Ahuja Makes Day 5

Update Ankit Ahuja has qualified for Day 5 of the coveted WPT World Championship 2023. The event which is held at Wynn Las Vegas will tpsee Ahuja bring a stack of 6,950,000 to Day 5 where the remaining 45 survivors will be battling it out for the top prize of $5,678,000 and the $10,400 ...

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19 Dec, 2023 5 Major Bust Out Hands Ft. Game Of Gold

One of the most popular poker shows of 2023, GGPoker’s Game of Gold aired its 12th and final episode on 8th December. Maria Ho emerged victorious and claimed the title after battling it out against some of the best poker players from across the globe over the course of the show. Let’s h...

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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.