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06 Oct, 2017 Art Papazyan wins WPT Maryland for $389,405

Art Papazyan has done it, winning the WPT Maryland at Live! Casino Main event for his second World Poker Tour title in the span of five weeks! In the history of the World Poker Tour to date, 26 players have won more than one WPT title. Prior to the Season XVI WPT Maryland tournament, on...

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02 Oct, 2017 Shawn Chatterton, Vinayak Bajaj win Spartan’s October 2.o.K

It was a big night yesterday as along with big tournaments running on TheSpartanPoker, the site hosted its monthly 2.o.K (Two of a Kind) tournament where 1st place and 2nd place finishers are guaranteed INR 10 Lakhs each. This re-entry tournament drew a total of 882 entries who generate...

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02 Oct, 2017 59 Killed at Vegas Casino Shootout

Las Vegas Gunfire 59 people have been killed and multiple victims more injured in a mass shooting during an open-air country music festival in Las Vegas. The city’s famous strip was on lockdown after reports of at least one active gunman near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, with vide...

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28 Sep, 2017 Deepak Bothra is Sixth Destiny 2.0 Winner on Spartan

The sixth week of Destiny series saw Pune-based Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra emerge victorious after defeating ‘PETRICHOR’ in headsup battle. Bothra shipped the tournament for INR 4,00,000 plus an INR 1,00,000 worth ticket to the Destiny SnG Finale which is scheduled on 29 October at 9:30 PM...

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25 Sep, 2017 Bhanu Prakash wins SSS Main Event and tops Leaderboard

The recent Spartan Super Series (SSS) which took place from 18-24 September held at TheSpartanPoker.com saw a huge turnout. The 30 events scheduled for the entire series witnessed new winners emerging but the man who claimed the biggest title was a reg in the form of ‘spectre’ a.k.a Bha...

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24 Sep, 2017 Guo Liang Chen wins WPT Borgata Poker Open

Guo Liang Chen emerged victorious in the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Championship for $789,058. In addition to the lion’s share of the prize pool, which includes a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions, Chen was awarded a luxurious Hublot Big Bang Steel...

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23 Sep, 2017 APT Philippines II: Sung Ho Kim wins Main Event For $40,250

After eight hours of intense Final 8 Main Event action at the Asian Poker Tour Philippines 2017 II, the newest champion emerged with Korea’s Sung Ho Kim defeating fellow countryman Jae Hyun Lim to capture his first APT Championship trophy, the APT Championship Ring, and the $40,250 firs...

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23 Sep, 2017 The Cashout Question

In recent times poker enthusiasts are looking at taking up the sport in a more serious way. The idea of turning a profitable hobby into a lucrative career is an appealing thought especially for those players who are already beginning to make a good bankroll at supporting their pro (or s...

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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.