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22 Sep, 2017 SSS: ‘Sidddhu’ wins Super HighRoller event for ?14,21,000

The fourth day of Spartan Super Series (SSS) is going on full swing on TheSpartanPoker where last night saw two big winners taking down title. The day was scheduled with 5 events with different tournament formats. It was ‘Sidddhu’ to take down the SSS #17 Super HighRoller event title wh...

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21 Sep, 2017 Spartan Releases 6.5 Crore GTD IOPC Jan 2018 Schedule

The most prestigious and awaited series of the new year is back only on TheSpartanPoker.com. The biggest India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) yet will take place from 12-21 January 2018. The last IOPC guaranteed INR 2.3+ crores in overall guarantee in the tournaments where the eventua...

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20 Sep, 2017 SSS: Vivek Rughani wins the Mega Stack for ?2,68,470

28-year old Vivek Rughani who plays under the moniker ‘Pokerbatman27’ has nailed the SSS #8 Mega Stack (12L GTD) (RE) event for INR 2,68,470. Hailing from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Rughani had previously shipped the Spartan Super Series HighRoller event and also topped the leaderboard last ye...

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20 Sep, 2017 Kyle Cartwright wins WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi Main Event

Kyle Cartwright has won the 2017 World Series of Poker Circuit IP Biloxi $1,675 Main Event, defeating a field of 343 entries to win his third WSOPC main event title and his seventh circuit gold ring. This was the second time the 29-year-old poker pro won the main event at the Imperial P...

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19 Sep, 2017 Kavish Kukreja wins DPT Main Event for ?11,78,000

The on-going Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) powered by Adda52.com is now in the bag with the final event of the series concluding last night. The 6 day event took place from 13-18 September and included the 15K Kickoff, 75K HighRoller, 35K Main Event, Ladies Event, 15K Bounty event and t...

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15 Sep, 2017 2.6 Cr GTD Spartan Super Series from 18-24 Sept

One of the top player favourites returns to The Spartan Poker this September with the Spartan Super Series (SSS). The seven day SSS extravaganza from 18-24 September features 30 tournaments totaling to a guarantee of INR 2.6 crores. Along with these high-value tournaments, players will ...

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14 Sep, 2017 Mayank Makhija is Fourth Destiny 2.0 Winner

The second edition of Destiny series has completed its fourth week and it was online reg from Indore Mayank ‘mackmacksmack’ Makhija to take down the fourth Destiny tournament. Makhija defeated 343 entries to win the Destiny title and securing his seat for the SnG Finale which is schedul...

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13 Sep, 2017 Kushal Agarwal is September Millionaire at Spartan

Exactly a year ago TheSpartanPoker had launched its signature tournament The Millionaire guaranteeing INR 10 Lakhs for the first place with a buy-in of INR 5,500. On its first anniversary, the Millionaire now guarantees INR 20 Lakhs for first place and INR 10 Lakhs for second place! Thi...

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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.