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12 Jul, 2023 APT Summer Series Da Nang 2023: Explore The Scenic City

The Da Nang City of Vietnam is fast emerging as a hotspot for poker events and poker tournaments. The number of poker series that have taken stops in the beautiful coastal city of Vietnam is rapidly increasing over the past few years. And rightly so, the city offers some of the most lux...

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Poker

11 Jul, 2023 Get Ready For PokerHigh’s Depositors Freeroll With 10K GTD

It’s time for an exclusive freeroll with an exciting GTD! Yes, You read it right! PokerHigh and Gutshot came up with an amazing opportunity for all poker newbies and enthusiasts in the country. Poker players in India now have yet another excuse to stay indoors apart from the rains...

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Poker

11 Jul, 2023 Chinese National Pulls Off The Craziest Antic At WSOP 2023 ME

One of the most heartwarming stories emerged on 11th July during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. The guy named Gao was playing at the highly anticipated WSOP 2023 Main Event. Amid all the antics we have seen players try to pull off in these events, the Chinese national...

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Poker

11 Jul, 2023 Adda52 Onboards Ali Fazal For 8th Edition Of ‘Poker Night with Stars’

Adda52–India’s online poker destination, announced its 8th edition of ‘Poker Night with Stars’ series with popular actor, Ali Fazal as the guest of honour. The campaign hosts poker players from all around the nation and provides a chance to play poker with successful people from various...

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Poker

11 Jul, 2023 WSOP 2023 ME: Nikita Luther And Aditya Systla End Day 4 Among Top 10 Stacks

Holy mother of god! Yes, that’s what came to my mind, as I saw the top 10 stacks heading into Day 5 of the coveted World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2023 Main Event. India’s only female WSOP bracelet winner Nikita Luther has the 9th highest stack of 3,550,000 chips.  Another Indian who smash...

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Gaming

11 Jul, 2023 50th GST Council Meeting: Online Gaming, Casinos And Horse Racing Under Scanner

UPDATE 28% GST to be levied on online gaming, horse racing and casinos As per news reports, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that Group of Ministers (GoM) reached a consensus over levying 28% GST on full value of online gaming, horse racing and casinos. This will be applicable...

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Poker

10 Jul, 2023 WPC Summer Series Hanoi 2023: Amit Kaushik Ships Bounty Hunter Title

We have a new bounty hunter in town. No, we don’t mean it in the way it’s shown in the Hollywood flicks, we mean, we have a new winner in town.  Indian poker pro Amit Kaushik shipped the Bounty Hunter tournament at the World Poker Championship (WPC) Summer Series Hanoi Vietnam Jul...

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Poker

10 Jul, 2023 WSOP 2023 Main Event: American Rapper Hoodie Allen ABANDONED His Stack To Attend A Wedding

Yeah, that headline must be quite dumbfounding but it is really true. Steven Markowitz also known as Hoodie Allen is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Plainview, New York who had participated in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2023 Main Event.  Allen had qualified for Day ...

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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.