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21 Jul, 2020 IOPC Day 12: Pranay Chawla, Rahul Thakur Claim Titles!

Yesterday was Day 12 of the record-breaking poker tournament series – the 2020 India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) on Spartan Poker. Some of the best poker players from across the country are also taking part in this series, as guaranteed prizes of INR 25 Crore are up for grabs...

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Poker

21 Jul, 2020 2020 WSOP Opener has Record 29K Field!

The action moved from WSOP.com to GGPoker hosting the ultimate event of the year – 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online. With 54 bracelet events on the menu, poker players around the world are highly excited for the grandest online festival, a replacement for the summer series...

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Poker

21 Jul, 2020 Monday Roundup: Chawla, Madan Seize the Day!

The enthusiasm among the poker players continued on Monday night as well. After a power-packed Sunday, players found their way to the biggest attraction on Spartan Poker – IOPC Main Event The Crown Day 1A! Apart from that the daily features on PokerBaazi and Adda52 concluded successfull...

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Gambling

20 Jul, 2020 Man Arrested in Gambling Away COVID Relief Funds

The Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP) loans have been essential in keeping small businesses on their feet as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the economy. A forty year old California man was arrested on Thursday for wrongfully receiving nearly $9 million of corona relief funds. Andrew...

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Esports

20 Jul, 2020 Philippines’ Youth Esports Program Partners with Riot Games

The Philippines’ Youth Esports Program (YEP) has partnered up with global gaming Riot Games Southeast Asia in efforts to orient student led activities and events.YEP a collaboration between MIneski Philippines and the Philippe Collegiate Champions League,  aims to develop students throu...

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Poker

20 Jul, 2020 WSOP 2020: Huynh, Ishikawa Win Gold Bracelets!

This is the nineteenth of 85 bracelet events being held on WSOP.com (31 events, one each day for the month of July) and GGPoker which is currently underway (54 events). The 19th gold bracelet belonged to Kenny ‘Chopuh’ Huynh who captured the first gold piece along with $133,...

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Gambling

20 Jul, 2020 The World’s Biggest Casino Company with a $17.3 Billion Buyout 

Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts announced plans to acquire and merge with Caesars Entertainment Corp. in June 2019. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission was assured by an antitrust analyst that the deal would not concentrate too much of the gambling economy in one’s hand.   The compan...

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Poker

20 Jul, 2020 IOPC Day 11: Sriharsha takes down IOPC The Millionaire Legends!

The biggest attraction right now in the country in the poker world is Spartan Poker‘s India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) INR 25 Crores GTD. We are already halfway through it and yesterday marked the end of another set of events with Millionaire Legends being the star-studded t...

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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.

Gutshot Magazine offers the latest and up-to-date poker news. Readers can find information about poker tournaments, online poker sites, and exclusive stories and a lot more. Readers can also sign-up via Gutshot Magazine to various affiliate brands listed in the website’s poker rooms tab.

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.