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11 Jun, 2020 Wednesday Roundup: Choudhury, Patnaik win AOPS titles!

The mid-week is right here, and one can clearly notice the enthusiasm for the weekend among the poker fanatics. Last night saw plenty of big winners among the prominent online poker felts in the country. Spartan Poker hosted Destiny INR 30L GTD, The Pride INR 10L GTD on PokerBaazi, Adda...

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10 Jun, 2020 The US Wire Act case oral argument to be heard on 18 June

The coronavirus pandemic continues and so does several oral arguments. This clearly means the one involving the United States Wire Act proceedings. In the latest update, the oral argument in the case of New Hampshire Lottery Commission et al. v. United States Department of Justice is no...

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10 Jun, 2020 Three bad beat stories that shocked the poker world

Do we not like a little bit of spice?! We all do. However, only a few might accept that. In the world of poker there are bad beats and then there are really bad beats which can keep any poker pro stay up all night! But what if national media covered it in the news? […]

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10 Jun, 2020 Land-based Casinos in UK prepare to reopen on 4 July

The United Kingdom’s Betting and Gambling Council (BGC) has published new guidelines to open doors of 148 casinos in the country by the next month. After months of closure to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the land-based casinos in UK are about to start operating ...

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10 Jun, 2020 MGM announces reopening of fourth Las Vegas strip property

The lights, fire and fountains are back in one of the world’s most electric cities, Nevada, Las Vegas! After several dark days since March 2020, more than half of the nation’s major casinos have reopened. Operators and owners are ready to ramp things up with another round of...

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10 Jun, 2020 Whopping $10 million GTD in APT Online Series 2nd Edition!

To all the poker fanatics out there, one of Asia’s most prestigious poker tour is back! About a month ago, the inaugural Asian Poker Tour (APT) Online series attracted a massive number of 18,555 entrants, creating a grand prize pool of over $4.11 million within a span of 13 days w...

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10 Jun, 2020 Tuesday Roundup: Sharma, Arora, Mehrotra, Choudhury ship events!

Another day filled with immense action across the leading felts of the country. From Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack to Adda52’s Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) heavily packed with incredible guarantees, PokerBaazi and PokerStars’ Tuesday flagship tourney. Here is a complete summary of las...

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09 Jun, 2020 Monday Roundup: Kakarania, Paliya, Ahuja, Sharma claim big!

Monday night wasn’t regular anymore as all eyes were fixed on Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) guaranteeing a whopping INR 22 Lakh within a span of one month! Well, that’s not it, you’ll be stunned to check out the highlight events of the series! Talking about last ni...

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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.