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Gambling

22 May, 2020 Corporator and six others arrested in gambling den raid in Hyderabad

The world is going through a severe health crisis and in India itself, about 110K+ cases of COVID-19 positive have been registered. The Prime Minister has extended the lockdown and non-essentials are yet to open their doors. While the crisis is at its peak, maintaining social distancing...

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Poker

22 May, 2020 Five Hollywood Superstars in Poker World

Be it Sports or Hollywood, poker is massively popular across the world being a favourite game among the rich and the affluent. This beloved game of skills has pulled out several famous movie stars for decades and we have penned down five famous celebrities who have even taken on poker a...

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Poker

22 May, 2020 Lex Veldhuis smashes Twitch Viewership Record during SCOOP ME

Poker players around the globe are thrilled by the number of tournaments across the leading online poker rooms, fans and players glued to their screens, watching the action. The highly exciting Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Main Event was underway and PokerStars ambassador...

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Poker

22 May, 2020 2020 SCOOP: ‘Alexgirs’ takes down $10,300 Main Event!

One of the most coveted titles the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has crowned a champion. The prestigious poker series saw its Main Event title heading to ‘Alexgirs’ who took down SCOOP – 74-H, $10,300 buy-in NLHE (8 max Main Event) after a three-way deal wi...

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International

22 May, 2020 Florida’s Palm Beach Kennel Club poker room reopens after two months

The casino industry has suffered severe losses with the lockdown around the world and almost after two months of COVID-19 closure, the industry is reopening its doors to employees and players. Operators and management have listed down strict social distancing norms and environmental hea...

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Poker

22 May, 2020 Thursday Roundup: Alok Birewar bags two titles last night!

Another big day with high-value tournaments across the virtual felts of the country! PokerStars INSCOOP Super Highroller was the biggest attraction assuring INR 50L in prize pool and online reg Alok Birewar gave an outstanding performance by claiming two Thursday titles! Keep reading th...

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Poker

21 May, 2020 Begin your week with these five major events!

The month of May has been huge for online poker players around the globe! And Indian players have also been spoiled with number of massive tournaments across the virtual felts. Literally, there’s been no better time than this and just in case you are confused to pick out the best event ...

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Poker

21 May, 2020 2020 SCOOP: Connor Drinan wins 5th title; Chouity wins PLO ME

It has been a roller coaster week for the online poker fanatics with some major tournament series to choose from. Yesterday on PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Connor Drinan playing under the username ‘blanconegro’ officially created history by winning ...

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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.