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16 Mar, 2020 Sunday Roundup: Faiz Alam ships AOPS Main Event for 50L!

A Sunday in online poker is as big as it can get for online grinders in the country and yesterday was no exception at all. Apart from features taking place across all platforms, we had the Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) Main Event also taking place where an INR 2 Crore GTD prize pool...

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16 Mar, 2020 PAGCOR suspends all gaming operations in Manila

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is the apex body for regulation of casinos in the Philippines, and they’ve decided to make an important decision in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic that is quickly spreading across the world. After Goa shut down...

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15 Mar, 2020 Goa casinos to be shut until 31st March

We’re seeing a massive health scare across the world due to the rapid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), and India has been no exception to the disease. We’ve had massive sporting events being cancelled including South Africa’s tour of India and all domestic cricket eve...

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15 Mar, 2020 Anshul Kulshrestha bags career-best $100k score at Bay 101

Recently, we reported about Indian poker player Anshul Kulshrestha making the final 10 of the Bay 101 $5,200 Main Event, which attracted a massive field of 290 entries which included some of the best poker players in USA and other places. The player was set to record a massive score on ...

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13 Mar, 2020 Ponzi scheme promising online gateway to Goa’s casinos busted

One of few states in India permitting legal operation of casinos, Goa is always under the limelight with its casino policies sprouting up quite frequently or other gambling stories. On Saturday, Goa police arrested four individuals for allegedly duping at least 400 people from various s...

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13 Mar, 2020 Varnell leads Bay 101 Main Event; Anshul Kulshrestha in final 10

With the whole coronavirus scare taking place at the moment, not many Indian players are travelling much for live poker across the globe, but we did manage to spot one not too long ago. We’re talking about India’s Anshul Kulshrestha who has done well to progress to Day 3 of ...

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13 Mar, 2020 Wednesday Roundup: Sharma and Shekhar among title winners

The action picked up last night as we hit the mid-week mark. The online felts put down some bigger guarantee tournaments along with travel packages. One of the popular tournaments on Spartan Poker, Destiny displayed INR 30 Lakhs GTD in prize money. Adda52 Online Poker Series (AOPS) curr...

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12 Mar, 2020 Hamish Crawshaw triumphs APT Taiwan Main Event!

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) Taiwan 2020 is halfway though the mark as the tour resumed on 4 March in Taipei City at the Chinese Hold’em Poker Association (CPT) spreading across 24 events in total to be played till 15 March. While the world was busy fighting the coronavirus epidemic, it w...

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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.