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19 Feb, 2020 Sahara Las Vegas to reopen poker room

It is not every day that a casino closes its doors. The Sahara Las Vegas that shut operations in May 2011 reopened a decade later on Friday, 14 February 2020. Favorite among the locals and a home for icons like Johnny Carson, the casino is starting a new era by hosting a grand opening c...

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19 Feb, 2020 Tuesday Roundup: Ahuja, Taneja, Singh claim flagship events!

Tuesday flagships offered relatively bigger guarantees in comparison to a rather slow Monday. The action picked up across the major online platforms. Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack assured INR 20 Lakhs, Endeavour on PokerBaazi exhibited 15 Lakhs in prize money, and Adda52’s Hitman gave away...

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19 Feb, 2020 Pablo Silva wins partypoker MILLIONS South America Main Event!

partypoker MILLIONS South America saw Brazilian player Pablo Silva flip his fate overnight. Entering with a bankroll of $41,776, he turned into a millionaire after taking down the major attraction of the entire series $10,300 Main Event which also proved to be the biggest win of his car...

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19 Feb, 2020 GGPoker adds innovative staking feature to its platform

One of the biggest poker networks globally, GGPoker now has something that online poker players will be extremely fascinated about. It has come up with a unique tournament staking feature that enables you to support your preferred player or even sell your own action, becoming the first ...

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19 Feb, 2020 Ports minister suggests introduction of more casino vessels in Goa

In recent years, Goa has emerged as a leading tourism destination and there has been a gradual rise in the casino industry in the coastal state which is a significant source of revenue. Despite the rising popularity, the industry has been undergoing political heat and opposition. Ports ...

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18 Feb, 2020 Monday Roundup: Siddharth Bebarta wins ReCharge on Spartan!

After a thunderous Sunday, Monday was relatively slower with less lucrative tournaments on the leading platforms of the country. The biggest guaranteed event was Spartan Poker’s ReCharge promising INR 12 Lakhs in prize pool. Other than that, PokerBaazi’s Bout and Inception on Adda52 did...

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18 Feb, 2020 WPT Philippines: Vikaash Shah wins Megastack NLH; Blazhev wins ME

Players did quite well at the tables of Okada Manila in the 12-day long World Poker Tour (WPT) Philippines. It started on 6 February, and 21 tournaments were played with the WPT Philippines Main Event being the biggest attraction. Yesterday ended with sole Indian representative Vikaash ...

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18 Feb, 2020 Goa Casino owner arrested after riots last week

The state of Goa is in the news for quite some time now, from the imposition of Section 144 to ban of locals from entering the casinos in the coastal state. And it was only last week, in the early hours of Thursday morning that the Goan police barged into the casino venue at La Calypso ...

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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.