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16 Oct, 2019 APT Taiwan: Zong Chi He wins the Main Event

The 2019 Asian Poker Tour (APT) Taiwan’s Main Event newest champion has been crowned! Taiwan’s Zong Chi He rose above the final 8 yesterday defeating Korea’s Jinho Hong in heads-up. Zong was awarded the APT Main Event Trophy, APT Championship Ring, and an ambitious TWD 1.9 million. The ...

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16 Oct, 2019 Jakub Oliva wins WSOP International Circuit Main Event

The WSOP Europe gathered pace with numerous entries and challengers in Czech, alongside the €10,350 WSOP International Circuit Main Event which already went into the books after crowning Jakub Oliva at the King’s Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The Main Event saw a field of 728 entrie...

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16 Oct, 2019 Vikram Kumar leads 11 players at WPT India 20k Kick-Off

The wait finally came to an end yesterday as the World Poker Tour (WPT) launched its third edition in Goa, India. The series takes place on board the Deltin Royale Casino in Goa as it did in the previous two seasons as well. Yesterday, we began with the INR 20k Kick-Off Event which was ...

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16 Oct, 2019 Now win from 1L daily in PokerDangal’s ‘Peti a Day’ promo

When you think of some of the biggest online poker websites in India, PokerDangal is one name that might pop up in your mind. They host some really exciting promotions from time to time, including those for cash game players as well as tournament players. Once again, they are back with ...

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16 Oct, 2019 WSOPE: Eyal Bensimhon leads Day 2 of Opener; 2 Indians cash out

Right now, each corner of the globe is warmed-up with numerous tournaments and India is already observing the on-going World Poker Tour (WPT) and Baazi Poker Tour (BPT) that recently completed its return series. In addition to this, another day concluded at King’s Casino, Rozvadov hosti...

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15 Oct, 2019 Gokul Krishna wins first live title at BPT 20k Bounty Event

It was a busy day at the Baazi Poker Tour (BPT) yesterday as the final day of the series saw three tournaments coming to an end and three winners being declared. The most popular of these had to be the 50k Main Event which crowned Bharat Kumar as champion, winning his first live title a...

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15 Oct, 2019 APL Vietnam: Terry Nyugen wins the Main Event

A wide number of poker fanatics are entering tournaments that are currently being hosted in the Asian region and numerous players are looking forward to adding titles to their poker career. The Asia Poker League (APL) recently made a stop in Ho Chi Minh City at Pro Poker Club in Vietnam...

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15 Oct, 2019 5 Indians progress to Day 2 of WSOPE Opener; Litvinyuk leads

King’s Casino, Rozvadov is hosting some of the greatest tournaments this October. Yesterday wrapped up Day 1B of WSOPE Event #1: €350 Opener No-Limit Hold’em. The initial day attracted 399 players followed by Day 1B pulling 612 entries, coming down to 1,011 hopefuls, each paying €...

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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.