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What Is IOPC?

India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) is one event that poker players and pros in the country gets excited about. Players prep hard and look forward to grinding on the virtual felts to grab the coveted IOPC titles. You can sign up and grind on the virtual felts of Spartan Poker, PokerHigh and BLITZPOKER if you love all things IOPC. But if you are a newbie in poker and wondering what is this poker tournament series all about then read further.

What is IOPC?

IOPC is one of India’s premium and highly anticipated online poker series. The poker fest is on everyone’s to-do list. The series offers sky-high guarantees and leaderboard rewards that one can only dream of. For the unversed, IOPC was launched in the year 2016, with its first-ever edition held in July 2016. The event was launched with an aim to have a digital dimension of India Poker Championship (IPC), a massively successful live poker brand. From 2017 onwards, the tournament series was held twice a year. First, the event hits the virtual felts in January – February, and the next edition returns in June-July period. As of June 2022, the 13^th edition of this impeccable poker series is running all guns blazing.

Rewards at IOPC

It’s a known fact that IOPC undoubtedly has the best rewards in the industry. Be it in terms of the prize pools, goodies, accolades, certificates, hampers, merchandise or even benefits like bonuses or deposit codes, IOPC offers only the best. Over the years, the tournament guarantees in IOPC have only scaled up. Prize pools went from ₹8 Lakh (maiden edition) to ₹33 Crore (13th edition) pretty quickly. The inflating prize pools are proof of how impressively the series has grown over the years.

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IOPC also gives away rewards like 18K gold badges, silver badges, and trophies. Over the past years, the series also introduced a prestigious 18K diamond-studded gold crown for the player who ships the Main Event. In the past players have been awarded automobiles like Duster, Jeep Compass, and Harley Davidson. During the January 2022 edition, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were also introduced for the winners.

Participation

Top poker players from across the country like WSOP bracelet winner Nikita Luther, Kanchan Sharma, Laksh Pal Singh, Siddhanth Kripalani, Ashish Ahuja, Ankit Wadhawan, Siddarth Singhvi, Zarvan Tumboli, Goonjan Mall, Abhishek Goindi, Sumit Sapra, Harshad Barve, Arsh Grover, Siddhanth Kapoor, Sanat Mehrotra, Kunal Patni, Anuj Yadav, Manish Lakhotia among others were seen grinding regularly at this poker festival.

With such massive fanfare and high energy always surrounding the IOPC felts, the event has carved a niche for itself in India taking regular sports head-on. The poker tournament series will only grow bigger and bolder in the coming years. And we can be assured of seeing more players hopping onto the poker bandwagon and strengthening the Indian poker circuit even further.

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