Spartan Poker Gets a Makeover, IPC Satellites Now Live

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  • PG News May 11, 2015
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It was only a few weeks ago that we brought you news about the entry of SpartanPoker.com into the landscape on online poker in India. Powered by a collaboration between two of the top poker media entities in the country, PokerGuru and Gutshot Magazine, this new software aims to deliver a world class gaming experience to domestic players.

Rohit Bhalla, one of the promoters of the venture, announced the soft launch of Spartan Poker a few weeks ago saying, “We hope to provide a world class gaming experience for Indian players not only in terms of a good software but also a wide variety of tournaments and ring games”. Bhalla, one of the earliest players who took up the game of poker professionally in the country, has been associated with the Indian poker scene for a little over six years now. His vast experience as a player has enabled him to examine a myriad of options and fix upon what the online poker player wants from an ideal gaming platform.

On behalf of Gutshot Magazine, Sameer Rattonsey one of the well-known names on the Indian poker circuit, had this to say, “We are very excited about Spartan Poker and our partnership with PokerGuru in this venture. PokerGuru and our vision for poker in India is the same, we both believe in the growth of the game in the right way and of course giving the players the best possible experience.”

New, Improved and On-the-Go!

In the past week, the site and software underwent a significant upgrade with the new version of the software now boasting of an improved Flash interface. The downloadable client has also been tweaked to provide an easier one-shot visual of all the tournaments and ring games available for players. And the biggest news, especially for those of you who love to play your poker on-the-go, is the addition of a new mobile platform for Android devices.

“The mobile feature was something that we had many players requesting for. Smartphones today are lifestyle devices and gaming is an important part of it so we knew this option had to be incorporated in our bouquet of offerings,”said Peter Abraham, another promoter of this venture.

 

IPC powered by SpartanPoker.com

From its initial launch, Spartan Poker has maintained that they intend to focus heavily on tournaments with the site offering a whole range of options every day of the week. From daily freerolls to big weekend tournaments Spartan Poker is looking to cater to the tournament loving poker player. Spartan Poker has also extended this thought to live events with their sponsorship of the June edition of the India Poker Championship in Goa. Said Bhalla, “Sponsoring the upcoming IPC event is extremely exciting and we hope to give a lot of players an opportunity to play satellites on Spartan poker and win seats into India’s biggest poker tournament. Being poker players ourselves we try and think about what our expectations are from any online or live event and we try to do the best we can to make the experience enjoyable for all the players.”

Both the entities are clear about elevating the status of poker in the country and making it as popular as any other sport. “We want to create a platform for players to take up poker professionally, be it with the Deltin Poker room, the IPC or with Spartan Poker. It is important to break the taboo associated with cards, which also by default gets attached to the sport of poker. For me and many more, poker is a sport and it has to be seen and treated like any other. We will be constantly trying to create opportunities for players to learn and make a career of this game. Like any other sport there is competition and plenty to learn if you want to improve and be better than the rest,” said Rattonsey.

 

Satellite your way into India’s biggest poker tournament

Ever since its return this year, the India Poker Championship has been making waves with recording setting and breaking numbers in their events. If the turnouts in their January edition were huge then it was bigger in April. The upcoming June edition promises to be no different and you can be on your way to play in India’s biggest tournament for just a fraction of the price. Starting from 11th May through to the end of the month, play in daily guaranteed satellites for seats into every single IPC tournament. There is also a full ticket package worth INR 55,000 guaranteed on offer every Sunday night comprising of buy-ins into the IPC 5K Warm Up, 10K Kickoff, 30K Big Game and 10K Super KO events to be held from June 3-7 at the Deltin Royale Poker room in Goa. Download the new software and check out the satellite schedule now!

Besides the excitement of live event satellites, here’s what else is on offer at Spartan Poker: –

 

Guaranteed Tournaments Everyday

One of the biggest draws for players at SpartanPoker.com is the sheer number of tournaments happening every day. There are up to 10 guaranteed tournaments taking place throughout the day with a range of buy-ins and by extension prizepools. For instance the Daily One has a buy-in of ₹1 with a guaranteed prizepool of ₹100 and the Daily Ten get you a guaranteed prizepool of ₹500 with a buy-in of just ₹10. The biggest of these weekday GTD tournaments is the Battle @ 9, taking place every Monday-Friday at 9:00 pm with a buy-in of just ₹50 to take a shot at a prizepool of ₹2,500!

 

Daily Freerolls

The best way to build up your bankroll is to do it for FREE! Take part in up to seven daily freerolls where you can take a shot a making your bankroll without investing a single rupee. There are ₹500 prizepools up for grabs on the weekdays and this triples during the day on the weekend. And to sweeten it further, Spartan Poker offers an ₹3,000 guaranteed prizepool on the Saturday and Sunday night freerolls at 10 pm!

 

Big Weekend Tournaments

Everyone loves the weekend and why should it be different for poker players?! Spice up your nights on the weekend by playing in Spartan Poker’s weekend specials at 9pm. Starting with the Friday Night Slam featuring a buy-in of ₹100 and a guaranteed prizepool of ₹5,000 it just keeps going up! On the following night play the Saturday Clash a buy-in of ₹150 and a guaranteed prizepool of ₹7,500 and close out the weekend in a big way by playing in the Sunday Big Game having a buy-in of ₹ 200 and a massive ₹15,000 guaranteed prizepool!

Besides these there are Welcome and Deposit bonuses, Bad Beat Jackpot, satellites into live events like the IPC and lots of other exciting promotions.

Leading up to its launch, news about Spartan Poker’s imminent entry into the online sphere was being met with a lot of anticipation. Never before has there been buzz like this about an online site in India among the poker community. And with more exciting features to be released in the coming weeks, the buzz is only going to get stronger. With some of the best brains in Indian poker behind this venture, we can expect some exciting times ahead for Indian poker players in the online poker space.

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