The October edition of the Golden Aces Poker League concluded last week with the 3K Wild Card to WSOP event. Mumbai’s Raonak Hathiramani won the tournament to take home a trophy and the Rs 45,000 cash prize. The final hand of the night had the runners up Dyutidhar Suresh with , opened with a 4500 raise, which was called by Hathiramani with  on the button. It was level 7 of the tournament with blinds at 500/1000 with no ante. The flo.......... [Read More]

An inter-college fest at the campus of IIM Lucknow included a poker tournament this year which garnered participants well over the maximum entries permissible and had to be restricted to 120 seats. Organised by PokerGuru, the event named ‘Texas Hold’em’ witnessed students from various IIMs and colleges queued up in scores to register for the tournament on October 7. The prizes included a 4-day, 4-star accommodation at Goa and.......... [Read More]

After the successful inaugural tournament in May'12, Bangalore based tournament organizers - Golden Aces is all set to host their second event. The Golden Aces Poker League will take place from 11th - 14th Oct, 2012 at the Pride Poker Room aboard Casino Pride.     Tournament Schedule:        .......... [Read More]

After the phenomenal response and the unbridled success of the first edition of its mentorship program, PokerGuru is now inviting a second batch of players to apply for this year's free training program. You can apply for the program here. The second batch starts from October 20. The program will last 12 weeks in which pre-flop and post-flop strategies, deep stages and final table play for MTT will be covered with the use of a vis.......... [Read More]

The 17th Chapter of the Indian Poker Series that concluded on Sept 24, 2012 at Casino Royale attracted a fair bit of attendance despite Ganpati festival. In the 5K freeze out, the first event of the chapter played on Sept 20, it was Gundeep Chahal who beat a field of 38 players to win the pole position that brought him Rs 65,000 first prize. In the final hand of the tournament that lasted a little over 6 hours, Chahal’s  comple.......... [Read More]

A recent article in the Deccan Chronicle has created quite a stir among online poker players. The story reported on a Delhi court ruling, which declared that online games involving money cannot be held to be legal and websites hosting them cannot be given any protection under the Constitution. Prabhat Mukherje, a graduate from the National Law School of India with extensive insight in the online gaming industry shares his opinions on the D.......... [Read More]

Bangalore based Shashank Siddharth has emerged victorious at the recently concluded Ultimate Poker Challenge (UPC) INR 25K main event. The 2-day event saw the field whittle down to just 9 players from the starting 64 runners on day 1. Shashank who started day 2 as the final table chip leader, had a bit of a swingy day but finally beat Shravan Chhabria heads-up to take home the title and INR 4,60,000 in prize money. The final hand of t.......... [Read More]