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Farid Yachou (spread picture) of Netherlands composed his name in the poker-history books, by bringing down the main ever World Poker Tour (WPT) Tournament of Champions at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for a total of $381,600 and a bundle of sumptuous treats worth $150,000. With this Yachou has roughly $600,000 in live competition profit.

For Yachou this was his second competition title, with the first being the WPT Amsterdam, which got him to the WPT Tournament of Champions in any case. Yachou's triumph was just about not happening, as the man has a gigantic apprehension of flying and this was his first excursion to America, one he made with a late visa.

Subsequent to beating the other 63 candidates, a grinning Yachou expressed, "It's something I can't accept. I am situated with just champions. I said to myself, 'I will be happy on the off chance that I complete 30th.' Then, step by step and hand by hand it came by and large, and everything came to me."

Adda52 Sign Up With World Poker Tour

Adda52.com, the Poker Site of India has sign up with World Poker Tour® for an exclusive license of products and services in India.

Now Indian Poker player have great opportunity to qualify for Selected World Poker Tour Events from official Website that is Adda52.com. Along with this Adda52 has also the rights to distribute world poker Tour videos and Create merchandise in India. 

India Poker Championship 2016 Winner

The first edition of the India Poker Championship (IPC) in this 2016 season took place from 24-28 February at the Deltin Royale Poker Lounge in Goa. A total of 5 events were on schedule with the highlight event being the 30k Big Game (Main Event). Here’s a quick recap of all the events and you can read about these events in greater detail at GutshotMagazine.com

Sahil Chutani from new delhi won first prize of INR 3,65,000

BJP Govt are Alleged as Agents of Casino Industry by GOA MLAs

Khaunte accused the govt saying, “BJP government is an agent of the casino industry. With elections, set to approach soon, the saffron party has begun to tap various fund-raising sources and the casino industry is one amongst them. They will play important role in election funding for BJP.”

Khaunte had been the one to expose the grant of an illegal license to the M V Royale Floatel and pointing out to this, he alleged that the BJP had no intentions of keeping their word and moving out the casinos. “The government had assured on the floor of the House that no new casinos would be permitted but in yet another U-turn, they have allowed the floatel,” Khaunte said.  

Elite Series by Pokerstars

Pokerstars has Announced Elite Series Poker Touranament starting from 9 Aril to 17 April.

Theme-Based Days

• High Roller Saturday - Billionaire Club Hold’em Elite, plus three other Hold’em tourneys
• Knockout Sunday - three knock-out events
• Round of Each Monday - three ‘round of each’ tourneys
• Women’s Tuesday - five Hold’em tourneys, four restricted to women players
• Omaha Wednesday - 100,000,000 buy-in Super High Roller and three more Omaha tourneys
• Super-Stack Thursday - four deep stack events, including two high-roller events
• Try a New Game Friday - some Badugi, Stud, and Single-Draw poker
• Hourly Hyper Saturday -Hourly Hold’em tourneys with 10M prize pools, and live leader board with prizes for the top 10 players
• Main Event Sunday - Hold’em Main Event, Ultra-High Roller Hold’em, Hold’em Hyper and Billionaire Club Invitational

Poker High School Is Online In India

pokerhighschool.com. “It teaches the rules, and offers basic and advanced strategies to make a profit at this game,” Clawin Dsouza Said

Players can see five grades and 12 lessons, which end with references. D’Souza’s inspiration comes from the structured approach he employs during his training sessions. He conducts two to eight 90-minute sessions a week, and admits about 30 students for each.
“I wanted to reach out to a larger audience in the same structured way,” he said.

Dsouza does not play poker live at clubs in the city, but sticks to the online medium as it is accessible from the comfort of his home. His biggest accomplishment was winning the Championship of the Asian Poker Tour 2012 in Goa.