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by Brendan Murray | Published: Nov 15, '11

Sangeeth Mohan has beaten 157 opponents to lift the Asian Poker Tour Asian Series Goa main event trophy winning INR2.35 million (€33,800) and his second title of the week after he previously win in the INR15,000 buy in Greed event which saw him walk away with INR526,000 (€7,575). The final table payouts for the INR50,000 […]

by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Nov 11, '11

India is currently witnessing its first international poker tour with the Asian Poker Tour’s visit to India’s largest casino vessel, the Casino Royale. The Tour hit Goa, India for the first time ever on Nov. 8 and action now heightens as the INR 50,000 (Eur 731) buy-in main event kicks off today with all play […]

by Brendan Murray | Published: Jul 13, '11

India gets its second major poker tournament of the year in August with the announcement that the India Poker Legend event will be held at Casino Royale in Goa from August 18 to 21. The four-day festival features an INR100,000 (US$2,300) buy in no-limit hold’em main event on Saturday August 20 and also an INR5,000 […]

by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Feb 17, '11

Over the last four years, poker has been on the rise in Goa, South West India. Armed with a concept called Sol Poker, a group of young professionals with plenty of experience in the poker industry were waiting for the right time to strike. The time has come. Sol Poker is a professional poker room […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Apr 18, '23

Prasit Chowdhury – Photo Credit: WPT Prasit Chowdhury won the World Poker Tour Prime India main event to the tune of $105,089, which includes a $10,400 seat in the WPT World Championship that will be hosted at Wynn Las Vegas this December. Chowdhury certainly made his first recorded cash a good one, as he also […]

by Brendan Murray | Published: Oct 14, '11

Indian poker company, The Shark, plans to try and break Phil Laak’s poker endurance record next month. Nine players will play the India Poker Legend Marathon Cash Game Session, which has been sanctioned by Guinness World Records, and the last person standing after 115 hours will be crowned the new record holder. The event takes […]

by Brendan Murray | Published: Apr 02, '11

Details of the first India Poker Open have been announced. The four-tournament festival will take place in Casino Carnival, Goa, India from May 12 to 15, 2011. The schedule centres around a US$2,300 (INR100,000) main event starting on Saturday May 14. Additionally the festival features a $115 no-limit holdem rebuy and $230 no-limit hold’em freezeout […]

by Bob Pajich | Published: Jul 16, '07

The Asian Poker Classic today announced it will hold return to Goa, India, for a second tournament next March. An exact date and venue will be named later. The last Asian Poker Classic attracted 140 players and was won by Carl Hostrup of Denmark. He won $320,000. Several big-time pros showed up to play in […]

by Kristy Arnett | Published: Apr 02, '07

The European Poker Tour went out with a bang with the season-ending Grand Final in Monte Carlo. The field of 706 players who shelled out the €10,000 ($13,000) buy-in and created a prize pool of €6,636,400 ($8.8 million) also made the largest poker tournament field in a tourney held outside the United States. The final […]

by Rolf Slotboom | Published: Mar 06, '07

Il Campeonato España de Poker 2007 – well, that's the official name of what I will simply call the "Spanish Championships." In 2006, this series of tournaments started off in a rather successful fashion. The eventual winner was Francisco Lopez, and I got the chance to meet him in Goa – because just like Gerard, […]