India Poker Legend Tournament for Goa

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 (US$115) no-limit hold’em rebuy, a INR10,000 (US$230) no-limit hold’em freezeout, and an INR12,000 (US$275) buy in no-limit hold’em bounty plus rebuy event.

Players who register for the main event before August 10 will be offered two nights complimentary accommodation at Taj Vivanta, Panjai while satellites for the event will be held each weekend leading up to the event at the casino.

A spokesman for the organizers, The Shark, said, “[We] see India as an emerging, but fast growing market and believe that within the next 12 months, India will become a regular stop on the Asian Poker Circuit with multiple international tourneys being held every year.

“[We are] in discussions with multiple International poker brands and is making efforts to bring these brands to the Indian Poker market.”

The organizers recently organized the successful India Poker Open which saw Card Player India Chief Editor Dhaval Mudgal finish second.

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