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Eplayers from across the globe, the organisers announced the official schedule of the WSOP 2021. The biggest poker tournament will be held from September 30th to

November 23rd, 2021.

This year the organisers have skipped the traditional summer months of May-July and opted for fall months of September-November instead. The twomonth long tournament series will be held at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

This year’s schedule features 88 signature gold bracelet events. These bracelet events will feature buy-ins from $400 to $2,50,000. The organisers are said to start the registrations for the bracelet events in the month of August via online as well as in-person modes.

The Main Event of the 2021 WSOP will feature four starting flights for players to choose from. The flight events are scheduled for November 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2021. The Main Event final table is to be hosted on November 6th and 7th, 2021.

CBS Sports will be the official broadcast partner of the 2021 WSOP event. 18 of the bracelet events will be televised with a coverage of minimum 15 hours from the Main Events. Poker Central exclusively will exclusively produce these broadcasts.

Overall the 2021 WSOP schedule includes 51 Texas Hold’em bracelet events, 13 mixed game bracelet events, 13 Omaha bracelet events, 6 Stud bracelet events and 5 Draw bracelet events.

On June 13th, 2021, the Indian National Match Poker Team emerged victorious at The Nations Cup Qualifier. The qualifier was held for counties in the Asian region. The Indian team became the first Asian team to qualify for the Nations Cup Finals.

At the qualifiers, the Indian team defeated teams from Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia and Kazakhstan to secure their spot at the finals.

The team will now participate at Nations Cup Finals which will take place at the end of this year.

PUBG developer Krafton finally launched Battlegrounds Mobile India on July 2nd, 2021. After receiving over 20 million pre-registrations in just two weeks, the developer launched the early access version of the game on June 17th, 2021.

The nine-month long wait of the fans finally ended when the developer shared the news of its official launch on its social media handles. However, the game was launched only for Android devices. The developer did not reveal any details about when the game would be made available for iOS users. Following the launch, many esports organizations have announced their official rosters for the game.

Indian game streaming platform Loco raised $9 Million in its first round of funding. The funding round was led by South Korean game developer Krafton and Lumikai, India’s first gaming and interactive media fund among others. The funding round also saw participation from Hashed, Hiro Capital, North Base Media, Axilor Ventures and 3one4 Capital.

Loco was previously a part of Pocket Aces, one of India’s largest digital entertainment companies. However, after the round of funding, Loco will now operate as an independent firm. Pocket Aces founders, Anirudh Pandita and Ashwin Suresh will lead Loco from now on, while co-founder Aditi Shrivastava will continue to lead Pocket Aces.

One of India’s popular fantasy gaming sites, PlayerzPot has recently launched online rummy on its platform. Keeping in mind the increasing popularity of online rummy, the platform launched the game with a view of engaging new players on the platform. The launch of online rummy on the platforms marks PlayerzPot entry into the real money gaming segment after fantasy sports and casual gaming. The fantasy sports company recently went through rebranding for enhancing the user experience. It has also launched a new tagline ‘India Ka Naya Maidan’ to attract players.