India Poker Championship 2020 schedule announced, to start from January 14

Mumbai: India Poker Championship (IPC), will kick-start on January 14 and will continue up to January 19, 2020. The championship will take place at Big Daddy Casino, Goa. Organised by Spartan Poker, the event has a guaranteed prize pool of Rs 5 crore. There also would a ‘main event’, touted as the main attraction of the championship. The winner of this event would be crowned as India’s Poker Champion 2020.

Spartan Poker has also scheduled the online edition of the IPC that is India Online Poker Championship 2020 (IOPC) from January 24 to February 09, 2020 at SpartanPoker.com. Previously, the guaranteed prize pool of the online tournament was Rs 11 crores but this year the prize pool is set at Rs 16 crore.

Furthermore, there will also be an award ceremony held on January 14 to felicitate the winners of the 2019 IOPC.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr Amin Rozani, Co-founder & MD of The Spartan Poker said, “We are delighted to announce the schedule of our flagship tournaments to kickstart 2020. The overwhelming response from players across the country for previous editions encourages us to constantly invest in superior player experience and keep bringing exciting gaming options to our customers. We are excited for IPC 2020 and IOPC 2020 as we are bringing even higher GTDs for Indian players, making both series the largest in our country’s history for both live and online tournaments.”

Amin Rozanifurther added, “We are also pleased to announce IPC Awards 2020 to honour the excellence of commendable poker players and I am sure that this initiative will help people broaden their horizon and explore their ever-increasing interest in this mind sport.”