Indian company Baadshah Gaming has signed a partnership agreement with the Philippines-based Asian Poker Tour that will enable it to offer online satellites to major Asia-facing tournaments.
The Asian Poker Tour claims to be the biggest poker tour in Asia. Since its inception in 2008, APT has added multiple destinations in its yearly tournament roster, embracing locations such as Macau, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia, and even taking the game to far-flung tiny French colony of New Caledonia.
To date, the APT has staged more than 80 major events and numerous smaller tournaments mainly in the Asia-Pacific Region, generating USD$ 30 million in prize money for players.
APT executive tournament director Lloyd S. Fontillas said this week, “The goal of the partnership is to increase the presence of the Indian players at each and every APT event and we believe with Baadshah Gaming having the capabilities of running both online and land based qualifiers, this will happen.”
Baadshah Gaming began operations in March 2017 and is an online portal that offers poker and other games of skill.
In June 2017, Goa’s Casino Pride group bought a stake in Oceanking Software Solutions LLP, the company that owns and operates the Baadshah Gaming brand. As part of the deal, the start-up has gained access to run and operate the ‘Baadshah Gaming Live’ property on board the Casino Pride vessel in Panjim, Goa. With this, the company is able to host a variety of live gaming tournaments, bringing in poker players from all over the country.
Madhav Gupta, co-founder of Baadshah Gaming, said: “We believe that this partnership will benefit the Indian poker community in multiple ways, the best of which is that it will give both amateurs and professionals alike, the opportunity to test their skills against the best poker players on the Asian circuit.”
The agreement also includes a provision making Baadshah the official APT partner for India, allowing it to offer online action at Baadshah Gaming.com and live satellites at the Baadshah Gaming Live venue aboard Casino Pride in Panjim, Goa.