9stacks is one of the most popular online poker companies in India and is about to get even more popular with its latest promotion. The latest promo involves the 2019 Australian Poker Championship which is commonly known as “Aussie Millions”.
The online poker company has an on-going promotion that will send as many as 100 Indian poker players to the 2019 Aussie Millions which is scheduled to take place in Jan and Feb of 2019.
9Stacks Boosting Poker Growth In India
This is not the first time that 9stacks is running a promo where Indian poker players get the opportunity to win a seat and travel to a prestigious international poker tournament. 9stacks was quick to recognize the potential of Indian poker players and sent a team of 25 poker players to the 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) which took place in Las Vegas.
Two of the 25 Indian poker players that were part of this team were able to make name for themselves during the 2018 WSOP. Nishant Sharma and Vivek Rughan were the first ever Indian poker pros to finish in the top 100 of the WSOP’s Main Event. During the prestigious Main Event, there were a number of Indian poker players present thanks to the promo launched by 9stacks.
Top 100 Players Now Being Selected For Aussie Millions
Now 9stacks is continuing to make a major splash in the Indian poker market with its 2019 Aussie Millions promotion. The online poker website has already selected the first 15 players out of the total 100 allocation.
Included in the first set of 15 players was the first female poker player to enter the team. Chandni Malik (AKA ‘maidumji’) started her online poker adventure just last year and is already making a name for herself in online tournaments in just the span of less than a year. The complete and final list of 100 players shall be announced before the end of the year.
How 9stacks Prepares Its Players
9stacks CEO Sudhir Kamath says that company priorities focus on designing immersive tournaments and contests that in many ways take a leaf out of the top poker platforms in the world. The promotions and campaigns that the company release are an exciting combination of varied challenges and innovative ideas that when overcome gives the players a well-deserved reward and encourages amateur players to play more and improve their overall game.
9stacks remains hopeful that one out of their 100 players will steal the show and win the Main Event at the Aussie Millions.
The online poker room also recently introduced a skills dashboard, the first in India, where players can better hone their skills by evaluating their own strategies. The platform is compatible with all operating systems including Android, iOS, Windows and Mac, allowing Indian poker players to play while on the move and keep working at improving their game.
9Stacks Expecting Strong Growth
There’s a lot of competition right now in the Indian online poker market with international operators like PokerStars and domestic players like Adda52 making a major push to dominate the market and capture as much market share as possible.
9stacks is one of the younger players in the game but with exciting promotions on offer, poker pros are quickly lining up to become loyal followers. The company which is a member of the All India Gaming Federation claims to have more than 100,000 players and its subscription is growing at a rapid rate.
As of now, 9stacks reports that more than 300,000 hands of poker are played on a monthly basis and gross gaming revenue per month exceeds 35 crore rupees per month which is the equivalent of $4.8 million per month.
Just like most of the other major poker operators in India, 9stacks is also campaigning hard to educate legislators and the general public that poker is a game of skill and not chance. Poker continues to be banned in most Indian states as legislators continue to look upon poker as gambling.
However, there are a number of states who are currently looking at legalizing poker as they realize that there is tremendous market potential for the game of poker in India.