New Delhi, January 22, 2021.

Since its launch in August of last year,BLITZPOKER, majority owned by i3 Interactive Inc, has established itself as a premier destination for poker players of all skill levels with a particular focus on welcoming new players to poker. Determined to start the New Year with a bang, BLITZPOKER has launched theIndian Poker Online Championship (IOPC). This year,the IOPC features a guaranteed prizepool of INR 28crores (almost $4MM USD) - making it India’s biggest online poker event. The tournamentofficially started on the 14^th of January and is right now ramping into the most exciting parts of the event, which will conclude on 31st January 2021 with the main event “IOPC the Crown”with a 3.5Crore prize pool.

Tapping into and further growing the already exploding gaming market in India, BLITZPOKER has established a footholdwithin the poker community, continuingits rapid growth since its launch.With its unique tournaments and competitions, BLITZPOKER has seen overwhelming adoptionas the market has responded to its brand positioning bringing unique excitement to new and established poker players alike.BLITZPOKER’S latest event, the Indian Poker Online Championship (IOPC), is set to be the biggest online poker tournament by BLITZPOKER in India to date.

Commenting on their rapid rise and their latest offering, BLITZPOKER Managementadded, “Thanks to the support of the Indian online poker community, we finished the year 2020 on a very high note with a lot of optimism entering 2021. We witnessed the enthusiasm via the community’sparticipation in our initiatives, either directly into tournaments or cash games or our generalmarketing initiatives designed to bring fun and engagement to the skill-based game of poker. This support continues to encourage us to bring new and exciting opportunities to help our players have fun learning the game of poker and to present opportunities to win industry leading prize pools. To start this New Year the BLITZ way, we are very pleased to announce the biggest online poker tournament in India, the Indian Online Poker Championship 2021 (IOPC). This tournament offers the adrenalin rush that every single online poker player in the country has been looking for. The IOPC reflects our faith in the Indian poker community, and we look forward to continuing to deliver above expectations and further advance the quality and quantity of the poker community across the board.”

To make the IOPC more exciting, BLITZPOKER has introduced a long list of promotional offers, allowing their players to get more for their money and even win tickets to the tournament events. All players who deposit INR 250 and above will get a 20% bonus of upto INR 25,000.

Key highlights of the Indian Online Poker Championship:

·         The IOPC offers INR 28 crore (~ $4MM USD) guaranteed (GTD) in the prize pool.

·         The IOPC will host multiple tournaments with a total GTD of INR 24 Crore

·         INR 1 Crore in giveaways to the top players on the leaderboard

·         The Four Feature tournaments will be livestreamed

The BLITZPOKER app allows players to earn real cash starting with zero to deposit amount. No better way to lean and get started! BLITZPOKER has their support team available on call, chat, email and social media to solve all player queries to ensure smooth gameplay and hassle-free cash outs/deposits, welcoming questions of any kind, any day of the year.