The World Poker Tour has signed a deal to partner with India’s major online poker network Adda52.com, and Nick Petrangelo has picked up a side event victory at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) continues their global assault on the poker market with a multi-year international brand licensing agreement with India’s most popular online poker brand Adda52.com.

Founded in 2011, Adda52.com – a subsidiary of the online gaming portal Gaussian Networks Pvt. Ltd. – currently boasts a community of over 800,000 players. The terms of the deal will hand Adda52 the rights to showcase WPT programming and leverage the brand name. You will also see Indian players qualifying for the WPT events through their online satellite qualifiers.

Anuj Gupta, Founder, and CEO of Adda52.com believes poker in India is in the midst of a boom and that the ‘association with the World Poker Tour comes at a very crucial time,’ in the country.