About us
About RIVR
A members' poker club in Gurugram, built for players who want more from their game.
A new standard
Poker, run properly.
RIVR was born from a love of the game and impatience with how it is usually run: home games that end in arguments, rooms where nobody counts the pot, and cash-outs that take days.
So we built the opposite. Trained dealers who log every hand, a cage that pays out the same night, a floor that applies one set of rules to everyone, and members who are verified before they sit down.
Tables
- 6
Rooms
- 2
Doors open, until 08:00
- 14:00
At a glance
RIVR in six lines.
Six tables
Five in the main room and the Private Room.
No-limit hold'em
Cash games from 50/100 up to the Private Room.
Tournament nights
RIVR Sunday, our flagship, and the calendar around it.
The cage
UPI or cash in, and paid out the same night.
The chef's menu
Complimentary, and served at your seat.
Verified members
18 and over, checked before they play.
Legal and compliance
Poker is a game of skill.
India's Supreme Court has long drawn the line between games of skill and games of chance. RIVR runs every table as a game of skill.
- 1968
State of Andhra Pradesh v. K. Satyanarayana
The Supreme Court holds that rummy is mainly and preponderantly a game of skill.
Read the judgment - 1996
K.R. Lakshmanan v. State of Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court sets the test that is still applied: whether skill predominates over chance.
Read the judgment - 2013
Indian Poker Association v. State of Karnataka
The Karnataka High Court holds that poker played as a game of skill needs no gaming licence.
Read the judgment - 2017
Varun Gumber v. Union Territory of Chandigarh
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, the High Court for Gurugram, holds that games where skill predominates are not gambling. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal.
The Supreme Court's order
Tax and compliance
Clean money, every night.
TDS on winnings
Deducted at the cage as the Income Tax Act requires.
Your PAN
The cage asks for it, as the law requires for the amounts it pays.
No credit between players
No lending between players, and no third-party buy-ins.
A full record
Details to follow.
Club policies
House rules
How the tables run at RIVR, applied at every table.
Responsible play
Limits and breaks, kept at the door, the waitlist and the cage.
Questions
Where is RIVR?
On the upper floor of Glaza, M3M 65th Avenue, Sector 65, Gurugram.
When is it open?
From 14:00 to 08:00, from Sunday 15 November.
Who can join?
Anyone 18 or over. Sign up in the app and finish the identity check with DigiLocker and a selfie.