Shashwat Agarwal Relaunches BG Poker Room as Aquarium 7

Aquarium 7
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  • PG News March 27, 2016
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Shashwat Agarwal has been a busy man! Just a day after winning the inaugural Kolkata Poker Championship, Agarwal is today opening the all-new Aquarium 7 poker room at the same premises where his BG Poker Room used to be. Agarwal has been involved with some of the earliest poker ventures in Kolkata and had begun the BG poker room in April 2015.

An avid player himself, he has now upgraded the place to provide players a rich ambience with games of varied stakes. “With the growing interest of the game in the city, we had no excuse not to upgrade our facilities. The new and improved poker room has been designed keeping the player needs in mind. We now have ample space and four tables with stakes starting at INR 10,000 all the way to INR 5 Lakhs. I encourage all local and outstation player to visit the poker room to see the difference“, said Agarwal on the new venue.

Aquarium 7 poker room
Aquarium 7 poker room

Names have always been integral to Agarwal, who had earlier titled the room BG, after Brindaban Gardens, where he had begun his tryst with poker. We therefore quizzed him on his choice of name for the redone-up venue, “Aquarium is where the fishes are and 7 is my lucky number, this is not to say that we only have fishes playing in the room but rather indicates that there will be juicy games going on around the clock“, he explained, punning on the “fish” in poker.

True to its title, the venue does have a big colorful aquarium right in the middle of the poker room. The new room is lush with leather and wood interiors, done up in earthy tones and has a royal crest with the 7 etched within.

Aquarium in the middle of Aquarium 7 poker room
Aquarium in the middle of Aquarium 7 poker room

A passionate poker entrepreneur, Agarwal is going all out to attract new players. Actively travelling for the venture, he is trying to introduce new players to “this wonderful game” and is also open to new collaborations that can result in the expansion of poker in Kolkata. “I am speaking to some well-known names in the industry on possible collaborations and tie-ups. A mutually beneficial partnership will be great for the operators and players alike,” he adds.

Clearly, its happy days for poker in India and this may be just the pivotal point for Kolkata to go the Bengaluru way, becoming a new hub for the game in the east!

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