As we reported last week on the IFP website, Harvard Law School was the venue for a day-long conference about the benefits mind sports could have on school curriculums for millions of children around the world. With Masters of Chess, bridge, Go, draughts and poker all in attendance, the conference, entitled “Bringing Mind Sports into […]
The moment that IFP has been working towards has finally arrived with the launch of the beta version of the global membership programme in partnership with the international sports newspaper Vavel. It marks the start of what we believe is a new era for online poker and we’d like to invite you to take part.As […]
Olympic gold medalist and multiple Grand Slam tennis champion Rafael Nadal has joined the biggest online poker company PokerStars, as one of its ambassadors. Announced on the PokerStars Blog today, Nadal, 26, is keen to learn the game of poker and will be mentored by various Team PokerStars Pros in the coming months, attempting to draw on […]
Flicking through results from the World Series of Poker this week, Ylon Schwartz’s win in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event stands out. H.O.R.S.E. combines forms of hold’em, Omaha, and Stud into one event requiring multiple talents. But when it comes to such ability Schwartz has the lot, and not just in poker. Schwartz is a true […]
In an interview with insidethegames, President of the International Federation of Poker Anthony Holden outlined IFP’s plans to formally seek membership of SportAccord. Holden was speaking at the SportAccord Convention in Québec City earlier this month, where the chiefs of world sport were gathered. Describing membership of SportAccord as “our first goal”, Holden went on to […]