Readers of the Forbes magazine website were asked an intriguing question in the business section last week. Was it better to spend $100,000 on a business degree or $3 on a deck of playing cards with which to play poker? Quite an either-or you might think but President of the United States Poker Federation (USPF) […]
Looking ahead at the New Year it should be another intriguing 12 months for the International Federation of Poker. While 2011 put the IFP on the map, with events of the IFP World Championship capturing the imagination, 2012 promises even more. The major development will be the 2012 World Championships, which this year will be […]
The International Federation of Poker was founded in 2009, rapidly increased its membership and obtained observer status with the International Mind Sports Association in 2010, and now is on course to reach new landmarks as 2011 comes to a close. The past 12 months have been the best yet for the IFP, culminating in November […]
In the third of this week’s exclusive video clips from the IFP World Championship, Raul Mestre seals the win, and the title, in an all-or-nothing finale against Victoria Coren, the two players concluding what had been a thrilling spectacle. Either player would have proved worthy world champions but it was Mestre who was ultimately crowned […]
We can’t all be imbued with natural poker talent, although some will spend a lifetime saying that they are. But one thing every player can count on at the table is some degree of social interaction, often the very thing that attracts people to the game in the first place. For generations poker has been […]