Dublin is the centre of the poker world this week as the Irish Poker Open gets underway at the Burlington Hotel in the Irish capital, one of the premier events on the European Poker Calendar. There is something about Ireland that links it to poker’s history, an unswerving appeal that ensures this week’s field of […]
The news on poker’s political front dominated this week. First the State government in Iowa was looking at developing online poker for state residents, then California was headed in the same direction, with state senators drawn to the projected injection of hundreds of millions of dollars into the State economy. It brings up the question […]
The skill versus luck argument, with a little help from Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst… Selbst was lucky to win her first tournament in 2008, after two years of learning how to be a solid tournament poker player by scoring four cashes (including two final tables) at the World Series of Poker. Selbst was lucky […]
Frederik Jensen’s win in the PokerStars European Poker Tour main event in Madrid over the weekend was the fifth for Danish players on the tour, a country that has consistently produced some of the best players in the world. From a population of only five and a half million, Denmark has produced a World Series […]
A modest but cheerful celebration took place in the offices of the IFP website on Monday, which marked the second anniversary of the IFP website, which first took to cyberspace in April 2010. Back then IFPs reach was small. Established only a year after the formation of IFP itself in Lausanne, Switzerland, the website was […]