Key figures at the IFP World Championships were among those at a lavish ceremony in Paris earlier this week for the 11th Annual European Poker Awards. Now one of the most prestigious events in poker, the awards marks the achievement of players at the tables over the past 12 months, as well as key figures […]
Promoting poker as a mind sport may be at the heart of what the International Federation of Poker is about, but it seems one entrepreneur has found an altogether different direction to take the game, a novel approach that you might describe as out of the box and into the ring. Citing the loss […]
Anyone in the UK starting last weekend with a copy of The Times might have had their attention drawn to the front page headline regarding the suggestion that British school children should be taught about gambling. The article detailed a suggestion supported by the British Labour Party that children as young as 12 should be […]
Fans of poker literature will delight in the news that the International Federation of Poker has teamed up with Limehouse Books to create IFP Books, the UK’s only imprint dedicated to poker. The first title to be published will be The Rules of Poker, in August of this year; the definitive guide to the full […]
The 2011 Duplicate Poker Nations Cup final took place on November 18, of the original 12 teams only 6 remained. Brazil, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and the world’s first digital nation Zynga battled it out to be crowned the most skillful nation.