Fantastic news reached poker players in Brazil this week as the Brazilian Sports Ministry officially recognized poker as a sport. The decision was announced in a private meeting with members of the Confederação Brasileira de Texas Hold’em (CBTH) over the weekend as the ministry officially gave its endorsement to the CBTH and accepted its registration […]
The result was a remarkable win for Raul Mestre, with a backdrop perfect for the crowing of a first world champion. But the story of The Table did not begin when players took their seat last month; it began with the creation of the actual table itself. It was quite something to design and put […]
The rules of poker have never been non-negotiable. There are no tablets of stone etched with detailed rules for each eventuality. Hold’em has always been a case of two cards faced down and take it from there, but when it comes to everything else, the unpredictable whims of fortune have always been at the heart […]
International Federation of Poker president Anthony Holden has hailed Duplicate Poker as the “purest” version of the game. Duplicate Poker borrows concepts from Duplicate Bridge and is, considered the perfect way for Poker players to highlight individual skill rather than good fortune”. Details of this version of the game have been published on the IFP […]
For poker players it’s all about the money. Sure, some prestige is fine now and then, but the bottom line is the bottom line. You can’t spend a nice looking resume. Or at least that’s the impression many people have, that of cut throat individuals with only one thing on their mind. But at least […]