Entries by Varun Goenka

Austrian Federation launches a new Membership Model

The Austrian Pokersport Association (APSA), IFP’s Austrian member nation,  has launched a new membership model. They have now actually “opened their doors” to all individual players. Till last year only poker clubs and their members could join the Austrian federation. This year they founded the “Digital Poker Club” which serves as the governing body for […]

IFP President Patrick Nally discusses Match Poker in Italy

IFP President Patrick Nally talks to Marco Brambilla, Italian senior reporter of That’s Poker News – TPNEWS.IT, about match poker and IFP’s plans. F.I.G.P (our Italian member nation) is working very closely with the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) towards the acceptance of poker as a mind sport in Italy. Read the entire interview here – http://tpnews.it/federazioni/international-federation-poker/patrick-nally-presenta-il-match-poker-0-fortuna-100-skill/10885

F.I.G.P. and Em@ney

IFP’s Italian member nation, Federazione Italiana Gioco Poker (F.I.G.P), has recently collaborated with Em@ney, an electronic money institution based in Malta. Em@ney avails itself of a management team with ten-year proven experience in the world of electronic money, emissions of online bank accounts and issuance of rechargeable credit cards. The Institute started working a few […]

POKER FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED

After years of discussions and months of planning, the Poker Federation of Australia has been officially formed. The Poker Federation of Australia is affiliated to the global International Federation of Poker (IFP), which is the recognised governing body for the mind sport of poker. The IFP promotes poker and its Match Poker variation as a game of skill […]