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F.I.G.P. and Em@ney
UncategorizedIFP’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 […]
IFP President Patrick Nally discusses Match Poker in Italy
UncategorizedIFP 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
Austrian Federation launches a new Membership Model
NewsThe 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 […]
Universities Use Poker to Train Students for Success
Mind Sport, Texas Holdem, WSOPMembers of the professional poker world understand poker to be a game of intense strategy and precise focus. It involves a set of mental skills that take years of practice to develop. Ivy League universities like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are beginning to tap into this table sport as a way to teach students how […]
Netherlands classifies Poker to be a Game of Skill
Match Poker, Member Nations, Mind SportNetherlands joins 11 other IFP member nations by a recent court ruling in Amsterdam where poker was classified as a game of skill. The Netherlands was one of IFP’s founding nations and we are delighted with this ruling. A total of 12 IFP National Federations now consider poker to be a skill game, and not […]
Romanian Poker Federation officially launched!
News, RomaniaFEDERATIA SPORTIVA NATIONALA DE POKER/ROMANIAN NATIONAL SPORTIVE POKER FEDERATION was founded on 09/03/2009. The Romanian Sportive National Poker Federation has changed its name and is now fully formed and will function from now on as the ROMANIAN POKER FEDERATION. The court in Bucharest has officially classified the Romanian Poker Federation as a national sports association […]
IFP welcomes Montenegrin member nation
IFP, Member Nations, MontenegroThe Montenegrin Poker Association was formed on 5th August 2013 and officially became a member of the International Federation of Poker (IFP) on 4th September 2013. The IFP promotes poker and its Match Poker variation as a game of skill and as a mind sport. Having evolved from its original seven member nations to more […]
Interesting hands of the ANC – 5/5
ANC 2013 China, Asian Nations CupLarger than life and greater than mountains In perhaps the ‘hand of the tournament’ we see how very differently teams play exactly the same cards. Garth Kay of Australia (here winning one of the biggest single pots of the event with his pocket rockets in seat 4) probably wasn’t too thrilled about having multiple opponents […]
Interesting hands of the ANC – 4/5
ANC 2013 China, Asian Nations CupQuads Baby, Yeah You don’t hit quads often, and it seems that when you do, it is best to be playing against Mongolia. Ace-seven is a raggedy old hand to see a flop with, but it paid off big time for Japan and Singapore in this hand.Four teams also managed modest wins with the pocket […]
Interesting hands of the ANC – 3/5
ANC 2013 China, Asian Nations CupWhen monsters meet While we have already seen total team chip scores ranging by over 30000 chips in a single hand, here is an example of a range of just 400. Since players are completely isolated from their team mates and play at other tables, it is impossible to know by how much their own […]