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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
SocialWith the holiday season now upon us it’s time to close the doors of the IFP website for a few days as our attention turns to all things festive. Before we do however, we’d like to thank everyone who has shown interest in the work of IFP over the past 12 months, whether that means […]
HOLDEN TALKS BOOKS, FILMS AND IFP
NewsThe PokerListings website features a fascinating interview this week with IFP president Anthony Holden. The article, written by Martin Harris, delves into various topics, including the background of IFP, it’s future aims and of course, which is the best poker film. Holden, as the author of the seminal Big Deal: A year as a professional poker player, […]
HELP PROVING A POINT
UncategorizedIn an age when the talents required to succeed as a poker player are often dismissed by elected officials as simple good fortune, there was nothing but reassuring news from Prague this week for the poker advocates, where the PokerStars European Poker Tour played out its last event of 2012. The bigger events were dominated […]
ESTONIA FIRST TO BOOK PLACE AT 2013 ENC
UncategorizedThe 2013 European Nations Cup will have a distinctly central European feel to it next spring following the qualifying event in Vienna, Austria this past weekend. In a slightly changed format, six teams advanced to the finals in London, led by winners of the qualifying event, Estonia, who narrowly claimed top spot against neighbors Lithuania. The Estonian […]
ENC 2013 QUALIFYING UNDERWAY IN VIENNA
UncategorizedIt will be one of the most eagerly anticipated events of next year but in effect, the 2013 European Nations Cup (ENC) begins today, in Vienna, where the 16 team qualifying event gets underway to determine the ten national sides that will advance to the finals in London next March. Attended by IFP President Anthony […]
POKER AUTHOR LOU KRIEGER DIES
UncategorizedKrieger was something of an original among poker writers in the sense that he was covering the game in the days before the internet boom which brought millions of new players to the poker tables. A columnist for Card Player magazine between 2001 and 2005, Krieger also wrote 11 poker books, most notably Poker for […]
SHANE WARNE ON CRICKET, POKER AND BEATING BOTH
UncategorizedA cricket magazine might not be the first place you’d expect to see a report of the World Series of Poker, but when the subject matter is Shane Warne it’s perhaps not quite as surprising. To those who don’t follow cricket, Warne is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the […]
PLAYERS CALLING TIME
UncategorizedIt has become one of the most pressing issues in poker, whether an automatic clock is needed to halt endless periods of inactivity in tournament poker.The problem arises when players deliberately take several minutes to make decision. Other players will respect an opponent with an important choice to make, but when the delay is because […]
CHILE JOINS IFP
UncategorizedWhen the IFP was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, in April 2009 it brought together a core group of 7 member nations, each with a common goal to promote poker as a mind sport around the world. From those humble beginnings word spread with various other federations joining and others forming from scratch. Thanks to the […]
MASTERING MATCH POKER
Match PokerThe qualification stages for the 2013 European Nations Cup are now less than two weeks away. Montessino, in Vienna, will soon gear up to stage the Match Poker contest that will send ten teams to the finals in London, in March of next year. As those who have seen it played with gusto with agree, […]