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WSOPE ACTION HEADLINES THE WEEK’S NEWS
UncategorizedThe World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) dominated the week’s live poker action in the south of France, with five of seven of the Series’ events now complete. While Ben Manbett won the WPT Borgata Poker Open in the United States, across the Atlantic the WSOP action started in historic fashion, Imed Ben Mahmoud becoming […]
INDIA’S POKER LAW GETS COMPLICATED
UncategorizedThe situation regarding online poker in India sparked confusion this week. A Delhi court ruled that online betting is an offence in India and a website allowing people to play poker involving money cannot be given protection under the constitution. The ruling effectively means that, while poker is considered a game of skill in India, […]
MASTERING THE TEAM GAME
UncategorizedA curious thing happens when a group of poker players join together to form a team to compete in an international contest: things don’t always go as they should. The team dynamic often adds an additional layer of complication. Players who are used to living and dying by the decisions they make, suddenly have to […]
WILL POKER PLAYERS SWAY THE ELECTION?
UncategorizedThe Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is one of the game’s key lobby groups in the United States, having campaigned for several years for the rights of the country’s several million poker players to play the game they love without committing a criminal office. This week the PPA published the results of its survey of poker […]
BETA TESTING UNDERWAY
UncategorizedOn Monday the IFP, in partnership with Vavel, launched the beta version of its global membership programme, the culmination of more than two years of work since the IFP was launched in 2009. It’s the first of what will be several partnerships with major media platforms around the world and it’s so far so good […]
A NEW ERA FOR ONLINE POKER
UncategorizedThe moment that IFP has been working towards has finally arrived with the launch of the beta version of the global membership programme in partnership with the international sports newspaper Vavel. It marks the start of what we believe is a new era for online poker and we’d like to invite you to take part.As […]
IFP LAUNCHES GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMME
UncategorizedThe International Federation of Poker has today launched the first phase of its global membership development programme, agreeing an international media partnership with online sports news and social media service Vavel.The agreement is the first of a series of partnerships with high profile media organisations scheduled to be announced in the coming weeks and months, […]
NEW GRANDMASTER MAKES HISTORY
UncategorizedWhen chess players reach Grandmaster status it’s an honour they possess for life. No one can strip them of it. It’s for keeps, recognised not only in the chess community but also beyond as a mark of intellectual prowess – even non-chess players are familiar with the word “Grandmaster”. That’s the title bestowed on Kenny […]
THOUGHTS ON THE NEW IFP LOGO
UncategorizedChange isn’t always for the good, but we think the new IFP logo is change for the better. The new design, which you’ll see from now on when visiting the IFP website, as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages, marks the start of an exciting new period for poker’s governing body which is entering […]
CELEBRATING THE RULES OF POKER IN STYLE
UncategorizedAnyone in doubt that poker can be fun without money need only have glanced through the polished windows of The Club at the Ivy in London’s West End last Friday night, where press and members of the poker community joined the top brass of IFP to celebrate the launch of The Rules of Poker, the first […]