At the final stage of the HeadsUp Live Liga of the Deutscher Poker Sportbund (DPSB) in Moenchengladbach, the Piranhas Bulldozers tus Berne e.V. took the championship title. After their success in 2011, the Poker Piranhas are the first two-time title-holder in the competition.
The team from Hamburg had to survive a total of six matches before they held the Cup in the final with their victory over AllIn Poker Hannover II. In the HeadsUp Live Liga, two teams each consisting of four players compete in one-on-one duels against each other and use a scoring system to determine the winning team. A game consists of 12 individual duels.
Of the total of 72 HeadsUps on the way to the title 44 could be won, with the victory in both the semi-finals and in the final game was already established. The title win is more than earned and with “Piranhas Bulldozers tus Berne e.V.” one of the absolute favourites could prevail.
The championship was well received by all participating teams and a big thank you to the Landespokerverband NRW e.V. for the outstanding organization and execution of the title-winners.
In the HeadsUp Live League of the Deutscher Poker Sportbund is played entirely without monetary value. It is more about the athletic challenge and the competition man against man.
We thank all players and teams for an exciting weekend and look forward to the start of the season on February 01st, 2018. Interested teams are very welcome!
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The International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) is delighted and proud to have been granted Observer Status of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and to be accepted into the Olympic Family.
The International Federation of Match Poker formally changed its name from International Federation of Poker to clearly distinguish itself as the governing body of poker as a sport. The decision to accept IFMP is recognition of the status of Match Poker as a sport within the GAISF community and of IFMP as an International Federation confirming with criteria including being a signatory to the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) Code.
Patrick Nally, President of the International Federation of Match Poker, which currently represents Federations in more than 60 countries, said:
“We would like to thank GAISF President Patrick Baumann, and the GAISF Membership Commission Chaired by Antonio Espinos along with Vice Presidents Dr Raffaele Chiulli and Stephan Fox whose vision has made this possible.
“Recognition by the International Sporting Family through the granting of GAISF Observer Status is a turning point for our sport. It legitimises Match Poker wherever there is a National Olympic Committee enabling new International Federations, leagues and competitions to be established worldwide. This is the start of something big and truly exciting.”
“We can go forward with confidence building our player base and introducing millions worldwide to the thrill of competition, social and educational benefits and the sheer fun of the sport,” he said.
Match Poker was devised and developed by IFMP as a team sport where the element of chance inherent in the “random draw of cards” has been removed. There is no gambling in Match Poker and the sport is available to players of all ages and genders worldwide.
IFMP has successfully developed the Match Poker technology including innovative use of smartphones in game-play and administration, making Match Poker a true 21st century mind sport.
Having launched the first Match Poker League as a team competition, IFMP is developing the sport globally and the world’s first professional league, the Match Indian Poker League, will debut next month.
Match Poker is growing its global market because it has ripped down the barriers of negative perception and prohibitive legislation allowing it to be played worldwide.
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The International Federation of Poker has signed a ground-breaking agreement with top Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her entrepreneur husband Raj Kundra’s Viaan Industries Ltd to launch the Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL) which will see city-based teams compete in the world’s first professional match poker league.
The agreement is a significant breakthrough for the sport, which has been developed by the International Federation of Poker, under its president Patrick Nally, and has grown significantly worldwide since its launch in 2009. The IFP now has 60 member Federations worldwide and a long list of applicant nations.
The Match Indian Poker League, featuring teams owned by leading figures in Indian business and entertainment, will launch in September. Players will be selected for the teams based on their skill based ranking, where their performances have been assessed while playing against one of the world’s most advanced Poker ‘Bots using the Match Poker app which launches in August.
The first eight teams will represent the cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Kolkatta and Mumbai and the Match IPL will be played over a weekend to determine the most skillful Match Poker team along with the six players that will represent the Indian National team on a global stage.
Match Poker is the skill-based variant of the world’s most popular card game in which players compete for points (and not for stakes) in a team format. It combines the skills of an ultra-mind sport with current digital technology. Cards are dealt digitally and the game is played on smartphones and tablets, thereby eliminating the randomness of the cards and amplifying the skill.
The technology facilitates every element of the sport from game-play to administration of competitions and record keeping. Players win points for their team depending on the number of chips they win as they compete against opponents at their table and against their opposite numbers on other teams who have been dealt identical cards.
The International Federation of Poker (IFP) is the international governing body for the sport and was declared WADA compliant earlier this year. It is an observer member of the International Mind Sports Association and an applicant for membership of the Global Association of International Sports Federations.
IFP President Patrick Nally, widely recognised as the architect of modern sports marketing, sees the agreement with Viaan Industries as a transformational step for the sport.
“We are delighted to be working with Viaan Industries and with Shilpa and Raj who have had the vision to recognise the potential of Match Poker and the business instincts to create an exciting and entertaining, sporting framework which will attract massive interest among players, sponsors and commercial backers in one of the world’s fastest growing markets,” he said.
“The IFP has worked tirelessly for many years to develop the sport and the technology to support it and make it fit for purpose as a truly 21st century mind sport. It is a mind sport in an e-sport wrapper. Match Poker is inclusive and can be played by anybody with access to a smartphone and an Internet connection, anywhere and at any time.”
“We will be working closely with Viaan Industries to support the success of the Match Indian Poker League and are confident that it will create a model for the roll-out of other pro leagues elsewhere in the world.”
“The interest in India has been simply phenomenal and we can’t wait for the launch of the app and the build-up to the Match Indian Poker league later this year.”
Raj Kundra said:
“Viaan Industries Ltd is all about creating innovative technology and licensing deals and I am delighted to work with the International Federation of Poker on this tremendously exciting project.
Together we are going to create India’s only internationally recognized sports Match Poker league, which will create new opportunities to play, and unprecedented levels of excitement and engagement. Significantly the Match IPL will also be the platform for identifying and selecting the six players who will represent Team India at the IFP Nations Cup later this year.”
https://matchpokerfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mipl-header.jpg6561200Varun Goenkahttps://matchpokerfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ifmp-logo.pngVarun Goenka2017-06-01 12:14:562017-10-02 15:18:52IFP AND VIAAN INDUSTRIES LTD TO LAUNCH MATCH INDIAN POKER LEAGUE
The Sicilian Match Poker Championships took place in the four months between February and May
2017 comprising of a series of Match Poker qualification tournaments throughout the provinces of
Palermo, Ragusa, Syracuse, Catania and Messina. A total of more than 300 players from 50 towns took
part in the championships, which concluded with the semi-finals and final at the beach town of Capo
Mulini (Catania) on 20th May 2017. It was a tremendously successful series and IFP is very grateful for
the hard work and dedication shown by its Italian member FIGP for organising and hosting the events,
and its technical team working tirelessly from Hyderabad, India in support. The championships
proved to be an immensely valuable beta test of IFP’s new Match Poker app that will now be launched
in both Android and iOS versions later this summer.
Sicilian Match Poker Championships – Final Results:
The prize for the winning team from Syracuse is a Champions League Final Experience (flights from
Italy to the UK, accommodation, transportation + tickets to see Juventus vs Real Madrid in the
Champions League Final in Cardiff on 3 rd June 2017).
The winning team:
Benedetto Drago, Luca Cocola, Andrea Floresta, Piergiorgio Cocola , Giuseppe Zagami & Angelo Drago.
(Substitutes: Antonino Ognibene, Paolo Listro)
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IFP’s German national federation, Deutsche Poker SportBund (DPSB), just completed its 7th DPSB HeadsUp national event and crowned 89suited Poker München as the winner!
The final was held in Ingolstadt (Bavaria) this time with the 16 qualified teams from all over Germany.
In the group stage (http://dpsb.org/playoffs-season-7/) the teams played three matches against every opponent to determine the first two spots in the group which would advance to the quarter finals.
Our new Champion 89suited Poker München won their group even though they lost their very first match. From then on they won the next five consecutive matches.
Especially the captian of this team – Gerhard Schwarz – had an incredible weekend winning 15 out of 17 headsup matches (both losses in the group stage).
89suited Poker München is one of the teams playing the DPSB HeadsUp Live Liga from the very beginning on.
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Piranhas Bulldozers tus Berne e.V. become the new German Champions
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Varun GoenkaAt the final stage of the HeadsUp Live Liga of the Deutscher Poker Sportbund (DPSB) in Moenchengladbach, the Piranhas Bulldozers tus Berne e.V. took the championship title. After their success in 2011, the Poker Piranhas are the first two-time title-holder in the competition.
The team from Hamburg had to survive a total of six matches before they held the Cup in the final with their victory over AllIn Poker Hannover II. In the HeadsUp Live Liga, two teams each consisting of four players compete in one-on-one duels against each other and use a scoring system to determine the winning team. A game consists of 12 individual duels.
Of the total of 72 HeadsUps on the way to the title 44 could be won, with the victory in both the semi-finals and in the final game was already established. The title win is more than earned and with “Piranhas Bulldozers tus Berne e.V.” one of the absolute favourites could prevail.
The championship was well received by all participating teams and a big thank you to the Landespokerverband NRW e.V. for the outstanding organization and execution of the title-winners.
In the HeadsUp Live League of the Deutscher Poker Sportbund is played entirely without monetary value. It is more about the athletic challenge and the competition man against man.
We thank all players and teams for an exciting weekend and look forward to the start of the season on February 01st, 2018. Interested teams are very welcome!
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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MATCH POKER AWARDED GAISF OBSERVER STATUS
/0 Comments/in IFMP, Match Poker /by adminThe International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) is delighted and proud to have been granted Observer Status of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and to be accepted into the Olympic Family.
The International Federation of Match Poker formally changed its name from International Federation of Poker to clearly distinguish itself as the governing body of poker as a sport. The decision to accept IFMP is recognition of the status of Match Poker as a sport within the GAISF community and of IFMP as an International Federation confirming with criteria including being a signatory to the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) Code.
Patrick Nally, President of the International Federation of Match Poker, which currently represents Federations in more than 60 countries, said:
Match Poker was devised and developed by IFMP as a team sport where the element of chance inherent in the “random draw of cards” has been removed. There is no gambling in Match Poker and the sport is available to players of all ages and genders worldwide.
IFMP has successfully developed the Match Poker technology including innovative use of smartphones in game-play and administration, making Match Poker a true 21st century mind sport.
Having launched the first Match Poker League as a team competition, IFMP is developing the sport globally and the world’s first professional league, the Match Indian Poker League, will debut next month.
Match Poker is growing its global market because it has ripped down the barriers of negative perception and prohibitive legislation allowing it to be played worldwide.
IFP AND VIAAN INDUSTRIES LTD TO LAUNCH MATCH INDIAN POKER LEAGUE
/in News, Uncategorized /by Varun GoenkaLONDON AND MUMBAI: 1st June, 2017
The International Federation of Poker has signed a ground-breaking agreement with top Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her entrepreneur husband Raj Kundra’s Viaan Industries Ltd to launch the Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL) which will see city-based teams compete in the world’s first professional match poker league.
The agreement is a significant breakthrough for the sport, which has been developed by the International Federation of Poker, under its president Patrick Nally, and has grown significantly worldwide since its launch in 2009. The IFP now has 60 member Federations worldwide and a long list of applicant nations.
The Match Indian Poker League, featuring teams owned by leading figures in Indian business and entertainment, will launch in September. Players will be selected for the teams based on their skill based ranking, where their performances have been assessed while playing against one of the world’s most advanced Poker ‘Bots using the Match Poker app which launches in August.
The first eight teams will represent the cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Kolkatta and Mumbai and the Match IPL will be played over a weekend to determine the most skillful Match Poker team along with the six players that will represent the Indian National team on a global stage.
Match Poker is the skill-based variant of the world’s most popular card game in which players compete for points (and not for stakes) in a team format. It combines the skills of an ultra-mind sport with current digital technology. Cards are dealt digitally and the game is played on smartphones and tablets, thereby eliminating the randomness of the cards and amplifying the skill.
The technology facilitates every element of the sport from game-play to administration of competitions and record keeping. Players win points for their team depending on the number of chips they win as they compete against opponents at their table and against their opposite numbers on other teams who have been dealt identical cards.
The International Federation of Poker (IFP) is the international governing body for the sport and was declared WADA compliant earlier this year. It is an observer member of the International Mind Sports Association and an applicant for membership of the Global Association of International Sports Federations.
Raj Kundra said:
Sicilian Match Poker Championships 2017
/in Uncategorized /by Varun GoenkaThe Sicilian Match Poker Championships took place in the four months between February and May
2017 comprising of a series of Match Poker qualification tournaments throughout the provinces of
Palermo, Ragusa, Syracuse, Catania and Messina. A total of more than 300 players from 50 towns took
part in the championships, which concluded with the semi-finals and final at the beach town of Capo
Mulini (Catania) on 20th May 2017. It was a tremendously successful series and IFP is very grateful for
the hard work and dedication shown by its Italian member FIGP for organising and hosting the events,
and its technical team working tirelessly from Hyderabad, India in support. The championships
proved to be an immensely valuable beta test of IFP’s new Match Poker app that will now be launched
in both Android and iOS versions later this summer.
Sicilian Match Poker Championships – Final Results:
The prize for the winning team from Syracuse is a Champions League Final Experience (flights from
Italy to the UK, accommodation, transportation + tickets to see Juventus vs Real Madrid in the
Champions League Final in Cardiff on 3 rd June 2017).
The winning team:
Benedetto Drago, Luca Cocola, Andrea Floresta, Piergiorgio Cocola , Giuseppe Zagami & Angelo Drago.
(Substitutes: Antonino Ognibene, Paolo Listro)
7th Playoffs for the DPSB HeadsUp Live Liga 2016
/in Germany, News /by Varun GoenkaIFP’s German national federation, Deutsche Poker SportBund (DPSB), just completed its 7th DPSB HeadsUp national event and crowned 89suited Poker München as the winner!
The final was held in Ingolstadt (Bavaria) this time with the 16 qualified teams from all over Germany.
In the group stage (http://dpsb.org/playoffs-season-7/) the teams played three matches against every opponent to determine the first two spots in the group which would advance to the quarter finals.
From then on they played knock out matches. (http://dpsb.org/playoffs-season-7-k-o-phase/)
Our new Champion 89suited Poker München won their group even though they lost their very first match. From then on they won the next five consecutive matches.
Especially the captian of this team – Gerhard Schwarz – had an incredible weekend winning 15 out of 17 headsup matches (both losses in the group stage).
89suited Poker München is one of the teams playing the DPSB HeadsUp Live Liga from the very beginning on.
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