HOLDEN HAILS “PUREST” VERSION OF POKER
Duplicate Poker borrows concepts from Duplicate Bridge and is, considered the perfect way for Poker players to highlight individual skill rather than good fortune”. Details of this version of the game have been published on the IFP website’s library page.
Poker has been classified as a Mind Sport since the IFP, led by Holden, succeeded in gaining the backing of the International Mind Sports Association in April 2010.
“Poker is played by millions around the world and Duplicate Poker is the game in its purest form,” Holden said. “Players compete against each other based on skill, without any fluctuation in chance. I believe that it’s the best way to highlight Poker as a game of strategic skill and as a Mind Sport.”
The IFP’s ambassador for Duplicate Poker, author and Poker player James McManus, added: “By draining as much luck from the game as possible, Duplicate Poker comes close to guaranteeing that the best players will win in the short run as well as the long run. Like its fellow mind sports Chess, Go, and Duplicate Bridge, it’s a game of pure skill.”