POKER ENDORSED AS BRAZIL’S NEWEST SPORT
Fantastic news reached poker players in Brazil this week as the Brazilian Sports Ministry officially recognized poker as a sport.
The decision was announced in a private meeting with members of the Confederação Brasileira de Texas Hold'em (CBTH) over the weekend as the ministry officially gave its endorsement to the CBTH and accepted its registration to be the official governing body of poker in Brazil.
IFP's World Championship
Promotional video of the "official anthem" for IFP's World Championship of Poker event "The Table" that will bring together 130 of the greatest poker players in the world.
What is the International Federation of Poker?
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The International Federation of Poker, a huge and ambitious project to link the poker-playing nations of the world together, establish a set of international rules and fight for poker as a "skill game", held a glittering pair of launch events in London last week: a Nations Cup duplicate tournament aboard the Millennium Wheel (or "London Eye", as it's less beautifully known) and an invitational world championship at County Hall.
The County Hall tournament featured nearly every big poker name there is, alongside top card-playing celebrities like Steve Davis and Shane Warne. It ran as if on wheels, amazingly glitch-free for a first time event. Plus, I finished second for a very decent wedge, which just goes to prove it's all skill.
