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As part of the first UK [[Mind sport|Mind Sports]] Festival, IFP hosted its inaugural tournaments in November, 2011, in [[London]]’s [[County Hall|County_Hall,_London]]<ref name='Events'>[http://int.pokerfed.org/events--2 The International Federation of Poker: Events]: the IFP Duplicate Poker Nations Cup, a team event contested by IFP’s Member Federations, and the IFP World Poker Championship, also called ‘The Table’, in which individual players compete for the title of World Champion. Unique among international tournaments in employing Duplicate Poker, the opening hands of the 2011 IFP Nations Cup were played in the capsules of the [[London Eye]].<ref name="Events"/> |
As part of the first UK [[Mind sport|Mind Sports]] Festival, IFP hosted its inaugural tournaments in November, 2011, in [[London]]’s [[County Hall|County_Hall,_London]]<ref name='Events'>[http://int.pokerfed.org/events--2 The International Federation of Poker: Events]</ref>: the IFP Duplicate Poker Nations Cup, a team event contested by IFP’s Member Federations, and the IFP World Poker Championship, also called ‘The Table’, in which individual players compete for the title of World Champion. Unique among international tournaments in employing Duplicate Poker, the opening hands of the 2011 IFP Nations Cup were played in the capsules of the [[London Eye]].<ref name="Events"/> |
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Revision as of 17:14, 1 April 2012
The International Federation of Poker (IFP) is a non-profit organization whose stated purpose is to "serve as the global governing body for poker".[1][2][3][4] IFP is incorporated as a legal entity pursuant to articles 60 to 79 of the Swiss Civil Code and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.[1]
History
IFP was founded in Lausanne on April 29, 2009.[5] IFP is structured as an International Sports Federation and is recognized by the Court of Arbitration for Sport[citation needed].
Goals
The goals of IFP are to promote the development of poker worldwide and to secure its recognition as a Mind Sport based on strategic skill, played without any discrimination of race, sex and creed. IFP also seeks to assist its national Member Federations in securing legislation that gives players the right to play poker safely and legally, both online and in bricks & mortar establishments.
Poker’s recognition as a ‘Mind Sport’
In April 2010, IFP secured provisional membership of the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) at IMSA's annual congress in Dubai.[6]
Tournaments
As part of the first UK Mind Sports Festival, IFP hosted its inaugural tournaments in November, 2011, in London’s County_Hall,_London[7]: the IFP Duplicate Poker Nations Cup, a team event contested by IFP’s Member Federations, and the IFP World Poker Championship, also called ‘The Table’, in which individual players compete for the title of World Champion. Unique among international tournaments in employing Duplicate Poker, the opening hands of the 2011 IFP Nations Cup were played in the capsules of the London Eye.[7]
Membership
Membership of IFP consists of National Poker Associations and Federations from around the world.[8] The IFP currently has 41 national Member Federations including the original seven Member Nations.[8]
The seven founding Member Nations of IFP, which today form the nucleus of its Executive Board, are:
- Confederação Brasileira de Texas Hold'em (Brazil)
- Dansk Pokerforbund (Denmark)
- Fédération Française des joueurs de Poker (France)
- Stichting Nederlandse PokerBond (Netherlands)
- Russian Sport Poker Federation (Russia)
- Ukrainian Poker Federation (Ukraine)
- UK Poker Federation (United Kingdom)
Additional national Member Federations that have joined IFP since its foundation include:
- Asociacion de Poker Texas Hold'em de Argentina (Argentina)
- Armenian Poker Federation NGO (Armenia)
- Austrian PokerSport Association (Austria)
- Belarusian Sport Poker Association (Belarus)
- Poker Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bulgarian Federation of Tournament Poker (Bulgaria)
- Candian Poker Federation (Canada)
- Federations Costarricense de Poker Deportivo (Costa Rica)
- Cypriot Poker Federation (Cyprus)
- Asociace Pokerových Klubů o.s. (Czech Republic)
- Estonian Tournament Poker Federation (Estonia)
- Suomen Pokerinpelaajat Ry (Finland)
- Georgian Sport Poker Association (Georgia)
- German Federation of Poker (Germany)
- Greek Poker Federation (Greece)
- Magyar Póker Szövetség (Hungary)
- Pókersamband Íslands (Iceland)
- Irish Poker Federation (Ireland)
- Japan Poker Association (Japan)
- Republic Federation of Amateurs and Poker Players (Kazakhstan)
- Sport Poker Federation of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
- Latvian Sport Poker Federation (Latvia)
- Lithuanian Sports Poker Federation (Lithuania)
- The Macedonian Poker Federation (Macedonia)
- Federación Mexicana de Juegos de Cartas de Habilidad y Deportivas, A.C. (Mexico)
- Mongolian Sport Poker United Association (Mongolia)
- Nigeria Poker Federation (Nigeria)
- Polska Federacja Pokera Sportowego (Poland)
- Federatia Sportiva Nationala de Poker (Romania)
- Serbian Poker Federation (Serbia)
- Poker zveza Slovenije (Slovenia)
- IFPo de España (Spain)
- United States Poker Federation (USA)
- Asociación Poker de Venezuela (Venezuela)
Internal structure
The supreme authority of IFP is the Congress, the assembly of all the members of IFP on a one-country-one-vote system. Congress meets once a year. The Executive Board of IFP is elected by Congress for a period of three years and is the managing body of IFP. The Board elects a President from among its members for a term of four years, which can be renewed. IFP's current president is Anthony Holden.[9]
IFP's President and Executive Board take counsel, at their discretion, from an Advisory Board of poker luminaries including, among others, Al Alvarez, Doyle Brunson, Humberto Brenes, Gus Hansen, Mel Judah, James McManus and Tom McEvoy.
Notes
- ^ a b "International Federation of Poker: About the IFP"
- ^ "Poker Federation seeks global role" Nic Szeremeta, Poker Europa (June 2009)
- ^ "International Federation of Poker: Governing Body for the Industry?" Earl Burton, Poker News Daily (September 25, 2009)
- ^ "International Federation of Poker established in Lausanne, Switzerland" Lou Krieger, Keep Flopping Aces (June 10, 2009)
- ^ "New International Poker Governing Body Established" Brendan Murray, Card Player (June 10, 2009)
- ^ "IFP Becomes Member of IMSA" Sportcal: Sports Market Intelligence (April 30, 2010)
- ^ a b The International Federation of Poker: Events
- ^ a b "International Federation of Poker: Member Nations"
- ^ "Anthony Holden Heads Up International Federation of Poker" Jennifer Newell, Poker Works (June 25, 2009)