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Back in April of 2009 the International
Federation of Poker (IFP) was formed in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its President is
Anthony Holden the well known author of the poker world's top selling and best
written poker memoir, Big Deal.
Their first offering was the UK Mind
Sports Festival, held under the auspices of the UK Mind Sports Federation.
Starting on 17th November 2011 with demonstration games in a number of the
world’s leading mind sports. They all took place in capsules on the EDF
Energy London Eye, complementing the IFP Nations cup of Duplicate Poker. The
games played by renowned international class players were Chess, Bridge, Go and
Xiangqi (Chinese Chess).
The final event was the IFP's inaugural World
Championship which they called 'The Table', an event which took place on the
19th and 20th November 2011 at County Hall, London. This was an invite only
tournament for 130 of the world's finest players including poker playing
celebrities and it had a first prize of $250,000 out of a total fund of
$500,000.
The Table was a deep-stack Texas Hold’em. Although
invitation only, subsequent editions of The Table will be open to all-comers
with rounds leading up to the final being played by registered players online.
Registration will be open to all, providing amateur players of differing levels
of experience and ability to compete with the pros for the world
title.
Teams for the IFP Nations cup of Duplicate Poker consist of some
of the world’s leading players who compete not for money but the
Championship Trophy, medals and national pride.
In duplicate poker each
table is dealt an identically shuffled pack of cards which means that each
player holds the same hand as those in the equivalent seat on other tables. The
contest is not simply between players at each table but between those occupying
the same number seat on every other table. The winner is determined by
players’ performance against their opposite numbers.
2011 Results
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