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« on: February 25, 2010, 11:36:42 AM »
Press release and news articles......

The International Federation of Poker will be accepted as a member by the International Mind Sports Association in April. What this means is that the International Olympic Committee will add poker to a list of games including chess and Go - skill games. Don't get too excited - it's not going to be a new part of the decathlon in the Olympic games (but how awesome would that be?) however it will be a hefty blow to the argument in US courts that poker is a game of luck.


"Poker is not like other casino games," says noted poker author and IFP head honcho Anthony Holden. "It's a social game where people are playing against each other, not the house, and a game where skill plays a bigger role than luck. There are 120 to 150 million poker players in the world and we deserve this recognition."
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2010, 12:00:08 PM »
It's already part of the Mind Sports Olympiad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Sports_Organisation

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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2010, 12:08:19 PM »
Quote from: kinboshi on February 25, 2010, 12:00:08 PM
(I once beat Demis Hassabis - 5 times Pentamind champ - in a chess game)

Was he doing 4 other things at the time?
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