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The International Mind Sport Association (IMSA) has accepted the International Federation of Poker (IFP) as a member organization. This means that poker is now officially a mind sport, just like chess, Go and bridge. Poker will also now make an appearance in the next World Mind Sports Games (WMSG), due to be held in 2012 alongside the London Olympics.
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Mainly cause they are on sites i play as a reg, i like to keep incognito, but if one of these games end up on a site like action poker etc (a small site) ill be there. But you never know I might just play and not let on
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so like at the normal olyimpics when someone is about to run the 100m dash there are kids going everywhere saying i want to be just like him when i grow up so will the little ones be like that when poker is at the mind olyimpics??
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Posted by IslandJack: Yesssssss! That is great news! At least I can refer to this when everyone tells me I'm gambling... Should be a LEAP forward for Poker.
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good news fir poker and for poker pros a new tournament for them lol i want to see that it like the olimpic of poker i dont know who gonna represent the us there are so many
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does it change anything ? Poker not only for adults or something (dont think so because of the money. But maybe Playmoney Accs are aceepted now for not-adult people (that seems like nonsense for the pokerroom but it isnt. If you start playmoney you get interested and deposit later on, you know )
It's nice to see poker recieve some legitimate recognition from a respected body. It's too bad the US government will not change there view of online poker.
is a clear,official thing from now on 
