Last week, after a 2 year long court case in Sweden, Texas Hold'em tournaments was finally classed as a skill game, like chess and backgammon. This means that any poker club and poker site in Sweden now can organize poker tournaments with real money buy-in. The first legal poker tournament was organized last week in Stockholm and celebs like Dregen, Peter Swartling, Dilba and many more took part i[...] Read more » Historic poker tournament in Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
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Swedish are lucky people! When will portuguese politicians look at swedish way of making laws? I think i'll starting looking for a job there, than i can ocupy my free time with my favourite hobby. The only problem is to learn their language...
Joined: Dec '07
Location: Denmark
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Danish politicians has also been talking about making low BI(~60$) tournament poker a skill game the Swedish ruling may push them in the right direction. Just sad they still see cash game as hasard, but it's a start
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
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Awesome! Wish we (portuguese) would head the same direction. No doubt about poker being a skill game IMHO. Some luck is indeed involved, but without great skill, one will easily go into the red in the short term. Cheers for the swedish courts!
