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 in this historic poker tournament.
The tournament was organized in a recording breaking time as the court gave a go ahead only a week ago for any poker club and poker site to organize Texas Hold'em tournaments with real money buy-in. Even though the tournament was put together with such a short notice, around 100 players took part, many of them celebs. To mention a few, "Dregen" from the world famous bands Backyard Babies and The Hellacopters. Peter Swartling, a well known producer that has been working with some of the world's biggest artist and also been a part of the Swedish IDOL jury.
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A big day for Swedish tournament poker
