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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.

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Thursday was a great day for Swedish poker players as a court took the decision that tournament poker is a skill game like chess and backgammon. This means that Swedish poker clubs now can organize their own real money poker tournaments. Before only the government owned casinos were allowed to.

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