BRAZIL RECOGNISES POKER AS A SPORT
10 February 2012
International Federation of Poker reports on
government's official recognition
In an announcement this week the International
Federation of Poker revealed that the Brazilian Sports
Ministry has officially acknowledged poker as a sport.
Although the decision was announced in a private
meeting with members of the Confederação Brasileira de
Texas Hold'em (CBTH), it was subsequently confirmed in
government communications which recognised the CBTH as
the official governing body of poker in Brazil.
The Brazilian Sport's ministry's website declared:
"Poker is a competitive discipline, which requires
the participant to have intelligence, ability, and
intellectual and behavioural skills in order to succeed.
The CBTH represents the most extended definition of
poker, Texas Hold'em and all the other variants of this
game including but not exclusively Omaha, Omaha High /
Low, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud High / Low, Razz and Mixed
Games."
CBTH was among the first member
federations of the International Federation of Poker.
Its president, Igor Trafane is a respected player,
speaker and strategist on lifting the stature of poker
and its reputation with official bodies.
With the
Brazilian Poker Tour starting in a few weeks,
preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup under way, and
the 2016 Olympic Games and World Mind games on the
horizon, poker's rise in sports-mad Brazil could not
have come at a more appropriate time.
http://int.pokerfed.org/blog/poker-endorsed-as-brazil’s-newest-sport
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