This page brings together historical reporting and archival context concerning poker organizations, tournaments, and debates about the game’s status in different periods. IFPoker.org is currently an independent educational archive and does not represent the International Federation of Poker that formerly used this domain.

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Exploring the historical poker news archive

This independent archive brings together selected reports about poker tournaments, organizational developments, and card-game history. Some entries preserve short contemporary summaries; others include clearly labeled editorial context added during the archive’s reconstruction. Publication dates on newly restored pages may reflect the restoration process rather than the date of the original event.

For readers tracing poker coverage from March 2011, the reports below provide a starting point. The list is drawn from articles currently published on this site. Event dates and reported outcomes should be assessed against the sources cited in each individual article.

Selected tournament and community reports

For broader context, see the history of poker and the historical discussion of poker as a mind sport. These pages are independent archival commentary, not official statements by the former International Federation of Poker.

March 2011 — Restored News Archive

The entries below distinguish contemporary events from independently written reconstructions. The original news text is not necessarily available. Dates shown are historical event or reporting dates, not WordPress publication dates.

EPT

WPT

GUKPT

UKIPT

Other historical news

Independent historical reconstruction; not an official federation website.