The International Federation of Poker changes its name to the International Federation of Match Poker and joins federations from the world of pole vaulting and arm wrestling as a Global Association of International Sports Federations Observer.

Poker could become an Olympic sport, but not as you know it.

This week, Patrick Nally, the President of the International Federation of Poker (IFP), announced on Twitter, that the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) had granted the IFP GAISF Observer Status. 

I know what you’re thinking.