Team Poker is once again to the fore as Alibaba’s Sports Division and Oceans Sports & Entertainment agency, ink a deal to promote the International Federation of Poker’s Match Poker.

The International Federation of Poker (IFP) are back in the news this week, and this time, they are packing a punch Mike Tyson would be proud of.

They first caught our eye in 2011 when they launched a team poker format known as Duplicate Poker. Later that year they rolled out the format with teams from all over the world competing in the London Eye as part of the first IFP Nations Cup. The Germans won just like they always do.

Two years later and the IFP were back. Duplicate Poker was renamed Match Poker, and Ireland won the first-ever European Nations Cup. Across the globe, China won the Asian Nations Cup.