Poker for a Cause How to Organize Your Own Charity Poker Event Poker, which started out as a form of gambling, was soon considered a mind sport. The International Federation of Poker (IFP) became part of the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) in 2010. Since then, poker players have learned to play this game not for money, but for the gold. In the recent Mind Sports Olympiad held at the University of London Union, Michael Dixon of England, won the Amateur Poker World