Norwegian Poker Pro Challenges Politicians to Heads-Up Match

Ola “Odd Oddsen” Amundsgaard, the high-stakes poker pro, does not like the way poker is viewed and taxed in his home country of Norway. As a result he made a public challenge to all of the country’s politicians.

Ola “Odd Oddsen” Amundsgaard has challenged Norwegian politicians to a heads-up match in an attempt to prove to them that poker is a game of skill.
A single lawmaker, Eriend Wiborg, has accepted the challenge and the two are arranging the final details of the game. While it is not clear what will come from the match Amundsgaard sees it as an important step.
Wiborg said in a recent interview that he occasionally plays online poker but Amundsgaard thinks that he will “get some coaching before our challenge. I don’t think he would have accepted this challenge without any experience.”
Wiborg has already expressed that he believes poker to be a game of skill and he will be aiding Amundsgaard push the issue regardless of who wins the game.