French Poker players will be happy to hear that online poker, online gambling and sports bets have been made legal when a bill was recently passed in congress. Online Gambling operators must acquire a special permit and they must run by the rules and regulations stipulated by the bill. A gambling tax of 2% will be charged for poker and the fees will be given to gambling addiction programs.

The bill was passed just in time for the french people to place their football bets on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa in June.

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Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XVI is scheduled to take place between 23rd April 2nd – May 2010. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series consists of 30 online events in a series which has a total of 18 million dollars in  guaranteed prize pools.

Have you got what it takes to become an online poker champion? There is a variety of poker games in the online series including Texas Holdem, Omaha, Razz, HORSE and Stud plus shootout, knockout and cashout tournaments.

The Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XVI main event has a guaranteed $3 million prize pool check the ftops schedule 2010.

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UltimateBet Poker2nite features current poker news and interviews with some of the biggest poker pros. So far the Poker TV show has featured special guest appearances from Doyle Brunson, Joe Cada, Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Andy Bloch and many more.

The cast of the show includes Joe Sebok, Scott Huff (host), Lacey Jones (reporter) and Dana Workman. The Poker2nite episodes have also been uploaded to youtube in case any fans miss out on the television broadcast.

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The Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth is doing very well in the World Poker Tour – Bay 101 Shooting Star he has made the final table and is currently 2nd of the six players that remain in the event.

If Hellmuth wins this event it will be the first WPT title he has ever won, although he does have 11 WSOP bracelets and more than $11 million in tournament earnings to his name. Hellmuth admitted in his blog that he has had a bad year of poker in 2009 where he actually lost money.

This is a good start to the year for Phil Hellmuth and we wish him luck today on the final table.

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The Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series XV is a series of online poker tournaments at Full Tilt Poker, there is $6 million in combined prize pools spread across twenty-seven online events.

The MiniFTOPS XV runs from 10th until 21st March 2010, players can enter satellite tournaments or buy-in directly on the day of the event. Qualifying satellites start from as low as $0.50 or 50 FTP. The MiniFTOPS Turbo Warm Up tournament is scheduled for the 7th March.

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