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.

The PokerStars France Poker Series is also taking place at casino venues around France from the 1st May until the Grand Final in February 2011. Qualify for your seat with Poker Stars get 100% deposit bonus up to $600 when using PokerStars bonus code Stars600

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The first ever PokerStars France Poker Series kicks off in May 2010, join the weekly Poker Stars freeroll and qualifying tournaments for the France Series on PokerStars.

The PokerStars France Poker Series takes place at various casinos in France, PokerStars players from Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK can win their seat to the France Poker Series Beaulieu-sur-Mer event through online qualifying satellites or freeroll tournaments.

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PokerStars European Poker Tour Berlin, the biggest poker tournament hosted in Germany was interrupted on day 4 by armed robbers, causing chaos in the casino as people rushed for the exits. Footage of the robbery was recorded from EPT live and was released briefly on youtube before the video was removed. Luckily nobody was hurt and the incident only lasted 15 minutes, while the robbers held up the registration area of the EPT at Grand Hyatt Hotel.

The main event which was down to the final 20 players resumed a few hours later and one other EPT event was canceled, when players were allowed refunds. Lets hope stricter security is used in future live tournament events where large sums of money are involved.

The first ever Poker Stars EPT Berlin main event had 945 registered players and the buy-in was €5,300 with a prize pool of €4,725,000

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Thomas Boerkhoff PokerStars player aka Boku87 is making progress in his PokerStars challenge in which he is attempting to turn his $5 bankroll into $100,000 within one year. Boku87 started out in July 2009 with only $5 in his bankroll, in the first month of the challenge he managed to reach $10k using strict bankroll management and great poker skills.

Boku87 spends about 8 hours daily grinding at the tables try to reach his bankroll target, plays on average 1200 – 2000 Sit and Go tournaments each week.

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PokerStars are about to reach an insane 40 billion hands dealt to their players since the online poker room opened it’s doors in 2001. To celebrate Poker Stars are running a promotion called F40 to reward their players for their dedicated support, which includes hosting the largest Sunday Million to date, and extra prizes for Cash game and Sit n Go players.

To encourage new players to sign up to Poker Stars, any player who makes their first deposit using the PokerStars bonus code for the F40 promotion will have access to all 40 of the PokerStars F40 freerolls, there are five $1000 which take place daily.

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