Monday, 28 June 2010
PokerStars has been forced to say au revoir to French players who want to play on its international site thanks to a new government legislation.
A pop up on PokerStars read, “Access to real money games will be blocked for players from France on PokerStars.com at about 9.30pm CET, today June 24, 2010. Players will be unregistered from tournaments that start after that time. "All money in PokerStars accounts is 100% safe, and is available for withdrawal. You can choose to cash out now if you prefer.The French Authority of Regulation of Online Games (ARJEL) granted an initial batch of online gaming licences to Unibet, Everest Poker and the parent company of BWIN earlier this moth with PMU, Sajoo, SPS France Betting and Table 14 being awarded online poker licences. ARJEL has just announced a second batch of licences including one for PokerStars.fr. It looks like players in France, like in Italy, will only be able to play on a nation specific site. The French government is expected to release more details about the future of online poker in the country tomorrow.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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