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SAN FRANCISCO — The European Union recently took a shot at the United States in little-noticed trade war over internet gambling, charging that the United States unfairly interferes with internet gambling in ways that run contrary to World Trade Organization rules.
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PokerStars announces changes to its VIP Program. PokerStars, world’s largest poker site, just announced some changes to its already successful VIP Program. Basically, it entails that you will have to sweat less at the lower levels in order to get to the nice rewards.

ITS BILLIONS I’M TELLING YOU! 25 BILLION! 
Have you been playing on PokerStars? If not, here is what you have been missing out on.
PokerStars is having a 25 Billion Bash, and everyone is invited to join the celebration! Just over 18 months after their 10 Billionth Hand was dealt, they are now on the verge of [continue]

This Easter, Ladbrokes Poker will be staging the very first Ladbrokes Easter Rendezvous Festival to be held at the Rendezvous Casino located on the Brighton Marina in the UK.
The Festival has a week-long schedule with tournaments starting Monday 6th April, including the £100,000* Main Event (£550 buy-in) on Sunday 12th April which will be held [continue]

More and more are we seeing people coming to the conclusion that poker is a game of skill. Most recently, a judge in the state of Colorado has ruled that poker as we know it is indeed a game of skill and not luck. This happened for the second time in exactly as many weeks: [continue]

Ladbrokes in 2009 will change its approach to the traditional WSOP package.
This year, the aim of Ladbrokes is to give as many poker players as possible the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and be part of the World’s biggest poker event. They will compete in at least 3 Main Event satellites, enjoy the Vegas [continue]

PokerStars will not allow its players to keep partaking on the popular television poker show, Poker After Dark. This means that we will not be seeing any of Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Joe Hachem, The Fossilman, Vannessa Rousso, Marcin Horecki, Victor Ramdin, Bertrand Grospellier, William Thorson, Dario Minieri or any of the other renowned PokerStars [continue]

Well, well, it seems we already have a can’t-miss event on our hands. If you heard a part of the entrants list of the 2009 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic, you’d know what Jizzy is talking about.
Already scheduled to play in the event are Allen Cunningham, Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Antonio Esfandiari, Howard Lederer, [continue]

Upcoming Live Tournaments from Poker-Stars.com
Have you had time to recover from your end of year hangover? I sure hope so.  Now get to work to earn your right to play in these:
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Your favorite poker stop in the Bahamas is almost good to go. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, whose previous winners include Gus Hansen, John Gale, [continue]

Bellagio, the prestigious casino of legendary renown and fame, thanks also to its prominent featuring in the Ocean’s Eleven motion picture and non-fictional live hosting of regular high stakes poker games, will be celebrating new years eve and also new years day in style.
How? Well, since it’s featured on your beloved FlopTurnRiver.com, it’s with a [continue]