PokerStars news in October

Estonian Licence
PokerStars has been granted a licence for online poker in Estonia. Real money play is now available at www.PokerStars.ee.

Due to legal requirements, PokerStars will be required to pay tax on revenue
(rake & tournament fees) generated under the Estonian License. Tax will be
calculated on a monthly basis and is estimated to be around 5% of Gross
Revenue.


All Estonian registered players will need to migrate their accounts from
PokerStars.com to PokerStars.ee. They must be over 21 years old to use PokerStars'
Estonian poker client.


Important VIP Program changes
PokerStars would like to announce two changes to VIP Club Rewards effective
October 1st.

Effective October 1st, VIP Reward Bonuses purchased from the VIP Store will
instantly reward players with cash. In the past, players had to earn VPPs
equal to 7 times the dollar amount of the bonus prior to the reward being
credited to their account. This requirement will be removed.

Also, starting October 1st, NL and PL ring games at limits up to and
including $0.05/$0.10 will earn VPPs at rates faster than other stakes. The
new rates will last at least through December 31st, 2010.

$0.01/$0.02: 12X
$0.02/$0.05: 10X
$0.05/$0.10: 8X

These rates will be reflected at new tables created as of October 1st. Older
tables awarding the previous VPP rates may still exist until the next server
restart. Note that the 10X multiplier from the MicroMania promotion in July
was continued unannounced and is still in effect, so the 'older' tables are
awarding 10X VPPs.

NL/PL ring games at other stakes will continue to award VPPs as normal. All
Fixed Limit games, including stakes that have been awarding 10X since July,
will also award VPPs at normal rates. Some older Fixed Limit tables up to
and including $0.10/$0.20 may continue to award VPPs at 10X until the next
server restart. The normal VPP rates for ring games are:

8+ seats: 6X
7- seats: 5.5X


Croatia update
PokerStars pages and the poker client are now available in Croatian
www.pokerstars.com/hr/


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