Everest Poker Holds First Live Poker Event in Italy

Cagliari, Italy qualifies first player for the Everest Poker European Championship.

Montreal (PRWEB) May 13, 2006 -- On Saturday, May 6, over 70 players from Cagliari, Italy competed for a chance to represent Italy at the Everest Poker European Championship to be held in September.

Everest Poker Player Zoran Rajovich from Cagliari, Italy beat out his competitors to secure a seat at the Everest Poker European Championship in Barcelona.

This was the first live poker tournament organized by Everest Poker. During May, Italian players can compete for free to represent Italy in the Everest Poker European Championship finale being held at the Casino de Barcelona on 9 September 2006. The finale will be a free roll offering a €50,000 prize pool. The next set of Italy live qualifiers will be offered in Turin with two additional events in Milan. For more information, visit www.everestpokerblog.com.

"The first live tournament was very exciting," said Claudia Collina, Everest Poker Italian Marketing Manager. "The huge crowd who gathered in Cagliari showed that poker is really starting to be part of the Italian culture."

The Everest Poker European Championship (EPEC) is open to all Europeans. The event will consist of a series of free poker tournaments in 7 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden from March to June 2006. Players from all over Europe can also qualify at free, online satellites at www.everestpoker.com from May to August 2006.

Ultimately, 100 players from throughout Europe will qualify to represent their country in a European Championship finale which will take place at the world famous Casino de Barcelona in Spain on September 9, 2006. The prize pool for this free roll is €50,000 offered by Everest Poker.

About Everest Poker

Everestpoker.com is the first site dedicated to the international poker playing community. Recognizing the many non-English speaking poker enthusiasts around the world, Everest Poker has built the only poker software fully localized in 11 different languages. In addition, Everestpoker.com offers poker players customer support in 15 languages, and is involved with local poker initiatives through partnerships and participation in national, European and worldwide tournaments. Everest Poker is owned by Ultra Internet Media. Incorporated in 1997, UIM is one of the pioneers of multi-lingual online casino gaming, localizing its casino and poker products into 15 languages. UIM entertains users every day from over 200 countries around the world.

For more information, please visit : www.everestpoker.com

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