Everest Poker Announces European Poker Tour Satellite Tournaments

Players at Everest Poker have the chance to win a seat at the European Poker Tour event of their choice. Everest Poker is one of Europe's most popular online destinations for holdem poker.

(PRWEB) November 16, 2006 -- Everest Poker www.everestpoker.com is hosting a series of online holdem poker tournaments in association with the European Poker Tour. Every Wednesday, players are able to enter a direct entry satellite hosted at the poker room. These weekly poker tournaments give Everest Poker players the chance to win a $7,500 prize package that includes a seat in the EPT event of their choice and cash for travel expenses.

"We're very excited about our association with the European Poker Tour," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker's property manager. "They run some of the most exciting events in the world of poker and our players are eager to take the stage with the legends on display."

Every Wednesday until December 13, Everest Poker will run an EPT Winner's Choice tournament for its players. Satellite entries for the European Poker Tour's Winner's Choice tournaments are as low as $3, or players can buy in directly if they so choose for $100. Everest Poker players can also use the poker room's exclusive Summit Points program and Tournament Tokens to enter these tournaments.

In addition to its close relationship with the European Poker Tour, Everest Poker has also sponsored several key poker tournaments across Europe such as the 2005 German Poker Tour with the German Poker Players' Association and the 2005/2006 France Poker Tour, and regularly organises online satellite qualifier tournaments for some of the most important live poker events in Europe.

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

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