Dortmund, Germany Winner on His Way to EPEC

Ralph Klement from Cologne won the Everest Poker European Championship qualifiers in Dortmund Germany last Sunday, winning a trip to Barcelona and an entry into the Everest Poker European Championship 50,000 Euro free roll.

Ralph competed in a field of 160 players at the Dortmund event, securing the top spot and his trip to Spain. So far, there are 7 German players qualified for the Barcelona event. During May, there will be 5 additional events. The next event will be in Stuttgart on April 30. Please visit www.gppa.de for more information.

Other German qualifiers include the the following Everest Poker players:
zorro68 (Munich)
bjoerns (Troisdorf)
16Buster5 (Hamburg)
aleks213 (Landau)
Garth1000 (Nuremberg)
RalfWinkl (Ulm)

4 Everest Poker players qualify for the World Heads Up Championship!

This past Saturday, over 400 players competed in the Direct Entry Satellite for the World Heads Up Championship in Barcelona. 4 players came away with the 1st place prize package, a $5,000 package to the tournament!

Congratulations to the winners...

CREDIT (from Italy)

Ibn (from France)

le.chauve (from France)

paolotto (from Italy)

...and good luck in Barcelona! Come back during the tournament to see updates on their progress!

World Series of Poker Qualifiers are on at Everest Poker!

On April 15th, Everest Poker players Bobbywin (from Hungary) and cmcloe (from France) bested over 300 players to win a trip to the World Series of Poker this summer in Las Vegas. Each player recieves not only a seat into the $10,000 Main Event, but also $3,000 in cash for travel and other expenses.

Want to join them in Las Vegas? Qualify today to play in our next WSOP Direct Entry tournament on May 27th!

World Poker Tour Championship Results

The WPT Championship has ended here in Las Vegas, with great news for French player go-juge! He ended up in 75th place, taking home $43,935! Although it is always dissapointing to be knocked out of a tournament, turning a $5 Rebuy Tournament win at Everest Poker into a free trip to Vegas and $43,935 certainly is a nice consolation prize.

Unfortunately, Nicola82 was not able to join go-juge "in the money", but it was still a great learning experience - and a great trip to Vegas! - for this young player from Italy.

End of Day 2 Update

Both Everest Poker players had exciting second days at the World Poker Tour Championship. Nicola82 (seated next to former WPT Champion and poker author Barry Greenstein) ended the day with over 100,000 in chips.

And go-juge (seated next to 10 time WSOP winner Johnny Chan) is 46th in the tournament, with 200,000 in chips.

Just over 200 players are now left in the tournament.

Good luck on day 3!

End of Day 1 at the WPT Championship

Well, the 1st day of the WPT Championship is over, and both Everest Poker players had great days. Nicola82 was the chip leader at his table all day, and finished up with over 110,000 chips. go-juge, meanwhile, played a steady game throughout the day, and currently has just over 80,000 chips. With the average chip stack of 65,000, both players are well positioned for day 2 of the tournament.

Everest Poker European Championship -- €50,000 Free Roll

We are pleased to announce the first annual Everest Poker European Championship (EPEC) open to European poker players of all levels.

The EPEC will take place in 7 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden from March to June 2006. In addition, www.everestpoker.com will hold online satellites for all European countries.

Through these events, 100 players will qualify to represent their country in a European Championship finale which will take place on 09/09/2006. Everest Poker is offering up a prize pool of €50,000!

Since its inception, Everest Poker has believed in getting involved with poker at the local level. After sponsoring the France Poker Tour and the German Poker tour in 2005, Everest Poker realized the importance of creating live events for amateur players and beginners to experience the thrill of live Texas Hold’em and gain experience to compete at bigger, international tournaments on the World Poker Tour, European Poker Tour, or World Series of Poker.

Please visit www.everestpoker.com/EPEC for more information.

Everest Poker team off to a strong start!

Less than 2 hours into the start of Flight 2 of the WPT Championship, the Everest Poker team is off to a strong start! Nicola82 is leading his table in chips with over 80,000 (starting chip stacks were 50,000). And go-juge has increased his chip count as well, up to 55,000.

The tournament staff has just announced that 606 players registered for this tournament, creating a giant $15 Million dollar prize pool. The first place finisher will take home $3.7 million - let's hope it's an Everest Poker player!

Here is a picture of go-juge in action:

and here is Nicola82 with his "game face" on:

Everest Poker at the WPT Championship!

The Everest Poker team has arrived in fabulous Las Vegas for the $25,000 WPT Championship. Last night, Everest Poker qualifiers go-juge from France, and Nicola82 from Italy were treated to a fabulous dinner as FIX in Bellagio. Both players begin play in "Flight 2" of the tournament, which starts tomorrow (Wednesday). Given an extra day to prepare for the tournament, what are we going to do?

Play poker, of course! We'll be warming up in smaller tournaments today, before starting up 'the big one' tomorrow. Check back here for updates on the Everest Poker team!

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