The Everest Poker Avalanche has returned!!!

We listened to our player feedback, and created an even better tournament for 2008. The guarantee will still be $1,000,000, but with an improved qualification structure we’ll give a better chance for more players to qualify.

What’s unchanged from last year is the fabulous finale: the last 10 players – plus 1 guest each – will be flown to play the final table live. A free vacation weekend plus a share of $1,000,000 – what could be better?

How to qualify:

The satellites will start on Jan 1st, the first round 3 will be play on Jan 8th.

Good luck to all!!

Live the Dream - Summit Point leader board - 12/26 update

1 user317704 107,223.50 Dutch
2 Laut 95,365.45 Danish
3 MadSickoHead 91,556.70 Dutch
4 sailfun 84,632.00 German
5 Ernesto_777 83,768.25 Dutch
6 King_Hassan 70,520.85 French
7 laurent1313 70,433.90 French
8 ducleboss 69,124.15 French
9 jullle 61,770.69 French
10 Djegum 61,528.65 Dutch
11 immortal8 59,208.95 Dutch
12 raminator 57,061.10 German
13 tentalt 55,110.45 Norwegian
14 yarzurf 51,117.85 English
15 Aasisdebaas 50,034.63 Dutch
16 Sacre94 49,746.50 French
17 Ze_Gnome 49,193.05 French
18 sjaak-afhaak 48,543.40 Dutch
19 Valo 48,096.00 Dutch
20 Kaffedopp 44,744.26 Swedish
21 WeakestLink 43,979.95 Dutch
22 Roelfs 43,557.40 Dutch
23 soFly- 43,519.85 English
24 erikzamboer 43,461.88 Dutch
25 Mux100 42,937.10 German
26 Balg 42,677.72 Dutch
27 Skyscraper 42,472.90 Dutch
28 MADSAM 42,405.65 Swedish
29 WalterSob 41,155.15 English
30 NICOVEGAS 40,803.65 French
31 the_1337 39,574.60 Dutch
32 BigSpender80 39,097.25 Swedish
33 Mofox_IP 39,078.90 Dutch
34 fritz2002 37,875.90 French
35 pecoitus 36,398.60 German
36 russianblond 36,379.90 English
37 elnangys 36,130.80 Spanish
38 Maartz 36,024.96 Dutch
39 overbored 35,207.75 English
40 boelie 34,871.78 English
41 M.Jam 34,849.05 Dutch
42 Parmenido 34,842.60 Dutch
43 Raslll 34,641.55 Dutch
44 Puzo 34,312.10 Spanish
45 grety333 34,277.10 Dutch
46 zhaojin 33,866.14 German
47 AlabamaKid 33,549.55 English
48 DestructOne 33,454.55 English
49 BldZwtTrn 33,280.80 Dutch
50 JopieMan 33,271.05 Dutch

Merry Christmas !!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM EVEREST POKER !!!

Everest Poker wants you to have a holiday season filled with cash, prizes and of course, poker!

The gift-giving starts on Saturday, December 22 and continues over the next 12 days. You'll have the chance to win great prizes like an Xbox 360, Apple iPod Touch, LG Flat Panel LCD Monitor, and much, much more!

Winning any of the amazing prizes below is as easy as earning just one Summit Point!

Earn 1 Summit point during each day of the promotion, and you will receive one entry into the sweepstakes to win the prize on that day. And, for each additional Summit Point that you earn, you'll receive another entry!

And, to add more holiday cheer, we're also giving thirty players $50 in cash every day! To participate, simply earn 50 Summit Points during a single day and you will be entered into the cash prize sweepstakes.

Happy Holidays and Good Luck!

22 December 2007 Xbox 360 Console Bundle plus Halo 3
23 December 2007 Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS Digital Camera
24 December 2007 Philips 8.5" Portable DVD Player
25 December 2007 Playstation 3 Bundle - 40 GB
26 December 2007 Garmin Nüvi 350 GPS
27 December 2007 Apple iPod Touch - 16 GB
28 December 2007 LG Flatron 22" Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor
29 December 2007 Nintendo Wii Console Bundle
30 December 2007 Sony DCR-HC47 Handycam Mini DV Camcorder
31 December 2007 JBL Radial Speaker System for iPod
1 January 2008 Nintendo DS Lite Handheld Console plus New Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
2 January 2008 LG Flatron 22" Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor

Live the Dream : 10 new qualified players!

Congratulations to our 10 new qualified players.
Note that the MrAnderson35 qualified because bronski1202 (who finished 5th) already secured his seat

Niwle Netherlands $12,506.00
danior Italy $7,215.00
ParHil Italy $4,810.00
cecco74 Italy $3,367.00
tom-the-as Germany $2,405.00
dede65 Germany $1,443.00
xoxo38 France $962.00
uehlhy Germany $841.75
Fusch Germany $601.25
MrAnderson35 France $481.00

Due to the upcoming holidays, the next Direct entry is scheduled for January 7th

Live the Dream - 12/16 update

Here are the Summit Points leaders from 12/01 to 12/16:

Laut 75,136.85 Danish
MadSickoHead 56,814.35 dutch
sailfun 55,814.10 German
King_Hassan 53,143.35 french
user317704 52,642.55 dutch
ducleboss 47,832.55 french
laurent1313 46,046.25 french
Ze_Gnome 43,201.80 french
Ernesto_777 42,683.00 dutch
immortal8 42,197.50 dutch
jullle 36,851.99 french
Mux100 36,381.65 German
Djegum 35,523.70 dutch
raminator 34,115.40 German
tentalt 33,608.40 Norwegian
sjaak-afhaak 33,496.85 dutch
Common 32,089.90 German
Roelfs 31,253.50 dutch
Kaffedopp 29,934.09 Swedish
Skyscraper 29,060.65 dutch
Valo 29,018.75 dutch
yarzurf 28,541.85 English
Sacre94 28,491.80 french
WeakestLink 27,919.55 dutch
Aasisdebaas 27,886.53 dutch
boelie 27,407.40 English
russianblond 27,362.05 English
Thom1022 27,318.10 Swedish
the_1337 26,879.20 dutch
Balg 26,820.80 dutch
BigSpender80 25,366.75 Swedish
WalterSob 24,876.50 English
M.Jam 24,532.30 dutch
TheKometer 24,321.70 french
Joe_Chip 24,080.70 English
Unceasing 24,033.55 German
soFly- 24,027.00 English
overbored 23,984.80 English
NICOVEGAS 23,934.50 french
Mofox_IP 23,581.00 dutch
DestructOne 23,449.55 English
MADSAM 23,269.10 Swedish
erikzamboer 23,133.03 dutch
Drainlife 23,054.95 Danish
fjutsie 22,117.98 dutch
I_NEED_IT 21,747.60 dutch
grety333 21,677.55 Dutch
fritz2002 21,665.35 French
Puzo 21,591.20 spanish
1Kevboy 21,588.90 English

$100 000 guarantee - 12/16

Congratulations to the top 10 finishers of our last $100 000 guarantee:

carmax Italy $20,000.00
Ancelmi Finland $12,000.00
FEUJ-31 France $9,000.00
boldmovesir Finland $7,000.00
GoiaBinha Brazil $5,000.00
Cyphre Germany $3,750.00
jurin France $2,750.00
ooglenz Netherlands $1,750.00
Espectral Spain $1,500.00
godefroy09 Germany $1,250.00

EPT Pragues : The finale

Parisian Arnaud Mattern, 28, has won the European Poker Tour Prague event for a first prize of €708,400. Mattern, who is also a world-class backgammon player and the current French champion, triumphed against Italian Gino “El Diablo” Alacqua.

In the final hand, Mattern called Alacqua’s all-in raise. He had AK and paired the King on the turn, beating the Italian’s Q10.

Mattern is the third Frenchman to win an EPT – Jan Boubli won Season 2 Barcelona and Pascal Perrault won Season 1 Vienna. Mattern said: “This is the best result I’ve ever had. I did win the French Backgammon Championship but that was only €5,000! It was a very tough final table and, during the heads-up, Gino picked up a lot of good cards but I just picked my spot and my good hands stood up.”

Today was Mattern’s first EPT cash and more than ten times his previous best win – the Gutshot Poker Masters in 2006 for $51,000. As well as today’s first prize, Mattern also wins a €10,000 seat to the EPT Grand Final, which takes place in Monte Carlo in April 2008.

Runner-up Alacqua, who is single and lives in Milan, says he came to Prague hoping to find love. Instead he picked up €407,300 for second place. The 46-year-old antiques dealer only took up poker 18 months ago but won the Campione d’Italia €1k Main Event this summer and was runner-up in the 2006 Italian Championship.

High-stakes online player Kristian Kjondal, 21, from Oslo, Norway, came 3rd – adding €235,300 to the €471,000 he won last April for coming 4th in the EPT Season 3 Monte Carlo Grand Final. PokerStars player Johannes Strassman was 9th, winning €39,200.

European Poker Tour Prague – finale table

Here’s the final table
The 9 players will play tomorrow (December 14) at 3pm.

Mikael Norinder Sweden 1,036,000
Arnaud Mattern France 980,000
Dagomir Palovic Slovakia 759,000
Kristian Kjondal Norway 740,000
Gino Alacqua Italy 660,000
Juha Lauttamus Finland 567,000
Markus Golser Austria 352,000
Johannes Strassmann Germany 245,000
Nedzib Suman Sweden 216,000

EPT Prague: Blanco in the money

Everest Poker pro, Cristiano Blanco, made the money for the second time this year in an EPT event. Cristiano managed second in Dortmund earlier in the year and at EPT Prague he was again in the money but not nearly as high this time round!

He busted out in 38th place with 8,800 euros to his name after raising with a suited AK and his opponent going all in with AT. Cristiano called but, sadly, for our man, the T came on the flop.

Important: The Live the Dream Casting dates have changed!

Due to several players telling us that the date of the live Casting Call was not convenient for them - as it falls on Easter weekend - we have decided to change the date of the Casting Call to 3/28 to 03/30. (Note that the casting will start on Friday morning). Further details on the weekend will be available soon

EPT Prague Day Two: Blanco & Stumpf

Everest Poker pro, Cristiano Blanco, was chip leader for a while in Day 1b yesterday and is still in a handy position going into the start of day two.

Cristiano is sitting on 39,700 chips - above the day two starting average of 28,000.

Also still in is the Everest Poker Avalanche winner from Germany Frank Stumpf (pictured) with 24,800.

EPT in Prague

The last EPT (sponsored by Pokerstars) of the year is played for the first time in Czech Republic. Prague hosts the event between the 10-14 of December. A total of 241 entreies the first day and the tournament was stopped at 21.00 with 87 remaining players.

Everest Poker had 6 players during Day 1A. The Spanish qualifiers Julio Pollan and Julio Diaz had a tough day and were busted at 17.00 and 18.00 respectively. The Norwegian qualifier and well known football player Kevin Larsen had an equally bad day and also busted around 17.00.

However the Dutch qualifier Lex Meijer had a fairly good day and made it through the 6th level but got busted shortly after 19.00

The Spanish Team is hear and they are doing really well Maria Maceiras has 35.600 and Guillermo Garcia has 27.00 chips when the average is 27.700.

Day 1B continues tomorrow and Day 2 will start on Wednesday.

Spanish qualifier Julio Pollan

Dutch qualifier Lex Meijler

Norweigian qualifier Kevin Larsen

Spanish Team Member Maria Maceiras

Live the Dream : Summits Points Leader Board - 12/09

As you know by now, the top five players who earn the most Summit Points in each of November, December, January and February will qualify for the Casting Call.

We have some new “faces” this week!

Laut 54,756.80 Danish
sailfun 32,480.90 German
ducleboss 32,251.85 French
King_Hassan 31,443.10 French
MadSickoHead 30,403.10 Dutch
Common 29,154.50 German
user317704 28,797.65 Dutch
Ze_Gnome 27,366.15 French
laurent1313 27,158.70 French
immortal8 26,140.20 Dutch
Kaffedopp 25,178.34 Swedish
Djegum 23,680.65 Dutch
raminator 23,457.65 German
jullle 22,089.79 French
Mux100 21,828.25 German
Ernesto_777 21,401.75 Dutch
the_1337 20,834.25 Dutch
Joe_Chip 20,667.55 English
sjaak-afhaak 20,209.95 Dutch
russianblond 19,819.45 English
Roelfs 19,168.15 Dutch
I_NEED_IT 18,378.20 Dutch
fjutsie 18,125.93 Dutch
tentalt 17,620.85 norway
smokingjoep 17,292.95 Dutch
erikzamboer 16,842.40 Dutch
hoipipiloi 16,752.00 Dutch
M.Jam 16,390.90 Dutch
Sacre94 16,340.20 French
Skyscraper 16,085.60 Dutch
1Kevboy 15,625.70 English
Unceasing 15,543.25 German
tong26 15,458.35 French
BigSpender80 15,458.35 Swedish
Drainlife 15,404.15 Danish
WeakestLink 15,336.15 Dutch
tikitpapourl 14,927.20 French
hampolito 14,883.15 Swedish
Balg 14,815.20 Dutch
morpheo 14,763.25 Spanish
yarzurf 14,667.00 English
Thom1022 14,582.35 Swedish
DestructOne 14,176.60 English
Aasisdebaas 14,038.83 Dutch
doyouseewhy 14,023.92 English
grety333 13,967.85 Dutch
PaoloPoker 13,905.35 Dutch
soFly- 13,840.60 English
NOMOS1984 13,483.93 German
Jan6 13,394.09 French

$100 000 Guarantee – 12/09 and this week tournaments

Congratulation to the top 10 players of the latest $100 000:

D-N Germany $20,000.00
Maddog131183 France $12,000.00
TG73 France $9,000.00
PF512 France $7,000.00
dede65 Germany $5,000.00
paola1971 Italy $3,750.00
Dagi_Duck Switzerland $2,750.00
mkl1234 Germany $1,750.00
Cantotheking France $1,500.00
Robz0r1986 Netherlands $1,250.00

As always, this week is full of great tournament:

Today, Monday December 10th: Live the Dream
Tuesday, December 11th: $20 000 guarantee
Wednesday, December 12th: EPT winner choice
Thursday, December 13th: $30 000 guarantee

For more details, click here:

http://www.everestpoker.com/en/promo/tournament/survive.html

Have a good week and good luck!

I Open Poker : don't miss it!

Everest Poker always tries to offer you some nice local poker tournament beside the main ones.

Check this one!

This is a €1,000 + 100 tournament at the Casino Mediterraneo in Villajoyosa, in Spain, from January 25th to January 27th.

We have $100 + 9 Direct Entry tournaments on the following friday : 12/14, 21, 28, 1/4, 1/11 @ 20:00 GMT

You can qualify daily via our satellites:

$11 + 1: at 8:45, 19:30, and 21:45
$3 + .30 Rebuys : at 11:45, 15:45 and21:45.

Good luck to all!!

10 new players qualified for the Live the Dream casting!

Congratulations to:

Xena79 Netherlands $12,896.00
Viktor Netherlands $7,440.00
jolescro France $4,960.00
Jan-41 Germany $3,472.00
BadExtasy89 United Kingdom $2,480.00
Fred2Beziers France $1,984.00
krul Netherlands $1,488.00
mad-marty Netherlands $992.00
3615 France $868.00
paulmurielle France $620.00

In term of country, we have so far:

French 31
German 14
Dutch 8
Italy 3
Switzerland 2
Denmark 2
Belgium 1
Spain 1
Japan 1
Sweden 1
United Kingdom 1

Live the Dream: November Summit points winners:

We now have our 5 players who qualified via the SP leader board contest for the month of November. Congratulations to:

sailfun with 217,718.95 Summit Points (German)
Ze_Gnome with 120,069.90 Summit Points (French)
jullle with 110,466.55 Summit Points (Switzerland)
LikeAVirgin with 105,448.55 Summit Points (Swedish)
Anrope with 100,672.10 summits Points (German)

The contest for December already started, please note that if a player finished in the top 5 in the Summit points leader board in 2 consecutive months we will then take the 6th players BUT keep in mind that if a player is the top 5 two months in a row this will add to his Everest Poker knowledge and online performance.

Here’s the top 50 for December 1st to December 3rd:

sailfun 10,621.70 German
raminator 8,592.35 German
immortal8 8,368.75 Dutch
laurent1313 8,070.20 French
Joe_Chip 7,498.65 English
koelitski 7,471.55 English
chresius 7,102.75 German
erikzamboer 6,761.20 Dutch
Ernesto_777 6,758.15 Dutch
hoipipiloi 6,498.35 Dutch
Kaffedopp 6,343.39 swedish
Drainlife 6,215.40 Danish
Man_from_YU 5,886.95 French
Common 5,870.55 German
jullle 5,710.20 French
user317704 5,691.10 Dutch
Balg 5,677.50 Dutch
stangetz 5,350.76 French
Laut 5,344.85 Danish
Ze_Gnome 5,279.20 French
Djegum 5,198.75 Dutch
fjutsie 5,162.58 Dutch
ducleboss 5,050.75 French
Kratzbaum 4,928.95 German
elnangys 4,860.95 Spanish
Mux100 4,668.35 German
King_Hassan 4,589.40 French
Shermod 4,546.05 English
Puzo 4,457.25 Spanish
brummer333 4,409.50 German
soFly- 4,336.65 English
Roelfs 4,283.10 Dutch
Ekzism126 4,230.20 French
Aasisdebaas 4,180.15 Dutch
Martin1478 4,093.30 Dutch
yarzurf 4,031.10 English
uPAYmyBILLZ 4,027.70 English
neo_x_hiro 3,892.95 Dutch
Valo 3,869.15 Dutch
Parmenido 3,766.55 Dutch
Unceasing 3,604.50 German
--icebeer-- 3,600.15 Japanese
torp35 3,540.15 French
dimi2557 3,539.05 German
Raslll 3,494.05 Dutch
galley 3,442.75 Dutch
Xena79 3,439.55 Dutch
Stan4 3,385.90 English
punchi-20 3,377.48 Spanish
yznogood 3,305.50 French

$100 000 guarantee tournament – 12/02: 1022 players!!

Congratulations to the top 10:

ulleulle Germany $20,440.00
Bof71 France $12,264.00
THEBIF France $9,198.00
kinkakuji France $7,154.00
mitsu77 France $4,599.00
Redondo21 Netherlands $3,577.00
yobabyyobaby Germany $2,555.00
zokerbond France $1,788.50
Stekel100 Netherlands $1,277.50
LUCKI69 Italy $1,022.00

Hennessy World Poker Championships

After one of the biggest horse races of the season in the UK - The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup - the great & good of racing gathered in East Garston, Royal Berskshire, to thrash out who is racing's best poker player. The tournament, sponsored by Everest Poker, saw forty players including Andy 'Re-Buy' Balding, Jamie Osbourne & the favourite Sylvester Kirk settle down to business under the glare of tournament director Roy Houghton who came down from London's famous Loose Cannon Club.

At 3am racing PR supremo Johnno Spence took the trophy as well as a few more dollars in his Everest Poker account.

The final places were:

1st Johnno Spence
2nd Andy Charles
3rd Matt Keen
4th Charlie James
5th Chris Shillington
6th Sylvestre Kirk
7th Jeremy Scott
8th Richard Beeson
9th Ed James