The Everest Poker Sports Challenge 2009!

The Poker Sports Challenge is unlike any other poker tournament or sporting event you have seen before.

Everest Poker is hosting a 12-hour poker tournament where only the strong will survive.

Players from Everest and five Dutch and Flemish poker clubs will be battling it out to get their players to the final table and a chance to win a $13,000 WSOP Main Event prize package.

Each team will also participate in athletic contests to win extra chips. Winning a team sports challenge means even players who have gone out will receive chips, putting them right back into the action at the tables.

Groups picture

Today, 30th of May 2009, 101 players started the challenge.

The 6 Teams:

* Everest Poker Team
* PokerNews.nl
* PokerInfo.nl
* PokerCollege.nl
* PokerInfo.be
* PokerClub.be

The Sport Challenges:

Gladiator Game

Real life 'table soccer'

Basket bal

All players qualified for free on www.everestpoker.com.
Curious about local events in your country, click here and check out our latest promotions!

Skippybal challenge

Rope pulling

Kim makes it to the Final Table of the Party Poker Women's Open

Update:

Kim finishes 2nd taking home $20,000!

Kim went heads up against Aisling Collins from the UK. Their quick heads up went back and forth and ended with a flush.

Kim had Qh10d against Jd5d. The flop showed JcKd9d. A 6d on the river ended the tournament for Kim.

Well done Kim! We look forward to seeing you again in Vegas at the WSOP.

14:00:

Today, Kim, our Team Everest representative from Japan will play at the final table of the 3rd annual Party Poker Women's Open in London. She will be joined at the table by 1 Swedish and 5 British players competing for over 100K + prize pool.

Good Luck Kim!

First to cash in the WSOP 2009 Main Event unveiled

29 players have already guaranteed that they will in cash in the WSOP 2009 Main Event.

Thanks to official sponsors, Everest Poker any player who qualifies for the WSOP Main Event through WSOP Steps Sit & Gos and scheduled tournaments also qualifies for a share of up to $1,000,000! No catch, no strings just free money.

How does it work?
Everest Poker will add up the total amount won by their players in the WSOP Main Event, match it and share it out among all their players. So you really can win even if you lose. For full details please visit www.everestpoker.com/en/wsop/2009/.

Congratulations to these players – guaranteed to win cash at the WSOP 2009:

Austria DyingWolf
Austria Tabalaba85
Canada Kirbynatorz
Germany ExaMeter
Germany FunkyEizy
Germany nami23
Germany TheThinKing
Germany yes77
Denmark KentClark
Spain Masteryowi
Spain morpheo
France 2kewl4school
France Guns1748
France lorenzo93
France Marcel_Picot
France popotib
France shomy
France svelt
France Wouaz
France xoxo38
France yin-yang
Netherlands Biggel
Netherlands erikzamboer
Netherlands euroglot
Netherlands krul
Netherlands molenbos
Netherlands nielis
Sweden Texaster
Switzerland KingSliders

Superstars at Cannes Charity Poker Tournament

On the 17th May 2009 actors, celebrities, businessmen and poker players descended on the famous Hotel Du Cap in Cannes, France, for the Wilhelm and Karl Maybach Foundation Gaming night, sponsored by Everest Poker.

Paris Hilton and her boyfriend Doug Reinhardt stopped by as do Helena Houdova & Malin Akerman:

Also attending was Willem Dafoe, in town to promote his new film Antichrist. Emile Hirsch, star of films such as Milk and Alpha Dog also joined the party, closely followed by Watchmen super-woman Malin Akerman. Other attendees included Sunflower Children president Helena Houdova, actress and model Phoebe Price and actress Hofit Golan.

Quality Photos from EPEC

If you were there, or even if you weren't here's a great photo montage from EPEC, Sardinia 09, taken by Publico - Portugal's most influential newspaper.

http://static.publico.clix.pt/docs/sociedade/poker/

We also have some video footage from Sky Sports Italy on the EPEC Live Final Facebook page.

ENJOY!

Spanish Poker Tour - The Winner!!!

And we have a Winner, Emilio Dominguez is the new champion of The Spanish Poker Tour!
He's from Malaga and this was the first big tournament that he play.

Congratulations Emilio!

Next stop... Castellon, you can try to qualify online on www.everestpoker.com

All the information on www.thespanishpokertour.com

Spanish Poker Tour - Day3 Final Table

Update 00:00

We already have two winners, from the Fun Event and the Secundary Event

Pedro Dominguez, winner of the Side Event

This one stays at Madrid Laura Cantero, Winner of the Fun Event

Congratulations!

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Final Table Presentation

This is the big day, this is the final table of the Spanish Poker Tour Aranjuez II

We have 3 players that qualify on Everest Poker and one of them is the Chip Leader

Helge Warkow DE 346,500 Everest Poker Qualifier
Emilio Dominguez ES 275,000
David Gomez Morante ES 243,000
Antonio Gonzalez ES 169,000
Juan R. Rodriguez A. 115,500
Jo Krautwald DE 108,500 Everest Poker Qualifier
Juan R. Rodriguez L ES 101.000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Cristobal Delgado ES 89,000
Brendan Ruane IR 64,500

Final Table - Spanish Poker Tour Aranjuez II

We have the pleasure to present the 9 players of the final table
We have 2 Everest Poker Qualifiers and one of them is the chipleader

Helge Warkow DE 346,500 Everest Poker Qualifier
Emilio Dominguez ES 275,000
David Gomez Morante ES 243,000
Antonio Gonzalez ES 169,000
Juan R. Rodriguez A. 115,500
Jo Krautwald DE 108,500 Everest Poker Qualifier
Juan R. Rodriguez L ES 101.000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Cristobal Delgado ES 89,000
Brendan Ruane IR 64,500

And now a photo from the chipleader!

Tomorrow we will be back at 18:00 for the always spectacular final table presentation.
Congratulations!

Spanish Poker Tour - day 2

Update 05:00

And we have Final Table!

In 5 minutes we have the names
Stay Tuned...

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Update 03:35

We are down to 13 players

Level 17
Blinds 2000 - 4000 ante 500
Average 95,000

This is the list:

Table 1

Piokari SP 138,000
Jo Krautwald DE 98,000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Juan Rodriguez SP 115,000
Miguel Angel Gonzalez SP 45,000
Juan Ramos SP 105,000
Barry O'Callaghan IR 95,000

Table 2

Philipe Rocchia FR 85,000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Cristobal Delgado SP 90,000
Brendan Ruane IR 41,000
David Gomez SP 210,000 (chipleader)
Antonio Gonzalez SP 200,000
Helge Warkow DE 130,000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Iago SP 130,000

Godd Luck to everyone, see you on the Final Table

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Update 02:00

Level 15
Blinds 1500 - 3000 ante 300
Average 87,557
17 remaining players

Jo Max Krautwald DE 85,000 Everest Poker Qualifier
David Gomez SP 143,000
Helge Warkow DE 110,000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Piokari SP 95,000
Juan Rodriguez SP 120,000
Iago SP 90,000

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Update 23:00

Level 12
Blinds 800 - 1600 ante 200
Average 58,000
26 remaining players

The tournament will stop when we have 9 players for the final table.
They will be back tomorrow.

Some of the best stacks:

Jo Max Krautwald DE 95,000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Manuel Cuberos SP 75,000
David Gomez SP 110,000
Helge Warkow DE 100,000 Everest Poker Qualifier
Piokari SP 130,000

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Update 21:00

Level 11
Blinds 600 - 1200 ante 100
Average 56,000

Some of the biggest stacks:

Everest Poker Qualifier Jo Krautwald from DE 85,000

Piokari from SP 130,000

David Gomez from Spain 98,000

Helge Warkow from DE 100,000

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Update : 20:00

Level 10
Blinds 500 - 1000
ante 100
Average 43,000
36 remainig players

An interview with Tifany Goffar from Belgium

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Update 19:00

Level 9
blinds 400 - 800
Ante 100
38 remaining players

Spanish Poker Tour impressions...

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Welcome to day 2 of the Spanish Poker Tour

54 players survive to come today and the next photo is from the chipleader.

CRISTOBAL DELGADO - 78325 (6,6)
EMILIO DOMINGUEZ - 57425 (3,7)
BRENDON RUANE - 56550 (6,8)
HELGE WARKOW - 53850 (5,6)
FABIAN LOPEZ - 51725 (6,1)
JESUS MONTES - 49425 (5,7)
BARRY O'CALLAHAN - 49225 (3,6)
DAVID LUZAGO - 49000 (6,5)
JO KRANTWALD - 47000 (1,2)
MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ - 44800 (5,4)
JOSE RAMON RODRIGUEZ - 44575 (1,6)
JEAN CLAUDE PERROT - 44125 (5,9)
RUI SOUSA - 41725 (5,2)
KAMLESH MELWANI - 40025 (3,3)
IAGO LOPEZ - 38575 (3,2)
RICARD BOZICEVICH - 35875 (2,2)
RAFAEL CANOIRA - 34025 (2,6)
STEPHAN FAJG - 33925 (4,8)
JAVIER SALVADOR - 32600 (4,3)
ARMANDO MUÑOZ CALERO - 32600 (4,9)
CARLOS ESPADA - 28450 (1,8)
ALBERTO CALLE - 27875 (1,9)
JUAN MANUEL PASTOR - 26875 (4,4)
VICTOR MENDICUTI - 25425 (3,1)
JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ A. - 24850 (1,3)
LUIS UBIERNA - 24075 (2,3)
FRANCISCO MANUEL GARCIA - 21950 (1,7)
ANTONIO GONZALEZ - 20550 (2,7)
PHILIPPE ROCCHIA - 20450 (2,1)
CHRISTIAN DEBEIL - 20250 (2,4)
SANTIAGO HOLGUIN - 20050 (6,9)
CAYETANO GARCIA - 19200 (3,4)
MANUEL CUBEROS - 19075 (4,5)
LAURA CANTERO - 18725 (1,1)
JULIO DIAZ - 18300 (4,7)
ALBERTO DE MINGO - 17475 (6,2)
JEAN SAMUEL YOT - 17350 (6,4)
JORGE DEL ARCO - 17125 (4,1)
GERMAN ARCOS - 17100 (4,2)
LAURENT FOSSOUD - 16175 (3,5)
JOSE LUIS CALLEJON - 15700 (5,5)
ANTONIO JOSE PEREZ - 15250 (4,6)
MANUEL ALVAREZ - 13800 (3,9)
LEO MARGETS - 11900 (2,8)
LEONHARD SPECHT - 11475 (3,8)
LOUIS SANCHEZ - 11425 (2,5)
TIFANY GOFFAR - 10650 (5,3)
JULIO DOCE - 9500 (2,9)
ROBERTO LOPEZ - 9075 (6,3)
LUIS DA SILVA - 8425 (5,1)
JAUME BERTRAN - 7950 (1,4)
PABLO MIRANDA - 7825 (1,5)
JUAN MANUEL PEREIRO - 5750 (5,8)
DAVID GOMEZ - 4100 (6,7)

Day 1 of The Spanish Poker Tour

Update 02:00

And the chip leader is...

Fabian Lopez Tapia 57,500

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Update: 01:00

Level 5
Blinds 150 - 300
Average 18,000

Some faces on this Spanish Poker Tour

Conejo Loco

May Maceiras from the "Team Everest"

Julio Dias

David Luzago

Pablo Ubierna

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Day 1 is already on the tables, more then 100 players came to play the SPT.

We want to start the day with some pictures of the Everest Poker Qualifiers

Bruno Lira from Brazil

Christian Debeil from FR

Cristiano "Parana" from Brasil

Erik Johanson from SW

Rui Sousa from DE

Tifany Gofar from BE

The tournament already started and we will post on this blog all the information.

The Spanish Poker Tour - Aranjuez II

Welcome to the Spanish Poker Tour brought to you by Everest Poker!

Another stop of this exciting tournament, players from all over Europe come to Madrid to play one of the best tournaments in the world, the structure is amazing, you start with 20.000 chips with one hour levels, so you can play your best poker, why? Because when we say “We are passionate about your game” it’s not only a slogan…we really care about your game.

This time we also have players from another continent, Cristiano “Parana” arrive today from Sao Paulo Brazil!!!

So, today we start with the Super Satellite SPT Aranjuez II 100€ + 10€ (unlimited rebuys 50€ and Add-on 50€) at 20:00, if you are around come and play the live satellite.

The Final Hand

1 Pablo Finini finini Switzerland € 21.000

The Top 3

Prize Distribution

Clasif. Player Screen Name Country Prize
1 Pablo Finini finini Switzerland € 21.000
2 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland € 16.000
3 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden € 12.000
4 Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands € 9.000
5 Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden € 7.000
6 Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland € 5.000
7 Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands € 4.000
8 Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy € 3.000
9 Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland € 2.000
10 Jacopo Spandri Tatolino86 Italy € 1.600
11 Ferenc Koreck Croesus Hungary € 1.600
12 Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany € 1.600
13 Herman Campmans SirHec Netherlands € 1.300
14 Kersten Rutzel RuceLee Germany € 1.300
15 Christian Müller gogo_HH Germany € 1.300
16 Benoist Fechner 3dgard France € 1.000
17 Enrico Garzotto EnricoForex Italy € 1.000
18 Martin Sarat BigSuite69 France € 1.000
19 Barna Jankacs XaaAaaX Hungary € 800
20 Marco Orlandi MadOfAces Switzerland € 800
21 Maurizio Cuomo maury1971sa Italy € 800
22 Samuel Roman Alegre Rinne Spansku Spain € 600
23 Joffrey Huber Nobody78 Germany € 600
24 Clément Judic kingofmousli France € 600
25 Johann Richter sadow Austria € 500
26 Emmanuel Rapinier mike972 France € 500
27 Jimmy Garnoy Jamelon France € 500
28 Richard Dutour kTaLaN France € 400
29 Michael Hoegerl doidoi888 Germany € 400
30 Silke Burghardt silkemuc Germany € 400
31 Istvan Marosi marosi3 Hungary € 400
32 Teppo Helminen OscaR1O Finland € 400
33 Christophe Lacas @Miami@ France € 400
34 Cyril Gras Cyer France € 400
35 Piero Mormina pierostar Italy € 400
36 Jürgen Lautwein pokejog Germany € 400

Pablo Finini is the Everest Poker European Cup Champion!!!

Pablo opens the pot with a raise and Gael goes all-in of his 340000 chips.

Pablo give it a tougth and he finally called!

Pablo:Ah9c vs Gael:8h8c

2 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland € 16.000

Johan is Out!

Johan Carlvik goes all-in (again) and he is called by Pablo Finini.

Johan: 2c2s
Pablo: JhJc

Board: 4d7dAs Qc 5h

3 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden € 12.000

And we're off to a Swiss Heads-Up!

Gael Seydoux vs Pablo Finini

Nutty Turn, Crazy River...

In a flop 7s9s4c, Johan goes all-in with 7c4h (Two Pairs) and Gael calls with Ks8s (Flush draw).

The turn 5s gives the Flush to Gael but the river is the 4d to give a Full House to Johan!

Here we go!

We're down to 3 players and it seems we're gonna have a Swiss Heads-Up.

Here is the Table alignment at the moment:

SEAT NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS

3 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden 139000

9 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland 859000

Level Up, it's the 27th, Blinds 20000/40000, Ante 4000

Marvin gets beaten by the Board...

Gael Seydoux raises in the CO, Pablo folds and Marvin Torsoh goes all-in of 193000 chips more in the SB .

Johan in the BB get's out of the way and Gael makes the call!

Marvin: 4c4s
Gael: AcJs

The Board comes Qh5d5c Qd 9h and Marvin's Pocket Pair becomes useless against Gael's 2 Pairs with Top Kicker.

4 Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands € 9.000

We are now on a 15 minutes Break

The remaining Lady is out...

Susanne Birkemose is short stacked and goes all-in in the SB and Gael makes an easy call with Ad4h. Susanne has Tc8s and we have a showdown:

5 Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden € 7.000

Sohail out in 6th

Sohail Ghaleh Assadi goes all-in of his 27000 remaining chips and he gets 2 callers, Pablo Finini and Gael Seydoux in the Blinds.

Both the big stacks checked it till the river in a Board 7c5d9s 4c 2s

Pablo turned Th3h, Gael showed Td9h for a pair of nines, enough to beat Sohail's Ah4h.

6 Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland € 5.000

We are near the end of Level 26, Blinds 15000/30000, Ante 3000

Dutch vs Dutch

In a Blinds confrontation, Dirk goes all-in on the SB and Marvin calls on the BB

7 Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands € 4.000

And out of Italians too...

In a flop 7cThQs Mario Cotogno goes all-in and he's called by Johan Carlvik. Mario shows Qc2h and Johan has Ts9s.

The turn is the Tc giving the lead to Johan, and the river was the 4h, sending Mario to the ropes in 8th place.

8 Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy € 3.000

Meanwhile, the Blinds are up again, we're playing Level 25, 12000/24000 Ante 2000

We're out of Polish!

Marvin Torsoh raises to 80000 UTG+1 and Pawel Kabat in the BB goes all-in of 36000 more then Marvin's raise. He calls and we have a showdown:

Pawel: AhTh vs Marvin: KsQh

The board comes Kh5h9s 6c Tc

We lost our last Polish player, Pawel Kabat, in 9th position.

9 Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland € 2.000

Pavel's brother, Alexei Galuskin, went out yesterday as Bubble Boy, so, a weekend of high level Poker for these two polish brothers.

Well done!

Final Table Presentation!

Blinds Up

And this is a world premiere! We had an entire level with no eliminations!!!

We are now on Level 24, Blinds 10000/20000, Ante 2000

C'mon Guys!

And we're on!

We're "Back in Business!"

Level 23, Blinds 8000/16000, Ante 1500

Let's find our EPEC 2009 Champion !

Final Table settled

A couple more minutes and the Final Table of the Everest Poker European Club will be on his way.

Here's the alignment:

SEAT NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS

1 Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland 86000
2 Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy 155000
3 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden 264000
4 Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland 204000
5 Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands 304000
6 Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands 173000
7 Pablo Finini finini Switzerland 464000
8 Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden 91000
9 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland 153000

Dinner Break and Final Table Chip Count

Here are the standings at the moment:

Position Player Screen Name Country Chips
1 Pablo Finini finini Switzerland 464000
2 Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands 304000
3 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden 264000
4 Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland 204000
5 Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands 173000
6 Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy 155000
7 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland 153000
8 Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden 91000
9 Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland 86000

Pablo Finini, from Switzerland, managed to get back on the Top of the Table. Let's see how he handles the pressure later on tonight

The players will now have a two and a half hours pause for Dinner. We'll be back by then. BRB.

We have our Final Table

Jacopo Spandri, from Italy, just got busted in 10th place, clearing the way for the EPEC 2009 Final Table

10 Jacopo Spandri Tatolino86 Italy € 1.600

It's Bubble Time for Final Table!

With the eliminations of Ferenc Koreck from Hungary in 11th and Angelika Von Hielmcrone from Germany in 12th, we are now down to 10 players, one to go before we can have our Everest Poker European Cup Final Table. It's Bubble Time once again!

11 Ferenc Koreck Croesus Hungary € 1.600

12 Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany € 1.600

This is quick...

In a matter of minutes we lost 3 more players and we are now in a new Prize level: the next player busted will have a €1,600 prize.

Herman Campmans from the Netherlands was the last one on the previous level, has he went out in the 13th position

Latest Eliminations:

13 Herman Campmans SirHec Netherlands € 1.300
14 Kersten Rutzel RuceLee Germany € 1.300
15 Christian Müller gogo_HH Germany € 1.300

New step on the payouts

You know that old saying, that "All-In's are always good until the last one?"

Well, Benoist Fechner just got his last...

Is out in 16th with a €1,000 prize.

From now on, the Prizes go up to €1,300

Latest eliminations:

16 Benoist Fechner 3dgard France € 1.000
17 Enrico Garzotto EnricoForex Italy € 1.000

Back in Action

The players are back in table, for Level 21, 6000/12000, Ante 1000.

On the top of the Chip Count is now a Dutch, Dirk Willem Karsies, with 315000 chips

The Final 17!

Has promised, here's an update on the numbers:

TABLE 1
NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS SEAT
Ferenc Koreck Croesus Hungary 87000 1
Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland 162000 2
Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden 54000 3
Herman Campmans SirHec Netherlands 53000 4
Pablo Finini finini Switzerland 260000 5
Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany 73000 6
Benoist Fechner 3dgard France 72000 7
Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy 60000 8
Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands 95000 9

TABLE 2
NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS SEAT
Kersten Rutzel RuceLee Germany 46000 1
Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland 114000 2
(empty) 3
Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden 154000 4
Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland 39000 5
Enrico Garzotto EnricoForex Italy 34000 6
Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands 315000 7
Jacopo Spandri Tatolino86 Italy 137000 8
Christian Müller gogo_HH Germany 116000 9

Break Time

We just lost Martin Sarat from France in the 18th place, the first to get a prize of €1,000.

We reached the final of level 20 and the players are now on break.

These were the eliminations during level 20:

18 Martin Sarat BigSuite69 France € 1.000
19 Barna Jankacs XaaAaaX Hungary € 800
20 Marco Orlandi MadOfAces Switzerland € 800

Only Two Tables Left

With Barna Jankacs from Hungary busting out in 19th position, we are now down to 2 tables.

At the end of this level, in about 20 minutes, we will have the first break of the Day.

By then, we'll be able to have an updated chip count.

Brand New Level

Maurizio Cuomo was the last player to get busted at level 19. He went out in the 21st place, getting a €800 prize.

Now the Blinds are up again, we're on Level 20, Blinds 5000/10000, Ante 1000

Latest eliminations:

21 Maurizio Cuomo maury1971sa Italy € 800
22 Samuel Roman Alegre Rinne Spansku Spain € 600
23 Joffrey Huber Nobody78 Germany € 600

Flopping the nuts is not enough...

Last Elimination of Level 18

Clément Judic didn't survived the last hand of the 18th level and just got busted in 24th place.

We're now on Level 19, Blinds 4000/8000, Ante 1000.

Here's the list of players who didn't made trough level 18:

24 Clément Judic kingofmousli France € 600
25 Johann Richter sadow Austria € 500
26 Emmanuel Rapinier mike972 France € 500

Down to 3 Tables

With the Double elimination of Richard Dutour and Jimmy Garnoy at the hands of Gael Seydoux, we have reached the final 3 Tables. There are only 26 players left, the action as been frantic, and it doesn't look that is slowing down...

Meanwhile, we're already playing the Level 18, Blinds 3000/6000, Ante 500

Here are the busted players so far:

27 Jimmy Garnoy Jamelon France € 500
28 Richard Dutour kTaLaN France € 400
29 Michael Hoegerl doidoi888 Germany € 400
30 Silke Burghardt silkemuc Germany € 400
31 Istvan Marosi marosi3 Hungary € 400
32 Teppo Helminen OscaR1O Finland € 400
33 Christophe Lacas @Miami@ France € 400
34 Cyril Gras Cyer France € 400
35 Piero Mormina pierostar Italy € 400
36 Jürgen Lautwein pokejog Germany € 400

Once in the money...

The pressure is off and every minute we have a player all in.

A few have double up but some have lost their chips like Chris Lacas lost an all in pre flop to Ferenc Koreck.

The Final 36!

We're back at the Luna Club to Day 2 of the Everest Poker European Cup.

From now on, we'll be playing with 9 players per table, so here it is, the alignment of our last 4 tables:

TABLE 1
SEAT NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS

1 Christophe Lacas @Miami@ France 38000
2 Samuel Roman Alegre Rinne Spansku Spain 54500
3 Martin Sarat BigSuite69 France 72000
4 Ferenc Koreck Croesus Hungary 56000
5 Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden 34000
6 Michael Hoegerl doidoi888 Germany 46500
7 Enrico Garzotto EnricoForex Italy 34000
8 Pablo Finini finini Switzerland 120500
9 Jürgen Lautwein pokejog Germany 6000

TABLE 2
SEAT NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS

1 Marco Orlandi MadOfAces Switzerland 101000
2 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland 17000
3 Jimmy Garnoy Jamelon France 44000
4 Herman Campmans SirHec Netherlands 44000
5 Richard Dutour kTaLaN France 40500
6 Istvan Marosi marosi3 Hungary 46000
7 Benoist Fechner 3dgard France 41500
8 Maurizio Cuomo maury1971sa Italy 39500
9 Silke Burghardt silkemuc Germany 14500

TABLE 3
SEAT NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS

1 Emmanuel Rapinier mike972 France 45500
2 Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland 87500
3 Joffrey Huber Nobody78 Germany 112500
4 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden 63500
5 Piero Mormina pierostar Italy 13000
6 Cyril Gras Cyer France 13000
7 Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands 99500
8 Teppo Helminen OscaR1O Finland 47500
9 Christian Müller gogo_HH Germany 49000

TABLE 4
SEAT NAME NICKNAME COUNTRY CHIPS

1 Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland 100000
2 Kersten Rutzel RuceLee Germany 38500
3 Johann Richter sadow Austria 58500
4 Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands 48000
5 Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy 110500
6 Jacopo Spandri Tatolino86 Italy 15000
7 Barna Jankacs XaaAaaX Hungary 37000
8 Clément Judic kingofmousli France 34500
9 Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany 77000

Wanna play football?

It was going quite well and we were winning but then we lost our minds and insulted the ref...

Voitto is in the water!!!!!

Heads Up by the pool

Team Everest Poker is challenging some players to play Heads Up by the Pool.

Whoever looses, has to go in the water!

Here are the 36 survivors!

POSICION NOMBRE NICKNAME PAIS FICHAS

1 Pablo Finini finini Switzerland 203 120500
2 Joffrey Huber Nobody78 Germany 101 112500
3 Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy 137 110500
4 Marco Orlandi MadOfAces Switzerland 204 101000
5 Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland 195 100000
6 Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands 152 99500
7 Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland 168 87500
8 Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany 83 77000
9 Martin Sarat BigSuite69 France 51 72000
10 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden 194 63500
11 Johann Richter sadow Austria 7 58500
12 Ferenc Koreck Croesus Hungary 117 56000
13 Samuel Roman Alegre Rinne Spansku Spain 184 54500
14 Christian Müller gogo_HH Germany 108 49000
15 Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands 211 48000
16 Teppo Helminen OscaR1O Finland 27 47500
17 Michael Hoegerl doidoi888 Germany 92 46500
18 Istvan Marosi marosi3 Hungary 119 46000
19 Emmanuel Rapinier mike972 France 70 45500
20 Herman Campmans SirHec Netherlands 160 44000
21 Jimmy Garnoy Jamelon France 68 44000
22 Benoist Fechner 3dgard France 75 41500
23 Richard Dutour kTaLaN France 82 40500
24 Maurizio Cuomo maury1971sa Italy 145 39500
25 Kersten Rutzel RuceLee Germany 94 38500
26 Christophe Lacas @Miami@ France 42 38000
27 Barna Jankacs XaaAaaX Hungary 122 37000
28 Clément Judic kingofmousli France 37 34500
29 Enrico Garzotto EnricoForex Italy 133 34000
30 Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden 193 34000
31 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland 197 17000
32 Jacopo Spandri Tatolino86 Italy 132 15000
33 Silke Burghardt silkemuc Germany 110 14500
34 Cyril Gras Cyer France 58 13000
35 Piero Mormina pierostar Italy 138 13000
36 Jürgen Lautwein pokejog Germany 91 6000

We have a Polish Bubble Boy!

Alexei Galuskin, "blind_cowboy" on Everest Poker, just got the most hated label: he's the Bubble Boy of the Everest Poker European Cup 2009.

And we're done for today, the 36 remaining players will all get a peace of the €100,000 Prize Pool.

They'll be back to the Tables tomorrow, at 3.00 pm, to the final race for the €21,000 of the first place.

We'll be back shortly with the stacks.

Last Break of the Day

We reached the final of level 16 and we'll have a 15 minute break.

When we get back, it's gonna be Bubble Time because we just lost our 38th player:

38 Jesus Ortega Rodriguez ronalxavi2 Spain
39 Miguel Lapa m-alberto-l Portugal
40 Laurent Korzeczek France

Almost at the Bubble

We're down to 4 Tables, 4 busts away from the Money:

41 Alfred Lautwein tukka35 Germany
42 José Simões sensei10 Portugal

It seems it won't be long before we can call it a day...

Level 16

We're down to 42 players and the Blinds just went up once again: 2000/4000 Ante 400

We lost 4 players on the previous level:

43 Csaba Nagy-Mézes bodza76/csabaa Hungary
44 Bruno Taccia LeScribe France
45 David Quarroz veggga Switzerland
46 Giuseppe Fedele kenni1976 Italy

Chip lead changes Hands

We have a new number one on the chip count:

Pablo Finini from Switzerland, with 110,000 chips

A Typical Poker Race

There is that moment in each tourney where you have to race on a 50/50 and get your tournament life on the line.

But you can't win them all...

And counting...

New level, the 15th, with Blinds 1500/3000, Ante 300, and "old news:"

Four more guys just got busted:

47 Alexander Gereit 1887alexg Germany
48 Michele Amantea chachoo Italy
49 Martin Oelz marto. Austria
50 Martin Ekelund marsvin Denmark

Down to 5 Tables

50 players remaining, we need another 14 guys busted here at the Everest Poker European Cup 2009 Final.

Here are the latest eliminations:

51 Robert Glombik sgmotor Germany
52 Wolf-Dieter Rauch HA-Lodri1 Austria
53 Fabrice Gigante kkkkxxx France
54 Luca Morgese         Jotaro78 Italy
55 Thomas Hobin ThomasNihob Belgium

Sometimes you need a little luck...

New level...

.. and another 11 players eliminated:

56 Markus Nordgren Zenmuron1 Sweden
57 Akos Heltai Grinched Hungary
58 Julien Henchoz hench Switzerland
59 Piotr Marcin Pawłowski PIO11997700 Poland
60 Hans Jenzen KOEBES Germany
61 Timo Hentze Ventus78 Germany
62 Aymeric Bellavoine Mric France
63 Emanuele Cocchi LaTalpa1987 Italy
64 Selim Cadir Steilo73 Germany
65 Anne-Marie Welling jcm86 Netherlands
66 Piotr Kawula gonzo29 Poland

They'll wont play this 14th level, with Blinds 1200/2400, Ante 300

55 players remain, we're playing until we reach the Money!

We found him!

We have a new Chipleader:

Marco Orlandi from Switzerland with 95000 chips

Break is Over

New Level, it's the 13th, Blinds 1000/2000 Ante 200

We are 30 eliminations away from the end of Day 1, we're going to get some fresh numbers in the Chipcount, we'll be right back.

Break Time

At the end of Level 12, the players have now 15 minutes to relax a bit.

There are 66 players remaining. Here are the latest eliminations:

67 Yoann Maugran YoDogg France 054
68 Jeany Curtet jen6868 France
69 Philippe Guyomard phouine France
70 Marc Mainetti _M_ France
71 Enzo Giannasca sfinge26.3 Italy
72 Carlo Nunziato dandy1977 Italy
73 Marco Bergers marcob4321 Germany
74 Riccardo Baldoni   Rikibaldo1 Italy
75 Maximilian Harin wasdf84 Germany
76 Mickael Emery L_AKpareur Switzerland
77 Luís Marques Pr0lekult Portugal
78 Pauli Poikulainen Plith Finland

The EPEC 2009 Trophy

This is what everybody is looking for...

Where is the Chipleader?

Well, believe or not, we have 2 Chipleaders and they're playing at the same Table!

Teppo Helminen from Finland - 65.000 chips

Martin Sarat from France - 65.000 chips

Team Everest Poker United!

Level 12

While the Blinds continue to climb up, they are now 800/1600, Ante 200, we have another 8 players that are no longer on the Trophy Chase

79 Alexandre Pagel alalalalal France
80 Meik Dittbrenner disako Germany
81 Ties van Kessel Mr_Chill Netherlands
82 Johann Pintarich japrof Austria
83 Fabrice Vincent faaabbbrice France
84 Sylvain Nayrolles 272726 France
85 Christophe Duchene chris_cd France
86 Oscar Engeman NLmaniac Netherlands

The Prizepool

The Everest Poker European Cup Sardinia 2009 is a €100.000 Freeroll!

Here's how its distributed:

1st: €21.000
2nd: €16.000
3rd: €12.000
4th: €9.000
5th: €7.000
6th: €5.000
7th: €4.000
8th: €3.000
9th: €2.000
10th-12th: €1.600
13th-15th: €1.300
16th-18th: €1.000
19th-21st: €800
22nd-24th: €600
25th-27th: €500
28th-36th: €400

Level 11

Blinds just went up, to 600/1200, Ante 100.

Here's in update of some more players that got busted right before the end of level 10:

87 Sandrine Vuille kaya13 Switzerland
88 Michael Rick wizzard67 Germany
89 Sandy Dahin times-square Belgium
90 Gertrud Fussbroich Trudi48 Germany

The EPEC has Magic...

PS - WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE MAGICIANS TO PLAY POKER. IF YOU SEE ONE PLAYING POKER, CONTACT THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

Interview with Thomas Hobin

Down to 9 Tables

The pace doesn't slow down here at the EPEC 2009 Final, and we are now down to 9 Tables:

91 Björn Lindgren Niblick55 Norway
92 Pierre-Jean Faye pej51100 France
93 Roy Hoenderdos master_woody Netherlands
94 Xiao Wen Liang Aanaalyst Netherlands
95 Zsolt Kovács kovacs57 Hungary
96 Régis Noicy RNO60 France
97 Mark van de Montel Capricorn1 Netherlands
98 Bert De Brabandere DBBert Belgium
99 Emmanuel Rohée poisonre France
100 Nicolas Poppi Nico33.it France
101 Robin Caprin Parispoks France
102 José Manuel Barredo Farelo Bierzotos Spain
103 Amandine Georges amandine99 France
104 Dietger Van Linden Dietger Belgium

We still have 4 minutes to play on the 10th level

Up, Up and Away!

New Level, we are now at the 10th, Blinds 500/1000 100 Ante

A few more players didn't managed to survive the previous level:

105 Regis Lazaro regis65 France
106 Michał Andrzej Parkola Deszcz Poland
107 Rui Ramos ruiramos6 Portugal
108 Albert Pilz Dachstein86 Austria
109 Cristina París Rodríguez yenut19 Spain
110 Mark Hecker JohnFrusq Netherlands
111 Wolfgang Schütz wolle2103 Germany
112 Elke Scholz limp_girl Germany
113 Jose Carlos Monteiro 1972monteiro France
114 Abel Diaz Antón Mulo88 Spain
115 Djamal Azzouni zokerbond France
116 Daniel Wojtowics danielw88 Austria
117 Andreas Wieser a_van_w Austria

Poker improves your love life

And to prove our theory, here is one of the dozens of couples that flew in to Sardinia.

They both get to know a new island, she enjoyed a morning in the sun by the pool and, in the afternoon, he gets to play some live poker for free. While playing, she enjoys his company and the chance to earn a few thousand euros!

If he gets those Euros, she will get a present (probably a ring) and they will live happily ever after.

Poker improves your love life!

Poker is not religious...

But joins people from all creeds...

Bad beats: They exist in Live Poker!

Do you ever think that you get too many bad beats on Poker online?

Well, they also happen in Live Poker.

Take these JJ vs 99...

They're falling like flies!!!

We don't know what happened during Dinner, but in 10 minutes, we lost 10 players!

119 Marco Rinaldi marco73r Italy
120 Nicolas Cullin BluffNico France
121 János Röst artur54 Hungary
122 Fabrizio Scagnoli zeropercento Italy
123 Jacques Besse cabarets France
124 Jan Appelquist bustingy2 Sweden
125 Patrick Olivier patol1 France
126 Mathias Gaucher matetcris Belgium
127 Ludovic Siffredi ludosiffre France
128 Majid Ikheddachene coulraoul France

And we're back!

Dinner is over, we're about to restart the action at the Tables.

We're about to start playing Level 9, Blinds 400/800 Ante 100.

The plans for tonight are that we play until there's only 36 players left.

Let's see how it goes...

Last Minute Numbers

We lost 13 more players during this last level and we still have 128 players left at the Everest Poker European Cup 2009.

At this time, we have some notorious stacks. Here is the Top 5:

1 - Cyril Gras Cyer France 41000 chips
2 - Alexander Gereit 1887alexg Germany 36000 chips
3 - Piero Mormina pierostar Italy 35500 chips
4 - Emmanuel Rapinier mike972 France 34000 chips
5 - Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany 33000 chips

Eliminations at the end of Level 8:

129 Pascal Haegeli pascal90aol France
130 Kenneth Larsen EvilDuck Denmark
131 Daniel Ohletz Dan623 Germany
132 Vasco Paulino blacksconss Switzerland
133 Falko Lenz YIPPPEEE Germany
134 Paul Mulder panzerpaul Netherlands
135 Mikael Jonasson actionmee Sweden
136 Miguel Angel Baños Rivero miguelangelb Spain
137 Emeric Marcia Ciam France
138 Robertus van Gils Sligna_V Netherlands
139 Francisco Javier Aguilar Montes salieri76 Spain
140 Iwan van der Kraats The_Glider Netherlands
141 Andre Litzbarski foehrfahrer Germany

Dinner Break!

Thomas Kremser just announced the dinner break

Players are on break till 21.30.

We'll be back with the biggest stacks in a while...

PS - Be sure to follow all eliminations on Twitter

Interview with Anne Marie Welling

Maria Maceiras @ Work

Maria Maceiras, Everest Poker professional player, is here in Sardinia with all the players and last night was always amongst them, giving advice and sharing poker experiences.

She is a full time professional and never stops promoting Everest Poker, always in great fashion.

Here she is making a Tv interview for a Spanish Tv channel.

All in bluff gone wrong

Last Level before Dinner Break

Thomas Kremser just announced that we're moving to Level 8, Blids will be 300/600, with a 75 Ante.

In 30 minutes, when this level ends, we'll have a Break longer then usual, so that everybody can make the short walk till the Bougainville Restaurant, where Dinner will be served.

We had 19 players that didn't made it trough this seventh level:

142 Egon Smit smoothbounce Netherlands
143 Michael Floors Miflop Netherlands
144 Jacobus Hoogendam exkale Netherlands
145 Christian Lenic choupachoup France
146 Xander Verbeke dEUS52 Belgium
147 Michael Mager _magerdragon Belgium
148 Gianluigi Petazzi valent.rossi Italy
149 Tobias Grallert SkyLowLow Germany
150 Steven Marchou loupiot28 Switzerland
151 Christophe Guine propok France
152 Anders Trusturp LaughingEagl Denmark
153 Tommi Nevala spesges Finland
154 Christophe Lacroix KrisTilted France
155 Jérôme Passard Pass Switzerland
156 Enrico Grella juve89RG Italy
157 Raúl Horta Cando Sir_Rayu Spain
158 Laurent Ploix laurentploix France
159 Nico Schumacher Suazo_99 Austria
160 Carlos Alvarez Gago lobo429 Spain

Some lovely ladies...

There are over 30 women playing this event which proves that Poker isn't only for the guys...

These women sure gave some beauty to the room, as these two did...

Jeany Curtet - France

Cristina Rodriguez - Spain

And we're off to Level 7!

Blinds increase to 200/400, the Antes will be 50 and we lost some more guys along the way:

161 Alessandro Bonora jack.b Italy
162 André Guidini DEDE07 France
163 Jean Kevers-Leclercq JIKAEL_46 Belgium
164 Eric Giussani ericbrasil France
165 Raffaele Schiavone granata123 Italy
166 Max Braida ilbramax Italy
167 Benoit Ortega France

Naked in Paradise...

We've been trying to show you how the Chia Laguna Resort is very close to Heaven. But can you imagine being here without your clothes?

That is what happened to Pauli Poikulainen, a Finnish player, who lost his luggage and hasn't enjoyed the Sardinia as it should be...

Pauli, hope you get your luggage soon...

Some card guards...

Internet is Running Well now... Finally!

We've been experiencing some serious difficulties with the Internet connection that was "available" here at the Luna Club, that is why we've been passing you so little information.

Now things are solved, and we'll be able to keep you all updated.

What didn't run so well for a handful of players was the tournament, since we came back from break. We have 13 more players that busted:

168 Vincent Renard Tum0r-lieji Belgium
169 Sylvain Esposito sylva33 France
170 Olivier Wilmotte eudemonisme Belgium
171 Laurens Wim Polus Laaisels Belgium
172 Nuno Bento Magflush Portugal
173 Mario Barletta MarBar82 Italy
174 Cedric Dulas cedulas France
175 Michel Burkink lagtie Netherlands
176 Sjoerd van Dellen JoePescatore Netherlands
177 Karsten Melzer Natursprung Germany
178 Romuald Bonnettaz VIRGILKEVIN France
179 Lucia Maltese LUISELLA@ Italy
180 Romain Huta Likegirls France

Hey! Here's Grandma!

When we thought that all the players were young kids and newbies, we found this lovely lady, a typical grandmother!

Well done!

First break of the day

So, we reached the final of Level 4, and we have an update on the official numbers:

There were 189 players that took their seats at the beginning of the Everest Poker European Cup Final, and those are the ones that can aspire to a part of the €100.000 Prizepoool.

So far, we had 9 eliminations:

181 Fabrizio Laureri fabymac Italy
182 Rolf Raymann Rollo100 Switzerland
183 Guillaume Baillard bgx France
184 Ferenc Pál DBfeco Hungary
185 Giorgia Lorefice @THE_QUEEN@ Italy
186 Xavier Chavelet matex France
187 Maxime Florimon flomax69 France
188 Gábor Pusztai burgabee Hungary
189 Ricardo Gonçalves rigodk Portugal

We’re about to start the 5th level, the Blinds are going up to 100/200 and Antes are making is appearance, starting at 25.

Ricardo Gonçalves is the 1st OUT!

Ricardo and an opponent saw a flop of 5d5c4s

Both players took the action to the turn where they saw an 8c. Ricardo bets and his opponent flat calls...

River is a 5h and both players move all the chips across the line.

Ricardo flipped over KcKs but his opponent had 8d8s for a better full house...

Interview with Richard Dutour

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Almost ready...

The Everest Poker European Cup 2009 Final will be a No Limit Hold'em Freezout Tournament, with 10.000 Starting Chips and Blind levels of 30 minutes.

So, our players will have everything they need for an excellent Poker experience.

Blinds start at 25/50 and Thomas Kremser, Europe's finest tournament director, is in charge of running the show.

Late Registration...

We have a last minute Player added to the field of the EPEC 2009.

Maddalena Corvaglia, an Italian TV Star decided to visit us here at Chia Laguna Resort, and it's already "ahead the schedule" and it's playing a little Poker right by the Pool

Well, she's having a little help, to be honest, Cristiano Blanco is sharing a few Poker secrets with her

What? You never heard of her? Well, here's a little taster...

Saturday Morning it's Time to Chill Out...

The plan for this Morning is quite simple: Rest!

The Tournament only starts at 3.00 PM, so there's plenty of time to recharge batteries before going back to the Luna Disco, only this time for the most important part of this Weekend program: Poker!!!

In the meanwhile, the players have the option to hang out by the Pool, take the 10 minute walk to the Beach or just enjoy the Sun anywhere...

Good Morning!

Hi everyone.

We're "back in business" here in Sardinia, after all the fun and dancing at the Luna Disco last night.

Oh, OK, I almost forgot to mention, we had a couple of drinks too... Well... Not just a couple, to be accurate :-))))

Take a look:

Dinner Time

All the players in the house gathered at the restaurant in the dunes.

Although they don't know each other, there was a friendly atmosphere and Team Everest helped out.

Every country manager welcomed their players and all the tables cheered in great fashion!

And now IT'S PARTY TIME IN THE LUNA CLUB!!!

See you tomorrow!

Ciao

The Beach Party introduction

Welcome Beach Party

For the next hours we'll be at the Welcome Beach Party.

Meanwhile, enjoy these sandy beaches and warm weather...

We'll get back with the best pictures and highlights from the Welcome Party!

See you later!

EPEC Saturday's Schedule

We're almost done for today here at the Lobby of the Chia Laguna Resort, in what concerns to the Players Check-In procedures.
In a few minutes, the Shuttles for the Welcome Beach Party will start leaving and things are surely gonna calm down a bit around here.
But if you still hadn't made it to arrive here, don't worry, we're leaving a couple of Team Everest Poker Members behind to assist you when you do.

In the meanwhile, you can check our Schedule for tomorrow:

10:30–12:00 Late Arrival Registration in Lobby
11:00–12:30 Brunch at the Bouganville Restaurant
14:30 Players take seats in tournament area (Fuori Luna Disco)
15:00 EPEC Finale Day 1
19:45–21:30 Dinner break at the Bouganville restaurant
21:30 EPEC Finale Day 1 Side events begin for eliminated players and guests

Team Everest Poker is here to help

To all the countries in Europe, we are here to help and make sure everybody has a great time!

Its getting crowded!

Dozens of players have arrived and are settling in.

Some are resting, some are at the pool and, by the look on their faces, having a great time...

And the Italian Girls?

Mamma Mia... Que cosa...

The Luna Disco!

The Luna Disco is the place where everything is going down!

Tonight, after the Welcome Beach Party, all Players, Media and Staff will head out to the Luna Club, just across the street, for some good old fashion club entertainment. Lets hope the players don't get wasted. There is some poker playing on Saturday and they'll need their mental skills...

Don't you just love Brunch?!?!

At Everest Poker, we don't want you getting up very early to get breakfast... We've arranged that all players can have Brunch till noon!!!!

Situated near the Pool, everyone can enjoy a meal in the sun...

How to register

When you get to the Chia Laguna Resort, enter the Main Entrance.

Then turn left and our staff will be glad to help and register you to the tourney.

What is going down today...

Today we have a very relaxing and cool day.

Players are arriving as we speak and they will have all day to enjoy the Chia Laguna Resort.

Around 19.30 there will be a Welcome Beach Party to all Players, Media and Staff.

Free drinks, music and a Mediterranean sunset... Promising...

Welcome to EPEC!

We are in Sardinia & its beautiful

Follow every kick out at Twiiter.com/EVP_EPEC or here!

It's almost time to Party!

Good Morning Sardinia!

Lovely weather, 30º Celsius, mojitos and club sandwiches by the pool...

PLEASE BRING SOME SUNSCREEN!!!!

We're gonna keep working...

The Everest Poker European Cup, a €100.000 Freeroll, is only a few hours away...

We'll keep working so that everything is just perfect!

See you later!

EPEC Walkthrough

When arriving on the scene, the bus will leave you at the Lobby.

In the Lobby you'll find the Reception and tournament check in.

Please click the map for a more detailed version.

Follow the EPEC on Twiiter and Facebook!

Everest Poker is always one step ahead and we want you with us!

You can start following the Everest Poker European Cup 2009 on Twitter and Facebook. Follow these links:

- Twitter.com/EVP_EPEC
- Twitter.com/Everest_Poker
- Twitter.com/EverestPoker_FR

- EPEC Facebook Group

Did you win an entry to the EPEC?

NO?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!???!? :)

Here is what you're missing...

EPEC Friday's Schedule

Just in case you're wondering on what we have in store for the players, here is a brief schedule of what in going down.

12:00–20:00 Everest Poker registration desk opens in Chia Laguna Resort lobby
19:15–20:30 Shuttles depart for Welcome Party
19:30 Welcome Party and dinner at the beach
23:00 Welcome party continues at the Fuori Luna Disco

Everest Poker European Cup is ready to start!

The Everest Poker European Cup, the most important Freeroll Tournaments in all Europe, comes along with some impressive numbers. The beautiful Sardinia Island is about to receive around 200 players, eager for they first experience in the glamorous world of Live Poker.

We’re expecting representatives from 15 countries, all around Europe, to join us here, at the “Meridien Chia Laguna,” for a fantastic weekend. And France starts in “the pole position:” with 54 players registered to the tournament, they managed to beat Germany who is sending 29 Poker enthusiasts to the EPEC while the host Country, Italy, will have 23 players trying to keep the Title at home. Here’s a list of players by Countries:

France: 54
Germany: 29
Italy: 23
Netherlands: 18
Belgium: 12
Spain: 12
Hungary: 11
Austria: 8
Switzerland: 8
Poland: 7
Portugal: 7
Sweden: 6
Finland: 3
Norway: 2

Just for you, the “Nutty Number Lovers“, here are some more “interesting” numbers: there is a 84% chance that we’ll have a Male Champion (after all, only 16% of the registered players are Ladies…). And, most probably, he is going to be between 25 and 35 years old because this age group represents 34% of the whole field. And that’s about it, concerning futurology because the numbers that “REALLY” matter are already known: The Prize Pool! Here are the figures:

1st: €21.000
2nd: €16.000
3rd: €12.000
4th: €9.000
5th: €7.000
6th: €5.000
7th: €4.000
8th: €3.000
9th: €2.000
10th-12th: €1.600
13th-15th: €1.300
16th-18th: €1.000
19th-21st: €800
22nd-24th: €600
25th-27th: €500
28th-36th: €400

Sardinia is ready for EPEC 09

The Everest Poker Team are in Sardinia preparing for your arrival but let us assure you if you are a guest, a player or a journalist it will be a great weekend.

See you Friday on this beach for welcome drinks & the sunset.

Your Poker Experiences

We want to try something new on here - tell us about your live or online poker experiences - wins losses, bad beats or luck stories - & we will print them here.

Email your experiences (in any language) to info@everestpoker.com I am a real person called Ed, ironic for the Editor, I know.

Blanco Rules in St Vincent

Cristiano Blanco was not happy with making one final table at the St Vincent Gran Prix in Italy - so he made TWO!

The Team Evererst wizard made 4th place (in the 550 euro buyin event, 159 players, winning 7,500 euros), and the day after he came 9th in the Main Event (1,100 euros buyin, 119 player and 5,500 euros).

It's the first time someone made two final tables in the 2 tournaments in this event.

LEGEND!

EPEC Week is here!

The EPEC, Sardinia, takes place this weekend & the Everest staff fly there tomorrow to make the place all nice for the players!

It's going to be a GREAT weekend. If you're playing, tell your friends they can follow the action here, at http://twitter.com/EVP_EPEC or Facebook 'EPEC Live Final'.

The weather looks fine so we just need you now...
Could this be you?

Day 3 of the EPT Finale brought to you by Pokerstars

Update: 16:00

The last Everest Poker player, Julien from Switzerland is out. Julien went all in with K's against J's, there was J on the flop and that was the end for Julien. He fished 80th and took home 22,000 Euros. Well done Julien!

Update 15:30

The bubble has burst and Julien is in the money!

The top 88 finish in the money this EPT Finale, and our very own Julien is one of them! He will take home at least 20,000 Euros!

Update 14:30

Kim "icebeer" went out just before the end of level 16. Kim had the button and pushed all in with Q10. The flop was AJ7, she was called by AK, there was no help from the turn or river.

Start of Day

We have made it to Day 3 of the European Poker Stars Finale with two remaining Everest Poker players

We start today at level 16 with 139 players, blinds of 2500/5000 and average chip count of 220,000.

The Everest Poker players:

Kim "icebeer" with 76,500. Recognize who Kim is sitting next to? It's Joe Hachem, 2005 WSOP Champion !

Julien with 193,000

April 30th Winners - Three of a Kind

Congratulations to the April 30th winners!

This was the final Three of a Kind Tournament.
Anyone who participated in a Three of a Kind Tournament
will be preregistered for the Three of a Kind Freeroll
on May 5, at 18:00 GMT.

The remaining jackpot is the prize pool for the freeroll.