The 2005-2006 French Poker Tour, hosted by L'association France Poker and sponsored by premier online poker room Everest Poker, has crowned its champion.

Montreal, Quebec (January 24, 2006)—

The 2005-2006 French Poker Tour, hosted by L'association France Poker and sponsored by premier online poker room Everest Poker, has crowned its champion.

On January 14, 118 players from all over France gathered at the Aviation Club de France in Paris to battle for the 20,000€ freeroll prize pool. At the end of the day, Yohan Mullemeester emerged the winner, with Arnaud Grumiaux and Loic Dubois placing second and third, respectively. For his efforts, Mullemeester walked away with the 7,500€ first prize.

"Everest Poker would like to congratulate Mr. Mullemeester on his victory," said Sandrine Dubois, Everest Poker's French Marketing Manager. "He played with dazzling skill and is absolutely deserving of the title, 'French Poker Tour Champion.'"

Ms. Dubois added, "Everest Poker would also like to thank its French players who qualified for the final. We are very proud of the way they played, and we look forward to more great poker accomplishments from all of them!"

Everest Poker players that made it to the January 14 final included:

the_boss1984
Alto78
totoff
sebcote
RoiDePique
harrycot
Squeze
Mikonos
mathyskurt
gastonlagaff

Everest Poker is also currently featuring satellite tournaments for the following events:

* The French Open, a European Poker Tour event, taking place February 8-11, 2006, at the Deauville Casino in Deauville, France.

* The EPT Grand Final, a European Poker Tour event, taking place March 8-11, 2006, at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

* The WPT Championship, a World Poker Tour event, taking place April 18-24, 2006, at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

For more information please visit http://www.francepoker.fr/fpt.php and http://www.everestpoker.com

ABOUT EVEREST POKER

Everest Poker is the first online poker room to be translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. Everest Poker is a property of Ultra Internet Media ("UIM"), a premier global operator of online casinos. UIM's brands include Casino Elegance, Casino Fantasy, Casino Glamour, Casino Lux, Casino Treasure, Imperial Casino, Everest Casino and Everest Poker.

Incorporated in 1997, UIM is one of the pioneers of multi-lingual online casino gaming, translating its casino and poker websites and software into 15 languages. UIM entertains users every day from over 200 countries around the world.

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