On March 19, 2006, the third live satellite for the Everest Poker European Championship was held in Hamburg, Germany, with Timo Rauschenbach awarded the prize package for the final event.

Montreal, Quebec (April 3, 2006)—

On March 19, 2006, the third live satellite for the Everest Poker European Championship was held in Hamburg, Germany, with Timo Rauschenbach awarded the prize package for the final event. Rauschenbach joins Troisdorf winner Björn Griese and Munich winner Wolfgang Hierl as the first qualifiers for the Everest Poker European Championship.

The event was also broadcasted by one of Germany's biggest news shows, RTL Aktuell.

A one-of-a-kind pan-European championship, the Everest Poker European Championship consists of live freeroll satellites throughout Europe and online satellites at EverestPoker.com, all leading up to the final event with a 50,000€ prize pool.

The German leg of the tour is being hosted by the German Poker Players Association. Other live satellite tournaments will be held in France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Denmark and Italy. All qualifiers for the final event will have the 500€ buy-in paid for, and each qualifier will also receive 400€ for travel expenses.

"The television coverage of the Hamburg tournament was very exciting," said Karin Schmidt, one of Everest Poker's German Marketing Managers. "It just goes to show that poker is really starting to permeate the popular culture in Germany."

For more information on the Everest Poker European Championship and its qualification satellites, please contact Karin Schmidt at kschmidt@affiliatedweb.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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