Everest Poker hosted its first $5,000 Freeroll Tournament for players on November 7, 2006. The first place winner earned a $1500 cash prize.

Montreal, QC, November 7, 2006 -- Everest Poker www.everestpoker.com, one of Europe's most popular poker rooms, hosted its $5,000 Limit freeroll tournament for players on November 7. During the month of October, the online poker room tracked players earning Summit Points at limit tables and the top 200 earners were given exclusive access to the tournament. To assist holdem poker players in following their own progress, Everest Poker created an online $5,000 Limit Leaderboard at the Everest Poker Blog www.everestpokerblog.com.

The following Everest Poker players were the winners of the $5k limit freeroll tournament.
1 Maastonakki - $1500.00
2 Vahagn - $950.00
3 Champ44 - $600.00
4 guldflip - $425.00
5 Persseo - $325.00
6 defac3 - $250.00
7 DoubleF - $175.00
8 Ritchie78 - $125.00
9 fonzie71 - $87.50
10 Daal - $62.50

"This tournament was a great way to show our dedicated holdem poker players our appreciation," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker's property manager. "We're already ramping up for the next freeroll event - a $7,500 poker tournament to be held in early December, so start earning your Summit Points now!"

Summit Points are an exclusive offering of Everest Poker, a system that rewards every player at a table with 1 Summit Point for every $1 the room collects in rake, including fractional points. This means that players can earn up to 3 Summit Points per hand. The room also offers double Summit Points for the first two poker players at a table during the duration of their session at the table.

Players interested in Everest Poker's tournament schedule can find it in the free poker software offered by the poker room. It can be downloaded from the Everest Poker website at no cost.

About Everest Poker
Everestpoker.com is the first site dedicated to the international poker playing community. Recognizing the many non-English speaking poker enthusiasts around the world, Everest Poker has built the only poker software fully localized in 11 different languages. In addition, Everestpoker.com offers poker players customer support in 15 languages, and is involved with local poker initiatives through partnerships and participation in national, European and worldwide tournaments. Everest Poker is owned by Ultra Internet Media. For more information, please visit: www.everestpoker.com

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