Everest Poker announces the winners of its recent Everest Poker Avalanche event. The top twenty players from this event will go on to participate in the online Everest Poker Avalanche finale for their chance at a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize.

Montreal, QC (PRWeb) January 30, 2007 - Everest Poker today announced the winners of the first Round 3 Everest Poker Avalanche Event. The poker tournament was held on January 27th and the top twenty players not only walked away with $5,300 but a seat at the Everest Poker Avalanche online finale. The online finale will be held on September 17th at 15:00 GMT at the online poker room.

"After the online finale is finished, the real fun begins," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker's property manager. "The final ten players from the last online event are going to each win a trip to play holdem poker at a live final table at an undisclosed location."

The top twenty finalists are as follows: _orz_ from Japan, difab from France, hyahhoo from Japan, Tha_Phoenix from The Netherlands, Wotan2008 from Germany, justcar from The Netherlands, philabdul from France, MH-Neemos from Denmark, Mitch1960 from France, Dede65 from Germany, izaaak from Germany, bayern1900 from Germany, brotolo2 from Italy, tamprog from Italy, Piero@Issy from France, yumy81 from the Netherlands, gaga37 from Germany, loule66 from France, heternal from France, and sukkels from The Netherlands.

Spanning nine months, the Everest Poker Avalanche involves both online play as well as live poker games. The tournament features a three-round structure that allows players at all levels to join in. Round 1 satellites are designed for players looking for little up-front risk: buy-ins are $3+.30 or $11+1. Round 2 satellites are ideal for players that are more confident in their ability and wish to save time – the buy-in is $56+5.

For players with big bankrolls that want to skip right to the top, Everest Poker is offering two choices: monthly Round 3 satellite events with a $530+30 buy-in as well as entrance to the Online Avalanche Finale for $5000+300.

For more information about the Everest Poker Avalanche tournament and play poker free online, download the free Everest Poker software from http://www.everestpoker.com/dload. Tournament schedules are available through RSS and XML feeds at http://www.everestpoker.com/tournament/current-schedule.html.

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: http://www.everestpoker.com

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