The online poker room is sponsoring the Italian Poker Championship live events in San Remo from 13 June to 16 June, 2007.

Montreal, QC (PRWeb) June 13, 2007 – Everest Poker today began its sponsorship of the Italian Poker Championship, held at the Casino di San Remo. The first event, held on Wednesday, 13 June features a €300+30 Euro buy-in and an exclusive poker tutorial with Cristiano Blanco, an Italian player sponsored by Everest Poker.

"In addition to our sponsorship of live events, Everest Poker also hosted a series of online tournaments that gave our players the chance to play in this great poker event," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. "We look forward to seeing not only how our players perform, but the event as a whole."

Thursday sees a €500+50 poker tournament and another tutorial with Blanco. Friday features a unique event: a €500+50 shootout. Finally, the Main Event takes place on Saturday, 16 June: a €1400+100 or €1350+150 holdem poker tournament. There is also a women's tournament being held the same day with a €100 buy-in.

"The Italian Poker Championship is a great event for Everest Poker to be associated with," added May. "We're very excited about this opportunity and look forward to sponsoring more events like this in the near future."

For more information about Everest Poker, visit http://www.everestpoker.com. Everest poker offers fully-localized software for over fifteen languages, including Japanese. Players interested in joining the poker room can download the free Everest Poker software from http://www.everestpoker.com/dload/. Poker 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: www.everestpoker.com

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