Everest Poker Players Put on Strong Showing at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris
June 30, 2006
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Everest Poker sent three players to Paris to compete in the Grand Prix de Paris, one of the stops on the World Poker Tour.
Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) June 28, 2006 — Everest Poker sent three players to Paris to compete in the Grand Prix de Paris, one of the stops on the World Poker Tour:
Our players’ competitive level just keeps improving
Asheru (France)
abbas23 (Germany)
gabatch (France)
All three players were winners in Everest Poker’s Direct Entry Satellite for the WPT Grand Prix de Paris. Each player earned a prize package which included the 10,000€ buy-in for the event, as well as $800 in spending money.
abbas23 was eliminated in the first round, but both Asheru and gabatch played skillfully enough to advance. With 140 players battling to start the second round, Asheru found himself out of the tournament after moving all-in with a pair of Aces, beaten by three Kings.
gabatch, meanwhile, managed to hang in and found himself in 28th place near the end of the day. With the top 27 players finishing in the money, gabatch was on the bubble, needing to survive one more elimination in order to walk away with guaranteed prize money. After moving all-in with a pair of Kings, gabatch also fell victim to bad luck, losing to a flush on the river.
Despite the turn of events, gabatch remained cheerful and gracious, remarking, “Thanks to Everest Poker for letting us live our dream!”
“Our players’ competitive level just keeps improving,” said Sandrine Dubois, Everest Poker’s French Marketing Manager. “They’re starting to become a force on the live tournament circuit, and we look forward to having one of them win the Grand Prix de Paris someday!”
For more details and photos of the Grand Prix de Paris, visit the Everest Poker Blog at www.everestpokerblog.com
Everest Poker is also currently featuring satellite tournaments for the following events:
• The Everest Poker European Championship, an exclusive Everest Poker event taking place September 9, 2006.
• The World Series of Poker Main Event, taking place July 28 – August 10, 2006, at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• The Legends of Poker, a World Poker Tour event taking place August 26-30, 2006, at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California.
For more information, please visit Everest Poker
About Everest Poker
Everest Poker 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, Everest Poker 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 Pokeris owned by Ultra Internet Media (“UIM”). Incorporated in 1997, UIM is one of the pioneers of multi-lingual online casino gaming, localizing its casino and poker products into 15 languages. UIM entertains users every day from over 200 countries around the world.
Absolute Poker Signs Michael Mizrachi aka ‘The Grinder’ to Its Roster of Leading Poker Pros
June 27, 2006
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Mizrachi is currently ranked #1 poker player in the world; Absolute Poker launches one of biggest no-limit Texas Holdem tables in the industry with his name on it
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, June 26 /PRNewswire/ — Absolute Poker, the fourth largest online poker website inthe world, announced today that it has added Michael Mizrachi, aka ‘The Grinder,’ to its lineup of leading poker professionals. The Grinder, who is 25 years old, is currently ranked the number one poker player in the world according to poker industry authority CardPlayer.com. Mizrachi, having gained 4737 points and won over $2,061,406 this year alone, is on track to earn the title “Player of The Year.”
“Absolute Poker is very excited to be working with The Grinder,” said Mike Edwards, Absolute Poker marketing manager. “He’s at the top of his game and we’re thrilled to give our players exposure to the skill and expert advice he can pass on to them. A world-class player and a world-class poker site — a perfect match.”
“I’m looking forward to playing with Absolute Poker’s online players,” said The Grinder. “When I’m not playing in live events, I like to stay sharp by playing online — it’s a great way to stay on top of your game.”
New Texas Holdem Launched
To celebrate the signing of Mizrachi and to introduce Absolute Poker players to him in style, Absolute Poker also recently announced the launch of one of the biggest no limit Texas Holdem games on the internet, aptly named “The Grinder.” Players will get to play against The Grinder in this new no limit $10/25 table. For more information or to register to play with ‘The Grinder,’ please visit absoluteoker.com.
Absolute Poker will be announcing other online Grinder tournaments. Mizrachi will also be making a number of appearances at events and live tournaments on Absolute Poker’s behalf.
A Winning Line-up
Absolute Poker has a number of leading pokers professionals in addition to The Grinder including Mark Seif and Lacey Jones who add depth and excitement to the tournaments played on Absolute Poker. These top-notch pros have a number of tourney bracelets, rings and tons of cash winning among them and players on the Absolute Poker website love having the chance to play against them whenever possible. To learn more about Lacey and Mark, please visit absolutepoker.com.
About Absolutepoker.com
Absolutepoker.com is the world’s fourth largest online poker destination offering worldwide access to multi-player online games 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Absolute Poker’s spring ‘Win Your Tuition’ tournament is currently underway and more information can be found at http://www.absolutepoker.com/tuition. Powered by proprietary software, Absolutepoker.com has one of the most comprehensive, interactive online poker rooms, providing such innovative features as hand history, stat retrieval, player note-taking, chat, ‘locate a player’, six-table play, customizable table ‘skins’ and representative image selection. Absolute Poker offers many multi-player games including: Texas Holdem, Omaha High, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, and a complete selection of Sit and Go and Multi Table Tournaments. Absolutepoker.com offers friendly customer service which is always fast, knowledgeable, and professional. Established in 2003, Absolutepoker.com is headquartered in Costa Rica and licensed and regulated in Canada.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Michael Mizrachi and Absolute Poker’s other pros such as Mark Seif and Lacey Jones are available as expert sources for print or broadcast interviews and can cover a variety of topics such as poker techniques, the World Series of Poker, the online poker phenomenon, college poker and women in poker.
CelebPoker Updates its Poker Room
June 20, 2006
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CelebPoker.com Updates its Poker Room with Many New Features and Options for Players
(PRWEB) June 17, 2006 — The interactive celebrity poker room CelebPoker.com has released an upgraded version of their online poker room software. Based on new demands made by players, the poker software looks and feels more like a real card room than any other site online. The features added are making the game more fun for players and also allowing them to keep track of the competition and winning hands in a way that was previously unavailable.
One new feature is ‘Player Notes’ which allows players to keep track other competition in real time. Above each player at the table there is a small pen icon that can be clicked on and opened. In the screen a player can make notes about another’s style, betting patterns and speed. This window looks much like a notepad and allows players to enter any information they feel is useful to remember. For example a player wins many hands from another competitor in a session and makes notes about their betting style throughout the night. The next time that player is online and seated at the table they will be able to open the window and recall facts noted about them in previous sessions. This new tool is very valuable over the course of extended online play.
To speed up the process of selecting a game that fits a players demands new table and tournament filters have been added. New filter buttons are now visible which makes it more convenient for players to locate the kind of tables and tournaments they are interested in. Many online poker rooms display an arrange of games and tournament start times with the information and details very hard to find. The CelebPoker.com software menu has the table and tournament information available for quick and easy selection.
As additional information, the total amount in the pot is presented on the table. The amount includes the amount in the main pot as well as the sum of all currently placed bets on the table. Unlike many poker rooms the real totals are presented as soon as the bets are placed into the pot. These figures will allow players to gain a more ‘real’ sense of the wagering action and provide them with a resource to more accurately make raises.
Many times when a river card comes and the winning hand is declared new players and multi-table players are left searching to see how they lost the pot. Now then the winning hand has been determined; the cards that make up that hand are highlighted. This allows players to see each hand won clearly and learn from and recognize a bad bet/beat sequence. In addition to this there has been an increased in the number of hands kept in ‘hand history.’ The number of poker hands written to the textual hand history that is accessible from the poker table has been increased to 1,000 hands. Again providing more information to the players and allowing them to record betting patterns and results. These tools in addition to players’ notes are making poker players.
On the technical front there have been improvements and upgrades added as well. One major convenience feature is the improved access to the cashier. The online cashier center can now be opened by clicking on the chip tray on the poker table and deposits can be made seamlessly. Security and reliability have always been at the forefront of importance in online poker. CelebPoker.com has the most efficient and reliable banking system found online. With more tournaments and large cash games taking place this summer connectivity has been upgraded at as well. CelebPoker’s software system now has a more elaborate way of handling unexpected disconnections and will try to reconnect players to the gaming system instead of restarting their poker clients. This will allow players to immediately be inserted back into the game and table they were a part of prior to a disconnection.
All upgrades and improvements are now live and in place for players. CelebPoker.com continues to provide the highest quality poker games found online. New guaranteed cash games are provided each week and qualifiers to the 2006 World Series of Poker are taking place daily.
CelebPoker.com Announces the Launch of Their 25k Weekly and Monthly $100k Guaranteed Poker Tournaments Online
June 11, 2006
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(PRWEB) June 8, 2006 — Like many of the major poker tournaments taking place in casinos and on television this summer Online poker room CelebPoker.com has announced they will be hosting a $100k Poker Tournament online each month starting July 1st. The prize pool is guaranteed to be a minimum of one hundred thousand dollars no matter how many players are participating. This allows people interested in the tournament to justify the value of their buy-in before ever spending a cent.
This tournament is a great way for players to gain major tournament experience for a fraction of the cost and eliminates the travel and lodging expense associated with all land based events. As the 2006 World Series of Poker draws closer many online hopefuls are looking for alternate events to participate in, online, with a massive guaranteed prize pool like the CelebPoker.com Monthly $100k Guarantee.
Along with these monthly tournaments there will be a weekly $25,000 guaranteed game taking place starting in July. The games are more frequent and will allow players the option of being involved in a large cash game every week! The structure will be set much like the larger $100k monthly game but will give players the options of when is the best time for them to toss the chips for cash.
“These events were designed to give poker players the chance and experience of participating in major tournaments online every month and even every week if they choose” commented CelebPoker.com Marketing Director Greg Powell. “We are under the impression that the players should choose their style of game and we are there to provide them the most fun and secure place to participate.”
For an affordable method of participation there are online ‘satellite’ events scheduled daily. The day of registration for the $100k Guarantee is set at $120+10 and is a great value at that buy-in. However there are satellite tournaments running twice a day at an incredible $13+1 registration. These are the least expensive events online enabling you to participate in a major poker tournament online. The weekly $25,000 games will feature quick draw satellites every day as well. With a buy-in of only $5+1 there is no reason for a player not to take advantage of the value and experience. The buy-in for players looking to place themselves directly into the $25k weekly is a modest $40+4
The already anticipated $100,000 Game is listed in the CelebPoker.com lobby and is available for early registration.
Over 120 Compete to Represent Italy in the Everest Poker European Championship
June 11, 2006
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Antonio Lerario becomes the fourth Italian at the final live Italian qualifier.
Montreal (PRWEB) June 9, 2006 — Antonio Lerario bested more than 120 competitors in Milan, Italy at the final Italian qualifier for the Everest Poker European Championship.
Lerario, from Brescia, is the fourth Italian player to qualify to represent Italy in the Everest Poker European Championship. Claudio Vincenzi came in second with Petazzi Gigi from Lazzate coming in third place.
“The participation at the last event, stated Stefano Sconamila, Event Manager for the Italian Qualifiers, “was unbelievable. Players from cities spread all over Italy – Imperia, Brescia, Cagliari, Bologna – gathered in Milan for another exciting poker tournament.”
Over 300 people participated in the 4 live qualifiers for Italy during May. Italian players still have a chance to qualify through online satellites at EverestPoker.com. Online satellites for Italians only will take place on July 4 and July 30. There are also a number of Europe-wide online satellites. For a schedule, login to the software and visit the multi-table tournament area for a schedule.
The Everest Poker European Championship (EPEC) is open to all Europeans. The event consists of a series of free poker tournaments in 7 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden from March to June 2006. Players from all over Europe can also qualify at free, online satellites at www.everestpoker.com from May to August 2006.
Ultimately, 100 players from throughout Europe will qualify to represent their country in a European Championship finale which will take place at the world famous Casino de Barcelona in Spain on September 9, 2006. The prize pool for this free roll is €50,000 offered by Everest Poker.
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. Incorporated in 1997, UIM is one of the pioneers of multi-lingual online casino gaming, localizing its casino and poker products into 15 languages. UIM entertains users every day from over 200 countries around the world.
