Freeroll tournament is open to players from all over Europe
Thursday 7th June 2007
The EPEC began in May, and will culminate in a series of live tournaments across Europe. Though the event is open and free to all comers, the prize is an impressive €100,000. Live games will take place in Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal, and online country qualifiers are held every Friday evening at 19:00GMT.
Two hundred players will compete in the live stages of the tournament, and current qualifiers include:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (13 May, 2007): Diede and mrcarter28
Sundsvall, Sweden (19 May, 2007): playfire and Thrifty66
Kristianstad, Sweden (25 May, 2007): gerardo431
Stockholm, Sweden (25 May, 2007): marrelito and bigbronto
Madrid, Spain (26 May, 2007): copoiro and camarus
Wirsbo, Sweden (26 May, 2007): -vx4- and Burrows85
'This a tremendous opportunity for players of all stripes to get a chance to play,' said Jonathan May, Everest Poker's property manager. 'We've made it very easy for our players to register through our free poker software,' May added.
The Everest site caters for European and Japanese players in their mother tongue and support services are also multilingual.
The EPEC began in May, and will culminate in a series of live tournaments across Europe. Though the event is open and free to all comers, the prize is an impressive €100,000. Live games will take place in Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal, and online country qualifiers are held every Friday evening at 19:00GMT.