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Everest Poker names Live The Dream Tournament winners

MONTREAL, Quebec -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Everest Poker today announced the winners of the first tournament in the online poker room's Live The Dream promotion, where ten players will get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to become a professional poker player. The top ten finalists from each of the direct entry tournaments will be invited to Everest Poker's first-ever casting call, where the competition will begin in earnest. In addition to this, they'll get their share of a guaranteed $10,000 prize pool.

"This is the most unique event we've run so far," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. "It'll take a player with the perfect combination of poker skills, brand knowledge, and charisma to get in the final group."

632 players joined in the action at the first direct entry tournament in the Live The Dream promotion, creating a prizepool of $63,200 for the players. First place and $13,904 belonged to France's nettou; GunSlinger from Denmark took second place and $7,584. Italy's fabymac walked away in third place with $5,688. The rest of the winners were as follows: morpheo (Spain) $4,424; tofmoute76 (France) $3,160; etirow (France) $2,528; Beseker (Germany) $1,896; pokerlee00 (The Netherlands) $1106; bebar (France) $948; achil07 (France) $790.

"We're already off to a fantastic start with Live The Dream," added May. "I look forward to seeing what happens next!"

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