Everest Poker In French TV Deal

Published: Friday, January 19, 2007 Online-Casinos.com

EVEREST POKER IN FRENCH TV DEAL

Direct Poker will be aired on French Digital TV Network Direct 8

Everest Poker has made a bold move into French territory this week by signing a sponsorship deal with the new poker TV show Direct Poker. The show will be aired weekly on one of France's most popular free digital TV channels, Direct 8.
France has recently seen a wave of new poker television shows aired on both national and cable TV which have largely contributed to the poker phenomenon in France. One of France's top three poker rooms, Everest Poker has teamed with Direct 8 to launch Direct Poker, a live one-hour televised speed poker game during which over 100 contestants will pit their wits to win a share of the 25 000 Euro prize pool and a seat at the World Series of Poker in July.

To become a contestant on the show, players must register online at Everestpoker.net or Direct8.fr and qualify on one of the poker room's free multi-table tournaments set-up exclusively for the show.

Direct Poker will run from January to July 2007, and the first show will air on Direct 8 on January 26th. The show is open to French players resident in France only.

Owned by Ultra Internet Media, Everest Poker claims to have the only poker software fully localised in 11 different languages with customer support in 15 tongues