Spanish player Ismael Arribas Munoz, 26, from Madrid, became the 2008 Everest Poker Avalanche Champion by outlasting players from Germany, France, The Netherlands and Sweden to win the $1,000,000 Everest Poker tournament. The latest edition of the Everest Poker Avalanche Champion was held on board of a Royal Caribbean Cruises luxury liner in the Mediterranean Sea.

The live event was billed as a battle between youth and experience, with 10 finalists ranged in age from 21 to 55, but youth finally prevailed and Munoz took the top spot ($200,000), followed by Wing Kwok Tang, 25, from the Netherlands ($120,000), and Brice Cousin, 25, from Paris ($90,000).

Ismael victory was celebrated by friends and other EverestPoker players, including one of the new Everest Poker Live The Dream Team members, Pablo Ubierna, who was recently in the money at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo - his first tournament as an EverestPoker.com player.

The full result of the Everest Poker Avalanche 2008 is the following:

- 1st Ismael Arribas Munoz (ismaelpsx), 26, Madrid, Spain $200,000
- 2nd Wing Kwok Tang (Mofox_IP), 25, Zwolle, the Netherlands $120,000
- 3rd Brice Cousin (BriceInParis), 25, Paris, France $90,000
- 4th Monika Kees (Doha2006), 55, Augsburg, Germany $70,000
- 5th Jelmer Attema (jattema), 21, Groningen, the Netherlands $45,000
- 6th Andreas Robert Peschel (Anrope), 38, Wermelskirchen, Germany $35,000
- 7th Mieczyslaw Basara (matchpoint), 53, Bremen, Germany $25,000
- 8th Andreas Hoffman (sailfun), 41, Germany, $17,000
- 9th Fabien Cauvet (tapygris), 31, Houilles, France $12,500
- 10th Stefan Anders Hägg (simbastra), 44, Linköping, Sweden, $10,000