GigaMedia Limited, Everest Gaming owner and operator, announced today that EverestPoker.com has been honored with the “Poker Operation of the Year” award for the second year in a row at the annual eGaming Review Awards ceremony held in London, England.

The award is a recognition to Everest’s excellence and extraordinary growth in the recent months. GigaMedia Limited launched Everest Poker brand in 2005, the brand rapidly generated a huge player base thanks to its highly successful online and offline poker tournaments, reward programs, state of the art graphics, reliability and fairness.

Everest Poker is exclusively powered by GigaMedia software, the site, which is one of the most popular online poker rooms nowadays, offers service to poker players in Europe and Asia. Everest Poker brand was also chosen as the exclusive "felt sponsor” of the World Series of Poker, the world's largest and most prestigious poker tournament. EverestPoker was sole online poker-related table sponsor of the WSOP and enjoyed a prominent logo position on every table during the competition as well as exclusive brand positioning on the coveted "inner-rung" of the championship table. The sponsorship deal also included other prominent on-site visibility at the WSOP, such as hanging banners and barricade logos.

"Everest Poker continues growing the industry's most trusted and exciting brand and the favorite site of players worldwide. We are honored to receive this recognition for the second year in a row from the online gaming industry." stated Bob Cahill, chief executive officer of GigaMedia's gaming software division.