Everest Poker has announced the signing of WSOP Main Event finalist Antoine Saout to Team Everest. The deal will see the 25 year-old Frenchman participate in the biggest poker tournaments representing Everest Poker.

Antoine, from Saint Martin des Champs, Brittany, France, dropped out of university after one year to concentrate on poker.

Sandrine Mangia-Park, Everest’s Poker Director, commented; “France is where Everest Poker first launched and to have a French player on the final table who qualified with us is very exciting. He joins an increasingly well respected team of real poker players who all support each other in the biggest tournaments around the world.”

Team Everest are: Cristiano Blanco (IT), Voitto Rintala (FI), Maria Maceiras (ES), Steven van Zadelhoff (NL), and  Kim Wooka (JP). Everest Poker are the offiicial sponsors of WSOP.