Chasma is ALL IN and
Ready to Deal Out Poker Superstar
Invitational Tournament to Wireless
Platform! FSN Successful TV Poker
Tournament Becomes Mobile Game
BOSTON--Sept. 23, 2004--Chasma Inc, a
leading publisher in wireless
entertainment is set to launch the Poker
Superstar Invitational Tournament (PSIT)
exclusively to the wireless gaming
community. The PSIT currently airs on
FSN, Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. ET
through October 31st. A two-hour Grand
Finale will air on NBC on Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005 from 4-6 p.m. ET.
Under the agreement, Chasma will deliver
a Mobile Internet Game version of PSIT
for the BREW(TM) and J2ME(TM) platforms.
The PSIT tournament
features all professionals who battle
one another in Texas HoldEm, where as
other tournaments have a mix of amateurs
with professionals, and boasts the
talent of eight of the world's best
poker players: Doyle Brunson, TJ
Cloutier, Chip Reese, Johnny Chan, Barry
Greenstein, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and
Howard Lederer. The PSIT mobile game
will offer player tutorials throughout
the game from the top-notch players, a
takeoff of the PSIT "Poker Minutes"
where the pros discuss tournament action
and provide tips designed to help
viewers improve the quality of their
game. Additionally, the PSIT game will
take advantage of Chasma's robust mobile
game community server technology that
incorporates features such as address
book import, intelligent player
matching, buddy lists and single user
sign on, creating a dynamic community of
players.
"We
truly believe the new community aspect
of Poker Superstar Invitational
Tournament will add an exciting new
dimension to playing games on your cell
phone," said Tom Dusenberry, CEO of
Chasma. "A key game differentiator is
the PSIT Mobile Gaming community can
also learn how to improve there play of
Texas HoldEm through tutorials and get
actual betting and game play advise from
the 8 Superstar's of Poker."
"We
are thrilled to partner with Chasma to
bring Poker Superstar Invitational
Tournament to the wireless space," said
Henry Orenstein, Producer of the Poker
Superstar Invitational Tournament.
About Poker Superstar Invitational
Tournament
Poker Superstar Invitational Tournaments
Invitational Tournament is produced by
Henry Orenstein's HSOR. HSOR was founded
in 1993 by Henry Orenstein to develop
new television programming for poker. An
avid poker player and an inventor,
Orenstein won the Seven Card Stud
tournament during World Series of Poker
in 1996. As an inventor who holds close
to 100 U.S. patents, Orenstein developed
the closed card-reading technology
currently being used on nearly every
televised poker tournament. He is the
creator and executive producer of the
Poker Superstar Invitational Tournament.
The deal was brokered by, Intellectual
Property Management's John Gildea,
licensing agent for Poker Superstar
Invitational Tournament.
About Chasma
Chasma, Inc.
(www.chasma.com) helped ignite the
wireless revolution as one of the first
youth-oriented mobile entertainment
companies in the world. Today, Chasma is
a leading publisher of interactive
entertainment applications for wireless
devices. With a large and growing
portfolio of successful applications,
and access to popular consumer brands,
Chasma is a key partner for leading
carriers who offer entertainment
services to their subscribers and for
independent developers that create
original, compelling wireless
entertainment content. Chasma is
headquartered in the greater Boston
area.
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