Canadian Poker TV Goes Online with MoboVivo and HeadsUp Entertainment
July 8, 2008
Canadian poker fans will soon be able to catch up to the game and watch full programs streaming over the Internet or Buy & Sync the programs so they can watch anytime, anywhere they like even without an Internet connection, thanks to a collaboration just announced by iPhone entertainment heavyweight MoboVivo and HeadsUp Entertainment.
All 13 episodes of Canadian Championship Poker season will be available from the MoboVivo website.
Episodes of Canadian Poker Tour will also be made available following HeadsUp Entertainment’s acquisition of the Canadian Poker Tour and its TV shows last week. These announcements will make HeadsUp the top producer of poker television programming in Canada and MoboVivo the top provider of poker TV shows online.
The Canadian Poker Tour and the World Poker Showdown Complete Strategic Alliance to Market Upcoming Events
July 4, 2008
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire - June 23, 2008) - The Canadian Poker Tour, the recently acquired poker brand of HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. (the “Company”) (PINK SHEETS:HDUP) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic marketing alliance with the World Poker Showdown to enhance and promote each others series of events. The Canadian Poker Tour (CPT) is launching its 2008 season with the first event beginning this Wednesday in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with the Calgary Classic at the Cash Casino (http://www.canadianchampionshippoker.com/Events/).
There will be a series of tournaments across the country in which winners from each main event will qualify for the televised CPT Invitational Finals to be held January 20-22, 2009 as part of the World Poker Showdown’s series of events held at the Ocean World Casino in the Dominican Republic.
The Online Advantage
July 3, 2008
Sorel Mizzi, from Canada, is one of the most accomplished online poker players in the world, playing under the names “Imper1um” and “Zangbezan”. He consistently sits in the top spots of online poker leader boards with his extremely aggressive play and by-the-instincts rather than by-the-math strategies.
If any tournament in the World Series of Poker favours the online player, it is the six-handed format, where the vast majority of six-handed play is found. Given Mizzi’s online experience, and his considerable success, Mizzi is a player to watch in the $5000 No Limit Hold’em Six-handed field.
Poker program goes for a rematch
July 2, 2008
POKER SOFTWARE called Polaris will play a rematch against human players during the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Developed by an artificial intelligence group at the University of Alberta in Canada, Polaris will be pitted against several professionals at the Rio Hotel between June 3rd and 6th. Its human opponents will include Stoxpoker.com coaches Nick Grundzien and Ijay Palansky along with Matt Hawrilenko, all of whom have well over $1 million in lifetime winnings from playing poker.
Alberta ready to play high-stakes oil game
June 27, 2008
It took a bit of pushing, but Finance Minister Iris Evans finally admitted Wednesday that Alberta might someday squeeze down the supply of oil, allowing the province to make a dramatic point in the energy debate.
“That would be very much a last-ditch, final measure,” Evans said Wednesday.
Canadian Poker Tour, Canadian Poker Player Magazine Takeover Complete
June 26, 2008
HeadsUp Entertainment Inc. just announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Fifth street Publishers Ltd. including ownership and control of the Canadian Poker Tour (CPT) and Canadian Poker Player Magazine. This supplements the Company’s own brand, Canadian Championship Poker, and positions itself as the dominant force in the Canadian Poker market in the areas of television production and tournament infrastructure.
Canadian Poker TV Goes Online with MoboVivo and HeadsUp Entertainment
June 25, 2008
Canadian poker fans will soon be able to catch up to the game and watch full programs streaming over the Internet or Buy & Sync the programs so they can watch anytime, anywhere they like even without an Internet connection, thanks to a collaboration just announced by iPhone entertainment heavyweight MoboVivo and HeadsUp Entertainment.
The Canadian Poker Tour and the World Poker Showdown Complete Strategic Alliance to Market Upcoming Events
June 24, 2008
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire - June 23, 2008) - The Canadian Poker Tour, the recently acquired poker brand of HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. (the “Company”) (PINK SHEETS:HDUP) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic marketing alliance with the World Poker Showdown to enhance and promote each others series of events.
The Canadian Poker Tour (CPT) is launching its 2008 season with the first event beginning this Wednesday in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with the Calgary Classic at the Cash Casino (http://www.canadianchampionshippoker.com/Events/).
