(Press Release) ThwartPoker Inc., the company which brought the first all-skill poker game to market, today announced the availability of a PC downloadable trial version of the game, ThwartPoker’s All-Skill Poker Tour, featuring the award-winning no limit Hold’em Blitz and 6 Card Battle stud. To preview the only poker game that can legally award prizes and cash tied to game play, visit www.thwartpoker.com/pc to download the trial and get 60 minutes of free play.

ThwartPoker made gaming history in 2004 when it introduced Hold’em Poker+ for Prizes on Infospace Mobile with patented technology to redefine poker – by replacing chance with skill. Additionally, because ThwartPoker’s prize tournaments are based on skill, the company does not face the legal constraints encountered by traditional online casino games that are built on chance and are therefore considered gambling in the United States.

ThwartPoker’s All-Skill Poker Tour has all the excitement and groundbreaking features of the mobile game, but can now be downloaded to a PC. While preserving the scoring rules, betting and bluffing aspects of traditional poker, ThwartPoker has players select their own cards rather than being dealt them randomly by the house. Players pick from an open deck of cards and must strategize to achieve a winning hand, including blocking, or “thwarting," competitors. At the same time, card players must outsmart opponents to win. ThwartPoker’s sophisticated artificial intelligence technology (U.S. patent #6,679,777) enables virtual opponents to judiciously select cards and bet and bluff with human-like subtlety.

ThwartPoker’s mobile game was rated the #1 Mobile Game by Infospace in 2005, and received an IGN Wireless Editors’ Choice Award. ThwartPoker saw millions of mobile multiplayer tournament plays in 2005.

New distribution partners and more details on the PC downloadable version will be announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, March 20-24. For media inquiries or to set up a briefing and demonstration at the Conference, please call Veronica Skelton at 1.415.342.3435 or e-mail e-mail protected from spam bots. For distribution inquiries, contact Jason Akel at 1.510.964.9094 or e-mail protected from spam bots.

About ThwartPoker Inc.

Founded in 2001, ThwartPoker Inc. is a developer, publisher and distributor of interactive strategy card games. The company made gaming history in 2004 when it introduced the next evolution of traditional poker, made possible by its patented software that eliminates the random aspects of poker and replaces it with skill. As ThwartPoker games are skill-based, they do not violate U.S. federal gaming law. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. To learn more about ThwartPoker Inc., visit www.thwartpoker.com.

Source:  Poker777 Staff

Friday, 24 February 2006