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American IDC and CardPlayer Magazine Bring the WSOP to Your Mobile Phone!


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- American IDC (Pink Sheets:ACNI ACNI Arts Council of Northern Ireland
ACNI Azienda Comunale per la Navigazione Interna (Municipal Company for Inland Navigation, Italy) 
) has teamed up with Shulman Media and CardPlayer Magazine to feature the biggest poker tournaments in the world and offer real-time poker information and results using its SMART Text Messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length.  applications.

One of the services which will be launched is the CardPlayer SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM.

(2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server.
 Service. This daily text messaging service debuts at the 36th Annual World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker is the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. It is held annually in Las Vegas, lasting just over a month. A bracelet is awarded to the winner of each of the fifty-plus events which include all the major varieties of poker. , which runs from June 2nd through July 16th. This event, awarding over $100 million in prize money, is the richest sporting event in the world. The service will feature player updates, leaderboards, chip counts, final results, as well as personal messages from the pros. Not only will fans receive the latest news from the WSOP WSOP World Series of Poker (poker championship)
WSOP Worst Irredundant Sum-Of-Products
WSOP Web Site Optimization
, but they can also receive tips from their favorite players.

"What better way to be in direct contact with poker fans across North America, than to send an SMS directly to their phone?" says Emily Priscilla, COO and Founder of SMART. "The CardPlayer SMS Service is a great opportunity for 'The Poker Authority' to reach all fans, old and new, to tell them news about upcoming tournaments, play by play updates, as well as valuable tips, straight to their mobile phones."

"The poker gurus and the text messaging gurus have teamed up to offer up-to-date information from the biggest poker tournaments in the world," says CardPlayer Chairman, Barry Shulman. "This convenient way to track high stakes poker High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em.  action will be available for all major poker tournaments, including the World Poker Tour For the PBS network with the same abbreviation, see .

The World Poker Tour (Abbreviated WPT) is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players.
 and Professional Poker Tour This article or section contains information about the future of a television show which is currently on a seasonal break or has not yet finished its broadcast run. ."

The service is very simple to use: Say for example a certain player is playing in a tournament. Anyone that is unable to watch the results live on TV, can send in the message CARD to the number 76278. Within minutes, these loyal fans have opted-in to the CardPlayer SMS Club, and will receive live action results, following their favorite player all the way to the final table. Let's calculate that 200,000 fans have signed in through this World Tour -- the magazine and players send these loyal fans 4 messages a month, generating $400,000 of revenue never dreamt of before...$4.8 million a year in NEW revenue! All while keeping fans updated on the latest up to the minute news. And of course, getting a personal message from their favorite poker mentor! As an added bonus, every customer who signs up for coverage during the World Series of Poker will receive a free CardPlayer baseball cap.

The CardPlayer SMS Service was formulated by Smart Entertainment in 2005. Try out the service by sending the word CARD to the number 76278. Please see our ad in the next issue of CardPlayer Magazine, or go to www.cardplayer.com. For further information and a brochure, email us at info@smartentgroup.com.

About American IDC:

American IDC (American IDC Corp.), a public company (Pink Sheets:ACNI), is an internet entertainment company that specializes in mobile marketing campaigns for major brands. American IDC owns and operates the SMART Text Messaging technology. This technology, which was originally developed and deployed in Europe, provides keen insight into the consumer market in creating branding and marketing campaigns that produce results. To date, Smart has successfully launched over 300 campaigns worldwide. Both Smart and American IDC are headquartered in Los Angeles with additional presence in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Europe, Mexico, South America and Asia.

American IDC Corporation (Pink Sheets:ACNI) is a fully reporting issuer.

About SMART:

Smart Entertainment is a leading consulting and advertising firm that specializes in developing marketing campaigns for major brands. SMART has come to rely on invaluable experience from Europe for keen insight into the consumer market in creating branding and marketing campaigns that produce results. To date, Smart Entertainment has successfully launched over 300 campaigns worldwide. SMART is headquartered in Los Angeles with additional presence in Las Vegas, New York, and Europe. SMART and its companies, which include SmartSMS, are privately held. www.smartentgroup.com.

About CardPlayer Magazine and Shulman Media, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
.:

With over 18 years of service to the gaming industry, CardPlayer Magazine is the authoritative voice within the poker industry and is the world's most respected and influential resource for poker enthusiasts at every level of interest and ability. Published bi-weekly, the 140-page magazine has a circulation of over 140,000. Other media holdings include CardPlayer Europe, a new monthly magazine, CardPlayer.com, the world's leading poker portal with over 7,000,000 visitors per month, and an opt-in poker newsletter with over 140,000 subscribers. Barry Shulman is the poker industry advisor to the World Poker Tour, Professional Poker Tour, and Edge TV. Shulman has won nine major poker tournaments since 2000 including the coveted cov·et  
v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets

v.tr.
1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy.

2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire.
 World Series of Poker bracelet The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. . Recently he authored his first book, 52 Tips for Limit Hold'em, published by CardPlayer Press. Visit www.cardplayer.com.

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