Poker Goes Family Friendly With New Game Show

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Poker Goes "Family Friendly" With New Game Show

LOS ANGELES, CA--(09/23/09)  Oates Media Group, a developer of
poker game shows, announced today that it has signed a letter of intent
with Valcom, Inc. to produce and distribute Oates Media Group's new
"family friendly" game show, "Shuffle Up and Deal". 
 
Shuffle Up and Deal is a game show adaptation of the popular table top
casino game, texas hold-em.  Unlike the typical poker shows on the air
today, which feature professional dealers, dealing cards to
professional players, unaffordable buy-ins and slow play, Shuffle Up
and Deal is a fast-paced game show where contestants pit their luck,
intuition and skill, against each other.
 
Shuffle Up and Deal is unique in that in each episode, amateur poker
players choose their own cards from an oversized electronic board, and
the turn of each card either helps the contestant's hand or destroys
their chances of winning. 
 
The main objective of the game is to finish with the largest amount of
cash winnings amongst all the contestants, and advance to the bonus
round to play for a progressive jackpot that seeds at $250,000 and goes
up ten thousand dollars for every day it is not hit.  The jackpot could
eventually top out at 1 million dollars, say the shows producers. 
 
"It's our goal to demystify the game of poker." says Dewey Oates of
Oates Media Group.  "In years past, shooting pool was seen as evil by
some." "Poker is just another game with cards, says Oates, and should
be fun for anyone to watch and everyone to play."
 
Shuffle Up and Deal will also feature an interactive component where
home viewers are invited to play the "Follow the Ace" game, in which
they enter, via their home phone or cellular telephone keypad, which of
five "shuffled" cards they believe is the Ace of Spades. Those who
select the right card number are entered into a random drawing, to win
a $10,000 prize.
 
Shuffle Up and Deal is planned to go into production November 2009.

About Oates Media Group
Located in Los Angeles, CA., Oates Media
Group is an independent poker production company specializing in poker
game show development.  Oates Media Group was formed in 2009 by poker
veterans Dewey Oates, Brenda Prackup, Robert "chip burner" Turner and
Marsha Waggoner.  Visit www.shuffleuptv.com

About ValCom, Inc.
Based in Clearwater, FL., ValCom, Inc. is a
diversified, fully integrated, independent entertainment company that
has been in operation since 1983. ValCom, Inc., through its operating
divisions and subsidiaries, creates and operates full service
facilities that accommodate film, television and commercial productions
with its four divisions comprised of studio and rental, television and
film, television broadcasting, and live theatre. ValCom's client list
consists of all of the majors such as MGM, Paramount Pictures, Warner
Bros, Disney, CBS, Sony, NBC, Phantom of the Opera, HSN, and more.
Visit: www.valcom.tv
 
Contact:
Brenda Prackup
Media Relations
Oates Media Group
310-498-5640
bprackup@shuffleuptv.com
www.ShuffleUpTv.com