NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker

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NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker
Developer(s)	SpiderMonk Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Abandon Mobile
Release date(s)	April 11, 2006
Genre(s)	Card games, Poker
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Platform(s)	BREW

NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker is a mobile game based on the National Heads-Up Poker Championship that was developed by SpiderMonk Entertainment and published by Abandon Mobile. First released for Verizon Wireless cell phones on April 11, 2006, this poker game features three playing modes: Heads-Up, in which you play a single game against one of six computer players of your choices; Heads-Up Tournament, in which you play against each of opponents in a series of six games; and Texas Hold'Em Showdown, in which you play against all six opponents at once.

This game was developed under a license from NBC Sports as one of its first significant ventures into the mobile game industry. Not only was a minute-long promotion for the game aired throughout the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship broadcast, the piece was burned into the master tape so NBC or its sister stations rebroadcasting the tournament would be required to air the promotion during the reruns.