Poker News

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- EdgeTV, the first 24-hour
multi-platform entertainment channel dedicated to games of skill, strategy and chance, to be launched in early 2005, has added actor Tobey Maguire and poker champion Phil Hellmuth to its board of advisors, it was announced today by EdgeTV co-founder and president Keith Richman. As board members both Maguire and Hellmuth will assist the network in numerous capacities, including working with EdgeTV's executives to develop concepts that fit into the overall brand
they are trying to build.

EdgeTV co-founder and chairman Reagan Silber remarked, "We are ecstatic to be working with Tobey and Phil. With their passion for games, they will clearly help guide EdgeTV in the right direction and create new opportunities for us."

Further commenting on the relationship, Richman said, "We are working hard to assemble a team that will help EdgeTV be the first network to successfully blend entertainment and gaming. Tobey and Phil are both superstars in their fields as well as fans of our genre. We are very excited about their participation in helping create EdgeTV, and in making it a network that viewers will demand and operators will embrace."

Maguire enthused, "I have always been a fan of games, and I am excited to be participating in the development and direction of EdgeTV. I look forward to influencing the quality of the channel's programming and am thrilled to have the ability to affect its overall direction."

Phil Hellmuth added, "I look forward to sharing my expertise while
assisting EdgeTV in developing both its programming and production
capabilities. Through my experiences as a player, poker tournament
commentator and author, I know what fans of the game are most curious about and hope I can use this knowledge to help the network become successful."

Tobey Maguire, an inveterate poker player, is best-known for his acting
work in such feature films as "Spider-Man I and II," "Seabiscuit," The "Cider House Rules," "Pleasantville," and "Wonder Boys." Behind the camera, he has also served as executive producer of "Seabiscuit" and producer of Spike Lee's "25th Hour."

Phil Hellmuth has won nine World Series of Poker (WSOP) championships and no less than two titles during 2003. He is one of the top players on the WSOP money list with over $3.5 million in earnings. Hellmuth became the youngest WSOP champ ever, at age 24, at his first win in 1989, and his charisma and propensity for theatrics has helped him rack up myriad other honors since going professional in 1987. He is a coveted commentator for numerous poker tournaments and has been featured in over 20 television specials on poker and Las Vegas. Hellmuth writes a regular column for Card Player magazine and has
also written a best-selling book, "Play Poker Like the Pros" (HarperCollins).

The "Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Poker System" DVD and his second book, "Bad Beats and Lucky Draws" (HarperCollins) will launch in October 2004.