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green room > poker lifestyle > extra archives
Want to pull up a chair beside your favorite Celebrity for real? Read the Extra to find out how Hollywood Poker’s seating you next to the Stars. In this week’s Extra: :: Last Chance to Spend Oscar Night with the Stars
You only have one more chance to win an all-inclusive paid trip for 2 to Beverly Hills to Spend Oscar Night with the Stars at the famed ‘Night of 100 Stars Oscar Gala’. We’re talking some of the biggest names in Hollywood all in one room and YOU can be a special guest! The prize package includes:
It’s hard to resist the temptation to tell you about how you could be ‘hanging tough’ with former 'New Kid on the Block', Donnie Wahlberg, next Celebrity Poker Night, but I’m going to try my best. After all, the prospect of joining Donnie for a game of poker is enticing enough. Since his stunning performance in The Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis, Donnie’s dramatic talents have been turning heads. Millions of viewers nationwide now recognize Donnie as star of the hit series Boomtown. You can join Hollywood Poker this upcoming Tuesday, February 21st at 10pm EST for Celebrity Poker Night with Donnie Wahlberg. Last week’s Valentine’s tournament, Celebrity Poker Night with Bob Goen was proof that the love of the game conquers all and players saw some of Hollywood Poker’s newest Celebrity Players, like Samm Levine, tear up the felt. Celebrity Poker Night is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated weekly tourney’s on the net. All you have to do is pull up a chair to find out why.
Fun, fame and fortune – it’s a sweet spread and it could be yours. We’ve been tracking the hottest players during the month of February on the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic Top 5 Leader Board. At the end of the month, the 5 players who’ve continually played their A-game will split $1,000 (the exact amount depending on overall ranking) and gain entry into an exclusive online $1,000 Celebrity tournament with the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic’s special February host, Josh Malina and 4 of his Celebrity pals. So far, we’ve reserved seats for Nicole Sullivan, Donnie Wahlberg and Mimi Rogers. Stay tuned to the Extra to find out who the final player will be. In fact, Josh also hosted the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic during January and he brought the same fantastic perks with him. The top 5 players from last month got to pit their skills against Josh, Kelli Williams, Nicholas Gonzalez, Kevin Pollak and Stephen Collins. In the end, it was a surprised Celebrity that walked away the winner. Stephen Collins still can’t quite believe his luck: I was just trying not to embarrass myself - didn't want to be the first celeb to go out. I managed to slow play two pair against Kelli Williams, and she went out. Shortly after that, Kevin Pollak was gone, and then Josh. Then it was just me against four of the five top winners on HollywoodPoker.com. You have to have luck to win a tournament. I held pocket Kings three times, but they only went to a flop once. Suddenly, I was the final celeb, and then I just wanted to finish in the money - the top 3. It went quickly and I managed to hang on and double up a couple of times. There were only three or four head-to-head hands. The final hand was junk on both sides, with me holding 9s-10c against URHuckleberry's Ah-5c. It was still Ace high after the turn, but a beautiful, luscious 10 came on the River and a graphic popped up on my screen that said, 'You have finished 1st out of 10 players.' I'm still pinching myself. Make sure you’re part of the action next time and give our Celebrities a run for their money! Learn more about the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic.
Hollywood Poker has got over $200,000 in weekly tournaments for you to try your hand in, like our massive $80K, $50K and $40K Guaranteed tourneys, the adrenaline junkie’s Speed Zone, the beginner friendly Lucky Dollar and the high-roller’s heaven, The Grand Prix. We’ve also got a slew of action-packed and bankroll friendly Sit ’n’ Go’s for the player on a budget and in a rush. Learn more about Hollywood Poker's blockbuster tournaments by visiting our Featured Tournaments page.
Thousands of enthusiastic players can’t be wrong - Bonner Avenue’s the place to be. Bonner Avenue is the home of the famous $2+.25 Sit ‘n’ Go’s. These fast paced tournaments fill up as soon as 10 players are at the tables so there is no long wait. Get in, get some dough and get out. It’s as simple as that. Visit our Featured Tournaments page to check out the Sit ‘n’ Go schedule.
When you think ‘star treatment’ you think cash and prestige. That’s why clubHOLLYWOODpoker gives its members $15K in monthly freerolls. Becoming a member is easy – in fact, if you’re accumulating Poker Points, you’re already on your way. Your clubHOLLYWOODpoker status depends on the amount of Poker Points you rake in per month. Come month’s end, you could find yourself seated in a freeroll for up to $5,000 just for doing what you came here to do: Play poker, have fun and pad your bankroll. clubHOLLYWOODpoker makes it easier than ever. You can check your clubHOLLYWOODpoker status by visiting your ‘My Account’ page.
Tough choice, but I think you can manage it. The first finalists in the Hollywood Poker Model Search have been selected and we now have a 2nd batch of potential 2007 Hollywood Poker Girls ready for voting. All you have to do is decide which of these poker vixens is your pick? Do you like dark and delicious? Or perhaps blonde and beautiful?
Vote for the 2007 Hollywood Poker Girls today. Also, don’t forget that the 2006 Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar is now available for purchase by exchanging 1200 Poker Points. To do this, just go to your ‘My Account’ page, click ‘Exchange Poker Points’ and select the 2006 Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar. Want your chance in the Spotlight? Simply e-mail me at hollay@hollywoodpoker.com. If you’re chosen for the week’s Player Spotlight, you’ll win a HollywoodPoker.com tournament ticket! In this week’s Spotlight, meet SecondPlace! I think the players and the support here are what set this site above the rest and I will continue to drown on the river here until I run out of cash. I can usually be found in the $50 short handed Sit ‘n’ Go tables or in the lobby chatting with some friends. If you ever want to play let me know. I am always ready to play -except for when my 10 month old twins won't let me! See everyone at the FINAL table. ~SecondPlace I'm sure MOST of us have done the basic crazy things that one must do from time to time to enjoy a session with our fellow rounders: Sending the significant other off to the spa for the day; waking up at 3am to play a tourney before heading off to work; playing a tourney while at work; ditching those annoying relatives early on Thanksgiving to log on to Hollywood Poker! This list is of course much longer, but those of you out there that do these things as frequently as possible know the rest by heart. This one though - this one takes the cake for me. There was a stop on the WPT at a local casino a few years back, and a few of my buddies and I were pumped to get into the action. None of us stood a chance of coming up with the cash to play the $10,000 main event, but we all had made enough in some recent ring game sessions to ante up for the $1,500 event. That was it though. Between the lot of us, we couldn't come up with enough money to get a hot dog let alone a hotel room after we bought our seats. We knew this was going to be major problem because the traffic getting into town coupled with the lack of parking during an event like this would leave us arriving way too late for the 10 am start. (I guess I should mention that when I said local casino, we're about two and a half hours away.) Even if we made it on time one of us would most certainly be stuck circling around trying to find a spot to park. So we came up with a plan! Four days before the tour made their stop there, we staked out a front row parking space and the one next to it. We then parked my car just enough over the line between both spaces to assure no one else could fit their car between mine and the pillar that stood on the opposite side of the second spot. Genius, right? Now we could drive another car down to be assured of a spot when we got there and after I would move my car over. Just one problem: The parking garage reserved for non-hotel guests had a 24 hour limit with a ‘towed at owner's expense’ penalty. I mentioned that we could not afford much at this point, so no one was willing to take the chance of having to bail there car out of the impound only to loose our parking spot as well. Luckily though, gas prices were not what there are now so we decided to take turns driving down and swapping cars every day until the day of the tourney! That is dedication! We logged some total of 35 hours of driving just to go play with the pros! Crazy yes, but definitely worth it! -OBKM1 Express your creativity by entering Hollywood Poker's popular Write to Win contest. If your entry is chosen as a finalist, you could win a ticket to the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational or the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic. All you have to do is write about the week’s topic and send it to hollay@hollywoodpoker.com. I’ll post all articles that qualify in the ‘Center Stage’ section of the Lounge where your fellow players will vote for their favorite article. Aside from the prestige and praise you’ll receive for your rhetorical brilliance, if you win you’ll also score a tournament ticket. Next topic: Poker: A Game For Any Season. Dealing with maniacs at the table can be tricky, but here are a few tips to help you out: 1) Leave your ego out of the game. These overly aggressive players are trying to get you upset and use this weakness against you. There are no guarantees when these wild cards are at your table, but I think following these 3 pieces of advice can help you avoid major damage. Wondering how you did on last week’s quiz? Ponder no further! Here are the answers:
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Last Chance to Spend Oscar Night with the Stars
Get the Star Treatment with clubHOLLYWOODpoker
Which of These Babes Do You Want to Take Home?
Player Spotlight: meet SecondPlace!
Words from Vince Van Patten, WPT Host and Commentator
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