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green room > poker lifestyle > extra archives
After this week, we’ll be shuffling things up so you can rake-in more: More events, more info and more of the action-packed, star-studded poker that’s become inseparable from Hollywood Poker. All this change is going to deal out one winning hand for you. Read on to find out more: :: Specialized in Great Deals: The New Face of the Extra Any good poker player will tell you that there’s always room to improve. It’ll keep the competition on its toes and the cash flowing to your pocket. That’s why as of next week, the Extra will never be the same. After over a year of delivering the talk of the town to your inbox, Hollywood Poker’s Extra will be taking on a new and improved shape – and just in time for swimsuit season. We’re taking the star-treatment to the max and making sure you’re always the first to know about hot new promotions, events, tips, gossip from our Celebrity Players and more. Keep your eyes locked to your inbox for some new surprises next week.
The qualifying period for Hollywood Poker’s WSOP Freeroll Your Way to Fame has already started and if you take a seat at a daily WSOP Freeroll Tournament, you could be on your way to the WSOP with an added $12,500 prize package. To enter one of our daily WSOP Freeroll Tournaments, simply exchange 100 Poker Points and then take a seat. Fame and fortune could be just a few hands away. The WSOP Freeroll Your Way to Fame is the first of FOUR exclusive Hollywood Poker WSOP Tournaments. All of them guarantee great poker and fast action, but for you, one could guarantee a spot in poker history. Hollywood Poker’s WSOP Tournaments also include: WSOP Celebrity Shootout The WSOP Celebrity Shootout is scheduled for July 1st and will be a NL Texas Hold’em direct buy-in event that will offer a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000 and the WSOP prize package worth $12,500. The winner will receive the prize package and cash prizes will pay from 2nd place down with a flat payout structure. Exclusive WSOP clubHOLLYWOODpoker Freeroll! The winner will receive a WSOP main event package valued at $12,500. 1st place gets a $12,500 WSOP prize package and the $5000 monthly prize pool will pay from 2nd place downward. clubHOLLYWOODpoker is our new VIP program. It’s been created with the sole purpose of rewarding ALL levels of players for their continued support with $15,000 in monthly Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Titanium freerolls. You can monitor your clubHOLLYWOODpoker status by logging into your account. WSOP Leading Lady Tournament More to come, so stay tuned! The Poker Classic promises to be one of the biggest events in the history of online poker. The prize pool rounds out at a mind-boggling 5 million dollars and the 1st place finisher will walk away from the table with a minimum of $1,000,000! The tournament will start online and will run until 45 players remain. The event will then be placed on pause and the final 45 will continue the tournament where they left off LIVE, all expenses paid, at the Casino de Barcelona in Spain on the weekend of September 30, 2006!
Last week’s tourney, Celebrity Poker Night with Dule Hill, was one of the most memorable events to date, boasting a record Celebrity turnout as well as stellar host. Dule proved that he is as multi-faceted at the tables as he is in his performance career, managing to chat in the tournament lobby and at his own table all the while playing a solid game where ultimately he placed 4th overall. He also revealed the source of his poker origins, admitting that he got serious about poker when fellow Hollywood Poker Celebrity Player, Josh Malina asked him to appear on his show, Celebrity Poker Showdown. Dule was far from the only Celebrity at the tables though. In fact, we had one of the most impressive Celebrity turnouts to date. Dule was joined by Famous Faces like Donnie Wahlberg, Tom McGowan, Erik Palladino and Ronny Cox. The Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic has always attracted some big names to the tables and for the month of April, one of them will be hosting the tournament. Celebrity Player Jon Kelley (co-anchor of Extra) will be your host every Sunday and he’s bringing $2,000 in added cash prizes to the table. At the end of the month, the top 5 players in the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic get to split $1,000 in cash and take a seat with Jon and 4 other Hollywood Poker Celebrities in an incredible private $1,000 Celebrity tournament. We’ll be tracking overall player standings throughout April on the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic Top 5 Leader Board. There’s no better way to end the week than in the company of Stars. Join us every Sunday at 2pm EST for the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic. Learn more about the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic today. Your shot at $1,950,000 is finally here with the arrival of the Grand VII tournament – one of the biggest and most highly anticipated tournaments at Hollywood Poker. We’re talking big-stakes and big egos all playing their best for a big win. You know you’re ready. Learn more about the Grand VII today. 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 Hollywood Poker gear! In this week’s Spotlight, meet RioBueno! My player name is RioBueno because the river is always good to me and I am never afraid to bet BIG hoping for a lucky river card. I hit them all the time! I win gobs of money because people just do not believe the cards I play. My most memorable hand was a 5-3 off-suit. The flop was a rainbow A-K-2. The poor sucker behind me had two pair A2 and another pathetic loser had K-K for a set of K’s. I was in first position so I checked to trap these two yahoos. Opponents who are overconfident are my bread and butter. The guy with 2 pair bet the pot and the idiot with a set of K’s just called so I did too. The turn was a 6 for a board of A-K-2-6 This set me up perfectly for the gut shot draw. I checked again and dumbo bet the pot and dumber raised. I just called to keep the two pair guy from folding. He raised all-in and we both called all-in. Predictably, the river was a 4 which gave me the straight and I can still hear those guys singing the blues. When will they ever learn?! Me personally: I live by myself in a trailer in the Nevada desert with no water or electricity and run my computer with a bicycle driven generator. My pet rattler is named Ol’ Shakey. I am a heavy drinker which doesn’t help, but have never been married for some reason. I advertise for wives all the time. Sure, I don’t exactly look like Brad Pitt, but my standards are low and I would like to meet someone else with low standards who doesn’t mind carrying well-water and could give me a haircut every now and then. If they can pedal a bicycle or have some extra cash, that would be a plus. I would like to win some Hollywood Poker gear so I can show off when I go to town. That is why I am telling this true story. See you at the tables. ~RioBueno Does this sound familar to you? WHY would he/she call or bet ALL IN with crap cards? Why this, or why that? Uh huh. Well, I will admit I whine or curse too (sshhh). One day I decided I was gonna just quit whinning and use those Poker Point Freerolls as a practicing/learning target. As usual, I experienced bad beats etc, but instead of whinning, I vented out my frustrations by writing down little notes, some are horrible though, in the "players note box". I even got them classified or muted! Phew - what a relief! Try this my friends and it will reduce your stress level and there will certainly be less chat banning. LOL. I gain tremendous experience from these freerolls. I've learnt how to read other player's playing patterns, and this has improved my poker playing a whole bunch. Besides that, my tolerance level has improved, as I've learnt to accept the fact that not everyone is the same and hence there will always be a difference in playing at a table. Thanks Hollywood Poker for these freerolls! Cheers! 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 tournament ticket to one of Hollywood Poker's Celebrity Tournaments. All you have to do is write about anything poker related 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 Hollywood Poker tournament ticket. It gets even better: Every week, one random voter will win Hollywood Poker gear. You know, even though I played the professional tennis circuit myself, (10 years in fact – got to be in the top 25 in the world) I had never run across Pete before. I retired as soon as he was coming on. Anyway, it was a pleasure to meet him and play A little later and a few more check-raises against Pete, Pete went on to tell us he’s practicing tennis again, getting ready for exhibitions and would I like to practice sometime. I said I haven’t picked up a racket in 5 years, but if he would spot me the alleys and one serve, I would play him tomorrow for $1,000 a set. The whole table roared with laughter and Pete looked taken aback. Then he smiled, looking intrigued. “I’ll have to think about that”, he said thoughtfully. I smiled and nodded and then exclaimed, “Think about it?! Pete, you’re the greatest player that’s ever played the game! You’ve got 14 Grand Slam single titles and years on me.” And then it just blurted out: “Guess who doesn’t know tennis now!” But Pete just chuckled. The game ended at 12 and I still didn’t get an answer. Talk about bluffing the big stack. Well, next week I’m off to Miami. Hollywood Poker is endorsing an IRL race car with Troy Hanson driving it. I’ve been honored to be asked to wave the green flag at the beginning of the race. Poker’s been good to me and I hope it’s also been good to everyone else on the site. Until next time, stay out of my pots! ~Vince Van Patten Read another Hollywood Poker exclusive Celebrity Poker Blog by our very own James Woods. To learn more about Vince Van Patten, visit the Famous Faces section of our 'Green Room'. Q1. In the 'Announcement' section of the Lounge, I posted a thread about Mimi Roger's new show. What was the name of the show? Take the quiz now for a chance to win Hollywood Poker gear!
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Specialized in Great Deals: The New Face of the Extra
Qualify Today for a WSOP Freeroll!
Player Spotlight: RioBueno!
Words from Vince Van Patten, WPT Host and Commentator
poker with him. He really is a great guy. It was a nice game - very social and we got to talking about tennis. I brought up John McEnroe, one of my peers, who at 48 had just gone out and won a big doubles tournament. He nodded his approval and I went on to say that I felt McEnroe could still be in the top 100 in men’s singles if he so desired. Pete shook his head in disbelief and said, “No way, Vince.” I disagreed and persisted that he could be due to the fact that in team tennis he played Roddick real close. He was an all-time great, etc. Pete finally came over the top with his answer: “Vince, you know poker. Stick to it. You don’t know tennis.” We all laughed.
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