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Everything's getting bigger and better at HollywoodPoker.com! In fact, the Extra is bursting this week with news about events, promotions and brand new poker tournaments - all ways you can seize the opportunity to get in on the action!

In this week’s Extra:

:: HollywoodPoker.com shines at the WSOP! 
:: NEW: World Poker Tour Celebrity Shootout tourneys!
:: Go Big: Grand III tournament returns!
:: Deposit Bonuses and Micro-Limit tables!
:: Invite-A-Friend: Better than ever!
:: Hollywood Hills: The Saga Begins
:: HollywoodPoker.com Model Search
:: Player Spotlight: vols23
:: Write to Win
:: Vince Van Patten’s Corner
:: Weekly Poll: Vote to Win!


HollywoodPoker.com shines at the WSOP!

HollywoodPoker.com definitely put on a show at the WSOP. All of our players posed some serious competition and made HollywoodPoker.com a main attraction at this renowned event. 

Congratulations to Bob Goen - the last celebrity standing in our Celebrity Shootout tournament and also the last celebrity standing at the WSOP!

Every one of our players played exceptionally well and reports having a fantastic time. Great playing team!

NEW: World Poker Tour Celebrity Shootout!

Since the response to our first Celebrity Shootout tournament was overwhelmingly positive, we’ve decided to run it again not once, but TWICE!

That’s right! We’re talking a total of $40,000 in cash and WPT prize packages.

It’s all the star-studded, action-packed excitement of our first Celebrity Shootout, but doubled! So, it’s twice as many $100 Celebrity Bounties, twice as many chances to pit your skills against the stars, twice as likely you’ll cash in on the $10,000 guaranteed prize pools and twice as likely you’ll find yourself winning the WPT prize package which includes a seat in the Legends of Poker Tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles.

Looks like things are looking up! In fact, the only thing that’s reduced is your likelihood of finding an excuse not to play.

Learn more about how you can get in on HollywoodPoker.com’s WPT Celebrity Shootout tournaments!

Go Big: Grand III tournament returns!

First time around, the Grand III tournament winner scored $129,000 and without a doubt, the winnings will be even bigger when the tournament returns in less than a month.

So, if No-Limit Hold’em, huge prize pools and serious thrills are your idea of a good time, join HollywoodPoker.com for the Grand III tournament on August 6th and 7th.

Learn more about the Grand III tournament by visiting the Featured Tournaments page.

Deposit Bonuses and Micro-Limit tables!

HollywoodPoker.com makes the transition into real money poker playing by putting you ahead of the game with our exclusive deposit bonuses and brand new micro-limit tables. Since no two players are completely alike, HollywoodPoker.com offers you three unique deposit bonuses cumulating at 500% up to $1000! Combine your bonus with the chance to play our $0.10/.10 micro-limit tables and that means you’re raking up the experience without dealing out the dough!

Find out more about HollywoodPoker.com’s exclusive deposit bonuses today.

Invite-A-Friend: Better than ever!

Couple our already lucrative Invite-A-Friend promotion with our new deposit bonuses and there has never been a better time to tell your friends all about HollywoodPoker.com.

As always, when you successfully Invite-A-Friend to play at HollywoodPoker.com, you snag a cool $50 and your friend scores $25. The more friends you invite, the more you can win! Now, your friends can also score some extra cash with our first-time deposit bonuses.

As if friendship wasn’t rewarding enough on its own!

Find out how you can Invite-A-Friend now.

Hollywood Hills: The Saga Begins

In a world where poker is king, the lives of thousands of online poker enthusiasts come together on one action-packed site – HollywoodPoker.com.

Introducing Hollywood Hills, the newest feature in your beloved Extra. This gripping drama examines the lives, loves, hopes and fears of the people from around the world that come to HollywoodPoker.com to share their love of the game. [Insert dramatic theme music: Duuuuh, duh, duh, duh, duuuuuh ... etc, etc.]

It all starts next week. Be sure to stay tuned to the Extra to witness the beginning of suspense, romance, greed, victory, passion and power like never before! You never know who you’ll see in Hollywood Hills.

[Dramatic theme music flares once again and then softly fades: DUUUUH, duh, duh, duh, duuuuuuuuuh...etc, etc.]

HollywoodPoker.com Model Search

If you’re a model or aspiring model who’s looking for a once in a lifetime opportunity, then HollywoodPoker.com’s Model Search is for you!

We’re currently accepting submissions for 12 lovely ladies to grace the pages of the first ever HollywoodPoker.com calendar. At the launch party, all the finalists will be invited to take part in a pageant where one contestant will be awarded the title of Miss Hollywood Poker by a panel of celebrity judges.

Learn more about the HollywoodPoker.com Model Search.

Player Spotlight: vols23

Want to be featured in our Player Spotlight and win a tournament ticket? Simply e-mail me at hollay@hollywoodpoker.com and if you are selected for the Player Spotlight, I’ll let you know!

In this week’s Player Spotlight...vols23!

My player name is vols23.

I played college baseball for the University of Tennessee. I was also a walk-on for the football team and ran back punts and kick offs (not bright). I graduated with a degree in journalism and write children’s books. I have a gifted 14 year old daughter.

My father was a professional gambler and I was taught how to play Texas Hold’em at a very early age. I sat with my father for hours and was totally amazed by the amount of money grown men were willing to wager on one card. I was hooked!

My father said there is only one true style of poker and it’s Texas Hold’em. I can’t play in local games since my father’s reputation precedes even me, but that’s ok. After all, I have friends here at Hollywood Poker and Hollywood Poker has treated me well.

I will be in the WSOP – you can bank on it! As Matt Damon said in ‘Rounders’, “You can’t lose what you don’t put in the middle”.

I hope all you comrades at the table know nothing is ever personal with me at that table. Thirty years ago, my father taught me a great secret. He said “work with your head and not your back”.

Good luck!
-vols23

Write to Win

Express yourself! When you send a submission to our weekly Write to Win contest, you could win a ticket to one of HollywoodPoker.com’s fabulous tournaments.

All you have to do is write on the week’s specified topic and then send your submission to julie@hollywoodpoker.com. We will post the submissions in the forum for your fellow HollywoodPoker.com members to vote on and the player with the winning submission will snag a tournament ticket.

It’s doesn’t stop there though: One randomly selected voter will also win HP gear!

What are you waiting for? Let the creativity flow!

This week’s topic: Poker and family.

Congratulations to last week's winner, ERodaman, who's written himself into HP literary history and scored himself a tournament ticket! Also, congratulations to habsone, who snagged HP gear just for taking the time to vote.

Read ERodaman's winning submission:

I'm sure all of your readers will agree that either Rounders or The Cincinnatti Kid is the greatest poker movie of all time.

I would like to take these few paragraphs to discuss a poker classic that I thought was worse than going all-in with pocket aces only to get sucked out by runner on 4th and the river. The movie Maverick, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner had to be the worst poker movie ever.
It is set in the wild west, year unknown, where the hero, Mel Gibson - is constantly running away from the law. James Garner is trying to reach the location of a winner take all 5 card draw poker game aboard a Mississippi Riverboat - buy-in $10,000.  Gibson is constantly cracking awful one-line jokes and attempting ultra-non-realistic (is that a word?) fight scenes with hoodlums and Indians that throw phantom punches in his direction.  Of course, Gibson defeats his foes, gathering the buy-in along the way where he is also met by Mrs. Annabelle Bransford, who is also on her way to the mega-game. WWE superstar Hulk Hogan could render a better southern accent than the Jodie Foster spoke in this flick: "What ‘cha gonna do when, golly, Hulk Hogan runs wild all over you, brother, ya' hear.” 
 
Okay, so Jodie Foster is a little bit of eye-candy in this flick, nice body, easy on the eyes to look at. I'm sure some fellow Hollywood Poker players have the "hots" for her, or at least have fantasized about her naked in a tub. I admit that I do - sorry Julie, even her portrayal of Agent Starling in Silence of the Lambs - she would taste better than the brains Hannibal devoured. But that accent just killed it for me, the entire movie I just wanted her to shut her face!  So Bransford and Maverick end up at the final table in this unrealistic poker game, with Maverick dodging bullets and flushes to win the entire tournament. Of course, he has magical powers to mind meld an ace of spades to the top of the deck, he draws one card and boom! - there's the ace of spades to give him a royal flush and win - very predictable.  But back to Jodie Foster, I can just picture her naked in front of her computer logged into Hollywood Poker with pocket aces and 9 other Hollywood poker players with "something else in their pockets."  Again, Julie, I apologize. 
 
Do not ever watch this movie. If you have to, just turn the sound off and watch Jodie Foster!

~ERodaman

Vince Van Patten’s Corner

I was very disappointed with my play at the WSOP. I didn’t have a lot of patience and it cost me. My schedule was pretty full, so my strategy was to play tight and fast and hope to get a big chip lead.

I was playing against a young player – very young. He looked like he was all of 13! I tried to bluff him out, but he had a full house and my plan didn’t exactly work.

Still, the WSOP was a tremendous event! It was an absolute circus and much bigger than I thought it would be. It was completely packed full of players!

I managed to see some of my celebrity friends, including James Woods, Toby McGuire and Jennifer Tilly, but didn’t run into Bob Goen – though I heard he did really well.

One of the highlights of the event for me was the Hollywood Poker tent. I got to meet tons of online players who were in the area and stopped by the event. It was great to get to shake hands with some of the people I go head to head with at the tables.

All in all, a great event and an amazing time!

~Vince Van Patten

Weekly Poll: Vote to Win!
 
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What's the largest sum of money you've ever won in a single poker hand?

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