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If you like tournaments, you’re going to love the newest additions to the starring lineup at Hollywood Poker. We’ve just introduced our exclusive action-packed $30K WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout tournament as well as the smoking hot Hollywood Poker Girls 'Babes and Bounties' tournament.

In this week's Extra:

:: $30K WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout: Qualifying has begun!
:: Massive $50K & $40K Guaranteed tournaments!
:: Hollywood Poker Girls 'Babes and Bounties' tournament: A day away!
:: Celebrity Poker Night with Ronny Cox
:: $10K Freeroll Week II underway
:: Hurricane Relief: We raised $47,950!
:: Player Spotlight: Muroot!
:: Write to Win
:: Vince Van Patten’s Corner
:: Weekly Poll

$30K WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout: Qualifying has begun!

WPT fame and fortune is only a click away when you play in our exclusive WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout tournament. Once again, Hollywood Poker is raising the bar by dealing out $30K in cash and prizes, including:

• $100 Celebrity Bounties
• A prize pool guaranteed at $10,000
• An all-inclusive paid trip to Vegas, including a $15,000 seat in the WPT Bellagio 5 Diamond Poker Tournament.

Our WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout guarantees all the excitement and star-appeal that’s become synonymous with Hollywood Poker, so be sure you get in on this once in a lifetime poker event. There are multiple ways to enter, like by playing in one of our Sit’n’Go and Multi-table tournaments. Qualifying has already begun, so get in on the action now! The WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout is on December 3rd at 2pm EST.

Learn more about the WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout tournament!

Massive $50K & $40K Guaranteed tournaments!

Hey there, high-roller, these tourneys are for you! It’s time to take your tournament play up a notch and cash-in on our massive guarantee tournaments.

Kick off your weekend in style and join the $40K Guaranteed tournament every Friday night at 9pm EST. Then pull up a chair every Saturday at 9pm EST, when you can take on the big leagues in the $50K Guaranteed tournament for a buy-in of only $30+3. If you place first, you’ll be walking away with a hefty $10,000 added to your bankroll.

Find out more about our Guaranteed tournaments by visiting our Featured Tournaments page.

Hollywood Poker Girls ‘Babes and Bounties’

You’re going to need to bring your A-game to beat these bombshells, but pushing your luck never looked so good! This Saturday November 5th marks the first ever Hollywood Poker Girls ‘Babes and Bounties’ tournament and it’s bound to get hot and heavy. Not only do you get to play Hold’em with the hottest poker players on the net while competing for a piece of a $1,000 guaranteed prize pool, but you’ll score a $50 bounty if you knock out a Hollywood Poker Girl. The final 10 players will also win an autographed Hollywood Poker Girl Calendar. At Hollywood Poker, being dealt ‘the ladies’ isn’t the only way to snag them!

Join us this Saturday, November 5th at 4pm EST for the Hollywood Poker Girls ‘Babes and Bounties’ tournament.

Celebrity Poker Night with Ronny Cox

Here’s another chance to play with the Stars! On Tuesday, November 8th at 10pm EST, you can try your hand at Poker Night with Ronny Cox, a Hollywood Poker exclusive tournament. Following suit with all of our Celebrity tournaments, Poker Night with Ronny Cox will have Celebrity Bounties: $50 if you knock out Ronny Cox and $20 if you knock out any other Celebrity. The buy-in is only $5+0.50 and if there is one thing poker has taught us all, it’s the value of a great deal. Join Ronny for an incredible night of poker, laughs and if you play your cards right, some financial gain!

$10K Freeroll Week II underway!

We’re in the midst of Hollywood Poker’s $10K Freeroll Week II and things are looking great! Congratulations to our winners so far, ...Qwerty... and sitgolfersam! If you have qualified for the 9pm EST November 4th and 4pm EST November 5th freerolls, get ready for major excitement!

Find out if you qualify for the $10K Freeroll Week II now!

Hurricane Relief tournaments: We raised $47,950!

The results are in and they're phenomenal! Our Hollywood Poker Hurricane Relief tournaments raised $47,950 for the American Red Cross and the International Hospital for Children. Thank you to everyone who came out week after week to play in the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational and the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic to help us raise funds for the victims of the Gulf Coast disaster. Our hurricane relief efforts are only a success because of incredible people like you!

Everyone give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done!

Player Spotlight: Muroot!

Since I've been playing here for some time now, I thought I would submit something to the Player Spotlight. I was born and raised in Adirondack area of New York, and got a little older in the Rockies of Colorado. I'm sure there is mountain rock in my bones. Currently I'm aging quite nicely near the city - on the water in Portland, Oregon. It's there that I earn my living as a teacher, where high-school English and creative writing fill my days.

I've met a bunch of fantastic people online. It's amazing how easily you can join a community of folks with similar interests and find friendly and outgoing people to share those interests with. A few years ago (almost five now), I took up golf. Now, I'll concede that I'm a terrible golfer. While learning, frustration had become like a friend, but I was determined to stop loosing golf balls and get my game down. I joined a forum at a popular golf site and met a couple of people who gave me all kind of tips and techniques for improving my swing, stance, and grip. After the first season I played with a couple of the guys who were close by and sharing the same course, and every once in while I'll get a message from them asking me to come out and play a round.

Well, I'm still a pretty terrible golfer but I've always loved playing cards after a stressful day at work (and teenagers tend to induce stress - regardless of whether they're yours or not). I learned how to play poker from my big brother John when we were young. John lives about a thousand miles away now, but I email him often, and from time to time we'll both come to Hollywood Poker and play some Hold'em. The people around here are hilarious and tons of fun to play with, and I'm so glad I found the place.

So if you happen to see me around the tables, drop in say hello... and bring your cash.

- Muroot

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!

Write to Win: Your favorite Hollywood Poker tournament

My favorite Hollywood Poker tournament was the freeroll that I won. Not just for the satisfaction of beating 250 others, but I took the 10 bucks plus 1 more to the Down the Stretch tournament (my other favorite tourney) where, after getting to the final table I raised all-in with KK over a medium bet from 99 and had a mild stroke when there was a 9 on the flop and I was done like dinner instead of chip leader. So why was I happy about it? The tournament sponsor is Turf’n’Sport and the guy gave me a free Breeder's Cup horseracing report. He picked Shirocco in the 9th race and the nag paid $19.60 to win! I invested the 98 bucks in some beer and almost forgot all about that bad beat. Almost.

~ICEBANGER1

Congratulations to ICEBANGER1, who won a tournament ticket for this winning entry on last week's Write to Win topic, 'Your favorite Hollywood Poker tournament'!

You could win a HollywoodPoker.com tournament ticket for submitting an article in our Write to Win promotion! 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 Green Room forums and your fellow players 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.

This week’s topic: Open season: Write about anything poker related and send it in!


Vince Van Patten's Corner: A Spooky Success!

It was great to see everyone get into the festive spirit for the Michael Woods Halloween Celebrity Invitational!
There was a record breaking number of Celebrities playing and it looked like everyone was having a fantastic time. We all dressed up as our favorite characters and really got into the Halloween mood.
I got a lot of chips in the beginning and then got a little reckless closer to the end. It was an amazing tournament and further proof of how much fun it is to play at Hollywood Poker!

~Vince Van Patten

Weekly Poll: Vote to Win!

When you vote in the Weekly Poll, you are automatically entered into a draw to win HollywoodPoker.com gear.

This week’s poll question: How did you learn to play poker?

Go to the Hollywood Poker Forums and vote!

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