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Read the Extra to find out more about what’s happening this week at Hollywood Poker: :: Hollywood Poker Anniversary Freerolls
Since you’re the real stars at HollywoodPoker.com, we’re celebrating our 1st anniversary by inviting you to join us for our $5,000 Anniversary Freerolls. To accommodate your busy schedule, we’ll be offering two chances to play, one on Friday December 2nd at 9pm EST and the other Sunday December 4th at 5pm EST. All you have to do is pick the day that works best for you and pull up a chair. We want to thank all of our incredible and dedicated players, so if you’re a player who’s deposited and played on the site within the 90 days prior to November 30th, mark a date on your calendar today and help us celebrate 365 days of hot, fast and fun poker action with the most star-studded poker site on the net! More details to come, so stay tuned! - A $15,000 seat in the WPT Bellagio 5 Diamond Poker Tournament. How are your fellow players getting ready for the big event? One of Hollywood Poker’s newest members, DiamondGirl, has got her game plan and she was happy to share it with us: The WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout on December 3rd is marked on my calendar. The clock is ticking, get busy and get it on yours! Find out how you can get in the WPT Bellagio Celebrity Poker Shootout tournament!
Now you can host your own private online tournaments! That’s right! You’ll have control over what type of tournament you play, when it’s scheduled, and the tournament value. Did we mention that you also have the final say on who’s invited? As the creator of a tournament, you will be able to generate a password so that the tournament will only be accessible to the players you select. Not only do private tournaments offer a range of features that allow you to adjust the tournament to your individual preferences, but the cost of hosting a tournament is absolutely nothing. So whether you want play against friends, family, coworkers, or celebrities, Hollywood Poker’s the place to do it. FEATURES: TOURNAMENT TYPES - Scheduled Tournaments and Sit & Go Tournaments! SIT & GO SPECIFIC FEATURES: MINIMUM ENTRANTS - Tournament Managers can start the tournament when the minimum number of players have signed-up, despite the tournament not being full. SCHEDULED SPECIFIC FEATURES: START DATE AND TIME - You can schedule a tournament up to 30 days in advance. Private Tournaments can be found under the Private tab in the Poker Lobby under the creator’s HollywoodPoker.com nickname. Passwords can be passed around to other Hollywood Poker players using the Hollywood Poker Forum's Private Message feature, via email, or by any means you choose. You’ve practiced long and hard and now you’re ready to play in the big leagues. The Grand V tournament is the place to start. Join us on the weekend of December 17th and 18th for your chance to walk away with upwards of $134,000 and infinite bragging rights!
Hollywood Poker’s highly popular Lucky Dollar tournament has been improved and now, your dollar can really work for you! The payout structure of this already lucrative tournament has been modified to a flat prize pool with 200 players ending up in the money. This means you have a 1 in 10 chance increasing your chip stack for a one dollar buy-in! It gets even better: we’ve added $2,500 to the prize pool. Join us every Saturday at 3pm EST for the Lucky Dollar tournament!
Between wowing audiences as one of Hollywood’s most respected leading men and turning heads at the tables as one of poker’s hottest players, it’s a wonder James has time for anything else – but somehow he does! Recently, Hollywood Poker’s very own James Woods appeared on Monday Night Football. See James Woods Introducing Monday Night Football!
Hi there my name is CHEFBOBBY27 - everyone knows me as CHEF. I'm from a small town up in Northern Ontario Canada. I have a family 2 kids and a wonderful girlfriend. I've been a chef now for about 10 years and work at a resort. In my spare time I'm always on Hollywood Poker playing ring games or tourneys. I found out about Hollywood Poker in a rather strange way. I was at my local movie store and I had picked up a copy of a poker movie. Standing beside me was another guy who had grabbed the same movie and we started to talk about Texas Hold’em. He had asked me if I ever tried online poker. At the time I never had. Then he asked if I saw his picture in the local newspaper where there was an article about him winning a tourney online. Apparently, he was on his way to L.A. to compete in WPT Celebrity Shootout Tourney. He had told me that he had won his trip and buy-in online at Hollywood Poker. He told me next time I’m online go and check it out. So I did and that was 6 months ago. I've been a member of Hollywood Poker for about 6 months now and have enjoyed every moment on here (except for some of the bad beats that I've received - but that's poker.) I've tried out other sites but swear that this is the only true poker site online that offers you great ring games and a great selection of tournaments. I truly enjoy being able to play tourneys with celebrities sitting beside you and not being afraid to talk to you. I enjoy many of the players on here. They are very nice and always say ‘hi’ when I log on and say hello. The support staff is always very helpful and very nice to talk to. I try and get all of my buddies and friend to come on here if they want to try online poker and they all say this is the best pure poker site online has to offer. Hats off to Hollywood Poker and all staff, celebrities, and players. You've all made my time on here worth every penny. Here's to you and many years to come.
CELEBRITY SURPRISE The world of poker includes some well-known celebrities. In playing against them, I have often found them to be greatly different than I expected. Telly Savalas, television’s Kojak, was a frequent and respected tournament player. Unlike his TV persona, Telly was a quiet, low-key, and courteous man. He was one of 60 players that I was competing with in the Commerce Club (LA Open) $120 buy-in super-satellite for a $5000 entry fee into the No Limit Hold’em final event. Second place would get $2000. After playing some of my best poker for over three hours, everyone was eliminated but Telly and me. The two of us then played for 40 minutes before a sizable crowd. It was exciting and great fun as the lead changed hands several times. Finally, I bet all my chips. Telly called without hesitation and turned over AK. He smiled as I turned over QQ. (It was a classic no-limit confrontation). But before the dealer could put out the next three cards, Telly suggested we split the first and second place prize money since “neither of us deserves to lose.” I accepted his offer and we shook hands. When he got his $3500, he popped a lollipop into his mouth and headed into the LA night. It was Saturday fight night at the Mirage Casino in Las Vegas in the early 90’s. After the fight, comedian Richard Pryor took an empty seat in the 30-60 seven-card stud game that I was in. He softly said hello and put down in front of him his drink, a pack of cigarettes, and $10000 in one hundred dollar bills (considerably more than anyone else). When his Atlas-type bodyguards pulled up seats on either side of him, our eight-player game appeared to be 10- handed. Over the next 2 hours, Richard smoked all his cigarettes, had 4 or 5 drinks, played 90% of the hands, and lost $5000. At all times he was a perfect gentleman. He tipped generously when he won and complimented the winner when he lost. Never did he crack a joke. Much to my chagrin and frustration, he only seemed to win when I was in the pot. When he left, everyone at the table except me had substantially more chips. I had lost over $800. ~SBTrue 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 Hollywood Poker 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: Your best bluff ever. I think a truly distinctive element of the Foxwoods experience is the drive there. You’ll be in the woods for a long time and then you suddenly come upon this massive casino! It’s amazing. On my way up, I got to enjoy being surrounded by trees and beautiful fall colors. You can’t beat it – it’s such a great drive! When you vote in the Weekly Poll, you are automatically entered into a draw to win HollywoodPoker.com gear. |
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Hollywood Poker Anniversary Freerolls
James Woods on Monday Night Football!
Player Spotlight: CHEFBOBBY27!
Weekly Poll: Vote to Win! |
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