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green room > poker lifestyle > extra archives
December at HollywoodPoker.com is a poker player's dream. Between our Anniversary Freerolls, the highly anticipated WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout tournament and our improved Invite-A-Friend promotion, there’s never a dull moment – and the excitement doesn’t end there. Read the Extra to find out more about what’s happening at Hollywood Poker. :: Enter the $5K Anniversary Freerolls December 2nd & 4th!
The first of our TWO $5,000 Anniversary Freerolls is tonight – Friday December 2nd - at 9pm EST and it’s going to be incredible! Hollywood Poker’s Anniversary Freerolls are our way of thanking players for their continued support, encouragement and enthusiasm over the past year. Forget about the party-favors and balloons, we know that nothing says celebration to a poker player like free money! The second Anniversary Freeroll is on Sunday, December 4th at 5pm EST, so even if you can’t make the first, you still have a shot at $5,000. You’ll already have a freeroll ticket in your account if you’ve made a deposit and been active at the tables within 90 days prior to November 30th. All you have to do is pick the freeroll that best fits your schedule then register and play! Learn more about Hollywood Poker's Anniversary Freerolls!
Your shot at becoming a WPT champion is almost here, the question is, are you ready? If your answer’s yes, then we’ll see you at the WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout. If your answer’s no, then hit the tables and practice like you’ve never practiced before. There’s no way you’re going to want to miss this WPT qualifying tournament! The WPT Bellagio Celebrity Shootout offers players at chance to dip into $30K in cash and prizes, including: - A $15,000 seat in the WPT Bellagio 5 Diamond Poker Tournament. This Hollywood Poker exclusive tournament is on Saturday, December 3rd at 2pm EST, which gives you just under a day to prime, primp and pump yourself up for the chance of a lifetime. With multiple ways to enter, there’s always a way in!
Having goals increases the chances of success – and Hollywood Poker is no exception. One of our main goals is to be the number one online poker site for charitable contributions. After witnessing the monumental response to our Hurricane Relief tournaments, we know we’re already way ahead of the game. That’s why Hollywood Poker is proud to announce that we’ll be hosting a series of charity tournaments – both on and offline. For our first offline tournament, we’re teaming up with MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) at the Bicycle Casino to support MADD to promote awareness about the dangers of driving drunk. We’ll be hosting online poker tournaments in the near future, so keep your eyes locked to Hollywood Poker for updates.
You can win even more cash when you Invite-A-Friend to play at Hollywood Poker. The reward for telling your pals about us has increased, so now you’ll both split a cool $150. The cash isn’t the only thing that’s cool: This Hollywood Poker exclusive promotion gets even better because once you have invited your friend, you don’t have to do a thing: nothing, notta, zilch. Your buddy clears the easy to hit Poker Point requirements, you sit back and relax, then you both reap the rewards. Learn more about our Invite-A-Friend program.
Our Private Tournaments are just one more way Hollywood Poker is dealing out the star treatment. Private Tournaments let you customize the type of tournament, when the tournament is scheduled, the tournament value and who’s invited. You’re in control of everything except the cards your dealt – but that’s poker! Invite your friends, your family, your co-workers, your arch-nemesis, a Celebrity or whoever you want and pull up a chair at your very own tournament. With the holidays upon us, this is a great time to gather around the table with the ones you love and bask in the glow of togetherness – that, and the computer screen.
My friends and I have been discussing the topic of poker as a sport a lot lately. Many of them say it doesn't qualify because there are no fat guys in jock straps, no mouth guards (although Phil Hellmuth could possibly use one), and very little actual sweat (most of the sweating we do is more along the lines of brain sweat - as in "I'm really sweating this flop"). I say it is a sport because it pits the best players against each other in a battle of intellectual warfare AND there is a lot of cursing and throwing things - just like in any other sport. I know it certainly beats getting out on a ski slope freezing your *** off while you pay $300-400 a day to do it, all the while risking life and limb to slide down a frozen hill, not to mention standing in line for God knows how long for the opportunity to do so. With poker, on the other hand, I can sit at my computer in front of the fireplace and win money while flirting with complete strangers on the internet. Most of the time they ignore me, and that's good, because at these tables you can never tell if the blonde with the big knockers is a guy or a girl! Although with names like ROCKHARD it's usually a safe guess that they are not too happy with their current incarnation at the poker table. I usually flirt with those guys just to get them on tilt! They hate it when I compliment them on their boobs. But back to poker--winning money is definitely the best of it, but getting to play against Celebrities also adds something to the mix and makes it even more fun. I can't wait to have my chance against James Woods. Hey, he's a good poker player - I know. I just wish he wouldn't smirk like that. Well, that's my post for now. I'll be seeing you at the next WPT event, and in the meantime, here's my wish for your holiday season-- Peace on earth, goodwill to all. Congratulations are in order for RelentlessRM, who received the most votes in this week's Write to Win contest and who's won a tournament ticket! 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: A world without poker. My 12 and 10 year old love the game and I think teaching it to them is very valuable. It teaches them life lessons: when to be patient, when to bluff, when to take a chance, when to be controlled. Poker is a great thing in moderation and it has a lot to offer any player. My children really like it and they are decent players. As they get older, I will teach them more techniques and strategies. For now, it’s a great way to spend time with my family doing something we all love.
You're a poker player so you should be used to flexing some mind muscle! All you have to do in Hollywood Poker's Quiz is make sure you're logged in and then answer five questions about the site. If you get them all right, you could win Hollywood Poker gear. As if invaluable knowledge wasn't enough of a gift! All the answers are on the site, so it's not only fast, it's also easy and above all, it pays out in style! |
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Enter the $5K Anniversary Freerolls December 2nd & 4th!
Invite-A-Friend: Get more money!
Player Spotlight: 
Words from Vince Van Patten, WPT Host and Commentator
Hollywood Poker Quiz: Test yourself and win! |
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