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A little cold weather doesn’t slow us down! Hollywood Poker is still the hot-spot for action over the holidays. We’re decking the halls and padding your bankroll with incredible events like the Hollywood Poker Girls ‘Babes and Bounties’ Tournament, the $10K Freeroll Week III and much, much more.

Read the Extra to find out what’s happening this week at Hollywood Poker.

In this week’s Extra:

:: Heat up your holidays in our ‘Babes and Bounties’ Tournament
:: $500,000 Grand V: Add bulk to your bankroll
:: Ring in the New Year with the $10K Freeroll Week III
:: 'Tis the season to try your luck in the 'Lucky Dollar'
:: Take the Hollywood Poker Girls home!
:: Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic Top 5 Leader Board: Split $1,000!
:: Player Spotlight: Dooxtab!
:: Write to Win: Poker and Fashion
:: Words from Vince Van Patten, WPT Host and Commentator
:: Hollywood Poker Quiz: Test yourself and win!

Heat up your holidays in ‘Babes and Bounties’ Tournament

Baby, it may be cold outside, but we’ve got a little something to warm you up. Join us and the 12 hottest poker hostesses in history on Saturday, December 17th at 4pm EST for the second Hollywood Poker Girls ‘Babes and Bounties’ tournament. We’re guaranteeing an increased $2,000 prize pool, $50 Babe and Celebrity Bounties and, if you finish in the top 10, a 2006 Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar signed by all 12 Hollywood Poker Girls.
There are multiple ways to enter, including Poker Point exchange or a $20+2 buy-in.

Make your Saturday sizzle and learn more about the Hollywood Poker Girls ‘Babes and Bounties’ Tournament.

$500,000 Grand V: Add bulk to your bankroll

Let’s face it: During this time of year, the only thing you want to add bulk to is your bankroll. Our Grand V tournament is here to keep you on track since it’s dealing out an astounding $500,000. The Grand V tournament is scheduled for Saturday, December 17th at 3pm EST, so now’s the time to start thinking about your game plan.

Find out more about the Grand V tournament today by visiting our Featured Tournaments page!

Ring in the New Year with the $10K Freeroll Week III

Start 2006 by getting something for nothing and enter Hollywood Poker’s $10K Freeroll Week III. You don’t have to buy-in or exchange any of your hard earned Poker Points. All you have to do to enter is rack-up as many Poker Points as you can between December 5th at 12pm EST and January 9th at 5am EST and you will be awarded entry into the freerolls based on your point accumulation. There are 4 ascending value freerolls at 9pm EST on January 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th which offer a shot at a piece of $10,000. Remember, you don’t have to exchange your Poker Points – you just have to accumulate them. Hollywood Poker kicks off the New Year with the odds in your favor.

Learn more about the $10K Freeroll Week III.

‘Tis the season to try your luck in the 'Lucky Dollar'

You don’t have to hang out in a drunken mob on New Years Eve to get lucky - just play in the 'Lucky Dollar' tournament.  Hollywood Poker’s famous 'Lucky Dollar' tournament boasts an entry fee of a mere dollar and $2,500 added to the prize pool. It guarantees you’ll have a great time and above all, no regrets in the morning. Join us everything Saturday at 3pm EST for this financially friendly tournament.

Looks like victory is in the cards! Read more about the 'Lucky Dollar'.

Take the Hollywood Poker Girls home!

Imagine yourself in the company of 12 of the sexiest poker babes in the world all year round. Wait no longer – it’s only a click away. Now you can exchange Poker Points for the 2006 Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar and bring the beautiful Amber, Misty, Mercedes, Mary, Christine, Heidi, Melany, Leslie, Erin, Meriah, Ashley and Christina right to your front door.

Get a 2006 Hollywood Poker Girl Calendar today by going to your ‘My Account’ page and clicking ‘Exchange Poker Points’.

Check out the Hollywood Poker Girls!

Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic Top 5 Leader Board: Split $1,000!

Since all great performances should be rewarded, we’re inviting you to take a bite out of $1,000 when you take your spot at the top of the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic Leader Board. Starting January 8th, 2006 the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic will monitor the top 5 players during the month. Come month’s end, the 5 hottest Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic players will split $1,000 proportionately, depending on their performance.

It gets even better: If you’re one of the top 5, you also get to play in an exclusive online $1,000 tournament with Josh Malina and 4 of his Celebrity friends. Looks like it pays to stay on top at Hollywood Poker!

Join us every Sunday at 2pm EST for the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic and get ready to shine in 2006.


Player Spotlight:  Meet Dooxtab! 

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! 

In this week’s Spotlight, meet Dooxtab!

You may know me as Dooxtab or just plain "Doox" for short, but my real name is Jeremy and I'm in my late 20's.  I've used this online name for a while now, and people inevitably ask, "What's a Dooxtab?"  Now, I could go into the long, boring story of how the word is actually meaningless and that my friend and I discovered it nestled in a word-search during study hall, but I usually just end up telling them I'm Swedish.  For some reason, I've found that this tends to get a lot of "oh....ok" responses.
 
I originally started my online poker career at another site until a friend of mine told me about Hollywood Poker.  I was a small-stakes player and mostly just playing freerolls and low-stakes ring games back then.  At the time, I was intrigued, but it took a while before I finally came over to check things out.  I remember the first time I poked around in the lobby, I saw Charles in Charge himself - Scott Baio.  It seems that my friend never fully explained to me that at this site, the term "Hollywood" isn't just for show.  Of course, after I learned that there were freerolls about every 20 minutes, I figured it was worth sticking around.  Since then, I've won a little bit on the free tournaments, turned that little bit into a little more, and am now more comfortable plopping 10 bucks down to play a Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational.  See, it's not that I'm cheap, it's just that...Ok, I'm cheap.  I'm working on it though.
 
In the spirit of the holidays, I thought I would take this time to talk about how it is truly better to give than to receive, and how you should always help out your fellow man.  I want each and every one of you to experience the meaning of the holidays, so here is a list of things that I want:
 
A new computer so that my screen doesn't freeze up on me in the middle of a hand.
 
The 2's and 7's to be stricken from the deck (or at least my hand).
 
A revision of poker rules to allow my 3 of a kind to beat a river flush.
 
A free ticket to the MWCI.
 
A pony.
 
In lieu of the above items, I'll happily take money.  ‘Tis the season, and all.
 
 I know what you're thinking: "But Dooxtab, isn't that selfish?"  Well if you call helping out my fellow poker players by teaching them a valuable life lesson selfish, then call me Scrooge.  One day, this will help you realize that life is all about how we treat each other, and that a little kindness goes a long way. 

You can thank me later.

~Dooxtab

Write to Win: Poker and Fashion

Poker, fashion and the happily married man.

You've finally got a chance to go out and play some cards, so you start to cover your bases. The kids are taken care of, your wife gives you the go ahead (reluctantly, but you take what you can get), and you only have a few things left to take care of. This is where fashion becomes a critical factor in order to take full advantage of your poker experience.

Our first concern is where to conveniently hide the cell phone (as in "Sorry honey, I must have left it in my other jacket pocket"). This is to ensure that there are no interruptions at 2:30 am to inquire as to your whereabouts when you're invariably chip leader and sitting on the nut flush. Plans must be taken earlier in the day. Wear an alternate jacket so that you look and appear normal as you leave for the big game with your regular one. Fortunately you won't need multiple jackets to accomplish this security measure, as this ruse usually works only once or twice. The wallet of course must come complete with various folds and tucks in which to hide your expendable cash. It must be pliable, yet inconspicuous when opened in front of your loving spouse. Now let's not kid ourselves, every wife knows that we have such hiding places for our money, so the wallet must come complete with at least three of these spots - one of which is very inconspicuous. Depending on the length of your marriage, you may have already had to come up with alternate hiding places which might not reside in the wallet. Before the wives get too awfully upset about this, think about where you've hidden the cash we don't know about. Say you don't have the available space in your wallet - you'll of course have to become industrious and inventive. This is where footwear becomes important. If hiding your poker stash in a shoe, you'll need to purchase insoles. Not only does it conceal your money at home when you're not wearing them, but it is infinitely more considerate to the players that will be handling the cash at the end of the night when it emerges from your shoe. On the other hand, if they're handling your money it probably means that they have it, so there's less of a need to be considerate. It's a personal call.

While many experienced players are understandably concerned with the table image that their wardrobe helps to establish, we married men must also be concerned with more practical applications. If we plan to make it home with as little fallout as possible, our anticipated behavior at the event must be taken into account and addressed accordingly.

The following questions must be asked: What will I be eating and will I spill it on myself? Stick with the colors of the anticipated food. Most games have wings and pizza, if you're sloppy then consider red.

How much will I be drinking and how likely will I be to spill a drink on myself? If it's likely, then dark colors and synthetics are appropriate. If one has the capacity for total inebriation and often gets sick on themselves, then Hawaiian patterns prove to be more effective at concealing the results.

So here I am, ready to take on the world, all my basis covered. As I walk out of the house, phoneless jacket over a synthetic, dark Hawaiian shirt, my poker stash securely stored under an insole, I pause only to retrieve my baseball hat and sunglasses just so I can present to my opponents the image of the fearless, seasoned poker pro I pretend I really am.

See you guys at the tables!

~Mr. B. I. G.

Congratulations are in order for Mr.B.I.G, 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 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: Holiday Homegames.


Words from Vince Van Patten, WPT Host and Commentator

Scoping out a table is tricky. A lot of players just sit down at any available seat, but if you want to be selective, there are a few things that you can look for.

I think it’s always important to look for a table that’s happy. Angry looking tables are bad for the flow of the game. Also, if you notice players who are known hit-and-run artists, avoid them. Players who hit-and-run disrupt the game because they always leave after any big win. This said, also avoid tables where players are short stacked. You want to be at a table where you have a chance to make some money.

So, I’d recommend looking for a table with players that are generally happy because they will stick around and provide an enjoyable game.

~Vince Van Patten


Hollywood Poker Quiz: Test yourself and win!

Take our Hollywood Poker Quiz to qualify for a chance to win Hollywood Poker gear!

Congratulations to keri19, who took last week's quiz and won a snazzy Hollywood Poker golf-shirt.

Did you take the quiz and want to know how you did? Wait no longer – here are the answers:

Question #1: How do you create a Private Tournament?

Answer #1: Go to the Tournaments tab, click ‘Private’, and then click the ‘Create’ button.

Question #2: How many Poker Points do you have to exchange for a Hollywood Poker Girl's Calendar?

Answer #2: 1200 Poker Points.

Question #3: When does the qualifying period end for the $10K Freeroll Week III?

Answer #3: Monday, January 9th at 5 am EST.

Question #4: What's the maximum daily deposit limit for NETELLER?

Answer #4: $1,000.

Question #5: Who won a tournament ticket in last week's Write to Win contest?

Answer #5: adamxy.

To take Hollywood Poker's Quiz this week, simply 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. 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!

Go to the 'Green Room' and take the quiz!

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