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April 2008, Volume 2
We welcome you to another sizzling edition of The Insider, HollywoodPoker's weekly newsletter for the latest on our celebrities, online poker news and hot promotions.
Here's what's up!
Hope you have a good read. We also welcome your feedback, so please send them to hollay@hollywoodpoker.com |
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One of three weekly HollywoodPoker WSOP Packages gets bagged! |
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Way to go RFluid! This champ is going be treated like a star all the way to Vegas! Because he just won one of HollywoodPoker's three weekly premium WSOP package offerings. With a choice of either the $16,000 Main Event Satellite tournament happening twice weekly OR the $13,000 Side Events Package tournament happening weekly, these attractive packages are being snapped up real fast! |
So, if you think you've got what it takes to get your hands on one of these fantastic packages, don't delay - head on over to HollywoodPoker WSOP Packages at our WSOP Central and let your journey to millions begin! |
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HollywoodPoker has your back when it counts the most!
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HollywoodPoker takes a little off your shoulders with our WSOP Bubble Insurance that allows all of you vying for a spot at the WSOP Championships to have ease of mind if you do end up on of the bubble at the Main Event because we know exactly how excruciating that can be.
Understanding that this harsh reality of poker should not be experience by our players, we're offering you the WSOP Bubble Insurance. If you finish in any of the first five positions out of the money at this year's World Series of Poker Main Event, HollywoodPoker will buy your way into the 2009 WSOP Main event ($10,000 ticket).
What's more, you don't even have to get your main event ticket at HollywoodPoker to take advantage of our WSOP Bubble Insurance.
Simply register for the insurance at the site and play the required amount of points and if you find yourself in the first five positions out of the money, HollywoodPoker will secure a spot for you at the 2009 WSOP Main Event. All you need to do is register for the HollywoodPoker WSOP Bubble Insurance by simply clicking the "HollywoodPoker WSOP Bubble Insurance" button found at your 'My Account' page, earn 1000 Player Points from the moment you click to register till June 30th and you're covered!
For more information on the awesome WSOP promotions, head down to our HollywoodPoker WSOP Central! |
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HollywoodPoker's WSOP Freeroll Your Way to poker STARDOM!!
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 It was our great pleasure to give away another $300+20 qualifier ticket to lucky winner corjo_poker at our WSOP Freeroll Your Way To Fame on Saturday April 12th! Fantastic job corjo_poker, we're looking forward to catching you at the championships!
Players' 2nh4u, pkrvixen, Sweet_Sarah1, Vaiss, GuyGibson, shenkialfonz, XXHeMan123XX, peskey_1 and alfonsoruiz from the final table received a $30+3 qualifier ticket each. That's the beginning of a whole lot of moolah guys! |
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WATCH OUT! Because it's going to get real hot in May as the heat gets turned up in celebration of the 25th Edition of the Grand tournament!
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HollywoodPoker's most prestigious tournament will hit another high in May as it celebrates its 25th Edition in the scene with the prize pool increasing to an astounding $1,000,000 in guaranteed payout.
This prestigious Grand Tournament that adopts a three-day flight structure, taking place at the end of every month is set to blow your mind the end of May, with $1 million up for grabs!
To qualify for the grand Tournament, players can buy-in for $1,000+40 or advance through the many daily qualifier tournaments.
Players will enter the tables with $10,000 in their chip stack and blinds increase every 30 minutes to allow players many opportunities to maneuver chips and make their way through the tournament.
For more information on the Grand Tournament and the many qualifiers available, swing on by to HollywoodPoker's Tournament section and keep a look out on when you can start registering for this awesome event. |
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Celebrity Bounty Series Update |
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 At April 13th's WSOP/ HPCC Celebrity Shootout VI player Volstagg took home $100 for his two celebrity bounties, whilst player MuhaBae1972 took out three celebrities at the tournament and became $250 richer!
Our celebrities proved to be formidable at the tables! We caught Christopher Rich (Boston Legal) take out fellow celebrities, walking away with $250 extra from his third knock out bounty!
Noah Emmerich (Little Children) had an amazing run when he cleared out the tables at the tournament and remained as the Last Celebrity Standing! For his ultimate winning hand at head's up, he knocked out his opponent at the table with Q-6 hole cards with the board's 9-8-6-Q-K, giving him a clear 2 pair against Chris Redman's pair of 8's. Show em' how it's done Noah!
Among other celebrities at the tables were Shaun Toub (The Kite Runner, Iron Man), Sam Levine (Pulse), Mary McCormack (1408) and Erik Palladino (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation). With so many celebrities in action at the tables, there was plenty of excitement at our weekly celebrity bounty tournaments when the HollywoodPoker stars did their best to hang on to their seats as they battled it out with our players.
 April 8th's Canadian Poker Night saw PokerJumal and ttouch77 go home $100 richer for taking out two celebrities each with our celebrity players putting up quite a fight!
Player jeff-s cashed in on $250 taking out three celebrities, including Ken Howard (Rambo) who revealed Q-10 pocket cards against the board's 3-5-J-J-7 . The 7 on the river proved crucial and gave jeff-s the pot as he took it all home with 7-10 hole cards, giving him a two pairs for the winning hand! Good one jeff-s!
Among the many more celebrities sighted at the tables were Billy Burke (Untraceable), Dean Cain (Superman), Bill Smitrovich (Ironman) and Sean Kanan (Jack Rio, Hack!). Head here next week and give our celebrities a run for their money!
 The Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational on April 12th caught players' jbnboss77, byandy2019x, byfold2many walk home happy with 250 big ones each for taking out three celebrities each! Looks like our players weren't settling for any less in bounties!
Celebrity player Willie Garson (Sex and the City) stayed by the felt the longest but was toppled byfold2many for his final celebrity bounty knockout where we saw an aggressive Willie confidently go all in at pre-flop with his A-J hole cards but which proved futile when the board drew 2-3-6-6-3. byfold2many revealed his 4-5 hole cards that crowned him knock out champion of the day with a nice 6 high straight!
More famous faces spotted at the tables on Saturday were HP Model: Ashley Dorenzo, Jimmie Walker (Everybody Hates Chris), Lenny Venito (The Brave One) and Tony Griffin (Entertainment Tonight). |
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Cheryl Hines plays a role in a teen's nightmare!
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HollywoodPoker celebrity player Cheryl Hines finds herself looking for love and mending a broken heart in her latest movie - Bart Got a Room scheduled to hit the golden screen soon!
 Bart Got a Room is all about teenage anguish as we follow Danny who isn't having much luck looking for a date for prom night. His world goes into desperate chaos when he painfully finds that the school's biggest nerd, not only managed to get a date - he also got a ROOM at a fancy hotel! Now on a feverish quest, he not only has to ensure he finds someone that's willing to be his date to what seems to be a teenagers' most pivotal experience in life - he has to endure his meddling, quirky, divorced parents' insane attempts at finding love themselves.
Cheryl, playing Danny's lovelorn mother joins the likes of William H. Macy (Wild Hogs), Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) and Steve Kaplan (Law & Order) in this hilarious movie of that oh so familiar time in school.
There's more on Cheryl and other celebrities at the Famous Faces section of HollywoodPoker's online magazine The Green Room. |
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Here's our latest pack beautiful ladies who are contesting to be part of our 2009 HollywoodPoker Girls Calendar!
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Still here as you've desired, we bring you the ten most wanted beauties from countless of entries in March, voted by you - Annisa Holmes, Amy Barraco, Claudia Verela, Danielle Fornarelli, Jewel, Lilly Ruiz, Lisa O'Donnell, Michelle Bishop, Natalie G. and Summer Alexis! Congratulations and good luck ladies!
The girls are getting anxious as we get closer to the finals! So do them a favor and keep voting for your favorite hotties that you want to see on your wall in our 2009 HollywoodPoker Girls Calendar!
It's all up to you! We give you the pleasure of choosing the HollywoodPoker Girls who will represent the site at both live events and online, where players can find them in a selection of games, including HollywoodPoker's three weekly Celebrity events; Canadian Poker Night, the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational and our WSOP special, the WSOP/ HPCC Celebrity Shootout VI.
Keep voting for your favorite leading ladies as things spice up closer to the finals. Check out our 2009 HollywoodPoker Girls Calendar to find out more on these sexy ladies. |
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Find out how to clear the tables at a game of Omaha!
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Let us start by highlighting that an Omaha poker game is extremely similar to a game of good ol' Texas Hold 'em. However there are two main differences players need take note of, which are:
- players receive four pocket cards - instead of two as in Texas Hold em'
- a player's hand need consist of two cards from their pocket four and three community cards, to make the best possible hand
Fundamentals of both games however remain the same, with anywhere from two to ten players allowed to play at a table at one time and the winner is distinguished by the strongest hand at the table, taking home the pot.
How do we play, let's start here:
- The players to the left of the Dealer begin the game by posting the blind bets. The player on the Dealer's left posts a small blind bet while the player on the Small Blind's left posts a big blind bet
- Four pocket cards are dealt to each player at the table
- The action begins in the first round, when the player to the left of the Big Blind either raises, calls or folds
- In the second round called the Flop - three community cards are dealt and a round of betting follows. Players can either check, call or raise
- In the third round called the Turn - the fourth community card is dealt and another round of betting entails.
- In the fourth round a fifth called the River - the final community card is dealt signifying the final round of betting.
- The remaining players then use two of their pocket cards and three of the community cards to create the best five-card high hand possible.
- At Showdown, players compare hands to determine the winner and the player with the highest hand wins the pot.
To try your hand at Omaha, head to HollywoodPoker's Tournament section and register to join a game right now! |
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