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February 2008, Volume 2
Welcome to another exciting edition of The Insider, HollywoodPoker's newsletter for the latest in celebrity, online poker news and promotions. Here are the headlines:
Hope you have a good read. We also welcome your feedback, so please send them to hollay@hollywoodpoker.com |
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Go Heads Up with your favorite celebrity player of choice and win $500 |
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HollywoodPoker's Titanium and Walk of Fame members can cash in 50,000 Poker Points to buy a $500 Celebrity Heads Up game.
Walk of Fame status supersedes any monthly clubHOLLYWOODpoker level. Once you become a Walk of Fame VIP, you receive all the benefits of Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Titanium levels as well as added benefits reserved only for Walk of Fame VIPs.
After deciding to Go Heads Up with the celebrity of your choice for a chance at winning $500, click the 'Exchange Points' button to get started. |
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Celebrity Bounty Series Update |
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 Once again, HollywoodPoker's celebrities and players came out in force at the weekly celebrity bounty tournaments.
Players' laroccam, clauds12 and noodlehed666 were credited $100 each.
Boston Rob (The Amazing Race), Donnie Wahlberg (Saw IV) and Kirk Acevedo (The Black Donnellys) were taken out by pibeibague who received $250. Player ALCdi NUIE also won $250 for taking out Sean Kanan (Hack!), Yancey Arias (Live Free or Die Hard) and Mary McCormack (1408). For the final bounty, ALCdi NUIE's hole cards of Q-K won over Mary McCormack's pocket pair 10s with help from the dealer drawing K-Q-4-5-Q to manage a Full House.
Other celebrities sighted during the February 12th Canadian Poker Night were Billy Burke (Untraceable), Pamela Gidley (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Bill Smitrovich (Iron Man) and Stephen Rannazzisi (Big Day).
 At the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational on February 16th, players Vaiss, CocoNutty and LUCKofCLUBS won $100 each in bounties. Donnie Wahlberg (Saw IV), Ronny Cox (NowhereLand) and Nicholas Gonzalez (Bohica) were taken out by geldwolfffff who gained $250. With 9-A hole cards, Nicholas Gonzalez bets at the flop and is all-in against the board's 3-J-6. Player geldwolfffff calls with 4-6 and beats Nicholas Gonzalez when he hit his second pair at the turn.
Christopher Rich (Reba), Samm Levine (Made For Each Other), Yancey Arias (Live Free or Die Hard), Lenny Venito (The Knights of Prosperity), Vince Lozano (Black Russian) and Mary McCormack (1408) were the other celebrities at the tables.
 At the February 17th HollywoodPoker Celebrity Classic, five players Mr Cotton, Flushed-Out, joejoe, MAFIUSU and -Pinocchio- won $100 bounties each while the big bounty of $500 went to Vaiss for taking out Anna Arias (CSI: New York), Kirk Acevedo (The Black Donnellys), Mary McCormack (The West Wing) and Josh Malina (Big Shots). Vaiss' Ace pair was enough to beat Josh Malina at the showdown for the $500 bounty.
Other celebrities at the tables were Christopher Rich (Reba), Sean Kanan (Hack!), Tom McGowan (The War at Home), Tony Griffin (Entertainment Tonight) and Kato Kaelin (Revamped).
With over $300,000 won so far, get in on the celebrity bounty action to win big dollar bounties by visiting our Celebrity Tournament Schedule. |
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Watch HollywoodPoker celebrity player Dennis Quaid's views in Vantage Point
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HollywoodPoker celebrity player Dennis Quaid shows us once again how tough he can get in his latest thriller Vantage Point.
It tells the story of eight strangers with eight different points of view trying to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States.
 Quaid plays Thomas Barnes and together with Mathew Fox (Lost), are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror.
Quaid will also begin work on the G.I. Joe movie. Directed by Stephen Sommers, G.I. Joe will bring the line of G.I. Joe toys to life on the big screen.
When asked if he was involved in any onscreen romances, Quaid replied, "No. I have no romances, but my aide-de-camp is a Victoria Secret supermodel, Karolina Kurkova. Her name's Covergirl. So, it won't be too serious."
When not playing secret service agent or babysitting supermodels, Dennis Quaid can be found heating up to a game of Texas Hold'em together with a list of our Famous Faces exclusively at HollywoodPoker.com. |
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American beauty and sweetheart Mena Suvari goes berserk in Day of the Dead |
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 The American Beauty sweetheart and our very own HollywoodPoker celebrity player, Mena Suvari will be starring in her latest acting endeavor in the spine chilling Day of the Dead.
A remake of horror guru George A. Romero's 1985 production, the movie is centered in a small Colorado town that has been quarantined due a deadly airborne viral outbreak. As the town's people become frantic due to the sudden bio chaos, military reinforcements are sent in to ensure no one escapes the plagued town.
Day of the Dead also stars another HollywoodPoker celebrity player Michael Kelly.
More on these celebrity players can be found together with many others in the Famous Faces section of HollywoodPoker's online magazine The Green Room. |
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Go heads up with our new celebrity players Kellan Lutz and Vince Lozano |
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 HollywoodPoker would like to welcome our latest celebrity players Kellan Lutz and Vince Lozano.
Kellan Lutz was born in Dickinson, North Dakota.
After enrolling in college, he decided that he wanted to do something different in life as he was sick of what everyone else wanted him to do.
"I always had dreams of getting a degree, partying in college and doing the whole 4-year thing but when I went to Los Angeles, I realized that I love acting and made up my mind on it," recalled Lutz.
He then moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to be nearer with his father, the beach and the entertainment industry; keeping himself busy with acting, modeling and learning about real estate.
Lutz has starred in several TV series such as The Bold and the Beautiful, Six Feet Under, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Heroes. He has also appeared in an Elizabeth Arden fragrance commercial with Hilary Duff, and also in her With Love music video.
He will appear in a remake of the horror Prom Night which is set to be released in April.
 HollywoodPoker's other new addition is Vince Lozano who was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His film credits include ED TV, Darkwolf, Father of the Bride 2 and Fallen Arches. He also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Jacoby.
He has also starred in films: Born, The Dead One and The Seekers. On television Vince has appeared on such popular series as Dragnet, Becker, Naked Truth, E.R., Wanted and Wings.
Vince will appear in Black Russian, a movie about Nick Anderson, an American gangster turned best-selling author who writes a novel about the Russian mobster Ivan the Terrible.
Kellan Lutz and Vince Lozano can be found together with many other celebrities in the Famous Faces section of HollywoodPoker's online magazine The Green Room. |
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University of California senior analyst Summer Alexis warming up for a spot on the 2009 HollywoodPoker Girls Calendar |
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A mother of three whose day job is working as a senior analyst for the University of California, model Summer Alexis is vying for a Top 12 position on the 2009 HollywoodPoker Girls Calendar.
 The 5' 5'' Summer was born in the Philippines. Having migrated to the U.S. at a very young age, many people think Summer's either a Thai or Hawaiian but she's actually mixed Filipina, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese.
She now lives in Bay Area, California and was shortlisted for the 2009 HollywoodPoker Calendar Girl Search because of her hot exotic looks, wit, sweetness and intelligence; a rare combination indeed.
Summer, a spunky go-getter who started out early in life has indeed come far with her success as a model with almost two years under her belt since she first set foot in the modeling arena.
If you think this Summer is so hot that she deserves a spot on the cover of the 2009 HollywoodPoker Girls Calendar, let her know by voting at www.hollywoodpokergirls.com | | |
