Hollay
07-22-2005, 02:03 PM
It’s not merely the site itself that makes Hollywood Poker remarkable. The celebrities, members and HP staff all come together to make Hollywood Poker the hottest, the hippest and the most Hollywood online poker site on the net. In a dog eat dog world, Hollywood Poker is one of the only places that really is about fun and games.
You already know some of the faces at Hollywood Poker, but you probably don’t know about the insidious power struggles that rage behind the scenes. Every week, the gripping saga, Hollywood Hills, will provide you with an uncensored look at the battle between good and evil, right and wrong, big and small blind and this week…
Julie and the coffee maker!
It was a dreary Monday morning when Hollywood Poker’s very own Player Manager, Julie, stumbled bleary-eyed into the office. During her camping trip over the weekend, she’d lost a heroic tussle with a tent-pole, a cooler and an irate legion of mosquitoes.
Oh yes: Julie was not a happy camper.
So, when Hollywood Poker’s senior Player Manager, Mike, walked into the lunchroom and found Julie head butting the coffee maker, he was quick to warn the rest of the HP crew to avoid the writhing Julie. Developers and programmers were sent scurrying under desks and behind potted plants as Julie raged to her office, all the while muttering curses at the ill-fated coffee maker and the one mutant mosquito that had caused her eye to swell shut.
But troublesome insects and stubborn coffee makers aside, Julie was a professional and there was a job to be done.
Settling in at her desk and reviewing the e-mails she had received over her unfortunate weekend, a particular e-mail caught her one functioning eye.
Hi Julie!
I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy playing poker on your site. I played in the Michael Woods Invitational last week and had a fantastic time playing with veteran players and celebrities. It was my first time in a Hollywood Poker tournament and I was amazed by the great sense of community between players and HP staff.
Even though I was knocked out early on, the friendly chat kept me in the lobby, cheering other players on and watching the action until the very end.
You guys rock! I can’t wait until next week!
Julie sat back in her chair just as the ever-considerate Mike pushed a cup of fresh coffee through her office door with a pole.
“It’s ok, Mike”, she assured him. “The rage inside has ceased”.
That’s right friends – just as the vision in her right eye began to return, she saw that she was safe after the camping debacle and back in the warm embrace of Hollywood Poker.
Stay tuned for next week for the next episode of Hollywood Hills when you decide if:
a) Mike invites Hollywood Poker’s Editor, Hollay to his weekly poker game and a surprise player shows up.
b) Players devise new and creative terms for smack-talking and soon their innovative dialect takes over the online poker world.
c) Two HP members arrange an in-person rendezvous. Romance ensues…
Questions or comments about Hollywood Hills? E-mail hollay@hollywoodpoker.com.
You already know some of the faces at Hollywood Poker, but you probably don’t know about the insidious power struggles that rage behind the scenes. Every week, the gripping saga, Hollywood Hills, will provide you with an uncensored look at the battle between good and evil, right and wrong, big and small blind and this week…
Julie and the coffee maker!
It was a dreary Monday morning when Hollywood Poker’s very own Player Manager, Julie, stumbled bleary-eyed into the office. During her camping trip over the weekend, she’d lost a heroic tussle with a tent-pole, a cooler and an irate legion of mosquitoes.
Oh yes: Julie was not a happy camper.
So, when Hollywood Poker’s senior Player Manager, Mike, walked into the lunchroom and found Julie head butting the coffee maker, he was quick to warn the rest of the HP crew to avoid the writhing Julie. Developers and programmers were sent scurrying under desks and behind potted plants as Julie raged to her office, all the while muttering curses at the ill-fated coffee maker and the one mutant mosquito that had caused her eye to swell shut.
But troublesome insects and stubborn coffee makers aside, Julie was a professional and there was a job to be done.
Settling in at her desk and reviewing the e-mails she had received over her unfortunate weekend, a particular e-mail caught her one functioning eye.
Hi Julie!
I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy playing poker on your site. I played in the Michael Woods Invitational last week and had a fantastic time playing with veteran players and celebrities. It was my first time in a Hollywood Poker tournament and I was amazed by the great sense of community between players and HP staff.
Even though I was knocked out early on, the friendly chat kept me in the lobby, cheering other players on and watching the action until the very end.
You guys rock! I can’t wait until next week!
Julie sat back in her chair just as the ever-considerate Mike pushed a cup of fresh coffee through her office door with a pole.
“It’s ok, Mike”, she assured him. “The rage inside has ceased”.
That’s right friends – just as the vision in her right eye began to return, she saw that she was safe after the camping debacle and back in the warm embrace of Hollywood Poker.
Stay tuned for next week for the next episode of Hollywood Hills when you decide if:
a) Mike invites Hollywood Poker’s Editor, Hollay to his weekly poker game and a surprise player shows up.
b) Players devise new and creative terms for smack-talking and soon their innovative dialect takes over the online poker world.
c) Two HP members arrange an in-person rendezvous. Romance ensues…
Questions or comments about Hollywood Hills? E-mail hollay@hollywoodpoker.com.