Hollywood Poker Challenge Stories

[Patricia]

We had the Hollywood Poker Challenge tonight and it was a roaring success. Celebrities were playing and chatting and everyone had a great night. Please post all your stories from a wonderful tournament in here so that we can all share in the fun!

[realsup]

Hi! Thanks for inviting me into the tourneyment. Was able to finish 12th overall. Overall the tourney was fun despite not having any celebs hit my tables. In the chat all the celebs whho talked were very nice. Look forward to playing here more!

[Mike Watters]

Realsup...the unofficial results say you placed 10th. You're better than you think!

I myself placed 17th, and I want to thank the site for inviting me to play. Hollywoodpoker.com has gone out of their way to make sure I am taken care of, and I am impressed that, while there was a slight glitch or two...they were minor, and really didn't affect my play at all.

Advice to those who couldn't connect...install the newest Java, turn off the firewall...you really don't need it...and maybe stop using a proxy server...all that stuff might help.

I ran into only one celebrity...Willie Garson. Willie Garson. WILLIE GARSON!!!

Willie was doin' ok when he came to my table, but I had him covered. First or second hand after he arrived...he is in a pot for more than the minimum, and I draw KK. I couldn't have been happier. I raise, he raises back, I go all in, he calls....and he is drawing to Broadway! YES!

Of course he catches it.

I steamed a little bit...and Willie, ever gracious, admitted in the chat that he got lucky. To the railbirds watching that hand with him...he DID get lucky. Good hand, Willie. My chat was not working at that point...so I wasn't able to say that.

But one day, Willie Garson....I will see you on the cyber-felt...and to quote Sammy Farha..."Now we go to war..."

Huzzah Hollywoodpoker! Congrats to all!!!

Mike Watters

[sound tech]

unofficially I finished 80th (right behind james woods) but was happy with that and thought it was great although i didnt play at a table with any stars either. Thanx to the chatting towards the end i found the downloadable version which for me plays much better. I barely got a deposit made on time took 3 credit card tries and i am glad i did. this is my new favorite poker room and looking forward to more events such as this......thanx hollywood poker

[Cyberlady1]

Just wanted to mention that I had a GREAT TIME, and a BIG THANK YOU TO HOLLYWOOD POKER. Even thou I did not finish, got knocked out early, I had a blast. There were some who called all in on a 3 - 7 etc (know what I mean), and here I had Q J.....and they won - Everyone was really nice. There were no Celebrities at our table, but did get to chat in the lounge. Vince and Willie - you both are fantastic :-) All of the celebrities are - See you at the tables in the future....and my everyone have a safe and happy Holiday.....

[Ean8]

Great idea for tourney! Hope you can do more of them, and maybe also keep some special added prizes always in for those of us "originals" who were depositers from the Ground Floor! :D

I finished 109th offically and 84th in prize list--so got at least the first cut of money!

Played with Dawn DeNoon (writer for Law&Order, among other things, and James Woods' girlfriend), and she could NOT have been more gracious to a bunch of slavering wannabe poker players!! :D

She and I were both down to about 300-400 chips, and I had pocket 10s and she was still in! I'm thinking I got the bounty, but she mysteriously stopped betting at like 85 chips left! :( So Cartman123 got her on the next hand, not me!

Ean

[Salas30]

This idea with the tournament is great, but for european players the time of day is really bad. Here in Denmark the tournament started 03 AM in the morning, so therefore I did not play. Please find another time that could suit players from both sides of the atlantic.

[Third_Eyer]

I placed 16th, but out of money...since I could not get my netteller account up and running in time.

I enjoyed the tourney and the celeb's chatting and talking some smack too. Sadly, I doubled up 2 of the celebs in the middle rounds and missed 2 bounties!

Just one thing though...I was trying to make a deposit in the last 30 minutes prior to the tourney start so I could be eligible for money spots--but my USA Visa and MC were rejected. Then, the chat area, people said to use netteller. But I was unable to get that setup in time and I didn't have a 'debit' card which they said would work too. The other gaming sites I play on have no problems with my visa/mc.

Sure, I only missed liked $50 in prize money, but what if I came in the top 5 places? That's when the money would be missed.

I liked the tourney and the players were courteous and professional, but this last minute 'credit card carnage' was quite silly and troublesome for newbies to the hollywoodpoker.com site, especially when faced with like 15 minutes to figure out an alternative fast deposit routine - that didn't happen.

Regards,

[scottieat]

This was a very entertaining event. The celebs were gracious, patient and quite skilled. I did get disconnected with a pair of ladies in my hand at a very unfortunate moment, but a little hitch in the giddyup of a brand new site is to be expected, so I'll definitely be playing here some more.

Thanks for the invite and for a great evening.

scottieat, Dallas, TX
TTTTJ

[actyper]

Very fun event, thank you HP.

I was fortunate to be sitting at the same table as James Woods! Awesome guy, friendly, and would chat with all players. Gave him the on his movies including Vampires! which I loved.

Played a few hands with him. First time I took about 1/4 - 1/3 of his stack, my AK vs his AJs, and an A on the board. He got me back later though.

I held 66, flop comes out 456x. He bets about 3x BB, I call. Turn J (I think). He checks, I bet 4x BB. He calls. River 3. One of the 2 cards I didn't want to see. He goes allin with his remaining 400 odd chips. James was playing a nice tight game, and I had put him on an over pair. Did he have the 77? I called, and flashed it, 77.

Regardless, I had a great time though!