HOLLYWOOD POKER REVIEW

Hollywood Poker Review

Hollywood Poker opened in 2004 with the OnGame Network, licensed out of Gibraltar. Star-struck fans will appreciate the avid marketing campaign of the online poker room, boasting that Hollywood Poker is “where the stars come to play”. The poker site has drawn endorsements from numerous poker-loving celebrities like James Woods and Hollywood Poker spokesperson Vince Van Patten. The Celebrity Classic Bounty tournament is a major attractant.

One of the key selling points for us when scouting Hollywood Poker is that the competition isn’t too tight. If you want to play a big name, instead of taking on Phil Ivey at Full Tilt (and likely losing your stack in the process), try besting Jason Alexander, Michael DeLorenzo or Lenny Dykstra at Hollywood Poker.

Hollywood Poker Bonus

All new players who sign up to Hollywood Poker are given a choice of how they want to be rewarded, based on their level of play. There are 8 welcome bonuses in all, ranging from ‘Green Horn’ – 100% up to $50 – to ‘Professional Player’ – 1000% up to $5,000. The first three bonuses have the same points-per-dollar requirements (8 points for every $1 of the bonus), released in $5 or $10 increments, making thee the best options for casual players, depending on the size of their first deposit; 100% up to $50, $100 or $250. The percentage matches get bigger from there, but so do the points-per-dollar requirements and incremental releases.

Every new player is additionally rewarded with four free tickets to Hollywood Poker’s “Red Carpet Welcome tournaments”, weekly $100 freerolls exclusive to new members of the online poker room. You’ll also receive a VIP starting level based on the welcome bonus you choose; immediately gaining the benefits of anywhere from Bronze to Titanium VIP.

Hollywood Poker Games Available

Hollywood Poker offers all of the poker favorites as well as old school classics, including Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo and 5 Card Draw. The OnGame Network has a fairly large player base, averaging over 50,000 at peak hours, nearly 10,000 in cash games, so activity is good in all game variants at most hours.

Hollywood Poker Tournaments

The online poker site’s most alluring tournaments are the celebrity events, including the weekly Celebrity Bounty, Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational Bounty and Canadian Poker Night Bounty, where players can claim $40, $20 and $10 headhunter bounties (respectively) for ousting a celebrity from the tournament.

The overall tournament schedule offers buy-ins of all sizes, from a few dollars to a few hundred. He weekly $35k and $60k Guarantees are heavily populated, as is the daily $10k, and multiple $20k Guarantees each weekday.

Hollywood Poker promotes a plethora of satellites and qualifiers to both online and live poker championships all across Europe, like the Grand Series of Poker, European Poker Tour, Irish Poker Open, Aussie Millions and more.

Hollywood Poker Deposit/Withdrawal methods

Deposits: Visa, MasterCard, NETeller, InstaCash, FirePay, Click2Pay, Moneybookers and WebMoney.

Withdrawals: NETeller, InstaCash, Click2Pay and Moneybookers.

Hollywood Poker Support

Hollywood Poker offers all of the most common customer support contacts, including live chat, email and telephone (toll-free in the UK, US and Canada). Email support is available in English, French and German. The support staff is quite knowledgeable and quick to respond.