Hollywood Poker Review
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A 200% match on your Deposit, up to $200.
A full 30 Days to clear at a rate of 8 Poker Points per Dollar.
Payment in 2 increments of up to $100.
A chance to redeem 1600 Player Points for a HollywoodPoker T-Shirt or HollywoodPoker Girls deck of cards when you make the maximum $100 initial deposit.
Software
The software has some nice features including note taking, hand histories and statistics. The room is also available as both Java applet and as standard Windows download. The lite version allows people with slower connections to also play online.
Playability
Takes a little while to adjust when using for the first time but generally intuitive and easy to use. The lobby can feel a bit tricky as you need to click on each table to get the full statistics.
Traffic
Usually plenty of traffic at all limits from tournaments to cash games. Even the lesser known formats such as Omaha and Stud fair well, especially at peak hours.
Support
Response time is very good and of excellent quality. One downside is that you although you can deposit by credit card, you cannot withdrawal directly to your bank account. Cash out time is average.
Summary
Hollywood Poker is endorsed and fronted by poker fanatics and actors James Woods and Vincent Van Pattern who also play regularly. As part of the Ongame network, they share a good sized player pool and offer MTT tournaments and Sit N Go’s for most poker formats.
There is a Celebrity Classic Bounty Tournament held every week which adds a touch of glamour to proceedings and has naturally proved very popular with their online players.
Extra Information
You earn poker points through playing Real Money games. These points can be used for collecting bonuses, qualifying for special tournaments and for claiming freeroll tournament cash prizes. The Poker Points bonuses are automatically credited to you when you’ve met the required number of points needed.
For Texas Hold’em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw Ring Games: You get Poker Points for playing in hands in which the rake taken is $0.10 or more. The amount of Poker Points awarded is in accordance with the table below. All players making a contribution to the pot will be eligible to receive Poker Points.
Tournaments: 5 Poker Points are awarded for every paid dollar in entry fee (real money tournaments). For example, if you enter a $20+2 tournament, you will be awarded 5 * $2 = 10 points, if you enter a $5+$0.50 tournament, you will be awarded 5*$0.50 = 2.5 points. The points are awarded when the tournament finishes.
