| Hollywood Poker | | TOTAL SITE RATING: |   7.125 | | Ease Of Competition: | 7.25 | | Bonus/Promotions: | 7 | | Software Package: | 7.25 | | Rake/Cashouts/Cust.Service: | 7 |
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Hollywood Poker Review
Overview
Established in 2004 in Canada, Hollywood Poker is part of Ongame Network, the world’s fifth biggest poker network. Hollywood Poker draws its traffic from the Ongame network's shared player base. Hollywood Poker has strong ring game traffic and it should be easy to find games around the clock at all holdem stakes. Hollywood Poker has some famous endorsers promote the site, including movie star James Woods and Vince Van Patten (World Poker Tour Television Host) and Jason Alexander (George Costanza on Seinfeld). Their primary advertising motto is "Where The Stars Come To Play!" More importantly, the competition on the site is easier than average. The site has a strong bonus program and very nice software. Overall, this is just nicely done all the way around. While the name implies a US site, unfortunately, Hollywood Poker does not accept US players.
Ease of Competition
At Hollywood Poker, the quality of the competition is less than than average. The Ongame Network has simply not drawn the top poker pros. Which is good for everyone playing here.
Bonuses and Promotions
Hollywood Poker utilizes a 5 tier first deposit bonus system:
(1) 100% bonus up to $100
(2) 200% bonus up to $500
(3) 400% bonus up to $1000
(4) 500% bonus up to $1500
(5) 1000% bonus up to $5000
Bonus Example: $1,500 sign-up bonus at 500% deposit match. To receive the maximum $1,500 bonus, players must deposit $300. There is a 90-day requirement, and the bonus is released in increments of $300. On each of the above, Bonus Dollars are released at a rate of $1 for every 12 poker points acquired. You need to earn 18,000 Player Points to release the full bonus amount. Bonus points are released in increments of $300. In real money games, HollywoodPoker.com uses a detailed sliding scale when it comes to earning points. If you are being dealt cards, you are accumulating points.
As you can expect when bonus is this extraordinary, the difficulty in bring it to fruition is quite high.
Exclusive to AllOnlinePokerSites.com players, you can expect to get re-load bonuses on a regular basis. While some freerolls are regularly provided on the site, additional freerolls will be awarded to AllOnlinePokerSites.com players.
Promotions include a new player tournament called the Red Carpet Tournament where 4 free entries are given free to all new signups, The Michael Woods Invitational Tournament, Guarenteed money tournaments and freerolls. Hollywood Poker also runs regular qualifiers to big live and online poker events, such as the World Series of Poker, the Canadian Poker Night, the European Poker Tour, and others. They also run a weekly Celebrity Classic Bounty Tournament that gets excellent traffic.
Poker Software
Hollywood Poker is running on the Ongame software, which provides the player nice visual graphics as well as being easy to use. It has a "no download" Mac, Linux, and Windows feature. The lobby information is nicely done as well; it shows hands played per hour, average pot, rake structure and percentage of players seeing the flop. You can take player notes and tag players (tight/aggressive/loose). The software also has a "full screen option," which cannot be used if you are multi-tabling. We also like the lobby, with drop-down menu filters for cash games and a chat window that tells you when celebs have logged in to play.
One of the unique functions is the availability to create your own games, where you can choose poker variation, stakes and number of players. You can also decide if the game should be private or public. This is a great way to start a game of your liking, whether it is Omaha or Holdem, short handed or full table, high stakes or micro stakes.
Multi-Table Capability: 4
Rake/Cashouts/Customer Support
Rake is standard at Hollywood Poker and capped at $3 at ring games with 6 players or more.
Deposits Offered: Visa, MasterCard, Neteller, Moneybookers, Instacash, ClickandBuy, Click2Pay and WebMoney.
Withdrawals Offered: Visa, Neteller, Moneybookers, Instacash, ClickandBuy, Click2Pay, check and courier check.
If ever you were to encounter a problem at Hollywood Poker, there is also a 24-hour phone assistance at 888-388-8828 or email customer services at support@hollywoodpoker.com.
Games Offered
Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo, 5 Card Draw
Traffic and Stakes Offered
Average Online Traffic: 4,000-5,000
Fixed Limit Stakes: $.25-$.50 to $300-$600
No Limit/Pot Limit: $.25-$.50 to $25-$50
Types Offered: Single Table and Multi-Table
Tournaments Buy-Ins: Single, $5 up to $1,000; Multi-Table, $5 up to $500
Minimum Deposit: $10
Our Recommendation: This is an all around quality site and should be strongly considered. It is an especially strong tournament site.
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