HollywoodPoker.com Sees 1-Year and Raises an Anniversary Party

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HollywoodPoker.com (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/), where the stars come to play, will be hosting the website's first-anniversary party on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 in Hollywood. Hollywood Poker's James Woods and Vince Van Patten will be joined by a full house of celebrity guests and other VIPs. This one of a kind event will include a silent auction, a check presentation to benefit the American Red Cross Gulf Relief and Dennis Quaid's charity, International Hospital for Children, and special introduction of the 2006 Hollywood Poker calendar girls.

HollywoodPoker's (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/) James Woods recalled, "It's been a great year for HollywoodPoker -- many celebrities have signed up to play and membership is growing exponentially every month. We have received a lot of acclaim for our website and the atmosphere we provide our players, proving that we are accomplishing our goal of being the best online poker service around. I'm especially proud of the way we responded to the Hurricane Katrina disaster and the check presentation being made. We would not have been able to do it without our members."

World Poker Tour co-host and HollywoodPoker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/) pro Vince Van Patten commented, "The girls look spectacular and this event is going to be a hybrid of so many elements that make Hollywood Poker a world-class site. Being more than just a poker site was our intention from the beginning, and now, just one year later, it's all coming together as anticipated."

After completing an extensive search, Hollywood Poker will unveil the 2006 Hollywood Poker Calendar featuring the 12 winners from the Calendar Model Search. Selected from thousands of submissions and a thorough screening process based on overall beauty and uniqueness, the 12 winners were photographed by John Russo, celebrity photographer whose past clients include John Travolta, Eva Longoria and Pamela Anderson. The 2006 Hollywood Poker Models are Christina Hall (Reno, NV), Amber Marie Mekush (Los Angeles, CA), Ashley Dorenzo (Detroit, MI), Mercedes Terrell (Fullerton, CA), Leslie Gomez (Fontana, CA), Erin Muller (Fort Lauderdale, CA), Heidi Blair (Los Angeles, CA), Mary Castro (Downey, CA), Melany Lorenzo (San Diego, CA), Meriah Nelson (Los Angeles, CA), Misty Woods (Houston, TX) and Christine Nguyen (Los Angeles, CA).

Many celebrities are clamoring to be a part of HollywoodPoker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/). Celebrities that have played in recent events include James Woods, Vince Van Patten ("World Poker Tour"), Lenny Dykstra (NY Mets), Wayne Gretzky (LA Kings), Joshua Malina ("The West Wing"), Jon Favreau (Swingers), Seth Meyers ("Saturday Night Live"), Morris Chestnut (Boyz n the Hood), Mimi Rogers (Austin Powers), Timothy Busfield ("West Wing"), Nicholas Gonzalez (Anacondas 2), Jimmy Van Patten, Scott Baio ("Charles in Charge"), Erik Palladino ("Over There"), Jon Landau (Titanic), Michael Woods ("Rudy: The Rudy Guiliani Story"), Michael Ian Black ("Stella"), Noah Emmerich (The Truman Show), Jonathan Baker ("The Amazing Race"), Anthony Denison ("The Closer"), Kelli Williams ("The Practice"), Alan Rosenberg (Robots), Tom McGowan (As Good as it Gets), Bob Goen ("Entertainment Tonight"), Yancey Arias ("Kingpin"), Pamela Gidley ("CSI," "Pretender"), Kirk Acevedo ("Band of Brothers"), Kane Hodder ("Jason X"), Brad Sherwood ("Whose Line is it Anyway?"), Joe Cortese (American History X), Ronny Cox (Total Recall), Ken Howard ("Crossing Jordan") and many others.

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