Site review Hollywood Poker

Site Review: Hollywood Poker

About Hollywood Poker

Established in 2004, Hollywood Poker is a popular skin on the Ongame network and bills itself as the site “Where the Stars Come to Play”, the reason being that it’s endorsed by many big name celebrities including Hollywood icon, James Woods and the “King of the Hollywood Home Game” Vince Van Patten. So as a celebrity filled online poker destination, you may find yourself playing a wide variety of poker games with a host of celebrities. In terms of player competition, it’s at the top of the online poker world, you’re able to log on (whatever hour of the day) and find multiple players at many different skill levels, playing different stakes in different games. There is a wide selection of daily and weekly tournaments, with buy-ins from as little as just a couple of dollars up to a couple of hundred dollars, one of the favourites is the weekly Celebrity Classic Bounty Tournament. However, special promotions including big money-added tournaments are the real draw here. Hollywood Poker offers 5 Card Draw, Stud, Stud Hi/Lo and Omaha Hi/Lo in addition to the standard Omaha and Hold’em options.

Using the Ongame network software means that Hollywood Poker draws its traffic from the network’s shared player base. With its unique design and good functionality, the Hollywood Poker software is known for its stability, security and playability and comes in both a download version and a Mac compatible Java client, plus the no-download version is also very competent.

Software features including player classification, action replay and a session browser, real-money mobile poker, in-game hot keys and all-in stats at the table. The latest update of the Ongame software now includes a smooth and problem-free mini-table feature allowing for play on 12 tables at the same time (as long as your computer can keep up). Hollywood Poker also offers great statistical analysis of your game and an open database of hands played. If you’re interested in the celebrity side of things, it also has a chat window that can tell you when celebrities have logged in to play.

Hollywood Poker’s commitment to security is commendable: it employs a number of sophisticated encryption programs, while their financial team watch every withdrawal made and their home page displays all their security practices for their members’ peace of mind.

Hollywood Poker has very good customer support with knowledgeable and friendly support staff. It not only offers a fast 24/7 support via email, but also a 24/7 international support hotline as well; with email responses usually within 12 hours.