Another site that has a gimmick, "play with the stars". The biggest names on the site are James Woods and Vince van Patten, though they have listed over 200 "celebrities", though most of these are from American TV shows. Hollywood has changed network several times, but has finally settled on the Ongame network, which ironically for Hollywood poker, does not allow US players to play real money games! However, despite this traffic is reasonably good and there are plenty of games going on and interesting promotions. There are also several deposit bonus options to choose from, so you are able to pick which one would suit you best. These are an excellent way to make a decent bankroll quickly as you can repeat many of the bonuses.

     Ongame also provides the software for Tower gaming and Bwins. The software had a few annoyances and could be quite buggy, but in 2009 they upgarded the software and most of bugs have now been fixed. For example, all the table graphics are the same so you can not choose your avatar, so you may up as the old women, gangster or blonde bimbo on any given table. These can now be turned off! The graphics are crisp, but the choice of avatars, a similiar complaint can be leveled at the Cake default skin too, is that they appear very dated compared to many sites. Lobby navigation is not too taxing however and games are easy to find. One great little feature is the ability to "vote off" players on your table. So if someone is being annoying, the rest of the table can vote to boot him off! This feature would be fanatastic on say Full Tilt or Pokerstars!

    Suprisingly, given that Hollywood does not accept US players, traffic is very good. You will often get 8,000 player on the tables and there are an abundance of cash games always going on. SNG's and tournaments also fill up realtively quickly. The general consensus of the type of player that frequents the site is "Fishy".  There are many many calling stations, especially at the lower stakes, so a tight game is definately required here.

There are good promotions on offer at Hollywood poker, many with the opportunity to play with and against their stock of Hollywood "celebrities". They also hold a grand Series of Poker with an estimated $3 million in prizepools, an attractive value back player program that allows players to earn up to 40% cashback and a good refer-a-friend program.  Other tournaments include the Hollywood celebrity classic, the Michael Woods celebrity invitational and a Canadian Poker Night.

Hollywood offer up to 8 different deposit bonus options to choose from ranging from $50-$250 all the way up to probably the biggest bonus deposit online, 1000% up to $5000. Some of these can be fairly difficult to work off, so it is best to read up on all the offers first to choose which one to take. Interestingly, you can also repeat the bonus desposit so there is the opportunity to make a fair amount of money if you are willing to put in the hours. You can read more about the deposit option here.

There are also daily guarantees with over $10 million each month being given away, and also daily freerolls for members looking to build bankrolls.