Hollywood Poker Launches Calendar Contest for 2007

HOLLYWOOD, California - (PRESS RELEASE) -- Following the success of last year's Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar, Hollywood Poker (www.HollywoodPoker.com), where the stars come to play, has announced
Erin Muller, one of Hollywood Poker's 2006 Calendar Girls  its search for the 12 new sexy poker faces for 2007.

Commenting on the contest, Hollywood Poker star Vince Van Patten said, "Last year's model search program was such an enormous success that we are looking forward to all the entries we receive for 2007. By starting earlier this year, we hope to have even more girls enter the competition to be considered for the new calendar."

From now through May, Hollywood Poker will be selecting the top contestants to be entered in the search. Each month the top 50-60 models will be judged based on overall beauty, unique qualities and a phone interview. The top ten winners from each month will advance to the finals, which will be held in June. Photos chosen to be included in the Hollywood Poker Girls Model Search will be placed and voted on www.hollywoodpokergirls.com website where Hollywood Poker players will be voting for their favorite models. The top 12 finalists will be featured in the 2007 Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar receiving cash and prizes valued in the several of thousands of dollars in addition to being featured in both online and offline events.

Women who think they have what it takes to step up to the table and be the next Hollywood Poker Girl can submit their photos and complete profile information for consideration, and obtain complete official rules and submission guidelines at www.hollywoodpokergirls.com.

Many celebrities are clamoring to be a part of Hollywood Poker. Celebrities that have played in recent events include James Woods, Vince Van Patten ("World Poker Tour"), Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld"), Dennis Quaid (Yours, Mine and Ours), Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Lenny Dykstra (NY Mets), Jon Favreau (Elf), Joshua Malina ("West Wing"), Timothy Busfield ("West Wing"), Mimi Rogers (The Door in the Floor), Mary McCormack ("West Wing"), Kevin Nealon ("Weeds"), Merv Griffin ("The Merv Griffin Show"), Anthony Anderson (Hustle and Flow), Wayne Gretzky (Los Angeles Kings), Camryn Manheim ("The Practice"), Scott Baio ("Arrested Development"), Erik Palladino ("Over There"), Michael Ian Black ("Stella"), Nicole Sullivan ("King of Queens"), Kelli Williams ("The Practice"), Ken Howard ("Crossing Jordan"), Bob Goen ("Entertainment Tonight"), Brad Sherwood ("Whose Line is it Anyway?"), Kevin Pollak (The Whole Ten Yards), Gary Carter (Hall of Fame Baseball Player), Dule Hill ("West Wing"), Brande Roderick (Starsky and Hutch), Willie Garson ("Sex in the City"), Jeremy Sisto ("Six Feet Under"), Stephen Collins ("7th Heaven"), Nicholas Gonzalez (Anacondas 2), Jimmy Van Patten, Jon Landau (Titanic), Michael Woods ("Rudy: The Rudy Guiliani Story"), Noah Emmerich (Miracle), Jonathan Baker ("The Amazing Race"), Anthony Denison ("The Closer"), Alan Rosenberg (Robots), Tom McGowan (Bad Santa), Seth Meyers ("Saturday Night Live"), Yancey Arias ("Kingpin"), Pamela Gidley ("CSI," "Pretender"), Kirk Acevedo ("Band of Brothers"), Kane Hodder ("Jason X"), Joe Cortese (American History X), Ronny Cox (American Outlaws), Andrew Hill Newman (Fools Rush In), Paul McCrane ("ER"), Josh Charles ("Sports Night"), Michael Kelly (Dawn of the Dead), Bill Smitrovich (Mrs. Harris), Larry Bowa (Major League Baseball Player and Manager), Sean Kanan ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), Lana Antonova (The World's Fastest Indian), Samm Levine (Club Dread), Meat Loaf (Fight Club), Khary Payton ("Emily's Reasons Why Not"), Matt Borlenghi (Alpha Dog), Joshua Morrow ("The Young and the Restless"), Michael DeLorenzo ("New York Undercover"), Phil LaMarr ("Mad TV"), Ian Gomez ("Jake in Progress"), Susan Blakely (The Towering Inferno), Jessalyn Gilsig ("Nip/Tuck"), Miguel Nunez ("Joey"), Chris Lawford ("The World's Fastest Indian") and many others.

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Hollywood Poker (www.hollywoodpoker.com) is where the "Stars come to Play!" Our mission is to provide players with world-class, secure online poker entertainment with access to exclusive celebrity games. Hollywood Poker delivers the most technologically advanced online poker games, regular tournaments with huge prize pools, the industry's most professional and responsive player support team and vibrant and exciting game rooms and community message boards. At Hollywood Poker every player gets the star treatment. A membership to this exclusive club includes access to host your own online celebrity charity tournament, two weekly celebrity events, and a chance to win a free spot in the World Series of Poker.