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Celebrities to Host Hollywood Poker Tournament

HOLLYWOOD, California – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Hollywood Poker has announced that it will be hosting a weekly celebrity tournament on its website, which will have a different celebrity guest host each week. Former NY Mets and Philadelphia Phillies All-Star Lenny Dykstra has been selected as the first celebrity guest host for the January 17th tournament. The following is a list of celebrities Hollywood Poker has chosen as their guest hosts so far:

January 17 -- Lenny Dykstra (Former NY Mets and Philadelphia Phillies Star)

January 24 -- Mimi Rogers ("Austin Powers")

January 31 -- Willie Garson ("Sex and the City")

February 7 -- Brad Sherwood ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?")

Over the next several months, Celebrity Poker Night will take place each Tuesday night at 10:00 p.m. EST on HollywoodPoker.com. The buy-in is only $5 with no added money required throughout the tournament. There are $25 Celebrity Bounties involved as well if you are lucky enough to take a celebrity out. This low stakes tournament gives the average poker player the opportunity to play exciting tournament-style poker while also having the chance to beat some of Hollywood's top stars. The celebrity of the week will also be featured on the website's "Green Room" and have a bio showcased as well.

Commenting on the new Celebrity Night, World Poker Tour Star and Hollywood Poker Pro Vince Van Patten states, "this new weekly event is just another celebrity based tournament Hollywood Poker offers which provides poker players across the country a way to interact with celebrities while also polishing up on their poker skills. By having a different celebrity host each week, Hollywood Poker gives celebrities another opportunity to become associated with the site. If you are going to play poker online, why not try and beat some of Hollywood's biggest names while you're at it."

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