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'A Meat Loaf Aday...'

Those of you who have never seen a truck rally will likely not get the joke in the title, but you will just have to trust me- it's funny. On to the story…

Hollywood Poker has added their popular Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic to their Sunday line up of events. This tournament has a cheap-ish buy in of $10+$1, and gives you the chance to play poker WITH THE STARS! No, it's true. Or whatever passes for celebrity these days.

For a lot of the serious tournament players out there the star-power is not nearly as big a draw as the extras, such as the progressive bounty promotion. If you knock out a celeb you get an extra twenty five bucks, and from there it goes up to $500 from two stars and $2,500 for three. This pales in comparison to Doyle's Room's bounty events, but it should be a bit easier to knock out Ant and Meat Loaf than the Brunsons or Mike Caro.

Details! …The Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic has been added to our weekly lineup of star-powered tournaments. It offers all of the fantastic features our players love about the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational but is scheduled every Sunday at 2 pm EST…

… $500 added to the prize pool. With Hollywood Poker's new Progressive Bounty promotion, when you knock out 1 Celebrity you'll win $25. Knock out your second Celebrity and you'll get $500. Bust out your third and you'll snag $2,500, and a chance to win a seat at this year's WSOP…

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