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Hollywood Poker Announces 2007 Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar Model Search
Published: 2006-01-24
HOLLYWOOD, California –- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Following the success of last year's Hollywood Poker Girls Calendar, Hollywood Poker, where the stars come to play, has announced 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 Hollywood Poker Girls 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.
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Crowds build for poker at Borgata
Published: 2006-01-29
By ELAINE ROSEStaff Writer, (609) 272-7215
Published: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Updated: Sunday, January 29, 2006
— The television cameras hadn't arrived yet, but plenty of people still watched the action Saturday afternoon at the World Poker Tour Winter Open at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
Dozens of people crowded around one table, some standing on chairs for a better view, as three players risked all their chips in a satellite no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament leading up to the championship event.
Lori Fiduccia, of Cape Coral, Fla., wasn't happy with the outcome of the hand. She wanted to see her favorite professional players, Carlos Mortensen and Andrew Black, play head to head at the final table. But Mortensen was just knocked out of the game.
The main event of the tournament begins today, and the final table — with TV cameras — will be held Wednesday. Saturday's competitors were trying to win a seat in the Big One instead of paying the $10,000 entry fee.
Fiduccia and her husband, who watch poker on television, came to Atlantic City when they learned Mortensen was playing at the Borgata, she said.
“I feel like a little kid watching this today,” she said.
She had plenty of company. The Event Center was filled with poker tables, and crowds of people stood around to watch the action. Some were supporting a spouse or friend in the tournament, others were players waiting for their turn at the tables. And some just came for the fun of it.
Helen Sioutis and her daughter Christina, both of Broomall, Pa., left the Borgata gaming floor to check out the Event Center, where pop singer Ricky Martin is scheduled to play next week. They chanced upon the poker tournament and stayed to watch.
“We're trying to figure out what the heck is happening. I watch on TV, and this is nothing like it,” Helen Sioutis said. “I can figure (the game) out on TV. I can't figure it out here.”
They didn't recognize any players from the televised tournaments they watch at home, she said.
Cousins Gary and Eric Limburgh, of Pittsburgh, stood back a bit from the rail.
“I'm trying to learn the game so I can get in there,” Gary Limburgh said.
Poker is popular all over the country and they want to be part of it, he said.
Mike Baldwin, of Deer Park, N.Y., held a bottle of beer as he waited for for a seat at the tables. He thought the people who came to watch were just plain silly.
“Those people have no lives. (They should) enter a tournament,” Baldwin said. “Watching poker is like watching grass grow.”
But Lori Fiduccia disagrees. She was having a great time, especially since she met Mortensen in a casino restaurant in the wee hours Saturday morning.
“We were sitting at the noodle bar having something to eat, and looked over to our right and saw him,” said her friend, Joe Sheridan, of Ocean City. “Lori recognized him right away.”
Mortensen posed for a picture, which Fiduccia showed off on her digital camera. She said she'll make a print and frame it.
“Our lanai outside is all poker memorabilia, so we're going to hang it out on the lanai,” Fiduccia said.
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