World Series of Poker Comes to Hollywood
The casting company for the movie is currently seeking poker players and dealers for the film. Details and application forms are available on the front page of PokerConnection
Hollywood movies the likes of
"Cincinatti Kid", "Rounders", "Maverick", and even "The Sting" have
solidly impacted poker over the years. Now the World Series of
Poker, which has always been the "real deal" and the long time
pinnacle of poker, makes it"s debut in Hollywood! The World
"Series" has always been exactly what it"s name depicts it to be,
that is, a daily series of poker tournaments all month long,
leading up to and culminating with the no limit holdem, final, main
championship event, the "World Championship" as we know it. The
main event has grown in leaps and bounds from a mere 312 players in
1999, needing only 3 days to complete, with a first place prize of
a mere 1 million U.S. dollars, now up and skyward bound to a
staggering attendance of 2,576 players in 2004, requiring a full
week to complete and accompanied by a $5 million dollar first place
prize, with even $1.1 million going to a distant 5th place finish.
This year in July 2005, over 7,000 players are anticipated to ante
up the $10,000 each and compete for an estimated first prize of a
whopping $10 million U.S. dollars!
This feeding frenzy has been mainly attributed to the onslaught of online poker
players coming on stream at enormous epidemic rates and fueling
what appears to be "Poker Mania". Both online qualifiers, Chris
Moneymaker (2003) and Greg Raymer (2004) went on to win the title,
affirming the logo I noticed printed on some player"s baseball cap,
who was on my table at the series a couple of years ago... "The
World Series of Poker"... "Anyone can win".
"Lucky You" is destined to be a surefire hit at the box office as
hoards of eager beaver home town gamblers, who have never even been
to "head office"(Las Vegas) anticipate their first inside look at
winning the big one!
The casting company for the
movie is currently seeking poker players and dealers to star in the
film. To download an application online, go to
www.PokerConnection.net and click on the banner
on the home page that says "Major Motion Picture". Poker Connection
is a Network of affiliated gambling directories that list online
Poker Rooms, Casinos, Sportsbooks, Horses and Bingo. Poker
Connection features live online viewing of the popular T.V. show
PokerUpdates whose current episode tells us more about the filming
of "Lucky You". See you all in the Poker Connection Forum.
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