kenneth lim photography » APPT http://kennethlimphotography.com Kenneth Lim, Hong Kong based professional wedding, portrait and event photographer. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:18:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Macau Poker Cup Championship http://kennethlimphotography.com/blog/2009/12/30/macau-poker-cup-championship/ http://kennethlimphotography.com/blog/2009/12/30/macau-poker-cup-championship/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:49:07 +0000 ken http://kennethlimphotography.com/?p=473 After shooting the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in Macau a few months ago, I was asked for the Macau Poker Cup Championship at the Grand Lisboa earlier this month. The tournament was not without its fair share of dramatic twists and turns. But one thing was for sure – these dudes love their poker. And so do I. Or, at least I’m starting to like it. I got pretty excited about playing poker after I got back to HK and proceeded to lose all $250K on my zynga poker account on my iPhone. So I won’t be going pro anytime soon.

This was also my first assignment that I was able to shoot with the new Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VR2. For the gear heads out there, it is delicious.

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Macau Poker Cup Championship kenneth lim photography

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Constructing the final table hole cams
constructing the final table hole cams

constructing the final table hole cams

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Main Event Champion trophy
Main Event trophy

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Best part of the final table – really, really mean staredowns!
Final Table staredown

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PokerStars Team Asia Pro: Celina Lin
PokerStars Team Asia Pro: Celina Lin

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PokerStars Team Asia Pro: Bryan Huang

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PokerStars Team Asia Pro: Raymond Wu
PokerStars Team Asia Pro: Raymond Wu

]]> http://kennethlimphotography.com/blog/2009/12/30/macau-poker-cup-championship/feed/ 2 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau: Event Photoshoot http://kennethlimphotography.com/blog/2009/09/11/asia-pacific-poker-tour-macau/ http://kennethlimphotography.com/blog/2009/09/11/asia-pacific-poker-tour-macau/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:56:43 +0000 ken http://kennethlimphotography.com/?p=157 Recently I shot photography for the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Season 3 in Macau.  While every dude that I know seems to play poker religiously, I myself am not much of a gambling man.  Nevertheless, it was more fun that I was expecting, and I got a chance to meet some pretty down-to-earth pros.  I also got a chance to try out a new Manfrotto 685B monopod (reviewed here by Yuri Arcurs) which I was using with a 484RC2 ballhead.  Saved me plenty of strain as I sat and perched for players to actually drop their poker face for a few seconds.

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teamSimon (of CBFresh fame) and team hard at work.
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staring_down_johnny_chanStaring down Johnny Chan. Just like in Rounders, intense!
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