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Macau Poker Cup Championship November 2010 wraps up
I just got back to Hong Kong from Macau, where the Macau Poker Cup Championship (MPCC) at the Grand Lisboa wrapped up over the weekend. There were events throughout the week, including the 6-Handed High Rollers and the invitation-only Tournament of Champions. Amidst all of the action, crucial Asia Player of the Year points were up for grabs as Team Asia Pros Raymond Wu and Bryan Huang raced for leaderboard standings.
I was focused on shooting the main event, which included about 250 players competing over 4 days. Having setup a MacBook and netbook by the bloggers table, I was editing on the fly and uploading player photos to two displays in the poker room.
Hats off again to the PokerStars Macau team for organizing another successful event. You can also see some of my images on the PokerStars blog.
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Photographers-a-plenty at the kickoff festivities
Asia Player of the Year, Bryan Huang and Team Pro Raymond Wu signs an autograph
Women in full force
Jeff Lisandro and Joe Hachem
Tony Dunst
PokerStars’ Fred Leung
Julian Hasse takes down Kelly Flynn at the Main Event Final Table
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Also tagged Bryan Huang, casino, Celina Lin, Grand Lisboa, macau, Macau Poker Cup Championship, MPCC, photography, photoshoot, poker, Pokerstars, Raymond Wu
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Slash Live in Hong Kong
Last week on July 29th, Slash, former lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses, performed live in Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo.
GnR has been my favorite rock band growing up. But since Axl went crazy years ago and with all that bad blood within the band, I was pretty sure that I’d never see them live ever. So you could imagine how giddy I was with anticipation when I heard Slash’s tour would be coming to Asia.
On to the show itself…absolutely unreal. Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) lead vocals on the older GnR and the more recent Velvet Revolver stuff was impressive. He didn’t quite have the reptilian dance moves of an Axl or a Scott Weiland but he did have a style all his own. Meeting Slash was a dream come true. Underneath his iconic sunglasses and top hat, he was a gentleman during the VIP meet and greet and a guitar god on stage.
My favorite songs from the night: Night Train, Slither, and Sweet Child O’ Mine. Gave me goosebumps. Here are some of the event’s photos from the night.
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Posted in events, photoshoot
Also tagged AsiaWorld-Expo, concert, Guns N' Roses, HK, hong kong, Myles Kennedy, photoshoot, Slash
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Macau Poker Cup, July 2010 at Casino Grand Lisboa
Last week PokerStars Macau held its most successful Macau Poker Cup event to date at the Grand Lisboa poker room. The big story of the event was Japan’s Kenichi Takarabe, the last man standing in the Red Dragon main event. Takarabe overtook Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang of Singapore, who held the chip lead for most of the tournament.
Despite attending several poker events, I still have not managed to pick up the poker addiction. But even as a spectator I could not help but to appreciate the sheer passion for the game shared by all the players. Even the PokerStars Macau team (for the ‘regulars’ of the poker room, you would’ve at some point met Fred, Dom, Danny, and Roberto among others) run the tournament with a professionalism and love for the game that is truly admirable.
Among the players, the friendly competition and mutual respect for each other’s game were awesome to observe. The scene in the room actually reminded me a little bit of the photographer community – just a bunch of people doing what they love.
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A spectator watches over the tournament action
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin taking down a pot
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang’s most loyal fan
Red Dragon main event final table: Kenichi Takarabe (Japan) vs. Bryan Huang (Singapore)
Posted in events, poker
Also tagged Bryan Huang, casino, Celina Lin, Grand Lisboa, Kenichi Takarabe, macau, Macau Poker Cup, MPC, photography, photoshoot, poker, Pokerstars
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Legend 2 Fight Night, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
Last week was all about Legend Fighting Championship, Hong Kong’s first professional mixed martial arts competition, leading up to Fight Night last Thursday June 24th at HITEC’s Star Hall in Kowloon Bay. Earlier in the week, I had the opportunity meet with some of the fighters who were still getting over jetlag and cutting weight. Among them were new and returning fighters that were in good spirits and overall were really nice dudes.
Last January, Legend 1 had the tall task of becoming the first MMA production in HK. This time around, I felt Legend 2 raised the bar even higher for fight promotion in Hong Kong, drawing what I thought was the biggest, most excited and most MMA-savvy crowd I’ve seen here. The fights did not disappoint either – showcasing brutal knockout power, advanced grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, paired with fair officiating and judging. As a huge fan of MMA anticipating big things for the sport in HK, I’m very excited =) And oh yeah, did I mention Legend 3 in September?
Here are shots of the excitement from the Legend 2 fight card.
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Vivek Mahbubani aka HK’s Bruce Buffer
Takuma flattens Wang Zhen for a rear naked choke
Jo Nam Jin eats a headkick from Kevin Belingon
China’s Zhang Tiequan guillotine submission over Daniel Digby, 0:30 in Round 1
Rob Hill lands a superman punch on the chin of Kwon A Sol
Taiwanese Justin Lee shocks the Hong Kong crowd with a first round KO of Kenny Yeung
Adrian Pang knees Yu Woo Sung on his way to the lightweight belt
Posted in MMA, photoshoot
Also tagged HITEC, HK, hong kong, Legend 2, Legend Fighting Championship, MMA, photography, photoshoot
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Elephant Community Press writing workshop
Last month, the young authors of Elephant Community Press got a chance to showcase their talent during a book launch at the Culture Club Gallery on Elgin Street in Hong Kong’s Soho area. The party celebrated the publishing of 8 new books written entirely by the kids of ECP’s writing workshops.
Having attended several of the book launch parties before, I am always amazed at the sheer maturity and creative talent of the students. So when it became time to share excerpts from their writing, it did not surprise me to see each young author fearlessly step up to the microphone and read to the large room of family and friends. I really admired them, and the sense of pride in their parents’ smiles made me think that they did as well.
The afternoon ended with each student signing autographed copies of their final published works. Proceeds from sales of the books went to support the Room to Read charity.
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Also tagged culture club gallery, elephant community press, HK, hong kong, kids, photoshoot
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