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Macau Poker Cup Championship November 2010 wraps up

By ken | Published November 11, 2010

Grand Lisboa poker room during the Macau Poker Cup Championship Nov 2010

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.

Photographers-a-plenty at the kickoff festivities
DaDa at Macau Poker Cup Championship

Asia Player of the Year, Bryan Huang and Team Pro Raymond Wu signs an autograph
Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu signs autographs

Women in full force
Japanese female poker player Celina Lin at the MPCC November 2010

Jeff Lisandro and Joe Hachem

Tony Dunst

PokerStars’ Fred Leung
Fred Leung, PokerStars Macau

Julian Hasse takes down Kelly Flynn at the Main Event Final Table
Julian Hasse and Kelly Flynn at MPCC Main Event Final Table

MPCC PokerStars model

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Macau Poker Cup Championship this week

By ken | Published November 2, 2010

Asian male poker player wearing sunglasses in the Macau Poker Cup Championship September 2010 Asian female poker player wearing sunglasses in the Macau Poker Cup Championship September 2010

I’ll be heading over this week to the Grand Lisboa to shoot the Macau Poker Cup Championship (MPCC) hosted by PokerStars Macau. I’ll be displaying player portraits on display screens at the front of the tournament poker room, so if you are in town come check it out or drop by to say hi.

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Macau Poker Cup Championship

By ken | Published December 30, 2009

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.