In August, I was covering two live events and both pretty much highlighted the difference and uniqueness of rather small tournaments and big festivals, as well as the problems and challenges that come along with it. At the end of the blog entry, I will also include the stats of my fitness watch tracker with regards to steps and kilometers walked while on duty. Now if only I could stop the kilos from...
Sep 2, 2016
Aug 1, 2016
The Art and Insanity of Poker Live Reporting
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It has become quite common for a lot of
poker players to take live reporting at bigger events as a given and
then complain about the lack of updates or mistakes in it. There even
used to exist a running gag that “bloggers” do this job, because
they are not good enough at playing poker themselves. Below I'd like
to give my own perspective about what we do...
Jul 28, 2016
2016 WSOP Trip Report
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For more than five years, I have been
traveling the international poker circuit as a blogger and also
partly as a photographer. This usually comes with plenty of
stereotypic pictures
of planes, casino views and breakfast buffets, but recently the
according trip report has been missing and it is about time to catch
up on those again more frequently.
One...
May 1, 2015
An Urgently Needed Break or Bad Beat Story?
I have been to Las Vegas a few times already to cover the World Series Of Poker previously, of which 2014 with just over six weeks for PokerNews was probably the most memorable one. This year, the WSOP decided to do the live reporting in-house and many freelancers must have applied. Either way after...
Jan 15, 2015
World Poker Tour returns to the Montesino for partypoker WPT Vienna March 4-17 2015
London, UK (January 15, 2015) - World Poker Tour makes a welcome return to Montesino Poker Club and the fabulous city of Vienna for the €3,300 WPT Main Event March 12-17, sponsored by partypoker. The Austrian poker festival, March 4-17, contains a range of different events including the €6,000 WPT...
Jan 13, 2015
Time for another Adventure on the Road
In an attempt to increase the blogging ratio after a rather silent year 2014, I shall take a look at the upcoming next few weeks with five live event coverages until the end of February. The highlight of the trip surely the trip to Deauville for the European Poker Tour when it comes to following the...
Jan 1, 2015
So that was the Year 2014
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Another 12 months are done and the year
2014 now lies in the past, left behind like an empty cookie jar.
There were some delicious treats in it, a lot of disappointments and
many ups and downs. Basically, it fits very much to the last few
years that brought a lot of uncertainty, surprises and whatnot's. The
end could have surely been better though, as I had...
Nov 15, 2014
Finishing off 2014 with Mega Poker Series, MCOP and EPT Prague
After Australia and the Caribbean, I get to work at another three events before the end of the year. Fortunately, the travel is far easier for all destinations but the bigger field sizes will definitely keep me busy:
Mega Poker Series Wiener Neustadt: November 18th - 23rd
Master Classics of Poker...
Nov 6, 2014
Day 2 of the WPT Caribbean 2014 ends in the Money
The second day of the $3,200+300 WPT Caribbean at the Casino Royale on Sint Maarten restarted in level nine with 53 players and it would take until level 15 to let the bubble burst and ensure that all remaining participants are in the money.
The unfortunate bubble boy was Julio Belluscio from Argentina,...
Nov 5, 2014
WPT Caribbean 2014 Day 2 Redraw by Last Name
First Name
Last Name
Nationality
Chip Count
Table
Seat
Cedric
Adam
France
53500
22
2
Micheal
Amato
USA
68000
22
3
Youssef
Bejjani
Canada
53600
23
6
Samuel
Bellinger
USA
23400
15
6
Julio
Belluscio
Argentina
72900
23
5
Pascale
Bendavid
...