I think WSOP, in addition to a Seniors Event, should have a 21-25 year old event. Stream it. Showcase the up-and-coming players. Watch people lose their minds in chat at the play style.
If you want an authentic Vegas experience but are worried about COVID, you can just give me $200 and I’ll yell “Buffalo” in your face for 8 minutes. I’m vaccinated. 🤷🏼♀️
WSOP 2022 Photo Thread!
Each day I work, I will post my favorite photo I take throughout the day. Follow along if you'd like to share in my WSOP experience.
Told my partner on day one of WSOP last year that my goal was to be a finalist for GPI Photo of the Year this go around. I am feeling quite accomplished this morning to be a finalist alongside three talented peers. Thank you all for the votes, tags, messages, and support! 🥹
🌐♣️🏆 Nominations announced for the 5th Global Poker Awards
🔹 Three nominations for
@CaitlinComeskey
,
@MarleSpragg
🔹 First-time nominee
@wolfgangpoker
is also up in three categories
🔹 Final Four voting for Fans Choice Awards opens this week
🔗
I don't know who needs to hear this, but female poker players posting "thirst traps" on their Twitter shouldn't affect how women are treated in the game. Part of respecting women (or anyone) is respecting their right to bodily autonomy.
I think we should make an annual poker day of reckoning, where everyone publicly calls out everyone who owes them money.
Don’t wanna be called out? Pay up by the same date every year. It’s like tax day. Make it the anniversary of Black Friday for added spice.
This isn’t from a bet, and I’ve got health and fitness goals way beyond where I am now, but since others are sharing some of their health journey photos, I thought I would too. 💪🏻
I played a tournament today and made absolutely ZERO mistakes. Everything I did was solver approved, and I’m so proud of myself.
After that single hand was over, I went back to my room. 🫡
Fun fact: The
@PokerNews
photography team has taken, edited, and uploaded over 21,000 (yes, you read that right, twenty-one-THOUSAND) photos since WSOP 2022 started. There might even be a photo of you!
You can view them here:
A photo I took of
@ChancesCards
for
@WPT
is set to be the cover of the next issue of
@Live_Poker
Magazine, accompanying an article written by fellow media professional,
@FabienRichard1e
!
This will be my first cover photo in print. Looking forward to seeing it in person!
Closing in on year three of shooting photos for the
@WSOP
and
@PokerNews
. Couple more days of work here in Vegas, then
@TheGoldenBlazer
and I are off to Thunder Valley later this week to start on our next series of adventures!
Thanks for the photos,
@OmarShotMe
! 📷
LFG FIRST MINTED MYTHIC AND ITS A GIRLY APE I'M SO HYPE RIGHT NOW WHAT A HIT. Mad shoutout to
@The_Sol_Army
for getting FULL ARMY WL for
@justape_
. This just made my week.
#GOODVIBES
#JUSTGV
Phil Galfond calling my photo of Schulman the "best WSOP winner's photo of all time" feels just as good as when I had a Jungleman photo in the Washington Post.
Thanks for the kind words from everyone this week regarding this photo and any others. Feels good to be back at WSOP.
GG to
@TheGoldenBlazer
and I. 79th place out of 1,282 teams for $1,295 each!
Great experience, already planning our friendship bracelets for next year. One last thank you to
@ACR_POKER
,
@Angelajordison
, &
@jackiburkhart81
for the contest! Looking forward to celebrating at Nobu!
It took me a while, but I read the Game Rules on every slot machine in the casino. They all said that the harder you hit the button, the more money you’ll make.
Stand up job by
@LodgePokerClub
in Ladies Event.
-Buy in wasn’t markedly lower than the other events.
-They listened to concerns and updated structure.
-FT will be streamed.
-They have a female floor for the event.
The clock is pink still, but ya can’t win ‘em all I guess. 😛
I’ve seen people saying Deeb won’t win the prop bet with Perkins because he “doesn’t have the drive” or “won’t put in the effort.” $11.5M in cashes didn’t come from nowhere. A grind is a grind, and I’d never rule a grinder out.
Forgot to share this rad, 4 atty
@galacticgeckosg
that I received for 2nd place in
@TRAPJNR
’s art contest. He decided to award prizes to 2nd and 3rd, and it was already such a generous giveaway. 🙏🏻 The
@thegeckodao
is everything I hoped for and more. Stoked to be a part of it.
It is almost laughable how much more efficient Poker Atlas is than anything else out there. Everything is so smooth, accurate, and functions properly, which seemingly should be industry standard? (???)
My first ever WSOP bracelet event today in EV
#1
Casino Employees Event. I’d love a bag leading into my golden birthday tomorrow, but mostly just excited to be on the other side of the lens in the action for a day or two!
Send heat! 🤞🏻
I think you should tell people you appreciate them and surprise your friends with little gifts they're not expecting and compliment strangers and pick up trash that wasn't yours and I don't know... just be nice.
Extending the warmest of welcomes to our new
@RGPokerSeries
in-house photographer 📸 for the spring 2023 season,
@_RKMusic_
!
Give her a hello when you see her on-site starting later this month at
@TulsaHardRock
!
Four mile training run done before 11:00 am because it’s a big travel day! Also, I felt confident enough, for the first time, to finish our workout in just a sports bra! Despite my own anxiety and hesitations about it, nobody said anything or died! Woot!
If you’re given time bank chips, you should be able to use them for anything you want — stall to ladder up, break open sports cards, serenade your tablemates with “Don’t Stop Believin,” use it as a timer to see how many hot dogs you can eat, whatever.
Your time is your time.
Chris Brewer bubbled the Super High Roller, Mike Matusow is tweeting about how much better he is at O8 than Doug Polk, and ACR is having technical issues in the mystery bounty. All is right in the poker world this weekend. 🥰
If someone is all-in and called, and you tell them you folded some of their outs before the flop is even dealt, you’re actually the worst. I paid for this tournament. Let me fuckin’ sweat. 😂
Claiming his second ring THIS WEEK at
@Horseshoetunica
and moving into first place for number of RGPS rings overall (5), Brian
@TheGoldenBlazer
Frenzel wins today’s $160 RG Turbo NLH Ring Event, outlasting 130 entries to earn $4,319!
Things poker players do that tell photographers they WANT a photo:
-pick up all the trash around their spot
-put their phone down to watch the action intently
-take their glasses off.
-say "get my good side"
-smile at us
-say "where are these posted"
We see you. We got you. 📸
After winning the Flip n Go Ring Event this afternoon, Brian
@TheGoldenBlazer
Winter enters the $300 PLO Ring Event with 2 minutes on the registration break.
A few hours later he becomes the second player to claim TWO TITLES in the SAME DAY, claiming his 7th RG Ring and $6,421!
Brian and I tested positive for COVID. His positive line was darker than mine on our tests, so he’s been saying all day that he has “more COVID” than me.
Meanwhile, I’ve been dying for three days and he just has a runny nose. Somebody come get this man. 😂
That's a wrap on my first series working for
@WPT
, and my final poker gig of the year.
Had a great time photographing some legends of the game, some friends, and even some unexpected guests. Thankful to be part of this poker community.
I’m doing 18:6 intermittent fasting, eating only from 5-11 pm. I was walking with
@hayleyocho
for a few minutes, and she says “what time is it?” and I say “4:52.” She says, “Oh? Almost time to drink?” and pulled this FROM HER INNER JACKET POCKET.
10/10 friend. 10/10 execution.
I’ll share more details another day about how far I’ve come, but in 2023, I’m going to keep prioritizing my mental and physical health. This is the healthiest and strongest my brain and body have ever been. 💪🏻
Here's a photo of me straight up cheesin' with my
@official_glp
Eagle trophy! 🏆This thing is sweet, and the merch this series was FIRE. 1 🦅, 1 🐐, and counting.
People who are difficult to photograph at a poker table:
- aggressive gum chewers
- white ball cap w/ white hoodie guy
- chronic blinkers
- people eating
- people who get massages from the second they sit down until the second they bust
- phone addicted players
- Chris Moneymaker
Sometimes, when I'm playing low stakes online and get sucked out on.... if the next hand is good (99+,AJ+, ish) I'll open jam it for way more bigs than I ever should so it looks like I'm tilt jamming it and I get called light. Nobody tell Brian.
Waffle House to celebrate the people’s champ,
@Liamgannon99
! 7th place in the Tulsa main event. Sick run, Liam. We are all so stoked for your successful week!
I came home from work to an episode of “Let’s Make a Deal.” I turned down picks one and two, took a gamble on three, and was not disappointed. 🥰
He put out my stuffed boba and buffalo and called them a “live studio audience.” I’m gonna marry the shit out of this man. 😂
My Sunday afternoon project was my submission to the Global Poker carol competition. I'm out here trying to win some sweeps with a poker parody of Brian's favorite Christmas song. 😂🎄
A definitive ranking of the Met Gala at Home performances:
10. You
9. Can't
8. Rank
7. Them
6: Because
5. They're
4. All
3. Talented
2. And
1.
@jbartonmezzo
I hope when people look at my photos, the first thing they notice is 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫. I want my photos to look as lively and vibrant as the game.
Finding an editing style is a never-ending process. I'm happy with where I am right now, but always excited to experiment and learn more.
Tomorrow! Heading to Amsterdam a few days early to do some sightseeing, then later this week starts
@WPTPrime
Amsterdam! I’ve never been to Europe, so I’m taking my well-traveled mother-in-law as a travel buddy! ❤️ Excited!
I like when Brian orders for me when we go out to eat, because sometimes I don’t want to talk or make decisions. It’s relaxing to just have him do it.
Well, LET ME TELL YOU that this very edgy female server at dinner tonight did NOT like that. 😂
@TheGoldenBlazer