  The day off on my third day in Vegas was not a cheap excuse to postpone my desert hiking plans forever ;-)
My 4th day in Vegas was a very active one indeed! I left early in the morning and took of with a rental car to drive two hours into the desert.
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 It did not last long until things got messy in Vegas :-) After 2 nights at my accommodation, it turns it did not match my expectations at all and I decided to change plans. A princess needs her beauty sleep... I switched for a room on the Strip for a week and decided to postpone my desert hiking plans to Friday since I had to move my things around a bit over this day.
 It's 3am in Vegas and I'm max tired. Eventually, I'll sleep... :-) I've been up since 8am after 4 hours of sleep. Couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to make my way to the Strip where I spent most of my day shooting photos and having cocktails and Vegan ice cream with my sister in law #ilovemyjob while my brother was firing his second bullet in the WSOP Little One for One Drop. Life is pretty awesome!
I went back to the Rio for a few hours to get some photo impressions of this super busy WSOP day too. The Main Event reached a total of 6650 Entries for dozens of millions of prize money and 8 million $ for the winner. Sick remontada for the WSOP!! You'll find my photos of the day below and on PokerFirma.com together with their recap articles. View my total photo archive through the PHOTOS & COVERAGES section.  Delays and layovers ended up extending my journey from Brussels to Las Vegas to a pretty uncool 22 hours during which I did not sleep more than 3-4 hours. Additionally, the excitement of being back in Sin City after several years kept me awake throughout half the night during which I caught up with my brother and buddies having drinks and shooting night skylines instead of getting some rest. The results are pretty cool though, I must admit ...
Than came November 9th featuring the first Day 2 of the Main Event, the last flight and Day 1B of the Little One for One Drop for a solid 14-hour day of shooting and reporting. Easy game! I am now in my room posting this small article and preparing a post I will probably publish on PokerFirma's Facebook page tomorrow. It's great to be able to be part of this media circus without the pressure of having to deliver actual Poker news instantly. You can check out my photos of the day in the album below, in the photos & coverage section, on my Facebook page or on PokerFirma's. Thank you Rosi, thank you Fabien and thank you Gregory for treating me so well! A last drink and I'm going to bed for hopefully more than 3 hours of sleep this night!  South Las Vegas Strip feat. New York New York & MGM casinos, 2016 I'm off to Vegas tomorrow morning - with a suitcase of clothes, a bag full of cameras and a pocket full of cash dollars! These last months, I have more or less deserted the online tables to resume grinding live games and to travel so, beside shooting photography for PokerFirma and other media partners over the coming weeks, my plan is to play a decent volume of live cash games in Sin City until the end of November.
 I went back Jakob's House this week for another photo test run before the genuine gastro and location photography action on the spot from this upcoming December. Enjoy some impressions in this post! All photos in my Flickr archive.
About a million years ago, I was a club owner :-) I did not enjoy this life very much, so I decided to sell my shares after less than two years and turned my back to this business. Since this autumn though, I am partially back in the nightlife business, funnily enough collaborating with the same company I founded myself in the early 2000s.  Check out Jakob's House & Schapp on the historical site of the Rives de Clausen in the heart of Luxembourg city.
I am excited, honoured and grateful that PokerFirma, the top German speaking Poker portal, have chosen me as one of their Las Vegas reporters for this year's World Series Of Poker (WSOP) period.
Vielen Dank für's Vertrauen!! [ Thank you for your trust!! ] 
The Grand Casino de Namur is still running plenty of satellites for the #BPCnamur Main Event despite the fact that new Covid restrictions have been announced by the Belgian government. These new safety measures are in place since the 1st November 2021. Basically, those sexy face covers will still be a thing this winter and vaccine or testing certificates will be mandatory to enter the casino. Find all details below in this post.  
I'm leaving Luxembourg this weekend to meet an old Portuguese Poker buddy who lives in Brussels now. From there, I will be off to Canada on a Monday morning flight from Brussels airport before catching a second flight to Las Vegas!
It's been an intense Poker week at the Grand Casino Aš Poker room in the Czech Republic.
I arrived last Wednesday, on the 27th October for a Poker Belgique photo documentary throughout the week and to play some cash games.
I left Madrid yesterday morning, flew to Brussels, spent the night with the Poker Belgique gang at their headquarters in Soignies (Belgium) where I shot their Tuesday 50k, packed again, drove all night to reach Aš (Czech Republic) and went to sleep for a few hours after a 30-hour trip across Europe. Here I am now until Monday at the Grand Casino Aš!
 I spent most of my lockdown months in Cascais, Portugal where I ended up walking the mental full tilt away on the local beaches and shooting photography. In spring 2021, I presented the result as a series of 15 selected black and white photos printed on Portuguese tiles and framed with local cork.
I am leaving Madrid tomorrow morning on a flight to Brussels where I will stay less than 12 hours before moving on to the Czech Republic.
 The Grand Casino de Namur has launched its satellite campaign for the BPC Namur Main Event yesterday! Below, you will find a list of all available satellites to the 1k Main Event and I also posted the BPC structures at the end of this post.
 Countdown before the Poker Belgique Masters at Grand Casino As next week!
I'm spending my last days in Spain for while before hopping on a plane from Madrid to Brussels early next week. From there, I will join the Belgian convoy to the Czech Republic for this last week of October. 
Long story short: I'm going back to Vegas for the first time since 2016 from 8th to 29th November this year. Vamos!
On the menu:  The official flyers have been published for the Belgian Poker Challenge Namur 2021. Check it out below and stay tuned for updates via the POKER TRIPS section. I am still in the tank when it comes to my December plans for the moment. What about you guys? Who is joining?  
I am still enjoying the Casino Gran Via Poker action together with Alex Rotenberg these days. The Golden Poker festival is still in full swing and I am really stoked to meet again with people from all over Europe. We are shooting a lot of photography these days and we're compiling our favourite shots in a common album. Find the Madrid Flickr archive just below and you might also visit THE-ROUNDER.net Facebook page.
There's more coming since the festival will be on for another full 2 days. You will also find plenty of updates and shares in INSTAGRAM stories and TWITTER. 
Buenos dias and greetings from Madrid! Today is already the 4th day of the Golden Poker comeback to Casino Gran Via! Last night was a busy Wednesday with more than 200 entries in 1B the Main Event after 137 entries in Day 1A. Poker Red is providing the official coverage of the festival (links below) with photo and video illustrations by David Piriz.
I am here for the cash games basically ... ;) but I am also super pleased to spend some time with Alex 'Brutally Honest' Rotenberg who is teaming up with me this week to provide images and updates here on THE-ROUNDER.NET.
The Madrid Golden Poker Championship starts today for a full week of Poker in the heart of the Spanish capital.
I will be in Madrid from Wednesday. Check out the full schedule below and see you there!! 
September was a lot about Portugal for me altering between almost daily live Poker and study sessions in Estoril, walks along the coast, food and photography.
The lovely SISSOS are back on the road and I caught up with them last night at Belval's MK Bar in Luxembourg. Enjoy some photos of the Berlin-based sister duo in the album below.
 After an online leg for 2020, the BPC will be back at the Grand Casino de Namur with some live Poker tournaments. Since I spent years there as the in-house Poker photographer and as a cash game regulars, this would be a cool occasion to meet up with tons of buddies after these weird pandemic times. Find the full schedule below in this post! Stay tuned in the BLOG and in the POKER TRIPS section.  
With already more than 1000 entries in the Main Event, the Golden Poker Championship is starting to sell out. Yesterday, the management announced a few modifications in the schedule with a new opening event and two extra Main Event Day 1s in an attempt to dilute the incoming flow of reservations.
The Melia Innside hotel is also sold out for now but NH still has a few rooms close by. Get busy now through the POKER TRIPS section if you're still intending to join the gathering in Madrid next week! |
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