From Luxembourg to everywhere!
Damian0 Nigr0
a.k.a. Damian LIB
+352 691 39 81 37
a.k.a. Damian LIB
+352 691 39 81 37
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What keeps me busy at the moment:
- communications, consulting & photography for 3D Events || prime nightlife venues and events in Luxembourg
Recurrent media contributions:
- worldwide correspondent for PokerFirma.com || leading German speaking Poker portal
- content creator for PokerTurniere.live || live Poker event listing
- content creator for CasinoCityGuide.eu || travel tips for Poker players on the move
- communications & photography for Vamos Poker Tour || international Poker tour
- production assistant & content creator Absolutely Must Go || documentary movie
Rozvadov, Czech Republic, 2017 - photo by Katerina Lukina
About this site
I spend a lot of time traveling. View a selection of Poker pictures but also all sorts of non-Poker photo reports of projects I am involved in on the PHOTOS & COVERAGES page. Generally speaking, I like to avoid having humans in my wide shots, even when I am taking urban shots. That being said, when I shoot people, I enjoy to report about what they do and how they do it. I love following communities or documenting creative processes.
You can scroll through a listing of articles dedicated to info and thoughts I would like to share in the NEWS BLOG section. It is generally Poker-related but not in a classic way. I mix it up by adding content about other topics I am interested in like photography, mindset, art, science or history. You will find a link to the former blog section (before summer 2017). These two sections have been merged now with Poker tournament agenda updates and blogging info about other topics I care about.
Also, you can find a list of Poker events I promote as an ambassador for various international brands in the POKER TRIPS section. I mostly promote events I am planning to attend myself and I will be happy to assist you to join on one of my journeys. THE-ROUNDERdotnet is supported by various occasional and long-term partners but it is an independent non-commercial blog.
The ART & PRINTS section is constantly under construction and deconstruction depending on how much time I have to dedicate to it.
You can scroll through a listing of articles dedicated to info and thoughts I would like to share in the NEWS BLOG section. It is generally Poker-related but not in a classic way. I mix it up by adding content about other topics I am interested in like photography, mindset, art, science or history. You will find a link to the former blog section (before summer 2017). These two sections have been merged now with Poker tournament agenda updates and blogging info about other topics I care about.
Also, you can find a list of Poker events I promote as an ambassador for various international brands in the POKER TRIPS section. I mostly promote events I am planning to attend myself and I will be happy to assist you to join on one of my journeys. THE-ROUNDERdotnet is supported by various occasional and long-term partners but it is an independent non-commercial blog.
The ART & PRINTS section is constantly under construction and deconstruction depending on how much time I have to dedicate to it.
The name of this project obviously reminds everyone of the Poker movie but that's not what inspired me. In Poker, a 'ROUNDER' is a player who is moving around from card game to card game like a nomad. This is basically what I have been doing since roughly 2010 as a photojournalist and Poker player but it is also what I have been doing long before in my life as a former touring musician/producer/event manager. My blog was and still is a lot about Poker since the game is the primary reason why I travel but I gradually added other photo reports to my archive since I come across many different and interesting people, projects and events worth documenting while I am on my way to everywhere.
THE-ROUNDERdotnet is designed responsively and therefore should display correctly on all sorts of devices but still looks best on a good old computer screen if you ask me.
You can find me on Facebook via THIS LINK. A short biography is online just below for those who care and I have talked extensively about me as a photojournalist in 2021 in an interview by Alex 'BrutallyHonest' Rotenberg. Read it HERE.
THE-ROUNDERdotnet is designed responsively and therefore should display correctly on all sorts of devices but still looks best on a good old computer screen if you ask me.
You can find me on Facebook via THIS LINK. A short biography is online just below for those who care and I have talked extensively about me as a photojournalist in 2021 in an interview by Alex 'BrutallyHonest' Rotenberg. Read it HERE.
Click the photo to read the interview by Alex Rotenberg.
I also got interviewed by Melvin Schroën as my introduction to THE FESTIVAL SERIES media team in Nottingham during February 2023.
Read it HERE.
Read it HERE.
Who's the rounder?
Hi there. I'm Damiano. Thanks for the interest. I was born in Luxembourg and I travel around from Poker event to Poker event in order to play card games or to report about them mainly by shooting photos. I shoot pictures everywhere I travel to and this blog simply serves the purpose of sharing information about Poker events I am attending or planing to attend.
With a scientific and cultural educational background and after a music career as a touring drummer & DJ then producer, publisher and manager from the mid 90s to the early 2000s, I ended up taking part to roughly 600 shows in 30 countries. If we would have had hashtags back then, #onstageeverywhere would have been one our favourite ones :p
I then transitioned to event management, cultural management & consulting, environmental and political activism followed by more corporate private businesses like running a night club or owning a communication agency ... always keeping a camera somewhere close ... In 2007, I stumbled across Poker, somehow I got good enough at it to make money and keep traveling while working on the go.
With a scientific and cultural educational background and after a music career as a touring drummer & DJ then producer, publisher and manager from the mid 90s to the early 2000s, I ended up taking part to roughly 600 shows in 30 countries. If we would have had hashtags back then, #onstageeverywhere would have been one our favourite ones :p
I then transitioned to event management, cultural management & consulting, environmental and political activism followed by more corporate private businesses like running a night club or owning a communication agency ... always keeping a camera somewhere close ... In 2007, I stumbled across Poker, somehow I got good enough at it to make money and keep traveling while working on the go.
Brunette a.k.a. The #allineverywhere Mobile
Over the years, photography allowed me to have a small but steady revenue besides my Poker monkey swinging and I gathered enough knowledge and experience to start working with some of the worldwide leading Poker companies or casinos as a freelance photographer, blogger, live commentator, TV table director, camera operator, consultant ... you name it. Spending time with the best in the game, I discovered PLO and gradually moved to Pot Limit Omaha cash games as the NLH tables were becoming tougher and tougher.
A bunch of people helped me through my roughest times and so I am trying to give some back by helping people where I can by giving away small portions of my modest winnings during Poker solidarity challenges fuelled by the idea that the world will be as good as we are ourselves.
I am fluent in four languages (English, French, German & Luxembourgish), my Italian is more than decent and I have basic knowledge in Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese... aaand I can count from 1 to 1000 in Slovak :-p
I am still homeless by choice today (last edit in early 2023) with a legal base in Luxembourg where I go back every few weeks for work or random administration stuff beside visiting family and old friends. I occasionally set up bases in places I enjoy particularly. Las Vegas is on that list but also Estoril near Lisbon in Portugal or Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, are kinda recurrent stops of mine these days.
See you on the road ! ;)
A bunch of people helped me through my roughest times and so I am trying to give some back by helping people where I can by giving away small portions of my modest winnings during Poker solidarity challenges fuelled by the idea that the world will be as good as we are ourselves.
I am fluent in four languages (English, French, German & Luxembourgish), my Italian is more than decent and I have basic knowledge in Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese... aaand I can count from 1 to 1000 in Slovak :-p
I am still homeless by choice today (last edit in early 2023) with a legal base in Luxembourg where I go back every few weeks for work or random administration stuff beside visiting family and old friends. I occasionally set up bases in places I enjoy particularly. Las Vegas is on that list but also Estoril near Lisbon in Portugal or Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, are kinda recurrent stops of mine these days.
See you on the road ! ;)
Namur, Belgium, 2017
