Micro stop in Luxembourg between Slovakia and and Georgia. Yes, I know ... I should buy a GPS :p

After my short stay in Bratislava for the Slovak Series Of Poker Main Event, I made my way to Spa and Luxembourg for a few days before leaving to the Georgia Cash Game Tour. Belgium was for resting and preparing Georgia but Luxembourg was all about HEAVY action this time. I joined DJ DEE, DJ NOSI & DJ VDG for the Housen Open Air in Hosingen. More than 4200 people came together for this event and it felt like we had a drink with each and everyone of them ...

Thanks everybody for showing up and partying with us until late/early and thanks to the Hosingen girls and boys for having us!

There is a link to my pics in the PHOTO & COVERAGES section of this site, vamos!

Goodbye Bratislava! It was good seing you again after almost 10 years! You have become a beautiful and pleasant city! First Poker trip to Banco Casino for me with a delegation of Belgians. 889 entries came together in the Main Event which is impressive considering the amount of tournaments that were scheduled across Europe these last days. It’s Poker extravaganza indeed in the players’ agendas and I think we made an excellent choice by deciding to make our way to Slovakia, the Banco Casino Bratislava and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Although I am not working at the Spa Casino anymore as such, I am always welcome to shoot a set of photos over there. This past weekend, the Dutch organisation of Deaf Poker was hosting the Spa DEAF POKER FESTIVAL at the Poker Room Of Spa and I decided to show up on Sunday during the bubble of the Main Event :)

You'll find the full set of photos below and on Flickr or Facebook. Enjoy! :)

Belgium, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Georgia and U.K. for some Poker and Rock'n'Roll :p

The Slovak Series Of Poker (26.6 > 1.7) are getting closer! I will be off to Slovakia on a road trip in late June and you can still join with the LG Events and Poker Belgique packages.

As some may already know, I have left the Poker Room of Spa as a co-worker in early May this spring but the action goes on with regular weekend events and occasional festivals to come. There are loads of promotions coming up for July and a nice Poker festival will be held in the middle of August. Find out more in the NEWS section of the P.R.O.S. website.

I will still be there from time to time for the occasional cash game round and I guess I will make my way down from Bristol where I am shooting a music festival in early August to take part to the Spa's Poker Feestje.

The next Cash Game Tour stop is coming up with a second stop in Georgia after Tbilisi last month. This time, we are off to Batumi on the shores of the Black Sea.

Tbilisi is pretty easy to reach from anywhere really but Batumi is bit offside the main travel routes. The best and most convenient way to get there from Europe is probably to fly to Kutaisi International Airport. From there a shuttle service will take care of you to get you to Batumi.

Wizz Air has regular direct services to this airport with flights from cities like Vienna, Barcelona, Memmingen or Dortmund for instance. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you need assistance! I think I will take the Vienna or Dortmund option to depart to Georgia. Just a reminder, since Georgia hosted the European Song Contest, European visitors don't need to apply for visas anymore for short stays. Vamos! Let's get busy booking this trip!

All info via the CGT website including casino description and hotel packages!

LG Events are putting a group of players together to travel to Bratislava at the end of this month and everybody is welcome to join the Poker action in Slovakia! You will find some info about THE HOTEL PACKAGES in one of my recent blog posts and I am throwing in a bunch of Poker portraits for those who book through me if you care.

I've been taking it easy lately. Picked up running and hiking again and got back to playing quite some online Poker too for a change. My mission at the Poker Room Of Spa came to an end in early May and I am now taking some time to try to shape the rest of the year.

I am super available at the moment if someone care to come up with a brilliant project to work on :)

I am thinking of leaving my base in Spa by late August but it is still not clear where to for now. Suggestions are also welcome for that! I basically don't need a lot: a bed, a bathroom, a kitchen - vamos! But I guess I need to figure out first what I will be doing before I chose where to go. Or maybe it does also work the other way around... On my list: Lisbon (yes, again) or somewhere sunny, Prague (always loved it or Eastern Europe generally speaking) or something more remote like Thailand (wish list) or Uruguay (a friend moved there and loves it).

The idea of buying a new mobile home has also crossed my mind a few times lately ...

To my old buddies of Luxembourg: I will be amongst you on a few occasions over this coming summer between my stops in Belgium, Slovakia, Georgia and England so let's meet up if you care!

Happy belated (22nd May) birthday to the current Luxembourg all time number 1 on The Hendonmob :) All the best, Jimmy!

The cash game tour crew has arrived in Georgia and the first games are on since yesterday! Find out more about this cash game organisation in one of the latest posts here and stay tuned here about an upcoming stop that I am planning to attend in Batumi in mid-July ...

The Batumi info should be disclosed soon by the organisation.

Off to the Slovak Series of Poker in late June!! I have been kindly asked to promote another Poker trip organised by LG and Poker Belgique as an ambassador. These guys know how to get me ... throw in some card games and some travelling and I am snap-in :p This time, we are off to amazing Bratislava!

A group of players is being gathered right now and everybody is welcome to join!

A great, actually two opportunities to combine travelling and Poker in Georgia are coming up these following weeks with the Cash Game Tour stops in collaboration with PokerTrest in Georgia.

The first stop will be in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and will be hosted by Casino Adjara. Another stop will follow for genuine summer feelings in Batumi on the coast of the Black Sea in July.

Room booking is available on the Cash Game Tour website. Direct flights to Tbilisi are available from more or less everywhere.

PLO fans, if you thought the Big Wrap that took place at King's Resort this April was a unique chance, think again. Frank Koopmann will be back indeed and the PLO party is announced for September already with cumulated prize pools of €2 Million Euro and tournament addition like the long awaited PLO Hi/Lo for instance.

The full schedule is available in the King's Poker section.

Poker photos aside, I also shoot a lot of photos on the go. Follow me on Instagram for some travel photography and view my archive over the last years with +20k photos on my Flickr.

After 6 months of promotion for the launch of the Poker Room Of Spa, it's already time to step back and to move on to other destinations.

​This does not mean that I will not be around at all anymore but I am definitely planning to spend less time in Belgium again over the coming months. That does not make the cash game tables less juicy in Spa though :D So I am for sure planning to come back from time to time like for instance for their upcoming bounty hunt for next weekend from the 16th to the 19th May.

The event is a €250 buy-in tournament played in two days with three Day 1s. The starting stack will be 50k in 30/40-minute levels. View the complete structure HERE.

The second editions of the SPF is coming up for the summer. After the classic winter edition in January, the Spaniards will come back to Rozvadov for a week or two in July so maybe it's time to save the dates! The SPF Rozvadov Summer 2019 is taking place from 21st to 28th of July this year but there is a lot more events put on throughout the year by the iberic Poker organisation.

​Find their annual dates in the flyer below and find out more on their website!

Une des règles fondamentale au Poker de tournoi est la suivante: Quand ça run, ça run! :D

Vladimer Gigolahvii a encore frappé!! Souvenez-vous, c'est lui qui empochait le plus gain lors du deal 4-way dans l'EPS Rozvadov Main Event ce lundi. Apparemment, il est resté coincé à Rozvadov, mais pas pour se reposer ... En effet, c'est lui qui ship le Big Wedensday d'hier. Deux wins sur le début de semaine. Easy!

Vous voulez faire comme-lui (bonne chance!), alors retrouvez le programme complet des tournois du King's Resort. Leur riche programme de MTTs live se trouve ICI.

Two weeks in Rozvadov from late April until yesterday for 2 weeks of King's madness during the EPS Rozvadov. More than 700 photos came together during my stay and all of them are available HERE.

The Poker action never stops at King's Resort and the next big event is already ready to go. From today, players will be able to take part to the live flights of the Party Poker Grand Prix fiesta after the online Day 1s.

The King's Resort offered their staff the opportunity to play a tournament today and as I am only travelling tomorrow morning after 2 weeks of #epsRozvadov, I couldn't resist the urge to shoot those who've been my colleagues so often by now in their raising mode :p

Enjoy the +700 E.P.S. shots in THIS FLICKR ALBUM.

​The Staff Tournament photos are HERE.

This one was not listed in the regular tourneys, obviously, but you can view the full King's Resort Poker tournament schedule under in THEIR POKER AGENDA.

The Cash Game Tour crew is on the move again with an upcoming cash game festival at Casino Adjara from 22nd to 27th of May in collaboration with Poker Trest! Time to book your hotel package and flight tickets. Georgia is an attractive travel destination at the gates of Europe with numerous airway connections.

Need help or advice to book your trip? Don't hesitate to get in touch!

A few days of rest in Spa shooting architecture photos and enjoying the first signs of summer and I am almost ready for the 2-week hop to Czech Republic. I will spend the coming 2 weeks in Rozvadov for the E.P.S. shooting Poker photography and documenting the festival through a series of daily intervention on european-pokerseries.com.

Thinking of joining? Do yourself a favour and visit the E.P.S. hotel booking section. Great packaged hotel deals are waiting for you!

Almost 2 full weeks of action, 16 events and +€840.000 in prize pool guarantees!! See you where the Poker action is ;)

I will be on a flight to Prague very early on Wednesday morning and just in time for the Welcome Event of the European Poker Series Rozvadov at King's Resort. The first major event of the first weekend will be the Warm Up with more than €100.000 GTD. Check out the full 2-week schedule on the E.P.S. website and find my photos online there from the middle of this week.

Still need a hotel room? Visit the E.P.S. room booking section HERE for your best offers in partner hotels.

​See you in Czech Republic!

Just a few days to go before the beginning of the #EPSrozvadov at King's Resort. I will be on the go with Belgian crew for the full length of the festival and will find my daily reports and photo galleries under european-pokerseries.com.

Secure your hotel deal HERE and view the special 3-nights promotion.

This week, the Poker Room Of Spa is offering you the chance to play the Belgian pros and you don't even have to break your bankroll to be part of it. The B.P.A. 2019 ceremony is coming up this weekend in Spa with a prestigious €1.100 event but there are ways around the cashier. As a matter of fact, from tomorrow, Thursday 11th of April, daily Phase 1 events will be available for €120.

10% of the field will advance to the Super Star Championship on Saturday but it is not a proper satellite. The twist is that you will keep your stack for the weekend tournament no matter how high or low it is. That way, you might end up being short stacked or maybe start with more players than your opponents on Saturday but always for a reduced price of €120 instead of €1.100.

Find all details on the P.R.O.S. page!