{"id":2647,"date":"2011-04-19T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnremus.com\/blog\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2011-04-19T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:18:29","slug":"world-poker-tour-bay-101-san-jose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnremus.com\/blog\/world-poker-tour-bay-101-san-jose\/","title":{"rendered":"World Poker Tour: Bay 101, San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About three weeks ago I photographed the Bay 101 tournament for the World Poker Tour in San Jose, Calif.<\/p>\n

I was contacted by the WPT about freelancing for them at one of their tournaments that they needed images from. This was an awesome opportunity and I was thrilled to be offered the chance to work with them. So, I made the trip up to the Bay Area and spent Friday evening – and many more hours into the morning – shooting the Final Table.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen poker tournaments on TV, and know a couple people who have played professionally at various levels. So while it wasn’t a completely new experience being around television cameras, professional talent, etc., working with this major brand was a new setting for myself.
\nThe staff of the WPT was wonderful though – everyone I came in contact with that evening was very helpful and everyone pretty much seemed to know I was there for the evening replacing their normal photographer and they all made sure I was able to do and shoot everything I needed that evening.<\/p>\n

So, to the staff of the WPT, Thank you! I had an amazing time and you all were great!
\nHopefully I get the chance to work with the WPT in the future; until then I hope you guys enjoy the images. I’m sharing a small collection of some of my favorite shots from the evening.<\/p>\n

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Final Table, before the start of the match.<\/p>\n

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The Royal Flush Girls<\/p>\n

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Getting started for the night<\/p>\n

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Vivek Rajkumar took 4th – winning $295,800<\/p>\n

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Casey McCarrel took 5th place, $221,800<\/p>\n

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Mike “The Mouth” Matusow took 3rd place, $369,800<\/p>\n

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Kimberly Lansing<\/p>\n

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Kimberly was extremely friendly made sure to give me enough time to get a nice shot of her in the booth.<\/p>\n

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Occasionally there were some moments where everyone was laughing and had some great expressions.<\/p>\n

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Moments like this were much more interesting though. Alan Sternberg ended up taking 1st place, winning $1,039,000 that night. But there were a few points that he lost some sizable hands.<\/p>\n

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Equally stressful were some major losses by Vivek. This was shortly after he lost a few hundred thousand dollar hands.<\/p>\n

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Getting ready for the final two.<\/p>\n

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The stare-downs were pretty intense.<\/p>\n

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Steven Kelly ended up taking 2nd place, $595,300.<\/p>\n

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Waiting on the flop.<\/p>\n

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Alan wins, and in congratulated by Vince Van Patten, Tony Dunst, and the Royal Flush Girls<\/p>\n

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The winning hand.<\/p>\n

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Group shot of everyone.<\/p>\n

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Really awesome experience working with the WPT that evening. I spent some time chatting with various people behind the scenes, got to meet a few members of the WPT talent, and also chatted with some of the Royal Flush Girls who were all surprisingly friendly (I say because a lot of models I’ve met are not, haha).<\/p>\n

I look forward to the next time I get the chance to work with a great group of people like this.<\/p>\n

Coming up for me is a trip out to Tennessee for the holiday weekend – so check back soon for new additions to my portrait series!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About three weeks ago I photographed the Bay 101 tournament for the World Poker Tour in San Jose, Calif. I was contacted by the WPT about freelancing for them at one of their tournaments that they needed images from. This was an awesome opportunity and I was thrilled to be offered the chance to work with them. So, I made the trip up to the Bay Area and spent Friday evening – and many more hours into the morning – shooting the Final Table. I’ve seen poker tournaments on TV, and know a couple people who have played professionally at various levels. So while it wasn’t a completely new experience being around television cameras, professional talent, etc., working with this major brand was a new setting for myself. The staff of the WPT was wonderful though – everyone I came in contact with that evening was very helpful and everyone pretty much seemed to know I was there for the evening replacing their normal photographer… <\/p>\n

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