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Shooting for Cardplayer but we still love Pokerwire

Posted by JDN | Filed under Uncategorized

A day before the #2 event of the WSOP, the first tournament for normal players because the #1 event is the casino employees tournament, Full Tilt Poker had a cover shoot for CardPlayer. This, as it would turn out, would be the most challenging task set before for us in some time. I have also set a quota of 75 commas for this entry.

45 professional poker players, Team Full Tilt and the Friends of Full Tilt, have been summoned to a random location in Las Vegas, the All Sports Arena, across from the airport, to participate in the elongated session of photography. The All Sport Arena was chosen because of it’s proximity to the airport as well it’s near abandoned state. The mirrored walled parquet area next to the boxing ring would be our stage and the players like Phil Ivey would be our actors.

The first call was on Sunday night, the 24th, I think, and due Bedler’s wedding, Gavin and Edog would be shooting the day before the rest of the Tilters. Gavin Smith arrived at 5PM and promptly began to chase me around the gym while wearing a pair of boxing gloves he found in the ring. After several stiff shots to the arm, which did not hurt me in the least bit, Gavin made his way to the set and his mark. Not wanting to discard his “battle fists” Mr. Smith tried to pose with the 12 ouncers strapped to his unbelievably thin wrists, but to his dismay he was denied and his portrait was taken sans the worn out gloves that he had pummeled me with earlier.

Lindgren was showed up shortly after and was uneventful but beautiful. The guy is sexy, in a gay way, I can’t deny it. I hope he embraces it. They took pictures of him taking off his jersey is several positions. The man is a professional.

The next day started early as Mike Matusow and Chris Ferguson were shuttled in to get done before the start of the WSOP TOC at 1PM. Jesus ended up 6th in the tournament while Mike ended up in the 3rd despite “playing the best poker of his life.” Chris was dressed in a white bath robe, with the cowboy hat and shades, while sitting on a stool and Mike posed with Seidel in a mock towel snapping scene. Afterward Erik, tired of acting out the scene in which Matusow cracks his tuckus with a bath towel, said to me, “Man, that was gay.”

“Thanks for taking one for the team.” I replied. Fortunately he didn”t know that I was referencing working directly with Matusow rather than being snapped in the ass.

The rest of the day fairly uneventful except for Alan Boston announcing to the world that waiting to get your picture taken, “Fucking sucks.”

The first $1500 WSOP event starts tomorrow.

JDN

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