I stole these images from Grace Kim's blog. She was cool enough to snap some shots during our Texas Hold'em tournament at my studio on Thursday. I usually do a poker tournament on the last night of my workshops as a way of "giving back" to the attendees. I mean this literally because I never seem to win :) We had something like 16 players in the tournament and I did the honors of getting out first. I was like "so... can I get anyone a drink while I sit around and watch for the next two hours?" haha! Note to self... don't go "all in" in the first 5 minutes of the game unless you want to be designated drink fetcher for the remainder of the night :)

Here's Grace doing quite well in the tournament. I think she made it to the top 4 or 5!

above - Kelli Leslie, below - Jeff and Richie

above - me, below - Eileen Shepheard

above - Hun Kim, Below - Jeff and Richie again (Roy in background)

above - The [b] man showing some very nice moves

below - Regis Chen

And the winner - Ryan Ikari