I attended a poker "Fantasy Camp" on December 1-4 at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. You can read more details in our blog at http://www.macandchris.com/12-05-blog.htm http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp2/47318763_CLidw-Ti.jpg http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/gallery/1021011_XFnWv/ 2005-12-10T14:20:02Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Annie Duke at the table. Phil Gordon and Freddie Deeb look on.</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318763_CLidw" title="Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Annie Duke at the table. Phil Gordon and Freddie Deeb look on."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp2/47318763_CLidw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Annie Duke at the table. Phil Gordon and Freddie Deeb look on." title="Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Annie Duke at the table. Phil Gordon and Freddie Deeb look on." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:17:18Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp2/47318763_CLidw-Th.jpg 2005-12-02 19:19:32 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />"Dr Phil" Gordon explaining someone's bad poker play "disease".</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318765_2u6nX" title=""Dr Phil" Gordon explaining someone's bad poker play "disease"."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp3/47318765_2u6nX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt=""Dr Phil" Gordon explaining someone's bad poker play "disease"." title=""Dr Phil" Gordon explaining someone's bad poker play "disease"." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:49:06Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp3/47318765_2u6nX-Th.jpg 2005-12-02 19:19:21 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Andy Bloch at the table.</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318767_MyY5o" title="Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Andy Bloch at the table."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp/47318767_MyY5o-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Andy Bloch at the table." title="Playing a Sit-and-Go tournament with Andy Bloch at the table." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T21:18:58Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp/47318767_MyY5o-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 13:51:34 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Clonie Gowan; in addition to being beautiful, she's a real sweetheart. Gave excellent instruction at the tables.</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318759_7sdaC" title="Clonie Gowan; in addition to being beautiful, she's a real sweetheart. Gave excellent instruction at the tables."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Poker-Camp-Clonie/47318759_7sdaC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Clonie Gowan; in addition to being beautiful, she's a real sweetheart. Gave excellent instruction at the tables." title="Clonie Gowan; in addition to being beautiful, she's a real sweetheart. Gave excellent instruction at the tables." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-20T08:43:50Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Poker-Camp-Clonie/47318759_7sdaC-Th.jpg 2005-12-03 01:44:02 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Howard Lederer the "Poker Professor"</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318760_2hiWk" title="Howard Lederer the "Poker Professor""><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Poker-Camp-Howard/47318760_2hiWk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Howard Lederer the "Poker Professor"" title="Howard Lederer the "Poker Professor"" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-20T08:36:01Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Poker-Camp-Howard/47318760_2hiWk-Th.jpg 2005-12-02 01:21:24 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Phil Gordon -- "Dr. Phil" -- giving me a poker checkup. He has a great sense of humor and is an excellent instructor in classroom and personal settings.</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318762_oKY6y" title="Phil Gordon -- "Dr. Phil" -- giving me a poker checkup. He has a great sense of humor and is an excellent instructor in classroom and personal settings."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Poker-Camp-Phil-Gordon/47318762_oKY6y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Phil Gordon -- "Dr. Phil" -- giving me a poker checkup. He has a great sense of humor and is an excellent instructor in classroom and personal settings." title="Phil Gordon -- "Dr. Phil" -- giving me a poker checkup. He has a great sense of humor and is an excellent instructor in classroom and personal settings." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-20T08:03:01Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Poker-Camp-Phil-Gordon/47318762_oKY6y-Th.jpg 2005-12-02 19:39:06 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />There were several pros in attendance who weren't part of the camp staff. I met Eric Bloore, AKA "Blue", a really nice guy and an excellent poker player. Blue finished 9th in PLO event #19 ...</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47833735_RsJjM" title="There were several pros in attendance who weren't part of the camp staff. I met Eric Bloore, AKA "Blue", a really nice guy and an excellent poker player. Blue finished 9th in PLO event #19 ..."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCampBlue/47833735_RsJjM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="There were several pros in attendance who weren't part of the camp staff. I met Eric Bloore, AKA "Blue", a really nice guy and an excellent poker player. Blue finished 9th in PLO event #19 ..." title="There were several pros in attendance who weren't part of the camp staff. I met Eric Bloore, AKA "Blue", a really nice guy and an excellent poker player. Blue finished 9th in PLO event #19 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-20T13:02:34Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCampBlue/47833735_RsJjM-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 12:39:34 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Matt Savage, the world's foremost tournament director, ran all our events. Here he presides over the final table of the $40k event.</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47833736_jcZsE" title="Matt Savage, the world's foremost tournament director, ran all our events. Here he presides over the final table of the $40k event."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp4/47833736_jcZsE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="82" alt="Matt Savage, the world's foremost tournament director, ran all our events. Here he presides over the final table of the $40k event." title="Matt Savage, the world's foremost tournament director, ran all our events. Here he presides over the final table of the $40k event." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-20T13:34:18Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-PokerCamp4/47833736_jcZsE-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 13:57:24 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Construction of the second tower at the Palms Casino.</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318768_sTwnV" title="Construction of the second tower at the Palms Casino."><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Vegas2/47318768_sTwnV-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Construction of the second tower at the Palms Casino." title="Construction of the second tower at the Palms Casino." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T06:04:00Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Vegas2/47318768_sTwnV-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 15:07:06 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Construction in Las Vegas. View from our room in the Palms shows 3 or more major projects just on the south half of the strip</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318757_RoSA5" title="Construction in Las Vegas. View from our room in the Palms shows 3 or more major projects just on the south half of the strip"><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Vegas/47318757_RoSA5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="35" alt="Construction in Las Vegas. View from our room in the Palms shows 3 or more major projects just on the south half of the strip" title="Construction in Las Vegas. View from our room in the Palms shows 3 or more major projects just on the south half of the strip" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-07T11:41:02Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Vegas/47318757_RoSA5-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 15:06:48 <p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com">Our-Adventure</a><br />Nighttime in Las Vegas. Beautiful view from our room in the Palms</p><p><a href="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/1021011_XFnWv#47318770_GDh5g" title="Nighttime in Las Vegas. Beautiful view from our room in the Palms"><img src="http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Vegas3/47318770_GDh5g-Th.jpg" width="150" height="68" alt="Nighttime in Las Vegas. Beautiful view from our room in the Palms" title="Nighttime in Las Vegas. Beautiful view from our room in the Palms" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:59:11Z Our-Adventure http://our-adventure.smugmug.com http://our-adventure.smugmug.com/2005/December/Poker-Camp/12-3-05-Vegas3/47318770_GDh5g-Th.jpg 2005-12-01 21:01:17