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Posted by on Sep 13, 2012 in Personal | 9 comments

World Series Of Poker… Here I Come!


I’m sitting at the Kansas City airport waiting for my flight back to Tampa, and I have some new reading material. Why? Because I have some of the coolest seminar attendees ever. See, I taught my Lightroom seminar yesterday in Kansas City, and after the seminar a guy came up to me with 3 books. He said that he’d heard me mention, on one of my shows, that I like to play poker (Texas Hold ‘em). He said (in a very nice way of course), “I take a lot of money from guys like you” :)

His name was Paul, and we joked around for a few minutes about poker. He gave me some tips and then laid 3 books down on the desk in front of me. He told me exactly which order to read them in. He also gave me his email address in case I ever have any questions. How cool is that?!

I do love to play poker. I’m actually looking for a poker coach but they’re hard to find in Tampa. I don’t play nearly enough so I don’t expect to get much better because, like anything, you need to practice to improve. But hopefully my schedule will lighten up a bit and I’ll get some more time to hit the tables. And while everyone in Kansas City didn’t bring me books at the end of the day, I have to say that I received the absolute warmest welcome there for my Lightroom seminar. I even made it out for some Jack Stack barbecue (mmmmm) with my HDR guru buddy Blake. Have a good one!

Matt Kloskowski

Matt Kloskowski

Education Director at NAPP / Kelby Training
Matt is a full time Education Director for the NAPP and Kelby Training. He's a best-selling author of various books on Photoshop and Photography co-hosts the live weekly photography talk show "The Grid" and is co-host of "Photoshop User TV". In his spare time he practices as a 1st degree black belt in Taekwondo and enjoys spending time with his family in Tampa, FL.
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  • http://twitter.com/nickfyson Nick Fyson (@nickfyson)

    Are they stacked in the recommended order in that photo…?!

    • http://mattk.com Matt Kloskowski

      Bottom to top actually.

  • http://www.shadowdancerimages.com Paul Middleton

    Enjoyed your Seminar yesterday! Was wondering which joint you ended up trying. Thanks for coming to Kansas City.

  • http://www.christophertmurphy.com Christopher Murphy

    Hope you found Jack Stack satisfactory. On my way home in your honor, I stopped by Oklahoma Joe’s for their Z-Man sandwich, which is brisket with two crispy onion rings over it on a kaiser roll. My first Z-Man, but probably not my last. Really enjoyed visiting with you before, during and after your seminar. I was really wanting to get you and your D800 into Union Station, which was just behind the Jack Stack Freight House location. Hope you found the Kansas City International Airport an easy venue. Frequent travelers always tell me the lack of distance between car and gate is a plus.

  • http://500px.com/dirtcreek Johnaton

    I have read Zen and the art of poker and my game instantly got better. It was such an awesome book that drove one particular theme home. I’ll take a look at the other two.

  • Paul

    I wanted to email you, Matt, but couldn’t find an address, so I’m using this place to make a suggestion/request:
    I came across interesting technique to make dazzling photos with thinner depth of field and wider angle of view than any lens can do (f 0.7 lens!) called Brenizer’s technique.
    See: http://mansurovs.com/ryan-brenizer-talks-about-his-panorama-method/comment-page-1#comment-28406
    Do you have any experience with or thoughts about (or interest in) this? How about Blur and Bokeh creating software like Alien Skin Bokeh or Lens Blur in Photoshop? Thanks.

  • Ken

    Ha! Awesome Matt. Good luck at the tables. I haven’t played much since they shut down Full Tilt. Hopefully they will get that sorted out and we can get back playing soon.

  • CJ

    Wish I still lived in the Tampa area, maybe if I move back to the US we can start up a game! Best poker book I read was Super system, good luck,
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doyle-Brunsons-Super-System-Course/dp/1580420818

  • http://twitter.com/JasonJosephNYC ★Photographer★ (@JasonJosephNYC)

    I propose Matt that we get together in a G+ hang sometime soon over a friendly game of Texas Holdem’ Wonder if RC can play…
    Maybe one Friday night.