ItalianoGACKT Official Weibo update. Translation below:
I was completely done in by jet lag,
it was already past 7 AM by the time I sleep yesterday.
In the end,
I can’t even call it a sleep,
I was down for 2 hours,
and was awaken by Takumi.
The charity event this time was organized by Tiger Woods,
but due to his operation, he wasn’t able to attend personally.
I reached the venue pretty early.
After a while, the celebrities,
and the top players from all over the world arrived one after another.
She should be the most famous among the females players.
This lady, Maria Ho, is pretty famous in the poker world.
Compared to the live video, she’s more chatty and friendly.
I did a few interviews,
but because I was starting to get tipsy,
I couldn’t speak well.
Just take it as me being cute.
Daniel Negreanu arrived after a while.
Daniel is currently the world’s top player.
The winnings from just the tournaments are already more than 3 billion.
He’s the world’s most famous poker player.
He’s loved by everyone due to his candid character.
Even though this was the first time we met, we were able to hit it off,
and for some reason, we became very excited.
I went to my seat after my name was being called.
And, Daniel, who I was just chatting with, was also seated at the same table as me.
The competition started,
looking at the other players, many of them seems like beginners.
In this charity event,
there’s some who doesn’t really understand how to poker.
A competition that I can’t really understand kept on continuing like this.
There’s too many beginners like this,
the competition was a little absurd.
It looks like they’re just giving them to us.
So Daniel and I were quickly winning a lot.
In the end,
only Maria was left in the Final Table.
The others were just here to have fun.
This kind of atmosphere is also unique to poker.
The most important thing is to firstly enjoy this sport.
This is a short trip.
But I really felt very honoured to be invited to join such a famous event.
I started to pack my luggage when I returned to the hotel room.
I think I won’t be able to sleep again today.
There’s a few more hours before I leave.
I’m really happy that I came this time.
Alright,
I have to go back to Japan to finished all the work that has piled up.
Source: GACKT WEIBO
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
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