GACKT OFFICIAL WEIBO - JUL 13 2017

GACKT Official Weibo update. Translation below:

Today I spent most of the night in this WSOP main event.

I only didn’t feel sleepy on the event that I like.
There are over 7,000 people joining in this poker competition,
the prize and the scale should be the biggest in the world.

Even trying to find the table that I like was a little difficult.

This time there is alive telecast in the venue.
There should be many people watching from channels like YOUTUBE and etc.
In order to have the last victory,
it should be many many poker players’ dream to battle in this place.

The competition started after the host’s speech.
Although there was a moment of tension, but the air around wasn’t that serious.

From the start I already have 50,000 points.
Following closely to the flow on the table, I’ve raised up to over 80,000 points.
The chip leader in this table has 100,000 points.
I wonder when will I get to go up against this guy.
I kept waiting for the right moment but that moment never come.
It has been 3 hours since the game started,
and one player joined in late.

Who is this?
Where did I see him before…?

I was recalling and playing at the same time.
He is very good.

It seems like he was just randomly throwing out cards, but he actually won a lot of points.

He smiled.

Ah!!
This guy, he’s the finalist from last year!
Ah!!!
I went on to search the internet after I remembered.

[Vojtech Ruzicka]

He’s the player for 2016 WSOP’s main event,
although he didn’t managed to win but the way he played was top notch.
Last year he won $400 million,
although he doesn’t look like it…

I don’t know why I couldn’t stop laughing,
although there were so many tables, I was being put in the same one with the finalist…

I was laughing as I played,
until it was about 4 hours later,
the climax finally come.

Taking the risk to go all out for this round,
and although I played according to what I planned until the end,
I still lost.

Of course,
there will be people who oppose to my way of playing.

However, this is my style.
Imitating whom I’m not familiar with, it can’t be helped.

The way I played comes with risks,
winning or losing is very obvious.
Although I knew all these, I couldn’t escape the final result.
I thought I should say nice catch to my opponent, I shook his hands and left the venue.

Although I have lost, I didn’t feel it’s a failure.
This always happen to poker players,
that’s the fun part.

I sincerely hoped that the other Japanese players can make it into the final.
Everyone, give your best!