TEAM THREE: Myself & Adrian Tan Well, so when I got to the CTP Club Asia Poker Arena in Taipei, the first person I saw my old friend JC Ann Sotelo, from Manila who won the ladies tournament in the first ever tournament she played. She said they went all-in on the first hand. She had pocket 8s against pocket aces. She hit the 8 and that was the end of that and she won the tournament. Only two entries. And she got a trophy. She was also going to take part in the Influencer Conquest and we still had no idea what was going on. Earlier that day I ran into the Shin Twins from Thailand, who were checking in at the same hotel I was. We came way earlier than the 3PM check-in time, so we got to hang out a bit in the lobby. We also still didn't know what we were playing for, except that we would be playing on the same Influencer Conquest event.  Anyway, once we were all gathered, we found out of course that it was a team event and that we would be drawing our teammate on the spot. ...

  OK. I wouldn't consider myself an influencer - not with the 239 followers I have on my @xcijjpoker Instagram. Not even with the 2,011 followers I have on my personal IG: @jjduqueart. However, I took a stab at the promotions that Gods Of Poker was offering to take part in a team event of influencers in their Titan Assembly series at Taipei. The result: So with short notice, I booked the flight, found Happiness (IYKYK) again and here we are now in the hotel room after a red-eye flight, arriving in Taipei at the crack of dawn and waiting half a day for an afternoon check-in, and now - trying to mentally prepare myself by writing a bit.  To be honest, I am excited because it's a little bit of a big deal for me to get a free seat to a tournament. I don't usually get these kind of opportunities because I'm busy as doing media work and live reporting when I'm usually at poker festivals. So, this feels different. For one, the organizers usually are the ones who set me up ...