Mahjong Travel Journal: WSOM Press Conference in Macau
Last month was the announcement of the 2010 World Series of Mahjong. ReachMahjong.com’s Marketing manager Kirk Camerlingo and I (Jenn) joined the event in Macau and also celebrated the second Reach/Riichi event to be held at the WSOM. I spent only a few days in Macau, but it felt productive. It was probably the first time I took a MTJ trip without actually playing any mahjong!
I arrived in Hong Kong and met up with Kirk and Andrew from World Gaming Magazine. After spending one night in HK, we headed over to Macau. They had house-hunting to do and I had a full agenda of relaxation. Luckily they found a place right away and I got to help with the decorations!
We spent most of our time playing poker and in the Grand Waldo Spa, but on January 20th we woke up early for a meeting with the WSOM organizers. It was exciting and this month you’ll start to see our events in Tokyo taking shape next month, leading up to the main events in August.
The press conference itself went fast. We already covered the announcements in the WSOM News section, but we didn’t mention that Jim Mehren gave Kirk and I a big thanks during those announcements as well. It feels like this year’s Riichi event is going to be a huge success, as well as the main event and high roller’s events. I can’t wait until the preliminaries are successfully finished and we’re suiting up to go play in Macau.
After the announcements I was busy with interviews and meetings. There were so many people to meet from the Venetian, local publications and international ones and the sponsors of the event. It’s a great team this year and being there with everyone kicked my confidence into high-gear.
It’s a short road with a lot of stops until August, but RM.com will be doing everything we can to make the Riichi event a success and get as many of our players as possible into the main events.
A big thanks to Kirk and Andrew for giving me a place to stay and people to hang out with for the short time I was in Macau for the announcement. And, also thanks to them for all of their help at the press conference.
