Show notes
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview award-winning photographer Rachel Kay Winter! Known on Twitter as RachKayPhoto, Rachel is an active photographer in the poker industry. Working predominantly for 8131 Media, PokerNews, and WPT, she is often seen snapping photos of players at the RunGood Poker Series, WSOP Circuit, and WPT Prime, as well as at the World Series of Poker over the summer. While her husband, Brian Winter, travels with her and plays professionally, Rachel only plays poker recreationally -- occasionally online, with friends, or during live series. She recently won a GPI Award for "Best Media Content: Photo" for her winner's photo of Nick Schulman at the 2023 World Series of Poker. Rachel talks about the challenges of her profession, what she loves about photographing poker players, some stories from the final tables, and a lot more!
We also play Stake/Study Stack with Drew Amato, Danny Maxwell, and Haley Hochstetler and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!
Rachel is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/RachKayPhoto
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
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Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
06:45 Rachel defines her role in the poker world
08:15 Rachel is a strict recreational poker player
11:28 Rachel talks about Brian locking up as the player of the season
15:54 Being a photographer before becoming a player
20:49 Photographer before becoming a player
24:31 Qualities that make a good poker photo
27:20 Rachel on taking good photos of a winning player
32:48 Capturing happy moments at a table
36:35 Getting a lot of good feedback from people
41:55 Rachel talks about the post-processing of all the pictures
46:52 No. 1 challenge as a poker photographer
52:18 Funny moments that stick in Rachel’s mind
01:06:34 Home Game Result updates
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