Week in review & CAGS
Let's recap the news in GACKT-land...
♥News♥
When we last left GACKT last week, he was in California to take part in the World Poker Tour's WPT Legends tournament.
A couple of poker news sites posted English interviews with GACKT.
GACKT Aims To Make His Mark on the World Poker Tour - WPT Official Site
Pop Music Star Gackt Attempting to Change Poker's Image in Japan - PokerNews
GACKT's first day of playing started with him taking part in a meet and greet before play started. Several personalities from the WPT were present, as was GACKT. One lucky fan was able to get her Mizerable CD signed.
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[Video] Lynn Gilmartinさんのインスタグラムストーリーを更新されました。/ Lynn Gilmartin Instagram Stories updated https://t.co/UhhQhPgP52 #GACKT #poker #ポーカー pic.twitter.com/rir34hB4vT
- OGYD (@ohgacktyoudidnt) 2017年8月27日
[Video] Lynn Gilmartinさんのインスタグラムストーリーを更新されました。/ Lynn Gilmartin Instagram Stories updated https://t.co/UhhQhPgP52 #GACKT #poker #ポーカー pic.twitter.com/motW0KCPWn
- OGYD (@ohgacktyoudidnt) 2017年8月27日
Opening Day 1C
[video] Angela Rockwoodさんのインスタグラムを更新されました。 / Angela Rockwood Instagram updated https://t.co/bRZQ7jYCbt #GACKT pic.twitter.com/WcqfZzqUWR
- OGYD (@ohgacktyoudidnt) 2017年8月29日
GACKT with his entry ticket.
GACKT made it through Day 1C of the tournament. He was one of 150 survivors from a field of 383 entrants on that day, although his stack of 51,300 chips did place him in the lower half of the field.
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Unfortunately, GACKT didn't make it through Day 2, and was eliminated pretty early on.
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The tournament finished on Day 5, August 31st, and GACKT was present to watch the final six battle it out at the final table, although he didn't stay until the end to see Art Papazyan win the trophy, $668,692 and a Hublot watch. GACKT was also interviewed, so hopefully that will be shown on the WPT TV shows/YouTube channel at a later date.
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[Video] Lynn Gilmartinさんのインスタグラムストーリーを更新されました。 / Lynn Gilmartin Instagram Stories https://t.co/UhhQhPgP52 #GACKT #poker #ポーカー #WPTLegends pic.twitter.com/MjTEAWiZzS
- OGYD (@ohgacktyoudidnt) 2017年9月1日
Sources - @allinpokerchick / Bicycle Casino blog / @CathyZhaoyuan / @CathyZhaoyuan / @Jake11291 / @LynnGilmartin / @TugbaERCAN / @WilliamKassouf / @WilliamKassouf / WPT Flickr
For more details on GACKT's poker shenanigans and other activities this week, check out the social media postings further down.
YOU had his hair done, and has been on stage and doing in-store events with S.Q.F in Nagoya.
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Sources - YOU Facebook / YOU Ameblo / RISEL Instagram
Chacha also had his hair done. He also went to a couple of concerts this week - one for a senior of his, and another of a friend.
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Source - @CHACHAMARU_YFCz / RISEL Instagram
TAKUMI posted a couple of videos to his Instagram. He was with Daichi Yokota, another of GACKT's producers, and they were playing some of GACKT's songs.
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First, Daichi playing P.S. I LOVE U
And TAKUMI playing ARROW
Source - TAKUMI Instagram
♥GACKTstagram♥
I was out of the tournament yesterday sadly and still have a terrible jet lag. I woke up at 9 pm. omg...
[Training and Instagram Stories]
I had dinner with the most favorite director. we expect to make a wonderful work together.
it's a time to sleep. night.
he can also muscle up...He is a president of student council in Camui G school.
[video] GACKTさんのインスタグラムストーリーを更新されました。/ GACKT Instagram Stories updated https://t.co/cwWHB89mvz #GACKT pic.twitter.com/I3W6Q3M0Fv
- OGYD (@ohgacktyoudidnt) 2017年9月1日
sleepy...I have to get ready to leave.
GACKT also left a comment on this video saying "So sleepy..."
[video] GACKTさんのインスタグラムストーリーを更新されました。/ GACKT Instagram Stories updated https://t.co/cwWHB89mvz #GACKT pic.twitter.com/SrTXKvcTXC
- OGYD (@ohgacktyoudidnt) 2017年9月2日
Source - GACKTstagram
♥GACKT Ameba & Weibo♥
Again, GACKT updates his blogs a little behind, so it runs a little behind the news section. Also, a couple of blogs this week were Weibo only, and as he only wrote a couple of lines, there isn't much in the way of explanation...
August 28th blog
GACKT arrived in California ready for WPT Legends. He trained, and went to a supermarket. He was so amazed by the selection of blueberries that he took photos of them for his blog.
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August 29th blog
He attended the reception party for the tournament. He was impressed by the power of everyone's smiles, as he always is at a celebrity party in the US. He also said that the combination of rapid fire, native English and his own weakness with socialising at parties left him very tired for the latter half of the party.
August 30th blog
GACKT spoke about playing in Day 1C. He said that he was still suffering from jetlag, so he was concerned about his ability to concentrate. After introductions of the famous players, things were due to start. All that was left was some photos, and GACKT found himself dragged over to the middle of the group for the photos. It was a long day, but he managed to increase his stack to 50,000 from the starting 30,000.
August 31st blog
He didn't sleep much, and was still jetlagged, but it was time for Day 2. He found himself sat at the same table as a famous player, and spoke about being seated next to another famous player from England during Day 1C, who's mother was from Japan, and GACKT was impressed by his Japanese pronunciation. He lost on Day 2, but learnt some new things and knows he has more to learn.
After the tournament, he met his friend Dai, a drift racer, for dinner. They went to an Asian Fusion restaurant that Dai's friend works at.
September 1st blog
His jetlag got worse, he trained and then ate.
September 2nd blog
Still suffering from jetlag, GACKT wanted to go shopping. His hotel was close to a shopping mall in central Beverly Hills, but for some reason it took over 40 minutes for his car to arrive. He was confused about why it was taking so long, until the driver told GACKT he'd arrived at Beverly Hills Center... and had instead taken him to a hospital in a residential area instead of the mall! After a hour and a half of driving, he got to the mall and found it under renovation. Of course, he headed to Dolce and Gabbana, but didn't find any jackets he liked. During his recent overseas trips, GACKT had noticed how convenient it was to travel with rucksacks, and a couple in D&G jumped out at him so he bought two. The brown one is on their website, yours for only $1,495
After a conversation with an Italian couple in a cafe, GACKT had dinner with director Ryuhei Kitamura.
September 3rd blog
GACKT rearranged his luggage and had dinner with some friends for the first time in some time.
Sources - GACKT Weibo / GACKT Ameblo
♥Schedule♥
09/03-09/09 - Yoshiki Channel - a comment video from GACKT will be broadcast to celebrate the second anniversary of Yoshiki Channel (exact broadcast date/time hasn't been announced) http://ch.nicovideo.jp/yoshikiofficial
09/23 - 21:00 - Abema TV - All Produced by GACKT! Heads-Up Poker One-on-One Contest https://abema.tv/channels/special-plus/slots/BDz9Ssq6VZQyyR
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It seems that GACKT is coming back to Japan (if he's not back already).
How is everyone doing, CAGS? It feels like summer is finally coming to an end here (THANKFULLY) and we're starting to see Halloween goods everywhere.