| Welcome to the official website of the Recording Industry Poker Tournament for Charity Event. On July 19, 2009, come join me, your host, Dave Reitzas, as 120 of the industry's top producers, engineers, musicians and manufacturers come together for an afternoon of fun, luck, and skill for the first-ever L.A. Recording Industry No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Charity Poker Tournament at the World Famous Village Recording Studios. Players of all skill levels are invited to register for the tournament and will be competing for an amazing assortment of recording-related prizes being donated by some of the best companies in the industry. Don't think that you have to be an expert to come play. It's basically an afternoon where people from our industry will be able to hang out, have a friendly competition and compete for cool prizes. Plus, you'll have the nice feeling that your buy-in will be going to a good cause. Proceeds raised will benefit Sound Art L.A. (http: //www.soundartla.org). Sound Art provides a musical outlet for children desperate for self-expression. They engage children of all ages in music education giving them access to the tools of popular music and the guidance of professional musicians as instructors. With Sound Art, students awaken creativity, discover their voices and experience success. The tournament buy-in is only $100 with an optional $50 add-on at anytime up through the 3rd level of play. Sit & Go single-table mini-tournaments will be started for players who have been eliminated from the Main Event and would like a second or third chance to take another shot at winning something big. The Sit & Go’s will be started as soon as enough players are eliminated from the Main Event. The Sit & Go’s will start at $25 per player (10-player tables) and higher buy-in Sit & Go’s may be offered for larger second chance prizes. Players must pre-register for the Main Event in order to reserve their seat. The add-ons and Sit & Go’s will be sold for cash on the day of the game. However, if you want to purchase your $50 add-on in advance, you will receive an extra $500 in bonus chips. Those waiting to purchase until the day of the tournament will just get the standard add-on chip increase (like you, except you'll have an additional $500 more chips because you purchased your add-on in advance. Good move!!!). Check in begins at 12:15 p.m. Food and beverages will be provided. An instruction table will be available 30 minutes prior to start time for players in need of a little brush-up. Tournament play begins at 2:00 p.m. West L.A. poker will be providing all the tournament essentials for the event including professional dealers, felt covered tables, heavy duty chips, the same brand of cards used for the World Series of Poker, tournament clock software projected onscreen displaying blind levels and structure, and a Tournament Director to keep the event running smoothly and on time. We've been contacting gear manufacturers and software developers for product donations. The response has been extremely generous and we're proud to announce some amazing prizes for the top 40 or so players, with the best prizes reserved for the final table players. See the Prize page for a more detailed description of the products. Karen Margroff Dunn (KMD Productions), a seasoned event coordinator from the TEC Awards and Mix LA Open Golf Tournament is working her butt off to get the donations in order to have prizes that are thrilling for everyone! If you know anyone who hasn't been contacted by us who would like to donate, please have them contact her at Karen@kmdpro.com. The reason I decided to do this event was to find a good excuse for bringing us together. Seeing old friends and meeting new ones, introducing the users of the tools we use daily with the creators of those tools, and supporting a charity that focuses on kids and music. Thanks to everyone for donating and signing up for the tournament. We look forward to making this an amazing day for everyone! Best, Dave Reitzas www.reitzas.com |
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Your Host
Dave Reitzas began his recording career more than two decades ago as an assistant engineer
for Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction. Producer Mike Clink, impressed with Dave's talent
and ambition, referred him to producer/songwriter David Foster. He quickly graduated to mixing
engineer on projects with many of the preeminent artists of the century, and the rest is history!
Madonna's Ray of Light, Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard, Natalie Cole's Unforgettable and
Barbra Streisand's Timeless, The Concert are just a few of the standouts from Reitzas'
immense discography. All told, Reitzas has contributed his talents to records that have been
nominated in 52 separate Grammy categories and have sold well over 150 million copies.
Reitzas personal statue collection includes a Grammy for Best Engineered Album Unforgettable
With Love for Natalie and Nat King Cole; Best Pop Album as engineer/mixer on Madonna's Ray
of Light; and Best Mexican/American Album as mixer for Luis Miguel's Mexico En La Piel (also
winning him a Latin Grammy for Best Ranchero Album).
In 2001, Reitzas received an Emmy award for "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or
Television Special for recording and mixing Barbra Streisand's "Timeless, The Millennium
Concert.” Working with Streisand since 1992, Reitzas most recently took on the massive
demands of her Live Concert Tour of 2006, earning him a Grammy nomination for Best
Traditional Pop Album. Last year, Reitzas recorded and mixed the hugely successful Hit Man:
David Foster & Friends, a concert honoring David Foster at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
The show featured Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Andrea Bocelli, Barbra Streisand, Peter
Cetera, Boz Skaggs, Brian Mcknight, Kenny G, Charice, Babyface, Celine, Katharine McPhee
and Rene' Olstead. Keep your fingers crossed for this year's Emmy nominations.
A few more of the many artists Reitzas has recorded/mixed include Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole,
Celine Dion, Cher, Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Seal,
Tony Bennett, Michael Bolton and Lionel Richie.
Dave Reitzas began his recording career more than two decades ago as an assistant engineer
for Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction. Producer Mike Clink, impressed with Dave's talent
and ambition, referred him to producer/songwriter David Foster. He quickly graduated to mixing
engineer on projects with many of the preeminent artists of the century, and the rest is history!
Madonna's Ray of Light, Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard, Natalie Cole's Unforgettable and
Barbra Streisand's Timeless, The Concert are just a few of the standouts from Reitzas'
immense discography. All told, Reitzas has contributed his talents to records that have been
nominated in 52 separate Grammy categories and have sold well over 150 million copies.
Reitzas personal statue collection includes a Grammy for Best Engineered Album Unforgettable
With Love for Natalie and Nat King Cole; Best Pop Album as engineer/mixer on Madonna's Ray
of Light; and Best Mexican/American Album as mixer for Luis Miguel's Mexico En La Piel (also
winning him a Latin Grammy for Best Ranchero Album).
In 2001, Reitzas received an Emmy award for "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or
Television Special for recording and mixing Barbra Streisand's "Timeless, The Millennium
Concert.” Working with Streisand since 1992, Reitzas most recently took on the massive
demands of her Live Concert Tour of 2006, earning him a Grammy nomination for Best
Traditional Pop Album. Last year, Reitzas recorded and mixed the hugely successful Hit Man:
David Foster & Friends, a concert honoring David Foster at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
The show featured Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Andrea Bocelli, Barbra Streisand, Peter
Cetera, Boz Skaggs, Brian Mcknight, Kenny G, Charice, Babyface, Celine, Katharine McPhee
and Rene' Olstead. Keep your fingers crossed for this year's Emmy nominations.
A few more of the many artists Reitzas has recorded/mixed include Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole,
Celine Dion, Cher, Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Seal,
Tony Bennett, Michael Bolton and Lionel Richie.
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| The winners of the First Annual Recording Industry Poker Tournament: 1. Joe Peluso 2. Eric Gerber 3. Christophe Beck 4. Gary Reitzas 5. John Van Nest 6. Steven Slate 7. J.J. Blair 8. Avrom Gart |