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Photos: WSC 2009: Before the Tournament

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Caption List

• Chicken laksa at SIN
• Overhead view of the Zon Regency atrium
• Elevator Durian Warning, Zon Regency Hotel
• Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Eng), Lewis Mackay (Eng), Craig Beevers (Eng) and Adrian Tamas (ROM) at Salt and Pepper
• Zon Regency courtyard
• Zon Regency courtyard
• Mee Siam from room service
• Buffet dinner selections.
• John Chew configuring the nine laptops that run the WSC.
• Setting up the backdrop
• Malaysian noodles, Cat 5 cable
• The playing room, from the stage
• The playing room, looking toward the stage.
• Event schedule, temporarily projected
• Ralph Lobo (ARE) at registration
• Bartosz Pieta (POL) at registration.
• Rik Kennedy (NIr) at registration
• Goodie bags.
• Directions to the tournament.
• Tournament banner
• Joanne Craig (NZL), Jeff Grant (NZL), Howard Warner (NZL), Nigel Richards (Wsc) and Blue Thorogood (NZL)
• Rodney Judd (PAK), Rashid Ateeq Khan (PAK) and Waseem Khatri (PAK)
• Dylan Early (ZAF) and Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF)
• Patrick Litunya (KEN), Allan Oyende (KEN), Willy Mwangi (KEN)
• Geoff Thevenot (USA), Brian Bowman (USA), Mark Kenas (USA), Jason Idalski (USA), Sam Rosin (USA) and Jim Kramer (USA)
• Shaila Amalean (LKA) and Lakshan Wanniarachchi (LKA)
• Mihai Pantis (ROM) and Adrian Tamas (ROM)
• An event sponsor's advertising
• Gala Dinner
• Gala dinner guests
• Gala dinner guests
• Gala dinner guests
• Gala dinner guests
• Hotel laundry list: I forgot to bring my safari suit for cleaning!
• Philip Nelkon welcomes players
• Major Cheah talks about security
• Players getting ready to play
• Players getting ready to play
• Players getting ready to play
• Players getting ready to play
• Tournament Director Wilma Vialle gets the tournament going.