A light and laser show in the Villa Marina gardens kicked off the third poker tournament on Wednesday evening.
The show, which will be repeated twice tonight at 8pm and 9pm then one last time tomorrow followed by a short firework display celebrates the Isle of Man and has been put together by a specialist off-island company.
The light display was specially commissioned by tournament organisers PokerStars to mark its 10 years in the island.
The poker tournament, which runs until Sunday and sees some of the top players from around the world taking part, also coincides with a nine-day chess tournament taking place at the Villa Marina at the same time.
Tonight (Friday) will see a simultaneous chess and poker game involving as many as 20 players, including 10 grand chess masters and a number of poker experts. This is preceded by a curtain raiser at 1pm today which will see grandmaster Michael Adams take on 25 chess opponents simultaneously. As many as 108 players from 28 countries will be taking part overall, and among them will be 37 grand masters as well as two of Europe’s most talented under 16 players. Visitors to the Villa are welcome and entry to the chess tournament is free.