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The Poker Mutant is always looking for the next big score (he kind of needs it these days), and as usual I was looking at my personal poker calendar, crossing off things that I’m not going to make it to (goodbye, Ante Up Thunder Valley Main Event<\/a>!). Personal circumstance dictates my schedule’s not going to be as open as it has been over the past years, so I’m not going to be able to take off for a week at a time, which rather limits options for larger events and series. Driving makes it a lot easier to play an open-ended schedule, even if you need to have to spend a couple days in transit, but with shorter travel windows, that’s more difficult to manage.<\/p>\n

Still, just like during the summer in Las Vegas<\/a>, I’m planning ahead, so that I can be ready to take advantage of any opportunity that arises. Which means looking at schedules.<\/p>\n

Bay 101 Open Main Event: Deal of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

What caught my eye today was the Main Event of the Bay 101 Open in San Jose<\/a>.\u00a0San Jose is a direct destination from PDX and there are usually a number of flights full of Intel folks shuttling between Hillsboro and the Bay Area. Once upon a time, I flew semi-regularly to SJC and San Francisco, sometimes just for day trips to trade shows.<\/p>\n

The Bay 101 Open ME is an $1,000 +\u00a0100 buy-in<\/a>\u00a0NLHE tournament (with limited seating) that has two starting days: Saturday, September 12th and Sunday, September 13th, with Day 2 on Monday the 14th. Both starting days kick off at what might seem like and un-reasonable weekend 9:30am. Last year’s event had just over 500 entries<\/a>, with a $500K prize pool and almost $100K going to the winner. There’s no guarantee, but this year’s winner gets a $7,500 seat to the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament next spring.<\/p>\n

Checking on Orbitz and Expedia, there were still a few seats on Alaska Airlines’ 6am flight PDX – SJC for just $150 RT. It’s scheduled to get in to San Jose before 8am, and the casino’s less than a 10-minute taxi ride. If you can lock down a seat on the plane and in the tournament, you’re ahead of me, I just don’t know what my schedule will be in mid-September.<\/p>\n

This Week in Portland Poker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special events coming up this weekend are:<\/p>\n