{"id":1103,"date":"2015-10-28T07:03:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T14:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2015-10-28T00:43:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T07:43:55","slug":"pnwpokercalendar-planner-for-october-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"#PNWPokerCalendar Planner for October 28"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brian Thorp, winner of the Final Table $100K Guarantee, October 24, 2015 (photo via Final Table Facebook page)<\/p><\/div>\n

Final Table $100K Guarantee<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The $100K Guarantee at Final Table<\/a> is over, and we have a winner! According to the post on Facebook<\/a>, there was no chop. Total prize pool was $113K\u2014a bit\u00a0smaller than the spring event\u2014with a combined 299 entries and rebuys. I was up from 12K to 28K by the first break (after level 4), then\u00a0busted out at the end of level 10, jamming a short stack with K<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> into a raise from Tam Nguyen<\/a>, who had J<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Encore Poker Series<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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With that out of the way, it means this week is the Encore Poker Series VII<\/a>, with its own $100K. I’m out of the running for the two bigger games of the series: the $50K on Saturday and the $100K on Sunday; gotta blow ethylene glycol\u00a0fog on the trick-or-treaters on Halloween (seriously, scheduling on Halloween?<\/em>), and Poker Mutant Papa has a significant\u00a0birthday on All Saints Day, but I’m planning\u00a0to play both Thursday and Friday ($20K and $30K guarantees, respectively).<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick rundown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Guarantee<\/strong><\/td>$20K<\/td>$30K<\/td>$50K<\/td>$100K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Day<\/strong><\/td>Thursday<\/td>Friday<\/td>Saturday<\/td>Sunday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>10\/29<\/td>10\/30<\/td>10\/31<\/td>11\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Starting Time<\/strong><\/td>8pm<\/td>8pm<\/td>1pm<\/td>12pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buyin\/Rebuy\/Re-Entry Cost<\/strong><\/td>$100<\/td>$150<\/td>$250<\/td>$500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buyin\/Rebuy\/Re-Entry Chips<\/strong><\/td>15K<\/td>15K<\/td>25K<\/td>30K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebuy\/Re-Entry<\/strong><\/td>1 Rebuy through level 3<\/td>1 Rebuy through level 3<\/td>Unlimited Re-Entry through level 6<\/td>Unlimited Re-Entry through level 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Addon Cost<\/strong><\/td>$50 between level 3 and 4<\/td>$60 between level 3 and 4<\/td>$100 between level 3 and 4, entries and re-entries in levels 4-6 can buy addon at that time<\/td>$100 between level 3 and 4, entries and re-entries in levels 4-6 can buy addon at that time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Addon Chips<\/strong><\/td>10K<\/td>10K<\/td>15K<\/td>20K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blind Level Length<\/strong><\/td>25 minutes<\/td>25 minutes<\/td>35 minutes<\/td>40 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

It always amuses me a little when poker\u00a0rooms like the Venetian return to their regular schedules after a series (see below). They send me announcements about\u00a0the\u00a0guarantees<\/a>: $124.5K in guarantees every week at the Venetian. But if you add up the guaranteed events at Encore over a week, it’s over $50K. Yes, there are some differences: the base buyin at the Venetian is larger, there are only two events each day (as opposed to five), but the steady drizzle of Portland poker versus the flash flood of Vegas poker stacks up pretty well, considering.<\/p>\n

Red Zone II<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s down to the finals in the\u00a0Poker Update “Most Memorable Televised Poker Hand of All Time” contest<\/a>. Dozens of Northwest\u00a0voters\u00a0helped push Justin “Red” Phillips’s from slightly behind a hand featuring Mikael Mizrachi to a\u00a0massive win with 80% of the vote. The final is Phillips vs. Phil Hellmuth getting squashed in a hand from “The Big Game.”<\/p>\n

WSOP November Nine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The big news in the poker world, of course, is the World Series of Poker Main Event November Nine, who meet back at the table on Sunday, November 8th. According to Kevin Mathers<\/a>, the all-seeing eye of the poker world, this is the schedule, in\u00a0Las Vegas (i.e. Pacific) time. No live streaming, which bites.<\/p>\n

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The WSOP ME weekend schedule: pic.twitter.com\/Xa4NQL4SUU<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kevin Mathers (@Kevmath) October 25, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n