{"id":1691,"date":"2016-11-02T07:33:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T14:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2016-11-14T00:05:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T08:05:39","slug":"pnwpokercal-planner-for-26-october-2016-main-event-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1691","title":{"rendered":"#PNWPokerCal Planner for 2 November 2016: MAIN EVENT EDITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The Main Event<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;ve been living under a rock since 3:20am. Speculation on Twitter is that\u00a0<strong>Qui Nguyen&#8217;s WSOP Main Event win<\/strong> might finally draw Vietnamese immigrants to the world of poker.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1693\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Qui_Nguyen_winner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1693\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Qui_Nguyen_winner.jpg\" alt=\"@ 2016 WSOP\/Jayne Furman\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Qui_Nguyen_winner.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Qui_Nguyen_winner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Qui_Nguyen_winner-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Qui_Nguyen_winner-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@ 2016 WSOP\/Jayne Furman<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>The Main Event?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I somehow <strong>forgot to mention in last week&#8217;s Planner<\/strong> that Sunday was the start of World Series of Poker Main Event final table coverage. I&#8217;m an idiot. I remembered to DVR it, at least, and\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingpokertells.com\" target=\"_blank\">Reading Poker Tells<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>author Zach Elwood<\/strong> invited me over to watch some of the broadcast with him, so after the trick-or-treaters tapered off on Monday, I caught some of it with him. Seriously, though, maybe they could have waited until a\u00a0weekend after both Halloween <em>and<\/em> the election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally figured out my Halloween costume. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScaryClown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScaryClown<\/a> is big this year. Combine it with poker. Or\u2026maybe\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SexyClown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SexyClown<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L2QoP7TTSX\">pic.twitter.com\/L2QoP7TTSX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Poker Mutant (@pokermutant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokermutant\/status\/792832183173996544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Separated at the Poker Table<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Final Table tournament director <strong>Heath Bloodgood<\/strong> pointed out a similarity in chip stacking:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1692 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14914680_608357856003046_2074836956_n-e1477987854755.jpg\" alt=\"14914680_608357856003046_2074836956_n\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14914680_608357856003046_2074836956_n-e1477987854755.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14914680_608357856003046_2074836956_n-e1477987854755-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14914680_608357856003046_2074836956_n-e1477987854755-500x298.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1632 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3118-e1478095513533.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>The State of Portland Poker<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Last week\u00a0was a busy one for Portland players<\/strong>, following on the success of Portland Meadows&#8217; $20K guarantee with the regular $10K events at Final Table on Friday, the Saturday $10K at Meadows, and a special $15K freezeout on Sunday at Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>freezeout reached a prize pool of more than $22K<\/strong>, with 171 entries. I was only able to make the first of the three events, and <strong>six players (including yours truly) chopped the $12K+ at Final Table<\/strong> for $1,600 each.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1694\" style=\"width: 3184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1694\" class=\"wp-image-1694 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3119-e1478095598439.jpg\" alt=\"img_3119\" width=\"3174\" height=\"1901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3119-e1478095598439.jpg 3174w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3119-e1478095598439-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3119-e1478095598439-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3119-e1478095598439-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_3119-e1478095598439-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3174px) 100vw, 3174px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Final Table $10K, 28 October 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even though I didn&#8217;t make the Saturday $10K at Meadows ($13,700 prize pool), I did go out to catch the 7pm\u2014thinking\u00a0it might be juiced a bit by busted players from the noon game\u2014and chopped <em>that<\/em> three ways, then <strong>promptly dusted off a third of my profit playing Big O with Jeremy Harkin<\/strong>. That did free me up to have some <strong>drinks with River Rich, who had just finished taking\u00a0down the $10K<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with rumors of an impromptu 10\/20 NLHE shootout running at Final Table last Tuesday night, there might be some life in the old beast yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deal of the Week:\u00a0Big Entry, Small Field at Tulalip<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As anyone who&#8217;s read this blog for a while (I pity the fools!) knows, <strong>I have a thing for small-field tournaments<\/strong> because of their relative value (ask\u00a0<strong>Fedor Holz<\/strong> about that). It&#8217;s why things like the High Roller at Wildhorse next week are attractive.\u00a0This month, on the <strong>weekend after Thanksgiving<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>Tulalip Casino<\/strong> north of Seattle is turning their\u00a0<strong>Last Sunday of the Month<\/strong> game into one of those events by making it a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulalipresortcasino.com\/Gaming\/GetCMSMediaFile?mediaName=TRC-PDF-Poker-Calendar-Nov2016&amp;mimeTypeName=application%2Fpdf\" target=\"_blank\">$75K guarantee<\/a><\/strong> with an\u00a0<strong>$820 buyin<\/strong> (including dealer addon). 30-minute rounds, 15K+3K in chips. Alternates, late entry, and re-entry for the first 4 rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly calendar doesn&#8217;t specify how much of the buyin goes to the prize pool, but I think we can assume about $750, so the field is expected to be something over 100 entries, but you&#8217;re probably not looking at more than 200.\u00a011am on 27 November.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This Week in Portland Poker<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a new month, which means the<strong>\u00a0Final Table First Friday $20K<\/strong> is upon us. That&#8217;ll be at 7pm on 4 November. $80 buyin with a live rebuy and $40 addon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only a Day Away<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hustlercasino.com\/project\/liz-flynt-fall-poker-classic-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liz Flynt Fall Classic<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>draws to a close tomorrow at <strong>Hustler Casino<\/strong>\u00a0with a one-day $20K deepstack tournament.\u00a0If you hurry down to <strong>LA<\/strong>, you might be able to catch the last flight of the $200K guarantee tonight at 5pm. $240 entry.<\/li>\n<li>At the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.venetian.com\/content\/dam\/lasvegas\/venetian\/master\/main\/home\/casino\/DSE_IV_2016-Schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.venetian.com\/content\/dam\/lasvegas\/venetian\/master\/main\/home\/casino\/DSE_IV_2016-Schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">t<\/a>his weekend, there&#8217;s a\u00a0$175K guarantee bounty tournament with an $1,100 buyin, with entry days on Friday and Saturday. Entry days for a $250 buyin $150K guarantee are Monday through Wednesday.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsop.com\/tourney\/tourneydetails.asp?groupID=1253\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Series of Poker Circuit\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0<strong>Harvey&#8217;s Lake Tahoe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Main Event has starting flights ($1,675 buyin) on Friday and Saturday. The last event starts on Sunday. One-way airfare to Sacramento early Friday can still be had for a couple hundred dollars and Reno&#8217;s about three hundred, but you&#8217;d need to get from either airport to Lake Tahoe.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hptpoker.com\/eventinfo.php?yid=2016&amp;eid=37\" target=\"_blank\">HPT St. Louis<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Main Event at\u00a0<strong>Ameristar Casino St. Charles<\/strong> has one entry flight on Friday and two on Saturday. $1,650 entry and there are plenty of satellites running as late as noon Saturday. Might be a bit spendy to get to St. Louis at this late date.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B5hmWJY3rs91ZkRvSVpkR2dzcmYzdVBnUjB3ZkYzRGNnak9J\/view\" target=\"_blank\">Rio Final Table Festival<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0starts tomorrow with a mic of\u00a0has $500 and $300 NLHE events, and\u00a0a $1,100 satellite into the 2-day $10,000 main event on Monday (Halloween). Several other satellites to both the Main and smaller events that are running through the weekend.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/msptpoker.com\/viewpdf\/?eventID=153\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mid-States Poker Tour\u00a0<\/strong>starts tomorrow at\u00a0<strong>Golden Gates Poker Parlour<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Blackhawk, Colorado\u00a0with\u00a0a<strong>\u00a0$360 buyin<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>$100K guarantee<\/strong>\u00a0and an\u00a0<strong>$1,100 buyin $200K guarantee Main Event\u00a0<\/strong>a week from tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wildhorseresort.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2016%20Fall%20Poker%20Events%20-%20all%20-%20print%20-%202_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0starts tomorrow. Individual tournaments are listed on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?page_id=651\" target=\"_blank\">calendar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The final leg of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercecasino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LAPOschedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SoCal Poker Championships<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercecasino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LAPOschedule.pdf\">\u00a0is at\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercecasino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LAPOschedule.pdf\"><strong>Commerce Casino&#8217;s LA Poker Open<\/strong><\/a>. The first event is Friday, followed by eight days of starting flights for the\u00a0<strong>$350 buyin $3M guarantee SCPC<\/strong>. The LAPC Main Event has\u00a0<strong>$100K guaranteed for first place<\/strong>\u00a0with a\u00a0<strong>$1,650 buyin<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hptpoker.com\/eventinfo.php?yid=2016&amp;eid=39\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HPT<\/strong>\u00a0moves across Missouri to\u00a0<strong>Kansas City<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on 10 November art the\u00a0<strong>Ameristar Casino<\/strong>. Seven events, with three entry days for the\u00a0<strong>$1,650 Main Event<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>There will be a little bit of a slowdown in the number of tournaments over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, but don&#8217;t worry! The <strong>Poker Mutant will be here to keep you updated<\/strong>. Unless he&#8217;s in Prague.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember to keep an eye on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PNWPokerCal&amp;src=typd\">#PNWPokerCal Twitter hashtag<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?page_id=651\" target=\"_blank\">PNW Poker Calendar for upcoming events!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Main Event In case you&#8217;ve been living under a rock since 3:20am. Speculation on Twitter is that\u00a0Qui Nguyen&#8217;s WSOP Main Event win might finally draw Vietnamese immigrants to the world of poker. The Main Event? 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