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Thanksgiving<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There have been a few goodies left on the doorstep of Portland poker<\/strong> this week, and here at Mutant Poker we just want to say thanks for all of it, even if we are having to admit defeat in our attempt to get to the final EPT Prague<\/strong>\u00a0next month. Just not gonna happen.<\/p>\n

Portland Poker Holiday Championship Series<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As we’ve already announced<\/a>, the\u00a0Final Table Poker Club<\/strong> and\u00a0Portland Meadows Poker Room<\/strong> are running a 4-event series the first four days of December, with $80,000 guaranteed between the four tournaments<\/strong>, and a trophy for the player with the most points through the series<\/strong>. Decompress from the T-Day family arguments over politics with some poker.<\/p>\n

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Pac West Poker\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As if that wasn’t enough of a present<\/strong> for all of you good little girls and boys, the great folks at Chinook Winds Casino<\/strong> have already released a\u00a0preliminary\u00a0schedule for February’s\u00a0Pac West Poker Classic<\/strong>, with a week-long schedule of events starting with a $330\u00a0$50K guarantee NLHE 6-Max<\/strong> on 18-20 February and culminating in a $550+$200\u00a0$100K guarantee NLHE Main Event<\/strong>, with\u00a0no re-entry. <\/em>Show your appreciation for the gang down there by playing in the new poker room\u00a0over the holidays<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Decision<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Oregon Supreme Court<\/strong> recently published its affirmation of\u00a0an Court of Appeals\u00a0judgment<\/a> on a case covering Portland poker<\/strong>. A lawsuit brought by MT & M Gaming Inc.<\/a>, the owners of\u00a0Last Frontier Casino<\/strong>\u00a0in La Center,<\/p>\n

\"judgment\"The case made its way up from Multnomah County Court to the Court of Appeals, which found that since MT & M wasn’t covered by Oregon law (as it operated in Washington state and under Washington gaming laws), it couldn’t invoke Oregon laws in its attempt to claim Portland was allowing\u00a0poker rooms to steal its former customers<\/strong>. The Supreme Court’s interpretation was somewhat different, but it had the same effect, and it’s worth a read to see the arguments that the City’s attorneys put up<\/strong> in defense of the status quo<\/em>, whether that’s because they’re protecting the city’s poker clubs or just because they don’t like getting pushed around by some guys from La Center<\/strong>. It makes for some interesting reading.<\/p>\n

Deal of the Week: Venetian New Year’s Extravaganza<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The \u00a0next months is a little slow for series as everyone hunkers down for the holiday season, but if you’ve got some time coming up around the new year, the Venetian in Las Vegas has been running a series that spans Christmas and New Year’s<\/a><\/strong> for several years now (though, seriously, with every month having a mid-month “Weekend Extravaganza”<\/a><\/strong> and four month-long Extravaganzas each year, it’s getting hard to find time when there’s just a regular schedule running for more than a couple of weeks).<\/p>\n

None of the events in the New Year’s Extravaganza have buyins of more than $400 (most are in the $200 range). There aren’t any enormous guarantees\u2014the largest is near the end of the series for $150K on a $250 buyin\u2014but there are a lot of solid events twice a day that will likely be in the 60-100 entry range for the single-flight tournaments.<\/p>\n

The three big events of the series are a $125K, $100K, and $150K, for buyins of $250, $400, and $250, respectively. The first is two days after Christmas, the second starts New Year’s Day, and the last begins 4 January. Presumably, in addition to some tournaments, there should be some action from a surge in visitors to Vegas during the holidays.<\/p>\n

And sometime around the end of January, the first of the 2017 Extravaganzas should get going.<\/p>\n

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

I haven’t heard of anything out of the ordinary for Thanksgiving weekend (what with the Holiday Championship Series coming up next week), but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a late announcement of something, Keep an ear out and watch @pokermutant<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Only a Day Away<\/strong><\/p>\n