{"id":1738,"date":"2016-12-21T23:29:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T07:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2016-12-22T00:21:32","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T08:21:32","slug":"pnwpokercal-planner-for-21-december-2016-krampus-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1738","title":{"rendered":"#PNWPokerCal Planner for 21 December 2016: KRAMPUS EDITION!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.halloweentownstore.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=HS&amp;Product_Code=GC1298&amp;Category_Code=Krampus_Merchandise\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1742 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/krampus-e1482390047289.gif\" alt=\"krampus\" width=\"432\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So This Is Christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After two <strong>weekends featuring\u00a0forced closures due to icy conditions<\/strong>, both <strong>Portland Meadows<\/strong> and Final Table will both be closed on <strong>Christmas Eve<\/strong> and <strong>Christmas Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then Monday, this showed up in the <a href=\"http:\/\/forumserver.twoplustwo.com\/showpost.php?p=51398502&amp;postcount=664\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2+2<\/strong> thread for <strong>Portland<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/heyporter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/heyporter.jpg\" alt=\"heyporter\" width=\"736\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/heyporter.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/heyporter-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/heyporter-500x180.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>followed by\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/415541628483848\/permalink\/1233354313369238\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NW Poker\u00a0<\/strong>Facebook thread<\/a> on Wednesday where\u00a0<strong>Chadd Baker<\/strong> posted a link to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/2016\/12\/21\/gov-kate-browns-top-staffer-has-yet-another-conflict-of-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\">brief piece in\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/2016\/12\/21\/gov-kate-browns-top-staffer-has-yet-another-conflict-of-interest\/\"><strong>Willamette Week\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/2016\/12\/21\/gov-kate-browns-top-staffer-has-yet-another-conflict-of-interest\/\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/suspension2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/suspension2.jpg\" alt=\"suspension2\" width=\"556\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/suspension2.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/suspension2-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other sources (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/415541628483848\/permalink\/1233354313369238\/?comment_id=1233458383358831&amp;comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\">dealer\u00a0<\/a><strong>Charlie Levenson<\/strong>, included) say &#8220;hold your horses,&#8221; there&#8217;s still \u00a0some wrangling going on. I haven&#8217;t seen anything official from the clubs yet myself, but it seems likely that\u00a0<em>something<\/em> is going to happen fairly soon. If I hear anything before the weekend, I&#8217;ll make sure it goes out on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\/pokermutant\" target=\"_blank\">@pokermutant<\/a>) and post it here.<\/p>\n<p>So the rest of my day, I discovered mold in the car that I&#8217;ve had under a tarp for a month waiting for an estimate on getting the convertible roof repaired and I broke my iPad screen just after dinner. How are you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-2-1 PLO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just in case you missed it, here&#8217;s a photo that one of the\u00a0<strong>PokerNews\u00a0<\/strong>writers,\u00a0<strong>Frank Op de Woerd<\/strong> posted of an official game that ran at\u00a0<strong>EPT Prague.\u00a0Are<\/strong>\u00a0Portland&#8217;s Omaha players (I know there have been similar games played at the mixed tables here) be licking their chops at the chance to play this for big stakes?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is reallyan official tournament they&#39;re running at the last ever <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerStarsLIVE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PokerStarsLIVE<\/a> EPT Prague. Sounds like fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z3O0D8ZSot\">pic.twitter.com\/Z3O0D8ZSot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Op de Woerd (@webjoker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webjoker\/status\/810639369409327104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also from\u00a0<strong>EPT Prague<\/strong> (and another\u00a0<strong>sign of the impending apocalypse<\/strong>) WSOP motormouth gadfly\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokernews.com\/news\/2016\/12\/william-kassouf-patrick-serda-chop-ept-prague-high-roller-26642.htm\" target=\"_blank\">William Kassouf<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokernews.com\/news\/2016\/12\/william-kassouf-patrick-serda-chop-ept-prague-high-roller-26642.htm\"> talked his way into the winner&#8217;s trophy and photo by taking only 75% of the money<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Patrick Serda<\/strong> got for 2nd place in the <strong>last<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>EPT High Roller<\/strong>. Not to worry, Kassouf still got \u00e2\u201a\u00ac532,500 (about\u00a0<strong>$556,000<\/strong>) on top of the $338K he won for 17th place at the Main Event).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kassouf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kassouf.jpg\" alt=\"kassouf\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kassouf.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kassouf-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kassouf-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WSOP Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With all the money you&#8217;ll be saving not playing poker if the clubs close, you can take it all away to Las Vegas for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsop.com\/news\/2016\/Dec\/8998\/2017-WSOP-SET-FOR-MAY-30---JULY-17-2017.html\" target=\"_blank\">this year&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>WSOP<\/strong>, running\u00a0<strong>30 May to\u00a0<\/strong><strong>17 July<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule won&#8217;t be out for a couple of months, most likely, but the starting days for the Main Event are 8\u201410 July, the Senior Event starts 16 June, and Colossus III has starts on 2\u20144 June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only a Day Away<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venetian.com\/content\/dam\/venetian\/casino\/poker\/deepstack\/2017\/NYE_2017-Schedule.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venetian.com\/content\/dam\/venetian\/casino\/poker\/deepstack\/2017\/NYE_2017-Schedule.pdf\" width=\"235\" height=\"437\" \/><\/a>The<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.venetian.com\/content\/dam\/venetian\/casino\/poker\/deepstack\/2017\/NYE_2017-Schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Venetian New Year&#8217;s Extravaganza<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>starts Thursday and runs through 8 January. The first five days feature one-day events with guarantees between $5K and $25K, then there are three entry days to a $125K tournament with a $250 buyin. A $400 buyin $100K event starts New Year&#8217;s Day, followed by a $250 buyin $150K guarantee that concludes on 8 January.<\/li>\n<li>Eugene&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Full House Poker\u00a0<\/strong>has another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/415541628483848\/permalink\/1206973172674019\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Heads Up-Championship<\/strong><\/a> coming up, on 7 &amp; 8 January. It&#8217;s a bracket-style elimination competition where you can buy 1 or more spots on the bottom bracket, at reduced rates. Seating is limited, so contact them for details and availability.<\/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>So This Is Christmas After two weekends featuring\u00a0forced closures due to icy conditions, both Portland Meadows and Final Table will both be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Then Monday, this showed up in the 2+2 thread for Portland: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1738\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,49,308,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-poker","category-live-games","category-poker-calendar","category-tournaments"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/krampus-e1482390047289.gif","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1t0pn-s2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1743,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions\/1743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}