{"id":1834,"date":"2017-02-08T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2019-09-18T10:53:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T17:53:50","slug":"pnwpokercal-planner-for-8-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=1834","title":{"rendered":"#PNWPokerCal Planner for 8 February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Burt<\/p><\/div>\n

LAPC News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a busy Friday\u00a0for Portland players at Commerce Casino’s\u00a0Los Angeles Poker Classic<\/strong>. Early on Friday, as predicted, PDX represented in the Big O<\/strong> tournament, with Bryce Burt<\/strong> and Joe Brandenburg<\/strong> in the final six going into Day 2 of the $570, 52-entry game<\/a>. Joe had the lead, with had more than twice the number of chips of the nearest contender. Both he and Bryce were already in the money, with seven places paying (and two players sharing the money for that spot).<\/p>\n

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Joe Brandenburg<\/p><\/div>\n

Bryce took 5th place, and Joe went on to the final three-way deal<\/a>. <\/strong>Joe and another player took less cash than the third player in the deal, but Joe managed to snag the Frederick Remington bronze statuette<\/strong> that LAPC awards, which he can put on the shelf along with the\u00a0World Series of Poker Circuit Ring\u00a0<\/strong>he won last fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But that wasn’t the only LAPC trophy coming back to Oregon after Friday.<\/p>\n

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Joey Pham<\/p><\/div>\n

Joey Pham<\/a><\/strong>\u2014who took 3rd in a PLO8 tournament on Wednesday\u2014entered the\u00a0WPT LAPC Main Event Freeroll<\/strong> and won a seat to the $10,000 buyin tournament that starts 25 February.<\/p>\n

Pham bested 617 other players with a $0 investment. There was an optional $60 addon that doubled the starting stack, but Pham did a true freeroll. The seat was added to the prize pool by Commerce; the rest of the final table received $1,100 satellite entries based on the number of addons sold during the tournament. Last year’s LAPC Main Event was won by Dietrich Fast<\/a>, who got just over $1M.<\/p>\n

The Price of Poker Is Going Up<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Most of the card rooms in Portland have charged $10 a day for the seven years I’ve been playing in them, whether you’re there for a single tournament or all day playing shootouts. The late, lamented\u00a0Portland Players Club\u00a0<\/strong>had a $5 entry fee for its early game back in the day, and you can still get into\u00a0The Game\u00a0<\/strong>for $5 before noon.<\/p>\n

But the big clubs\u2014Portland Meadows<\/strong> and\u00a0Final Table<\/strong>\u2014have both announced that they will be raising the rate by 50% to $15\/day starting 3 March<\/strong>. That may be a little tough on players of something like the $20 morning tournament at Final Table (42% vig!<\/em>) but I can’t really begrudge the clubs for having to adjust prices for the time.<\/p>\n

To soften the blow a little, the clubs announced another 4-event series to be held over the first two weekends of March. Details to come.<\/p>\n

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

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Bronzie is finally home with his mates after a harrowing month of basement captivity. pic.twitter.com\/Js3afkl8iK<\/a><\/p>\n

— Poker Mutant (@pokermutant) February 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n