{"id":2272,"date":"2017-11-29T00:14:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T08:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2017-11-29T08:32:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T16:32:54","slug":"pnwpokercal-planner-for-29-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"#PNWPokerCal Planner for 29 November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2273\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goulder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2273\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goulder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goulder.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goulder-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goulder-409x300.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Goulder at the 2013 WSOP (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_C6s7WSGKsY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Poker<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>GTO<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been looking to step up your NLHE game, you&#8217;ve probably heard of the latest software advances for studying <strong>game theory optimal<\/strong> play, particularly\u00a0<strong>PioSOLVER<\/strong>. Before you plunk down $1K+ for the package, though, you might want to learn a little more about what GTO means and how the software works.\u00a0<strong>PlasticElephant<\/strong> on the 2+2 forums\u00a0posted a YouTube video from <strong>Alex Goulder<\/strong>\u00a0in a <a href=\"https:\/\/forumserver.twoplustwo.com\/29\/news-views-gossip\/piosolver-game-access-only-matter-time-1696573\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>News, Views, and Gossip<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0thread the other day that&#8217;s helpful in learning about the subject. Watch the video and read the comments for extra enlightenment.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qjLY-C3YO7I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>PNW Players Swarm WSOPC Las Vegas Main Event Final Table<\/h2>\n<p>845 players ponied up the $1,675 to play the\u00a0<strong>WSOP Circuit Main Event at Planet Hollywood<\/strong> a little over a week ago to play for the $1.27M prize pool, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsop.com\/tournaments\/results\/?rr=5&amp;aid=1&amp;grid=1385&amp;tid=16086&amp;dayof=160861\">only 6 of the 90 players who made the money<\/a> were from the Pacific Northwest, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsop.com\/tournaments\/update\/2CY0\/ten-handed-final-table\/\"><strong>three of them made the unofficial final table<\/strong><\/a>, with Bellingham&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Harjinder \u201cSunny\u201d Gandham<\/strong> placing 10th,\u00a0<strong>Danny Elmore<\/strong> of Sherwood coming in 8th, and Vancouver, Washington&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ali Imsirovic\u00a0<\/strong>making it all the way to 4th place. It was the second WSOP cash for Elmore and Gandham (and Imsirovic&#8217;s 4th), with all cashes for the three players coming this year.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2271\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/insirovic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2271\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/insirovic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>4th:\u00a0<\/strong>Ali Imsirovic (photo via WSOP.com)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2270\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elmore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elmore-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>8th:\u00a0<\/strong>Danny Elmore (photo via WSOP.com)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2269\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gandham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gandham-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>10th:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Sunny&#8221; Gandham (photo via WSOP.com)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>My Time Is Coming<\/h2>\n<p>A bit of a downswing week for me, with six bricks in the <strong>Ignition Casino Thousandaire Maker<\/strong>. The last couple were particularly brutal, when I flopped bottom set on my sixth hand and ran into top set Sunday night, then sat through an hour of crappy hands only to get <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-s\" title=\"king of spades\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">K<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2660<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-s\" title=\"jack of spades\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">J<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> in the small blind just before the break, have everyone fold to me, and jam my 12bb into the big blinds&#8217;s <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-s\" title=\"ace of spades\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">A<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2660<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-c\" title=\"ace of clubs\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">A<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"48\" height=\"48\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>pokermutant<\/b><br \/>\nStarting off @PDXmeadowspoker $30K w Baptiste, star of @2PokerGuys #PokerTime and @WSOPC LA Main Event ringbearer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokermutant\/status\/934517698658054144\">Nov 25, 2017 at 12:22 PM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"48\" height=\"48\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>pokermutant<\/b><br \/>\nAnd now Jake &#8220;Sheep Shirt&#8221; Dahl is on my right twitter.com\/pokermutant\/st\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokermutant\/status\/934522060063227904\">Nov 25, 2017 at 12:39 PM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Portland Meadows $30K GTD<\/strong>\u00a0went about the same for me. I slowly slid downhill until just after the first break, busted, re-entered, then two hands after I get re-seated, I make a play with <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"ace of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">A<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"eight of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">8<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span><\/span> from the small blind, flop top two pair, get most of my chips in on the turn, and put the rest of them in on the river only to have <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"jack of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">J<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"jack of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">J<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span><\/span> call me down to river a set. At least nobody can accuse me of slowplaying that one.<\/p>\n<p>I played a number of Ignition <strong>Jackpot Sit-and-Gos<\/strong>, won a couple of the 5x payout $15 entry games, crushed a couple of PLO and PLO8 tournaments until I didn&#8217;t. 46 tournaments (32 Jackspot SnGs, they only last about 10 minutes, tops) and four online cash sessions. Would have been more, but Thanksgiving, you know?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_1091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_1091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_1091.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_1091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_1091-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_1091-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>New Hand History Style<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to update my codes for entering hand histories for a while. There are surprisingly few options for typing cards into the\u00a0<strong>WordPress<\/strong> content management system used by nearly everyone on the Internet (event the WSOP uses a customized version), but there are only a few freely-available tools out there and most of them haven&#8217;t been updated in years. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2274 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-28-at-9.42.10-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"64\" \/>The one I&#8217;ve been using is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog-du-joueur.com\/2013\/08\/13\/cards_poker-v1-3-5\"><strong>Cards poker<\/strong><\/a>, developed by the French player\u00a0<strong>Hesiode<\/strong>, but the last update is more than four years old, an eternity in both poker and internet terms. So I finally got around to modifying Hesiode&#8217;s code, replacing the bitmap images with text and icons that should make everything cleaner and easier to read.<\/p>\n<p>Late Breaking<\/p>\n<p>Down at the\u00a0<strong>WPTDeepstacks Championship<\/strong> at\u00a0<strong>Thunder Valley<\/strong> last night,\u00a0<strong>Angela Jordison<\/strong> got heads-up in the\u00a0<strong>$10K GTD Omaha Hi-Low<\/strong> tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We See her <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mzZiL9b86g\">pic.twitter.com\/mzZiL9b86g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Poker Room at Thunder Valley Casino Resort (@TVPokerRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVPokerRoom\/status\/935723505102065670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know it&#39;s going in tomorrow&#39;s Planner\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Poker Mutant (@pokermutant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokermutant\/status\/935725676790996995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/angelajordison\/status\/935760462175711232<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lutz Wins Omahamathon<\/p>\n<p>One of the longest Omaha8 tourney here in the last few years wrapped up a few moments ago, with Kevin Lutz defeating Angela Jordison heads-up to claim $5,647 FTW in today&#39;s Event 5 in the WPTDeepStacks Championship Series.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vXojQJHNpM\">https:\/\/t.co\/vXojQJHNpM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1AyoqxwQoi\">pic.twitter.com\/1AyoqxwQoi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Poker Room at Thunder Valley Casino Resort (@TVPokerRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVPokerRoom\/status\/935766039337500672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The Visitor<\/h2>\n<p>Prolific poker author\u00a0<strong>Lee Davy<\/strong> writes this week in an otherwise unrelated <a href=\"https:\/\/calvinayre.com\/2017\/11\/28\/bitcoin\/airline-industry-help-poker-players-cryptocurrency-fears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece on cryptocurrency and airlines for\u00a0<strong>CalvinAyre.com<\/strong><\/a> that\u00a0<strong>\u201cI\u2019m stuck in the world\u2019s smallest queue waiting to check in for a flight from Burbank to Portland.\u201d<\/strong> He has his 13-month0old daughter with him (likely not a poker trip), and <a href=\"https:\/\/calvinayre.com\/2017\/11\/28\/poker\/passion-poker-cumicon-posts-7-4m-graph-promptly-disappears\/\">another article posted the same day<\/a> mentions he had his first Thanksgiving dinner in the US last week. So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Portland relatives?<\/p>\n<h2>Pacific Northwest Poker Leaderboard<\/h2>\n<p>Other than the final tablists at the WSOP Circuit, how did other PNW players do this week? Well,\u00a0<strong>Dan martin<\/strong> from Klamath Falls cashed three times at the\u00a0<strong>RUNGOOD Poker Series<\/strong> in Tulsa, including 1st place in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=468758\">$100K GTD $675 Main Event<\/a>. Washington&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Rafael Reis<\/strong> got to 5th at the\u00a0<strong>Seminole Hard Rock Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Poker<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Open&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=460902\">$250K GTD Event #6<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Seth Davies <\/strong>made it into the money down in\u00a0<strong>Punta Cana<\/strong> in the\u00a0<strong>Dominican Republic<\/strong>, with a 55th place in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=470436\"><strong>partyPoker Millions $5M GTD Main Event<\/strong><\/a>. And\u00a0<strong>Dan Barker<\/strong> from\u00a0<strong>Poulsbo<\/strong> notched a first-place finish at a\u00a0<strong>Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza IV\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=469799\">$25K GTD Rebuy<\/a>, for his largest-ever recorded cash; he took down a similar event this summer at the Venetian.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 7 months we\u2019ve been tracking PNW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHendonMob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheHendonMob<\/a> leaderboards, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mawkswell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mawkswell<\/a> has moved up the Oregon list from 40 to 15. This week he\u2019s 14.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Poker Mutant (@pokermutant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokermutant\/status\/934841837247913984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Young<\/strong> was profiled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokernews.com\/news\/2017\/11\/players-on-the-move-surfer-senior-statesman-buzzsaw-29414.htm?itm_content=pn-hp-hero-4\">an article Tuesday at\u00a0<strong>PokerNews<\/strong><\/a>, along with a couple of other up-and-comers.<\/p>\n<h2>Session 3 Episode 4<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fmh9nc_Fzsw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>This Week In Portland Poker<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Final Table<\/strong>\u00a0has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/415541628483848\/permalink\/1552901658081167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>$50K GTD NLHE<\/strong> tournament <strong>Saturday at noon<\/strong><\/a>. $160 entry with a $160 live rebuy, and $80 addon. Pre-registration started Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/415541628483848\/permalink\/1552901658081167\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2276 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-7.09.22-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-7.09.22-AM.png 504w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-7.09.22-AM-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Omaha shootouts are becoming more popular at venues like\u00a0<strong>Rialto\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Claudia&#8217;s<\/strong>, which is a good thing for those of us who pine for the old\u00a0<strong>Portland Players Club\u00a0<\/strong>mixed games. I haven&#8217;t had the chance to check them out myself, but I hear Friday and Saturdays are the times. I heard from <strong>David Long<\/strong> on Saturday that\u00a0Claudia&#8217;s 7pm tournaments are switching over to Omaha as of next Monday, so check with them.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Only a Day Away<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wptdeepstacks.com\/index.php\/events\/1894-wptds-season-4-championship-at-thunder-valley-casino-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPTDeepstack Championship<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is running at\u00a0<strong>Thunder Valley<\/strong>. Thursday is the last entry day for the $560 $100K GTD Action 8 tournament; Saturday and Sunday are entrys for the $1M GTD $2,500 buyin Championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cage is a literal crime scene <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ywgjDvjhyS\">pic.twitter.com\/ywgjDvjhyS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Randy Ohel (@randyohel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/randyohel\/status\/935665131211472896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This weekend at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellagio.com\/content\/dam\/MGM\/bellagio\/casino\/tournament-graphics\/bellagio-casino-poker-five-diamond-world-poker-championship-information.pdf\"><strong>WPT Five Diamond<\/strong> at\u00a0<strong>Bellagio<\/strong><\/a> in Las Vegas will hopefully be a bit calmer after Tuesday&#8217;s poker cage robbery (the guy didn&#8217;t even wait for the big money to get into town). There are $25K buyin High Roller events Thursday and Friday, and satellites to the Five Diamond all weekend ($10,400 entry). Day 1 is Tuesday.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aria_fall_poker_classic_2017.jpg\"><strong>Aria Fall Poker Classic\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>runs thoroughSunday, with a $250 buyin Turbo event Thursday, and $400 buyin tournaments Friday through Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wynnpoker.com\/signature.cfm\"><strong>Wynn Signature Weekend<\/strong><\/a> starts today with a $25K GTD Seniors tournament, followed by three days of entry into a $600 $250K GTD tournament (Thursday through Saturday, with Day 2 on Sunday) and a $2.5K Survivor game on Sunday at noon for the save ($300 entry).<\/li>\n<li>Back in Missouri, it&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hptpoker.com\/eventinfo.php?yid=2017&amp;eid=14\"><strong>HPT St. Charles<\/strong><\/a>, with a $100K GTD event starting Thursday (three entry days), a $500 entry Seniors Championship next week (7 December, Pearl Harbor Day), and the $2,500 entry HPT Championship Open starting 8 December. <a href=\"http:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=396469\">Last year&#8217;s Championship<\/a> (held at Thunder Valley) had a $500K GTD prize pool of more than $900K. This year there&#8217;s no guarantee. One-way flight that Friday to St. Louis International (just a few miles from the casino) is about $220.<\/li>\n<li>The last West Coast\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebike.com\/pdf\/tournaments_yearly\/schedules\/2017_wsop_circuit_event_dec_schedule.pdf\"><strong>WSOP Circuit<\/strong> stop is at the\u00a0<strong>Bicycle Casino<\/strong> in Los Angeles<\/a>. It gets under way on Friday with a NLHE Bounty Ring event, then there&#8217;s a $300K GTD $365-entry Ring tournament the first weekend of December. The Main Event ($1,675) starts 9 December.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/128243144489827\/\">Ontario Poker Room Veterans Fundraiser<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday at 2pm at Eugene&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/415541628483848\/permalink\/1555871891117477\/\"><strong>Beach Poker Club<\/strong> is their $135 buyin\u00a0<strong>Monthly Big Tournament<\/strong><\/a>. 30-minute levels and a catered lunch. Call early and register for bonus chips.<\/li>\n<li>Monday is the beginning of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venetian.com\/content\/dam\/venetian\/casino\/poker\/deepstack\/2017\/DECE_2017-Schedule.pdf\">Venetian December Extravaganza<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0The first event is a $400 buyin $40K GTD, and Tuesday is the first entry days for a $600 $150K GTD tournament. The $3,500 Card Player Poker Tour $500K GTD starts next Friday.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medford.poker\">Medford Poker Room Holiday Tournament<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is 8 December.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Muckleshoot Tournament of Champions\u00a0<\/strong>will be held Sunday, 17 December at noon. It&#8217;s $400 for any open seats if you have not otherwise qualified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember to keep an eye on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PNWPokerCal&amp;src=typd\">#PNWPokerCal Twitter hashtag<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?page_id=651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PNW Poker Calendar for upcoming events!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GTO If you&#8217;ve been looking to step up your NLHE game, you&#8217;ve probably heard of the latest software advances for studying game theory optimal play, particularly\u00a0PioSOLVER. 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