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In the Money<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It was four years ago this month that I wrote\u00a0In the Money<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a little screed on long-term profitability for poker tournament players, which led to me writing for\u00a0PokerNews<\/strong> for a couple of years, as well as my one foray into live reporting at the WSOP. It sparked a small amount of controversy, its own thread in the\u00a0Two Plus Two News, Views, & Gossip\u00a0<\/strong>forum<\/a>, and a couple of podcast interviews. There was a\u00a0lot<\/em> of pushback from poker pros, and a few high-fives from cash game specialists like\u00a0Limon<\/strong> (who is once again been hounded off of Twitter, sadly).<\/p>\n

But last week,\u00a0Daniel Negreanu\u00a0<\/strong>put up a year-end post with a collation of his results from the past five years<\/a>, casually dropping that he had losing years for 2016 and 2017. In fact, it it hadn’t been for the enormous\u00a0Big One for One Drop\u00a0<\/strong>payout for 2nd place in 2014 ($8.3M), only two of the five years would have been profitable, making him an average of about $89K profit per year on more than $2M in annual buyins. And that’s Daniel Negreanu we’re talking about, not mildly-talented tournament grinder.<\/p>\n

The Calendar<\/h2>\n

I’ve put a lot of work into the\u00a0#PNWPokerCalendar<\/strong><\/a> over the past few years. Did you know that you can sort the events by region? There are buttons at the top of the calendar that will select just the series and events for a speciific area: Southern California, Nevada, Portland, etc. You can also view events for just a single week. And over the past few months, I’ve been adding in entry information for specific events in brackets, just in case you haven’t already figured that out:\u00a0[125e100b]<\/strong> means\u00a0e<\/strong>ntry is\u00a0$125<\/strong> and reb<\/strong>uy is\u00a0$100<\/strong>. An\u00a0a<\/strong> is\u00a0a<\/strong>ddon, natch. Where possible, I include any fees or dealer addons in the entry value.<\/p>\n

Oh, and there’s an\u00a0Expedia<\/strong> flight search link (you can also find hotels and cars) at the bottom of the page if you see something you like.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>WSOP Millionaire Maker Qualifiers at the Beach<\/h2>\n

If you’re in Eugene on Tuesday or Thursday nights, the\u00a0Beach Poker Club<\/strong><\/a> is running qualifying tournaments to their\u00a026 May Final Tournament<\/strong>, a 100-seat event where the winner gets a seat and travel money to the\u00a0WSOP Millionaire Maker<\/strong>. Playing five of the semi-weekly tournaments gets you a seat, and the more tournaments you play, the more chips you get for the final tournament, plus there’s a\u00a0Main Event Satellite\u00a0<\/strong>entry up for raffle.<\/p>\n

#PNWPokerLeaderboard<\/h2>\n

One big result out of the other end of the continental US: Beaverton’s\u00a0Nathaniel Anderson<\/strong> cut a deal for second place in the 197-entry\u00a0Seminole Hard Rock Fun In the Sun Main Event<\/strong><\/a> just before the New Year. He was out-chipped 2 to 1, and he didn’t get the nifty guitar trophy, but he did get nearly twice the 3rd-place money.<\/p>\n

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My Time Is Coming<\/h2>\n

I’ve been picking my poker action back up since the lull of the holidays. I played two Thousandaire Makers<\/strong> mid-week (busting within ten minutes of the second after entering more than an hour into the tournament), then logged into a $15\u00a0Jackpot Sit & Go<\/strong>, picked up another 5x ($75) payout but couldn’t close it out. Played a few sessions of PLO and PLO8 online, then it was the\u00a0Final Table First Friday $20K Guarantee. <\/strong>I was out before the break\u00a0and<\/em> managed to make a\u00a0faux-pas.<\/em><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s embarrassing. Not only am I out of @FinalTablePDX<\/a> $20K before break but @jackiburkhart81<\/a> sat at next table and from behind I thought she was @pokerlizzard<\/a> so after bust I walked up and said \u201cHi, Liz!\u201d pic.twitter.com\/FaAplWGsoP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Poker Mutant (@pokermutant) January 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n