{"id":3681,"date":"2020-03-21T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T21:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2020-03-21T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T00:56:38","slug":"pnw-poker-leaderboard-21-march-2020-change-at-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3681","title":{"rendered":"PNW Poker Leaderboard \u2014 21 March 2020: Change at the Top!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wow. I’m writing this a day or so after the near-total shutdown of the live poker economy<\/a><\/strong>. The big poker rooms in LA, major poker rooms in Vegas, associated hotels, cancellation of series around the world (with some moving online, including the World Series of Poker Circuit<\/a><\/strong>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WSOP itself hasn’t been cancelled\u2014I just got notification that my application for media credentials for this year was approved yesterday and according to an interview with WSOP Director Gregory Chochon<\/a><\/strong> covered by PokerNews<\/strong>\u2014but with potential weeks of quarantine and social distancing ahead during this period when players are usually working hard to build their bankrolls up before the summer, you’ve also got to feel for the folks who made a little bank this past month and are going to be stuck with no chance to get to the next stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My own stab at the summer roll is going to be a bit stunted. I played three tournaments this month so far and that’s likely to be the last live games I get in for a while. I dropped in to the opening night of Portland Meadows<\/a><\/strong> at their new location (they’re closed now, it’s been a tough re-opening).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IT\u2019S ALIVE 2! Inside the new @PDXmeadowspoker<\/a>! pic.twitter.com\/I6TztTKBpT<\/a><\/p>— Poker Mutant (@pokermutant) March 5, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>