So This Is Christmas
After two weekends featuring forced 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:
followed by a NW Poker Facebook thread on Wednesday where Chadd Baker posted a link to this brief piece in Willamette Week today.
Other sources (dealer Charlie Levenson, included) say “hold your horses,” there’s still some wrangling going on. I haven’t seen anything official from the clubs yet myself, but it seems likely that something is going to happen fairly soon. If I hear anything before the weekend, I’ll make sure it goes out on Twitter (@pokermutant) and post it here.
So the rest of my day, I discovered mold in the car that I’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?
3-2-1 PLO
Just in case you missed it, here’s a photo that one of the PokerNews writers, Frank Op de Woerd posted of an official game that ran at EPT Prague. Are Portland’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?
This is reallyan official tournament they're running at the last ever @PokerStarsLIVE EPT Prague. Sounds like fun. pic.twitter.com/Z3O0D8ZSot
— Frank Op de Woerd (@webjoker) December 19, 2016
Also from EPT Prague (and another sign of the impending apocalypse) WSOP motormouth gadfly William Kassouf talked his way into the winner’s trophy and photo by taking only 75% of the money Patrick Serda got for 2nd place in the last EPT High Roller. Not to worry, Kassouf still got €532,500 (about $556,000) on top of the $338K he won for 17th place at the Main Event).
WSOP Schedule
With all the money you’ll be saving not playing poker if the clubs close, you can take it all away to Las Vegas for this year’s WSOP, running 30 May to 17 July.
The full schedule won’t be out for a couple of months, most likely, but the starting days for the Main Event are 8—10 July, the Senior Event starts 16 June, and Colossus III has starts on 2—4 June.
Only a Day Away
The Venetian New Year’s Extravaganza 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’s Day, followed by a $250 buyin $150K guarantee that concludes on 8 January.- Eugene’s Full House Poker has another Heads Up-Championship coming up, on 7 & 8 January. It’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.
Remember to keep an eye on the #PNWPokerCal Twitter hashtag and the PNW Poker Calendar for upcoming events!