Who's the best poker player in Seattle?
Who knows. You could debate some names, I suppose, but there's no objective way -- say, by counting chips -- to find out.
What Seattle needs is a good local tournament of champions -- a high-payoff, multi-event, big-draw lineup that eventually might draw affiliation to the WPT, or at least attract some known professionals. In the end you could declare a king of Puget Sound or Washington State.
What we have now is a hodge-podge of weekly tournaments in the local clubs. They're fun to play, they attract a regular crowd of talented and less-so players, the payoffs can be decent. But there's no headliner.
Diamond Lil's occasionally has a small program of tourneys with slightly bigger buy-ins than their regular weekly events. This weekend's Triple Crown Tournament is an example. After an Omaha tournament last night, they're hosting a $100 buy-in no-limit Hold 'Em event tomorrow morning at 10, and a $200 buy-in, $10,000 guaranteed no-limit tournament on Sunday.
Those are usually bad times for me. But this weekend might be an exception, at least for the Saturday event. If I make it, I'll report the results here tomorrow.
Hands in The Muck ... and other Puget Sound cardrooms
