The 9-round event happens August 4-12; if you can't afford that much time off work, shorter schedules are available. Vancouver, Washington, is a suburb of Portland, Oregon.
The big fish get away precisely because they are big fish. David Franklin of the Rogue Squadron annotates his loss last week to Igor Tsyganov of DRW Trading Group. (Last November, Igor drew GM Alexander Shabalov at King's Island.)