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The
Venetian has revised and renamed their daily tournaments. The new tournaments are called "One Day
Poker Tournaments" to differentiate from the tourneys offered during the many
series the Venetian runs through the year.
These tournaments are offered at 12:10 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. each day. They all feature the big blind ante.
Monday
through Thursday, the afternoon $150 No Limit Hold'em tournament starts players
with 15K chips and has 30-minute levels.
It has an $8K guarantee. The
Friday tourney is a $200 SuperStack that starts with 15K chips, has 30-minute
levels and guarantees $20K. Players have
the option of adding on 12K chips for $100 at the end of both the 4th and the
8th level, regardless of how many chips they have. Saturday the popular $340 DoubleStack
has a 24K starting stack, 40-minute levels and a $25K guarantee. Sunday features a $200 re-buy event with a
12K starting stack and 30-minute levels. Players may re-buy an additional 12K
stack any time they have 12K or less during the first eight levels. The guarantee is $20K.
Monday
evenings feature a $125 Progressive Bounty with a 15K starting stack, 20-minute
levels and a $4K guarantee. The bounty
starts at $10. When down to 18 players,
it becomes $20. At the final table it is
worth $30. Traditional bounty events run
Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesday has a $200
buy-in, 12K starting stack, 30-minute levels, a $50 bounty and a $9K
guarantee. Thursday is a $125 buy-in,
15K starting stack, 20-minute levels, $25 bounty and $6K guarantee. A $125 re-buy tourney runs on Wednesdays,
with a 12K starting stack, 20-minute levels, a $7K guarantee and $100 re-buys
for the first nine levels. A $200
Progressive Bounty tournament runs Fridays, with 12K starting stack, 30-minute
levels and a $9K guarantee. The bounty
starts at $25, increases to $50 when down to 27 players and reaches $75 at the
final table. A $125 SuperStack event
runs Saturday and Sunday evenings. Players start with 15K chips and play
20-minute levels. The guarantee is $4K.
The
New Years Extravaganza runs December 20 – January 8. There are several events with six-figure
guarantees, starting with a $340 two-starting flight DoubleStack event
beginning December 21, which has a $100K guarantee. There are three starting flights for the $400
MonsterStack that starts December 27, which has a $260K guarantee. A two-starting flight version of that event
starts January 4 with $100K guarantee.
Another $340 DoubleStack event, also a $100K guarantee starts off the
new year on January 1.The total in guaranteed prize pools for this series is
$900K.
Deepstack
Showdown runs January 14-20. The
highlight is a $250, five-starting flight tournament starting January 15,
offering a $200K guarantee. Over $280K in prize pools is guaranteed over the
series.
WYNN: Steve Sung, from Southern CA, took home $170K for
winning the championship event at the Wynn Fall Classic in October. Joseph Cheong, also from Southern CA, claimed
$111K for second and Russia's Karen
Sarkisyan earned $76K for third. The $1,600 event attracted 594 players,
resulting in an $854K prize pool, easily crushing the $500K guarantee.
The
Signature Series continues through December 10, ending with a $300 Short Deck
poker tournament with a $10K guarantee.
A two-starting flight $600 NLH event with a $150K guarantee starts
December 6.
CAESARS PALACE:
The recently revised schedule offers five tournaments daily. At 10 a.m.
and 6 p.m., the buy-in is $125 for a 12K starting stack and 20-minute levels.
The guarantee is $1,500. The 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. tournaments have a $150 buy-in
for a 15K stack and 20-minute levels, with a $2K guarantee. There's also a $100 midnight tournament with
a 10K starting stack, 15-minute levels and a $1K guarantee.
The
main cash games at Caesars are $1-$2 NLH and $2-$5 NLH. The former has a $!00 minimum buy-in and a
$300 maximum, while the latter has a $200 minimum and a $1K max. The room is starting to run a $1-$2 Big O
game on Tuesday afternoons, with a $100 minimum and a $500 maximum.
SOUTH POINT: The room at the very south end of
the Strip is offering something crazy in its new 2 p.m. tournaments—Crazy
Pineapple, to be exact. On Wednesdays and Sundays, a no limit Crazy Pineapple
tournament runs. For $60 the players get
10K in chips, and play 20-minute levels.
Mondays and Fridays at that time a $60 NLH turbo is offered, with a 10K
starting stack and 15-minute levels.
Tuesdays and Thursdays it's Omaha 8/B with a $60 buy-in with a 10K stack
and 20-minute levels. The $130 Stamina
tournament runs on Saturdays. Players
start with 20K in chips and play 30-minute levels (the breaks are only five
minutes long, that's where the "stamina" comes in).
Mixed
game fans have been enjoying the Monday night, $125 H.O.R.S.E tournament at 6
p.m. The starting stack is 10K, the
levels are 20-minutes and there is a $1,500 guarantee.
On
December 22, the room is giving away over $20K in cash drawings. Winners will be drawn every 20-minutes
between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. Players
qualify for tickets from November 23 through December 22 by winning hands in
all games that take a jackpot drop.
Double tickets are awarded 8 a.m. – Noon, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. –
midnight. A bonus ticket is awarded for
any pot $50 or more.
BALLY'S: The room's "Player
Appreciation" tournament rewards players in cash and credits for future
WSOP events. Players must play 10 hours
in a two-week period to qualify for the tournament. Top prize is $1,650 cash,
plus $200 in WSOP credits, which can be used for any Vegas circuit event or the
2019 WSOP. Eighty players get paid cash,
with WSOP credits going to the top 10.
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