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The Mirage,
the popular room in the center of the Vegas Strip, runs four NLH tournaments a
day. Monday through Thursday at 11 a.m.,
it's a $65 buy-in with a 10K starting stack and 20-minute levels. "The
Stack" runs the same time Fridays through Sundays, which is a $120 buy-in
with a 25K stack and 25-minute levels.
That
identical $65 tournament runs Friday through Tuesday at 2 p.m. It also runs
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. The other afternoons
and evenings, a $100 bounty tournament runs, with a 15K starting stack,
25-minute levels and a $25 bounty.
Nightly at 11
p.m., a $40 tourney is offered. Players
start with 5K chips and play 20-minute levels.
There are $25 rebuys available for 2,500 chips for the first three
levels. At the end of the third level,
players are allowed a $25 add-on for 2,500 regardless of the size of their
stack.
The Mirage is
one of the few places left where you can play limit poker on the strip. A $3-$6 game runs most of the time, with a
$30 minimum buy-in. Several tables of
$1-$2 NLH are always going, with a $100 minimum, $300 maximum
Promos
included Aces Cracked. The first six pairs cracked each day (starting at 8
a.m.) earn $100 each. Progressive quads
start at $100 for each rank, and increase by $25 daily until hit. Once a rank hits, future quads of that rank
earn $50.High hands of the hour run twice daily, 5 a.m. – 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. – 9
p.m. The prize is $100 and it rolls over
if it isn't hit. A full house or better is
needed to qualify. Starting at 9 a.m. daily, $100 Sit-N-Go's are offered, with
two places paid.
VENETIAN:
Benjamin Ector of Las Vegas won $39K for topping a field of 450 players
in the $600 Monster Stack event at Deep Stack Extravaganza II in April. Kfir Nahum, also from Vegas, took home $34K
as runner-up and Alfredo Leonidas from Southern California earned $30K for
third. The total prize pool for the $600
event was $228K.
A few days
later, there was a $250 event with five starting flights. It was taken down by Tony Gordy from Los
Angeles for $37K. Florida's Vitaly
Shafran earned $24K for second and Turkey's Onur Unsal earned $17K for
third. A field of 1200 players resulted
in a $244K prize pool.
The next cash
game promo begins July 22 and runs through August. Every day between noon and midnight, the high
hand of the half hour will receive $600.
If, during that half hour, a player matches the high hand exactly, that
player will win $1K.
WYNN: Eric Blair won the $1,100 event at the Wynn Signature
Series in late April, earning $35K for his efforts. Robert Mantin took second for $21K and Robert
Cone finished third for $13K. The total
prize pool was $112K and there were 114 players. All three players hail from Vegas.
SOUTH POINT: There's plenty of time to qualify
for the $210K Summer Freeroll. Players need 120 hours of live play by July 31
to claim a seat. The first place prize
is $40K and everyone receives $120 just for qualifying. Players receive bonuses for additional hours
played.
The room
spreads $1-$2 NLH, with a $100 minimum and a $300 maximum. Equally popular is a $2-$4 limit game with a
$20 minimum. Promos include high hand bonuses and the Fully Loaded Flush
Fridays promo. Players who make a seven-card flush receive a progressive
jackpot that starts at $500 and increases $250 each week it's not hit.
The room recently
revised its tournament schedule. Daily
at 10 a.m. there's a $60 NLH tournament.
Players start with 10K chips and play 20-minute levels. It has a $1,200 guarantee.
The 2 p.m. slot
features hold'em only once a week, on Saturdays. The "Stamina Tournament" has a $150
buy-in and a 20K starting stack. The
levels are 30-minutes.
The rest of
the week that slot is filled with an $80 buy-in tournament. Tuesdays and Thursdays the game is Omaha
8. Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays it's No Limit Crazy Pineapple.
Both tourneys feature a 10K starting stack and 20-minute levels..
On Sundays,
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, the 6 p.m. offering is a $100 NLH tournament
with a 10K starting stack, 20-minute levels and a $1,500 guarantee. Wednesdays and Sundays it's a $125 Deep Stack
with a 15K starting stack and 20-minute levels. The Wednesday version has a
$7,500 guarantee and the guarantee on Saturday is $10K. The Saturday night Mega Stack tournament has
a $200 buy-in, with a 20K starting stack and 20-minute levels..
BALLY'S:
The main event at the WSOP circuit event in April saw over 600 players
compete for a $920K prize pool.
Brooklyn's Asher Conniff took home the ring and the first place prize of
$193K. Hawaii's Joshua Suyat claimed
$119K for second and Vegas resident Justin Young earned $87K for third.
GREEN VALLEY RANCH: The locals casino just started
spreading a $1-$3 NLH game in addition to their $1-$2 game. The new game has a
fixed $300 buy-in. The $1-$2 game has a
$100 minimum and a $300 maximum. There
are usually a couple of games of each going during regular hours. There's always several $2-$4 limit games
going too, with a $20 minimum buy-in.
This game has a half-kill.
The newest
promo in the room is Poker Pay Day. Players who play between 20-29 hours in a
week receive $100. Players who clock 30
hours or more in the same period earn $200.
BELLAGIO:
Bellagio Cup XV runs July 6 – 14.
The main event, a five-day tournament with a $10,400 buy-in, begins July
7. Most of the rest of the events are
satellites, but there is also a $1,100 Seniors event on July 11.
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