The Venetian Poker Room will once again host the DeepStack Championship Poker Series starting May 14, featuring over $31 million in total guaranteed prize pools and 150 tournaments.
A Nevada casino’s press release stated that USA Today named the tournament as one of the best poker series. The tournament is set to run for 11 weeks, from May to July.
Unusually, the DeepStack series will expand beyond The Venetian to also encompass Hall G in the Sands Expo, adding an additional 140 tables for tournaments and cash games.
Additional benefits include a food court, a player’s lounge, a final table stadium setup with 96 seats, and five final tables livestreamed from Mid-Stakes Poker Tour’s Twitch. For the first time in the series, there will also be tables equipped with shuffle machines.
This is a significant enlargement for the already beloved poker tournament series.
Bringing the action back to Venetian
DeepStack promises to offer a variety of formats and options for players, with 150 tournaments lined up.
- Bounties
- Turbos
- Multi-day tournaments
- Single-day tournaments
- No‑limit Texas Hold’em
- H.O.R.S.E.
- Pot-limit Omaha
- Limit Omaha
The cost to enter the tournament varies from $200 to $5,000. The complete schedule for the tournament can be found here.
Mid-States Poker Tour brings large guarantees
The Mid-States Poker Tour includes five events from the DeepStack Championship Poker Series. Each of these events has multiple starting flights, offering ample opportunities to participate. However, the tournament with a $5,000 buy-in is an exception with only one starting day. The final tables of these events will also be livestreamed by the Mid-States Poker Tour.
- From June 3rd to 8th, the buy-in is $1,100 with a guarantee of $3,500,000.
- From June 9th to 13th, there is a $600 buy-in with a $1,000,000 guarantee.
- From June 15 to 17, the buy-in is $5,000 with a guarantee of $1,000,000.
- From June 18th to 22nd, the buy-in is $1,600 with a guarantee of $3,000,000.
- From June 25-30, there is a buy-in of $3,500 with a guaranteed $3,500,000.
The Card Player Poker Tour tournament is set to make a return on July 14 with a buy-in of $5,000 and a guarantee of $2,000,000. In the previous year, the tournament attracted 688 participants, resulting in a prize pool of $3.2 million. The top player, Javier Gomez, walked away with over $560,000.
The DeepStack Championship promises some thrilling events with larger guarantees, all within a span of about a month.
- Summer Kick Off $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em taking place from May 28 to 30, with a guarantee of $500,000.
- Pot Limit Omaha MonsterStack 8-Max with a $250,000 guarantee is scheduled for June 1st to 3rd with a buy-in of $1,600.
- From June 15 to 18, there will be an $800 No-limit Hold’em 8-Max with a guarantee of $800,000.
- From July 5th to July 8th, there will be a No-limit Hold’em Summer Saver I event with a buy-in of $1,100. The event guarantees a prize pool of $1,000,000.
- From July 9 to 12, there will be a No-limit Hold’em Summer Saver II event with an entry fee of $1,100 and a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000.
Past Venetian events
Throughout the year, The Venetian organizes several Extravaganza events, reaching a peak with the DeepStack Extravaganzas that offer large guaranteed prize pools.
- Extravaganza in May – Guarantee of over $300,000
- RealGrinders Bounty Extravaganza – Guarantee of $147,000
- DeepStack Extravaganza II – Guarantees Over $1,200,000
- March Extravaganza – Guaranteed Over $400,000
- DeepStack Extravaganza I – With over $3,000,000 guaranteed
- Extravaganza in January – Guaranteed Over $300,000
- Over $1,000,000 guaranteed in New Year’s Extravaganza
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