Bellagio Cup III Starts TodayThe Series Is Capped by a $10,000 World Poker Tour Event |
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The Bellagio has joined the Las Vegas poker party.
Bellagio Cup III starts today, joining the World Series of Poker, the Venetian Deep Stacks Extravaganza II, and Binion's Poker Classic, which are all taking place.
Unlike the World Series of Poker, which at least makes an effort to diversify the kinds of games it bases its tournaments on, the Bellagio Cup III is the poker series' version of the Autobahn: It's no limit all the time.
The Bellagio Cup III features 28 no limit hold'em events with buy-ins ranging from $1,590 to the $10,000 championship event, which will be filmed as part of the World Poker Tour's sixth season. Each winner will receive a bracelet, just like WSOP event winners.
CardPlayer.com will be covering the Bellagio Cup III extensively, and will bring live chip updates, videos, and stories filed from the casino. Click here for the series schedule and results page.
Broken down in terms of buy-ins, the Bellagio is holding five $1,590 events, 13 $2,620 events, and nine $5,180 events. The championship event starts Tuesday, July 10, four days after the start of the WSOP's main event, which should give tournament regulars who didn't survive their first-day WSOP flights an incentive to stay in Vegas a little longer.
Meanwhile, the Venetian is running a full schedule of small buy-in events during its Deep Stacks Extravaganza II, which started June 1.Like the Bellagio Cup III, all the events are no-limit hold'em. Buy-ins are $330, $540, and $1,060.
Click here for the schedule and results.
The Binion's Poker Classic started a day before the WSOP, on May 31, and offers even lower-buy-in tourneys than the Venetian. It also mixes things up a bit by spreading 34 tournaments featuring games other than no limit hold'em. Pot-limit hold'em, seven-card stud eight-or-better, a shootout, and a pot-limit Omaha event are included, among others. Buy-ins are $150, $200, and $500, and the largest buy-in event is a $1,000 pot-limit Omaha tourney on June 30.
Click here for the schedule and results and here for the WSOP.
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