Strip Poker: Large Buy-in Tourneys With Small FieldsBig Poker Rooms Are Homes of the Bigger Buy-ins |
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In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene - on The Strip and around the city.
Players looking to compete in the richest events in the world, like those on the World Poker Tour or the World Series of Poker, can find great stepping-stone tournaments in Las Vegas every week. The Strip is a great place to find bigger buy-in tournaments with fairly small fields. T
hese kinds of tournaments can help players gain experience with accomplished competitors, long blinds levels, and a great chance to finish in the money.
To kick off the weekends, those who have jobs can skip out of work early to make the noon $540 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament at the Wynn on Fridays. Players start with $5,000 in chips. Blinds begin at $25-$50 and go up every 45 minutes. Attracting an average of about three tables, this tournament is perfect for players who want a high level of competition but don't want to be playing all day.
For players who would rather sacrifice a day at the poker table for a more generous blinds structure and deeper starting stacks, the Venetian is the place for them. The fairly new room has already gained a reputation for running some of the best "deep-stacked" tournaments around. Every Saturday at noon, the Venetian poker room has a $550 buy-in no-limit hold'em event where players receive $10,000 in starting chips. The blinds start at $25-$50 and increase
every 40 minutes. This tournament usually attracts around four to five tables.
To round out the weekend, players can head to the Mirage. There is a $430 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament at 5 p.m. inside the poker room on Sundays. Players get $4,000 in chips and the blinds increase every 30 minutes.
Known for high-stakes poker, Bellagio provides another option every day of the week. The poker room runs a $540 buy-in no-limit hold'em event on Sunday-Thursday at 2 p.m. It features a $3,000 starting stack and 40-minute blinds levels. On Friday and Saturday, the famous $1,080 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament takes place. Since a number of big-name poker pros call Bellagio their second home, they can often be found playing in this tournament. It starts at 2 p.m., and there are generally about four to five tables. The players get $5,000 chips with blinds starting at $25-$50 that go up every 40 minutes.
For more information on these tournaments, call the poker rooms at the following numbers:
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