Bellagio Announces Deeper Starting Stacks

Upholding its reputation for giving players what they want, Bellagio is introducing deeper starting stacks for all of its major tournaments and daily tournaments, starting in June.

Presently, the poker room’s famous 2 p.m. daily tournaments have a $540 buy-in Sunday-Thursday with 3,000 starting stacks, and a $1,080 buy-in with 5,000 in starting chips on Friday and Saturday. But starting on June 1, the dailies will have a whole new look.

A $1,080 buy-in tournament with 10,000 starting stacks will run Sunday-Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday, the buy-in will increase to $2,100 with 20,000 in starting chips. Daily tournaments will be suspended on July 1 for the start of the Bellagio Cup IV, but will return on July 18 with normal buy-ins. The increased starting chip stacks will remain at 10,000 for the $1,080 buy-in tournament, and the $540 buy-in tournament will double its starting stack to 6,000 in chips. Levels are 40 minutes long for all daily tournaments.

As a preview for players to experience what the new structure will provide, the Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31, $1,080 buy-in tournaments will feature the 10,000 starting stacks.

For its premier events, Bellagio wants its players to triple up, and who wouldn’t want that? As the exclusive Las Vegas casino for the World Poker Tour, and the host of four major events per season, Bellagio will start players with tripled starting stacks for all preliminary and championship events. 

The amount of chips with which players start each event is three times the buy-in amount. That means that for the $15,000 buy-in main events in the Bellagio Cup IV, Festa Al Lago Classic, and Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, players will begin play with 45,000 in chips, and the WPT Championship next year will provide 75,000 starting stacks. Preliminary tournaments have 60-minute levels, while championship events have 90-minute levels.

“We decided to increase starting stacks because of the demand from players, and the main goal is always to keep the players happy,” said Bellagio Tournament Director Jack McClelland. 

For more information, contact the Bellagio poker room at (702) 693-7291.

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