Strip Poker: Where to Find Deep Stack Tournaments in VegasThe Caesars Palace, Bellagio, Venetian, and Hard Rock Poker Rooms All Offer Them |
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Is bigger really better? Well, in terms of deep-stacked poker tournaments it is, and it’s the big rooms on The Strip that are offering them. The Bellagio, Venetian, Caesars Palace, and brand-new Hard Rock poker rooms are now all offering regularly scheduled deep-stacked tournaments, proving that the recent trend of players’ demand for large starting stacks is here to stay.
Venetian
It could be argued that the Venetian poker room is the originator of the deep-stack poker movement with its highly successful Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament series, which debuted in February of last year. Since then, the other casinos mentioned in this story have hopped onto the deep-stack tourney bandwagon.
| Days | Time | Buy-in | Chips | Bonus | Total Starting Chip Stack | Levels |
| Sun-Fri | Noon | $145 | 6,000 | $5 for 1,500 in chips | 7,500 | 30 minutes |
| Sat | Noon | $540 | 7,500 | $10 for 2,500 in chips | 10,000 | 40 minutes |
For more information, call the Venetian poker room at (702) 414-7657.
Bellagio
At the end of May, just before the start of this year’s World Series of Poker, Bellagio announced deeper starting stacks for all of its tournaments, including its daily 2 p.m. events.
| Days | Time | Buy-in | Chips | Bonus | Total Starting Chip Stack | Levels |
| Sun-Thu | 2 p.m. | $540 | 6,000 | N/A | 6,000 | 40 minutes |
| Fri-Sat | 2 p.m. | $1,080 | 10,000 | N/A | 10,000 | 40 minutes |
For more information, contact the Bellagio poker room at (702) 693-7291.
Caesars Palace
Over the summer, Caesars Palaces ran its first-ever Mega Stack tournament series, wherein players started with deep starting stacks. The overwhelming response and success of the tournaments inspired Caesars Palace to run daily deep-stack tournaments.
| Days | Time | Buy-in | Chips | Bonus | Total Starting Chip Stack | Levels |
| Sun-Thu | Noon | $125 | 5,000 | $10 for 2,500 in chips | 7,500 | 30 minutes |
| Fri-Sat | Noon | $330 | 10,000 | $10 for 2,500 in chips | 12,500 | 40 minutes |
For more information, contact the Caesars Palace poker room at (702) 785-6566.
Hard Rock
The Hard Rock stepped up to the plate this week with the opening of its Poker Lounge, a mix between a club and poker room. Wanting to compete with the other top dogs in Vegas when it comes to tournament action, the Hard Rock plans to run several daily tournaments with deep-stacked events on the weekends.
| Days | Times | Buy-in | Chips | Bonus | Total Starting Chip Stack | Levels |
| Fri | 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. | $225 | 7,500 | $10 for 1,500 | 9,000 | 30 minutes |
| Sat-Sun | Noon | $175 | 7,500 | $10 for 1,500 | 9,000 | 30 minutes |
| Sat-Sun | 3 p.m. | $330 | 10,000 | $10 for 2,000 | 12,000 | 30 minutes |
| Sat-Sun | Midnight | $125 | 7,500 | $10 for 1,000 | 8,500 | 25 minutes |
Details on the Poker Lounge, as well as a complete daily tournament schedule, can be found in a previous article located in the poker news archives. For more information, call the Hard Rock at (702) 693-5000 and ask for the Poker Lounge.
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