Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza II Begins ThursdayThe Popular Tournament Series Will Feature 24 Events |
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The second Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza event of 2009 begins tomorrow at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The tournament series will feature 24 tournaments that will spread games of no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better, and H.O.R.S.E. All tournament days will begin at noon, and if there is a second event scheduled for the same day, it will begin at 4 p.m. There will also be a Jennifer Harman charity poker tournament on Friday, Apr. 17 starting at 5 p.m. The charity event will feature a $330 buy-in with rebuys.
The $2,500 no-limit hold’em championship event will begin on Thursday, Apr. 23, and there will be super-satellites hosted today, Apr. 1, and Wednesday, Apr. 22. Starting stacks in the championship event will be 15,000, and the levels will be 90 minutes long. For the $300 no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha events, players will start with 10,000, and the levels will be 40 minutes long. For the $500 no-limit hold’em events, players will start with 12,500, and the levels will be 60 minutes long. The Omaha eight-or-better and H.O.R.S.E. event will feature 6,000 starting stacks and 40 minute levels. All tournaments will feature additional chips for a $10 optional staff bonus. Here is a look at the schedule of events:
Thursday, Apr. 2: Event No. 1 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Apr. 3: Event No. 2 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Apr. 4: Event No. 3 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Apr. 5: Event No. 4 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Monday, Apr. 6: Event No. 5 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, Apr. 7: Event No. 6 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Apr. 8: Event No. 7 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Apr. 9: Event No. 8 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Apr. 10: Event No. 9 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Apr. 11: Event No. 10 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Apr. 12: Event No. 11 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Apr. 12: Event No. 12 ($300 H.O.R.S.E.)
Monday, Apr. 13: Event No. 13 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, Apr. 14: Event No. 14 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Apr. 15: Event No. 15 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Apr. 16: Event No. 16 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Apr. 17: Event No. 17 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Apr. 18: Event No. 18 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Apr. 19: Event No. 19 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Apr. 19: Event No. 20 ($300 pot-limit Omaha)
Monday, Apr. 20: Event No. 21 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, Apr. 21: Event No. 22 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Apr. 22: Event No. 23 ($300 Omaha eight-or-better)
Thursday, Apr. 23: Event No. 24 ($2,500 no-limit hold’em)