Las Vegas is chock full of poker rooms, and with poker rooms come poker tournaments.
This means there are lots of poker tournaments in Las Vegas. From $20 to $340 buy-ins, with or without guarantees and bounties, with variable field sizes, and throughout the day and night, there is, undoubtedly, a tournament to make any poker aficionado happy.
This article is broken up into two sections:
Unless otherwise noted, these are all No Limit Hold’em tournaments. Some poker rooms do offer Pot Limit Omaha, Omaha 8 or Better, and mixed game tournaments.
So, without further ado, here is a brief overview of the best poker tournaments in Vegas at the present time.
Note that these are just some of the daily poker tournaments in Las Vegas. For tournament series, such as the Wynn Poker Classic or World Series of Poker, check out the CardPlayer tournament schedule.
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Best Poker Tournaments in Las Vegas: Strip Venues
Aria
Days: Daily
Times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 7 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $140 ($110 + 30), $240 ($195 + 45)
Bally’s
Days: Daily
Times: 8:00 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $130 ($100 + 30)
Guarantees: $2,000 and $7,500
Bellagio
Days: Daily
Times: 2:00 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $130 ($100 + 30)
Caesars Palace
Days: Daily
Times: 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $125 ($95 + 30) and $150 ($110 + 40)
Guarantees: $2,000 and $3,000
Harrah’s
Days: Friday, Saturday
Times: 7 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $100 ($70 + 30)
Guarantees: $1,000
Bounties: $25
Mirage
Days: Daily
Times: 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $65 ($47 + 18), $100 ($83 + 17), and $120 ($92 +38)
Bounties: $25
Planet Hollywood
Days: Daily
Times: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $80 ($58 +22), $130 ($100 + 30), and $100 ($75 + 25)
Guarantees: $1,500, $3,000, and $7,500
Venetian
Days: Daily
Times: 12:05 p.m., 7:05 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $125 ($95 + 30), $150 ($118 + 32), $200 ($160 + 40), and $340 ($280 + 60)
Guarantees: $7, 000, $9,000, $15,000, $20,000, and $25,000
Wynn/Encore
Days: Daily
Times: 12 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $140 ($125 + 15), $100 ($180 + 20), and $225 ($200 +25); plus 4% of the prize pool
Guarantees: $10,000 and $25,000
Best Poker Tournaments in Las Vegas: Off-Strip Venues
Binion’s
Days: Saturday
Times: 1 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $150 ($120 + 30)
Golden Nugget
Days: Sunday
Times: 11 a.m.
Buy-Ins: $125 ($100 + 25)
Guarantees: $5,000
Orleans
The Orleans offers a wide variety of tournaments including NL Hold’Em, PLO, Omaha 8/OB, Limit H.O.R.S.E., and Limit/NL 8-Game Mixed Game
Days: Daily
Times: 12:05 p.m., 7:05 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $80 , $105, and $130
Red Rock
Days: Daily
Times: 12:35 p.m. and 6:35 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $60 ($48 +12), $100 ($83 +17), $125 ($110 + 15), and $150 ($131 + 19)
Bounties: $25 (in some tournaments)
Guarantees: $1,000, $2,000, $2,500, and $4,500
Stratosphere
Days: Wednesday
Times: 7 p.m.
Buy-Ins: $100 ($80 +20)
Bounties: $25
South Point
Days: Daily
Times: 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 6 p.m. (T/Th at 2 p.m. is Limit Omaha 8/OB)
Buy-Ins: $60, $80, $120, $125, and $130
Bounties: $40, $75
Guarantees: $1,200, $5,000, and $7,500
For complete information about these tournaments, or for a complete listing of the best poker tournaments in Las Vegas, you can visit Poker Atlas.
Do you have a favorite daily Las Vegas poker tournament? Please comment below.
Until next time.
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Natalie Faulk is a Las Vegas-based freelance writer/blogger and the author of several books. She is an avid low-stakes (for now) poker player and huge Vegas Golden Knights fan.
