There’s nothing quite like the excitement of playing in a Las Vegas poker tournament.
Las Vegas poker rooms offer many options for tournaments, and the biggest challenge for players trying to find a game is sifting through the sheer number of regularly scheduled events, and finding a tournament that suits your preferences.
This guide covers the regularly scheduled tournaments offered at the city’s poker rooms. Let’s take a look at the best poker tournaments in Las Vegas.
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Weekly Tournaments
These are the regularly-scheduled weekly Las Vegas poker tournaments from our list that give you the best value for your buy-in, in no particular order:
Wynn/Encore
$230 ($200+30) buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed
Saturdays at Noon
15,000 starting chips, starting blinds 100/100, 40-minute levels, unlimited re-buys available through the first six levels.
The Wynn and Encore properties offer an upscale Las Vegas experience like no other, and the tournament schedule in the 28-table poker room offers some of the best values, lowest rake and biggest guarantees in the city.
The poker room runs a daily tournament at Noon seven days a week, with the best of these coming in the $230 buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed Saturday tournament. All tournaments in this poker room come with guaranteed prize pools, and the seasonal Wynn Classic often runs as well, giving players a chance to play at higher buy-ins with even bigger guarantees.
The Wynn runs three different buy-ins for daily/weekly tournaments, all No Limit Hold’em. The poker room itself is located on the Encore side of the property.
All of the tournament options running throughout the week at Wynn/Encore offer good value, and the Saturday $230 is one of the best weekly tournaments in the city.
Venetian
$340 ($280+60) buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Saturdays at 12:10 p.m.
24,000 starting chips, 40-minute levels, unlimited re-buys available through the first six levels.
With a 37-table poker room, and some of the highest guarantees on the Las Vegas poker tournament schedule, the Venetian poker room consistently draws some of the largest fields for daily Las Vegas poker tournaments.
The regular Venetian schedule includes two daily tournaments at 12:10 p.m. and 6:10 p.m., and the best of these is a $340 buy-in Doublestack tournament that runs on most Saturdays at 12:10 p.m., with a $25,000 guarantee.
Also on the schedule are frequent events in the Venetian DeepStack series, with even bigger guaranteed prize pools. These special recurring events run at different times throughout the year, so be sure to check the link above to see if a DeepStack series is going on when you’re in town.
The Orleans
$130 ($98+32) buy-in, $15,000 guaranteed
Fridays at 7:05 p.m.
15,000 starting chips, 30-minute levels, unlimited re-buys available through the first five levels.
The Orleans is located just off the Strip on Tropicana Ave. and is home to one of the busiest poker rooms in the city. With 35 tables and poker variants like H.O.R.S.E., PLO, and Omaha 8/Stud 8 in the mix on the tournament schedule, the Orleans is one of the best options in the city to find a low-stakes tournament in the game of your choice.
The highlight of the Orleans schedule is the Friday night $130 buy-in NL Hold’em tournament, with a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool.
South Point
$125 ($100+25) buy-in, $9,000 guaranteed
Sundays at 6 p.m.
15,000 starting chips, 20-minute levels, unlimited re-buys available through the first six levels.
Another gem on the Las Vegas tournament poker scene is South Point, located on the far end of the south Strip. The poker room is home to a 22-table setup, and a tournament schedule featuring plenty of No Limit Hold’em, along with game variants such as Crazy Pineapple and Omaha 8.
One of the higher-guarantee tournaments in the city, a $125 buy-in, $9,000 guaranteed event, runs every Sunday night at 6 p.m.
Golden Nugget
$125 ($100+25) buy-in, $5,000 guaranteed
Sundays at 11 a.m.
15,000 starting chips, 20-minute levels, unlimited re-buys available through the first seven levels. 20-minute levels through Level 8; Level 9 and beyond are 30-minute levels.
The Golden Nugget is still one of the most iconic Las Vegas casinos, located right in the heart of Downtown Las Vegas on Fremont Street.At any given time, the Golden Nugget is host to one of the most lively poker scenes, for both cash games and tournaments, in Las Vegas.
The Sunday $5,000 guarantee, which comes at a $125 buy-in, is one of the best values on our list.
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Daily Tournaments
The OrleansÂ
The Orleans is the premier Las Vegas poker room for mixed-game tournament action. Daily tournaments run at 12:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m., with a variety of games. The entire spread of poker variants offered in tournament format is presented here on the list below.
The Orleans runs eight tournaments on a weekly/daily basis (all No Limit Hold’em unless otherwise noted):
- $100 ($78+22) buy-in at 12:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and at 7:05 p.m. Monday
- $100 ($78+22) buy-in Limit Omaha 8 at 12:05 p.m. on on Monday, and at 7:05 p.m. Thursday
- $100 ($78+22) buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday
- $100 ($78+22) buy-in Limit Omaha/Stud 8 at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday
- $125 ($98+27) buy-in Mixed Limit 8-Game Mix at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday
- $130 ($98+32) buy-in at 7:05 p.m. on Friday ($15,000 guaranteed)
- $150 ($123+27) buy-in (with $50 bounties) at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday
- $125 ($98+27) buy-in H.O.R.S.E. at 7:05 p.m. on Sunday
Bellagio
$130 ($100+30) buy-in
Daily at 2 p.m.
15,000 starting chips, 30-minute levels, unlimited re-buys through the first four levels.
This legendary cash-game venue runs a daily $130 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament at 2 p.m., seven days a week. Playing a tournament at the Bellagio poker room gives you a great shot at seeing some of your favorite high-stakes pros in their natural habitat.
In addition to it’s legendary cash games, the Bellagio runs daily tournaments, seven days a week, at 2 p.m.
Aria Resort & Casino
$140 ($110+30) buy-in
Nightly at 7 p.m.
12,000 starting chips, 30-minute levels.
The Aria is a Las Vegas poker hotspot, with regularly-occurring high-roller tournaments. Even if you’re not looking to play at the nosebleed stakes, the 24-table poker room has plenty to offer, with a daily schedule of $140 and $240 buy-in tournaments.
The Aria runs one of the best-value daily tournaments in the city, with the $140 buy-in tournament running seven days a week at 7 p.m.Â
Be sure to check out the PokerGO studio while you’re there, home to some of poker’s most prestigious high-stakes events. Aria is also home to one of the best cash-game scenes in Las Vegas throughout the year.
The Venetian
Like The Orleans and Planet Hollowood, the Venetian’s overall slate of daily tournaments is too plentiful to narrow down to just one.Â
All of these daily tournaments at the Venetian are No Limit Hold’em:
- $150 ($118+32) buy-in at 12:10 p.m. Monday-Thursday ($8,000 guaranteed)
- $200 ($160+40) buy-in at 12:10 p.m. Friday ($20,000 guaranteed)
- $340 ($280+60) buy-in at 12:10 p.m. Saturday ($25,000 guaranteed)
- $200 ($160+40) buy-in at 12:10 p.m. Sunday ($20,000 guaranteed)
- $125 ($95+30) buy-in at 6:10 p.m. Monday ($4,000 guaranteed, progressive bounties)
- $200 ($160+40) buy-in at 6:10 p.m. Tuesday ($9,000 guaranteed, $50 bounties)
- $125 ($95+30) buy-in at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday ($7,000 guaranteed)
- $125 ($95+30) buy-in at 6:10 p.m. Thursday ($6,000 guaranteed, $25 bounties)
- $200 ($160+40) buy-in at 6:10 p.m. Friday ($9,000 guaranteed, progressive bounties)
- $125 ($95+30) buy-in at 6:10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday ($4,000 guaranteed)
Planet Hollywood
Planet Hollywood’s tournament schedule features five daily events in the 11-table poker room. All Planet Hollywood tournaments feature a guaranteed prize pool, including the Sunday morning $135 buy-in, $7,500 guaranteed event.
Planet Hollywood’s guaranteed prize pools for all daily events, which run nearly around the clock, make a trip to the Strip property well worth it for the tournament poker player.
The entire schedule of Planet Hollywood’s daily tournaments is presented here. All of these tournaments are No Limit Hold’em:
- $80 ($58+22) buy-in at 1 p.m., 4Â p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. daily; and at 10 a.m. Monday-Saturday ($1,500 guaranteed)
- $135 ($102+33) buy-in at 10 a.m. Sunday ($7,500 guaranteed)
Wynn/Encore
The Wynn and Encore properties offer an upscale Las Vegas experience like no other, and the tournament schedule in the 28-table poker room offers some of the best values, lowest rake and biggest guarantees in the city.
The poker room runs a daily tournament at Noon seven days a week, with the best of these coming in the $230 buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed Saturday tournament. All tournaments in this poker room come with guaranteed prize pools, and the seasonal Wynn Classic often runs as well, giving players a chance to play at higher buy-ins with even bigger guarantees.
The Wynn runs three different buy-ins for daily/weekly tournaments, all No Limit Hold’em:
- $140 ($120+20) buy-in at Noon Monday-Thursday ($5,000 guaranteed)
- $200 ($175+25) buy-in at Noon Friday and Sunday ($10,000 guaranteed)
- $230 ($200+30) buy-in at Noon Saturday ($30,000 guaranteed)
Other Options
The preceding list are some of the best options for daily and weekly poker tournaments, on the Las Vegas Strip and throughout the city. These are just some of the places to find poker tournaments, however.
Other poker rooms offering tournaments include Caesars Palace, the Mirage, Bally’s, Red Rock, Excalibur, Mandalay Bay, and the Rio.
Many special tournament events come through Las Vegas as well, such as the WSOP Circuit and the MSPT. Check CardPlayer’s tournament series schedule for a regularly updated list of tournament series in Las Vegas.
Check out PokerAtlas during your trip to Las Vegas to get an idea of the wealth of options for daily and weekly tournaments.
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