Best Non-WSOP poker series in Vegas.

pineknob · Mar 18, 2019

Just want some opinions about options before I head to vegas in June. My dad plays the senior and super senior events at wsop. I am more inclined to play at the golden nugget grand poker series.

SPANKYSN · Mar 18, 2019

I was thinking of playing in the super seniors event last year, the first year after my 65th birthday...then they changed it to allow all those "Youngsters" from 60 - 65 into it.
Many hotels have their own tournaments during the WSOP. The Wynn has about a month of daily events, can't remember exactly when, but they are usually well organized.

martycaridi · Mar 19, 2019

I believe that Bellagio also has a pretty good series as well. I know that Planet Hollywood has one, too.

Debi · Mar 19, 2019

Planet Hollywood will have one with some decent tournaments in it, Aria will have one but they run a bit high that time of year, love the Wynn series and sometimes there is a decent game to jump in at the Venetian.

I rarely play in the Golden Nugget tournaments because I stay on the strip and it takes too much time and money to go downtown.

Non-WSOP Las Vegas Summer Poker Tournaments Schedules Taking Shape

jmac3454 · Mar 24, 2019

Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza is good.

gabpoker · Mar 24, 2019

What are you primary looking for pingknob?

Lower Buy in, Slower or Faster structures, Bigger or Smaller fields?

I played in events at all the series last year except the Golden Nugget. Mostly because as Debbie said the hassle of getting down there from the strip.

Some of my friends did play there and had a good experience.

pineknob · Mar 24, 2019

gabpoker said:
What are you primary looking for pingknob?

Lower Buy in, Slower or Faster structures, Bigger or Smaller fields?

I played in events at all the series last year except the Golden Nugget. Mostly because as Debbie said the hassle of getting down there from the strip.

Some of my friends did play there and had a good experience.

I prefer lower buyin..under $150 but slower with bigger fields.. I can usually play one of those most of the day but if I bust out I might play a turbo somewhere else. would like to find a Big O or Omaha hi low tournament too..

gabpoker · Mar 24, 2019

You should check out the Orleans. They haven't released their schedule this year but here is a link to last years.

https://static.boydgaming.net/orleanscasino10/media/downloads/Orleans 2018 Summer Poker Series.pdf

ekgbeat · Mar 24, 2019

I think the Golden Nugget and the Hard Rock has the best value tournaments, and I will try to play in both of them this year.

LotharMcDowner · Mar 25, 2019

jmac3454 said:
Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza is good.

100% agree Venetian daily deepstacks are awesome. And a lot of angry money from people who busto in the WSOP.

pineknob · Mar 25, 2019

LotharMcDowner said:
100% agree Venetian daily deepstacks are awesome. And a lot of angry money from people who busto in the WSOP.

what do you think makes angry money so good? bad play?

pineknob · Mar 25, 2019

gabpoker said:
You should check out the Orleans. They haven't released their schedule this year but here is a link to last years.

https://static.boydgaming.net/orleanscasino10/media/downloads/Orleans 2018 Summer Poker Series.pdf

thanks!! i haven't played there but i heard its a great room.

jkgotsit · Mar 25, 2019

2nd best

The 2nd best isn't in Vegas its the poker championship held at the Taj in Atlantic City NJ

pineknob · Mar 27, 2019

jkgotsit said:
The 2nd best isn't in Vegas its the poker championship held at the Taj in Atlantic City NJ

Gonna take a lot of swiss cheese slices to line up for me to make to the east coast for poker... i cant even drive 3 hours to the pendleton round up right now since i have full custody of my kids... vegas is my trip for the year and maybe the summer roundup

skoldpadda · May 2, 2019

This website has a nicely formatted summary of the various non-WSOP tournaments at the other casinos.

skoldpadda · May 2, 2019

And this website shows you which tournaments offer the best structure (S points) if you want to analyze that sort of thing like I do.

Here is the summary page of S points and vig for the various Vegas tournaments.

pineknob · May 3, 2019

Debi said:
Planet Hollywood will have one with some decent tournaments in it, Aria will have one but they run a bit high that time of year, love the Wynn series and sometimes there is a decent game to jump in at the Venetian.

I rarely play in the Golden Nugget tournaments because I stay on the strip and it takes too much time and money to go downtown.

Non-WSOP Las Vegas Summer Poker Tournaments Schedules Taking Shape

getting close!!! now i'm lookin again. i played at planet Hollywood once when they put a pile of tables upstairs.. I got a lesson that a had to pay for. Aria at 400 might be too much for me. .. but maybe PH is an option again

Mortis · May 6, 2019

I'm thinking about hitting a couple of those bounty tourneys at Planet Hollywood's Phamous Goliath series in late June.

MikeCarasone · May 6, 2019

Venetian deepstack series is well run and has a lot of lower buy in tournaments that get some decent pay outs. There’s a bunch of tournaments throughout the summer and series at many of the hotels. Some very good events.

scubed · May 6, 2019

Give this gem a try!

https://vegas-poker-schedule.com/filter/

pineknob · Jun 4, 2019

ekgbeat said:
I think the Golden Nugget and the Hard Rock has the best value tournaments, and I will try to play in both of them this year.

never even knew the hard rock had anything besides cash games..
have to check that out..

pineknob · Jun 4, 2019

so here is my tentative schedule.. arrive thursday night..
Friday.. daily at Golden Nugget
Saturday.. daily at Golden Nugget
Sunday.. $800 deepstack event 36 WSOP.. I sold 75 percent of my action.. hehe

Debi · Jun 4, 2019

If there is a Hard Rock series they are being extremely quiet about it.

pineknob · Jun 4, 2019

Debi said:
If there is a Hard Rock series they are being extremely quiet about it.

And there is no one left there to elaborate on their situation.. bye bye

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.on...k-casino-las-vegas-close-poker-room-9450/amp/

pineknob · Jun 21, 2019

Stuck to my plan.. 2 deepstacks at the nugget.. min cashed in one.. and wsop deepstack bracelet event on Sunday... 11 rounds and got smoke by my own crack.. (AK)

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