{"id":35669,"date":"2026-04-30T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/?p=35669"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:45:34","slug":"the-deepstack-poker-championship-at-the-venetian-features-16-million-in-guarantee-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/the-deepstack-poker-championship-at-the-venetian-features-16-million-in-guarantee-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"The DeepStack Poker Championship at the Venetian Features $16 Million in Guarantee Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Venetian has been one of the most reliable spots in Las Vegas for quality poker tournaments. For more than a decade, the casino has run its DeepStack series, and it continues its tradition this summer with the 2026 Championship Poker Series, which starts in a few weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Venetian-poker-room-Vegas-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Venetian-poker-room-Vegas-1024x681-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Venetian-poker-room-Vegas-1024x681-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Venetian-poker-room-Vegas-1024x681-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Venetian-poker-room-Vegas-1024x681-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But first, the DeepStack Extravaganza Poker Series is coming to a conclusion with more than 20 events left to play. Running since April 1, the 75-tournament series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venetianlasvegas.com\/content\/dam\/vlvweb\/casino\/poker\/deepstack\/2026\/dse-apr-2026-schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comes to a close<\/a> May 17. And the very next day is the start of the 2026 Championship Poker Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s one of a handful of series in Las Vegas that are running alongside of the World Series of Poker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 121 events, the series beats the WSOP schedule by 21. It&#8217;s an expansion from last year&#8217;s schedule of 116. According to the casino, last year&#8217;s series brought in almost 30,000 entries and awarded close to $30 million in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the schedule&#8217;s highlights: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 6\u201310: $1,100 NLH ($1 million guarantee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 11\u201314: $1,100 Seniors NLH ($1 million guarantee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 19\u201322: $1,600 Seniors NLH ($1.5 million guarantee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 30\u2013July 2: $2,500 NLH LIPS Ladies High Roller ($150K guarantee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 11\u201314: $1,100 NLH MSPT ($1 million guarantee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 15\u201319: $1,600 NLH MSPT ($1 million guarantee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> The Venetian prides itself on spreading tournaments that appeal to both amateurs and professionals. Last year&#8217;s winners included Patrick Leonard and Josh Reichard, and it will surely be more of the same this year. Check out the full schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venetianlasvegas.com\/content\/dam\/vlvweb\/casino\/poker\/deepstack\/2026\/dscps-2026-schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Venetian has been one of the most reliable spots in Las Vegas for quality poker tournaments. For more than a decade, the casino has run its DeepStack series, and it continues its tradition this summer with the 2026 Championship Poker Series, which starts in a few weeks. But first, the DeepStack Extravaganza Poker Series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":35352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[497,499,7415,535,501,521,523],"tags":[],"vertical":[],"class_list":["post-35669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-poker","category-poker-news","category-tournament-schedules","category-poker-tournaments","category-lifestyle","category-wsop-news"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":35669},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Venetian-poker-room-Vegas-1024x681-1-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Venetian-poker-room-Vegas-1024x681-1-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Bob Pajich","author_link":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/author\/bob-pajich\/"},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35669"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=35669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}