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Get More Chips and More Play at the Venetian

Get More Chips and More Play at the Venetian.

If you are looking for a great value in tournaments then head over to the Venetian. Their Daily Deep Stack events are all no-limit and start at noon every day. Initial starting chips in the $330 buy-in tournament are $4,500, but for another $10 you can increase your stack to $6,000. The $540 buy-in event starts with $10,000 in chips. They are also running $130 twowinner satellites Friday through Saturday starting at 8 p.m.

For those who bust out of the noon event, don’t fret; you will get another opportunity in the second chance events that start at 8 p.m. The events on Sunday through Thursday have a price tag of $125 with $1,500 in starting chips. For five dollars more you get $1,000 in chips and there is an optional rebuy that will increase your stack by $2,000. That’s a grand total of $4,500 chips.

The Friday event is a bounty tournament with a $195 ticket price. The buy-in will get you $3,000 in chips but for five dollars more you can begin with $4,000. For every buy-in, $10 goes into the bounty pool and players receive a $10 bounty for each player they eliminate.

If you’re looking for live high-stakes action then the Venetian is the place to visit. Check out the action every Saturday afternoon starting at 3 p.m. The buyin is $10,000 with $25-$50 blinds and a $100 ante on the button. For more information see their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.

The Hold’em Pots at Sam’s Town are Hot.

If you didn’t have a good reason to play at Sam’s Town before, you do now. They are adding $25-$100 to the next pot at all hold’em tables following a four-of-a-kind or higher. After a four-of-a-kind they will add $25 to the next pot, $50 will be added after a straight flush and $100 will be added after a royal flush.

Sam’s Town holds a HORSE tournament every Sunday at 2 p.m. with a $120 buy-in. More information can be found in their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.

The Suncoast has Something for Everyone.

They spread $2-$4, $4-$8, and $10-$20 limit hold’em games with a half-kill; $1-$2 and $2-$5 blind no-limit hold’em; $1-$5 seven card stud and $4-$8 Omaha High and Omaha/8. The rake on live games is still only three dollars.

The tournament action runs daily, with a no-limit event at 10 a.m. that features a $40 buy-in. At 7 p.m. Sunday-Thursday they run a no-limit event with a $60 buy-in. On Friday and Saturday the game is no-limit, the buy-in is $50 with one $30 rebuy, and starts at 6 p.m. Players receive a five-dollar bounty for every player they knock out.

The Suncoast is a 12-table non-smoking room and all live players earn comp dollars that are good towards food and other amenities. The room has 12 plasma TV screens for viewing your favorite sporting event. Check out their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.

Looking for a Late Nite Tournament? Fitzgerald’s features the only daily 9 p.m. no-limit tournament Downtown or on the Strip in Las Vegas. They also run a daily tournament at noon, and a 1 a.m. event on Thursday-Sunday. They have the only progressive bad beat jackpot and high-hand payouts in Downtown.

They also feature a live $4-$8 HORSE game every Friday and Saturday evening. For more information see their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.

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