June is the Month of Poker in Las Vegas
Posted on May 14, 2008
Filed Under Las Vegas
Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas
Poker players will be wishing for clones next month. There's that much scheduled tournament poker in Las Vegas during the coming month of June. The 2008 WSOP at the Rio Resort serves as the giant magnet drawing more than 50,000 poker players from around the world for the 39th annual World Series of Poker. Last year, the 2007 WSOP registered more than 57,000 poker players from around the world for the 55 poker events offering golden bracelets. The original and longest running annual poker tournament on Earth, the WSOP. Nothing in tournament poker compares to the big poker show World Series of Poker.
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Poker Room at the Venetian Las Vegas
Running from May 29 through July 16, the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III. The 3rd annual Deep Stack Extravaganza offering the lower buy-in ($330 - $2,500) events. The original larger starting stacks and longer play levels format tournaments have proven to be very popular with tournament players guaranteeing large fields and nice payouts. Check out the schedule of events for the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III Tournament.
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Tournament Poker Room at Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Moving on to the Caesars Palace June tournament. Caesars Palace, will preview a June 1 through July 9 tournament, the Caesars Palace Mega Stack Series, held in the largest permanent poker venue in Las Vegas, the posh Caesars Palace Poker Room. Free Harrah's shuttle connects the Rio and Caesars Palace making it easy for poker players to move between the two sister properties. Playing lower buy-in ($225 to $1060) events to experience Las Vegas tournament play is a good idea. For many it will be the bargain ticket to a seat in the 2008 WSOP. Click for more details and a link to the event schedules.
A third tournament is scheduled for June. The Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget from June 6 through July 6. Another of the lower buy-in, full schedule tournament giving players more starting chips and longer playing levels. Buy-ins range from $225 to $1080. Players can get a special $59 room rate. Registration is currently active, for complete information call John Colville at (702) 386-8164 or (800) 634-3403. Visit the website for the event schedule.
These three lower buy-in poker tournaments offer a variety of games in addition to No-Limit Hold'em - H.O.R.S.E., Pot Limit Omaha, PLO 8 or Better - and throw in the major league playing conditions and you have a bargain tournament playing lesson. The poker excitement is already building in Las Vegas, this is when local Vegas poker rooms have an abundance of WSOP seats to fill thru satellites and freerolls. And finally, the first major controversy of the upcoming 2008 WSOP, should the WSOP Main Event final table be delayed for months?
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2007 WSOP Poker Room at the Rio Las Vegas