The Venetian recently announced the schedule of its third Deep Stack Extravaganza (DSE) tournament series of the year, and it is obvious that the casino expects the summer poker series to do very well. In a fact-sheet accompanying the new schedule, The Venetian stated, “We will be expanding to 89 tables to better accommodate our rapidly growing player base.”
The staff of the popular poker room, which regularly houses 39 poker tables in months that a DSE series is not going on, clearly expects that the popularity of the World Series of Poker will translate into a successful few months for them. The 2009 WSOP will run May 27-July 15 before the main event breaks for the November final table. The Deep Stack Extravaganza III will run May 29-July 16.
The Venetian’s series will host 48 events, with the vast majority of the tournaments being no-limit hold’em. The tournaments’ buy-ins range from $225 shootout events to the $5,000 main event, which begins on July 13. The tournament will also host events at $330, $550, $1,070, $1,590, and $2,100.
Non-hold’em events include a H.O.R.S.E. tournament on June 7, an Omaha eight-or-better tournament on June 14, and a pot-limit Omaha tournament on June 18. Those three tournaments start at 4 p.m. and have a buy-in of $550.
No-limit tournaments begin at noon on each day and stop when a final table is reached or by 2 a.m., whichever comes first. Play resumes the next day at 4 p.m. and concludes when there is a winner.
The Venetian’s tournaments are known for their favorable structure. Their higher-priced events ($1,070 and above) have 60-minute levels — the same as most events in the WSOP — and give each player a comfortable starting stack.
With a $10 staff bonus, players at The Venetian begin with 15,000 in chips in the $550 and $1,070 events and 20,000 in chips for the $1,590 and $2,000 events. By comparison, players will start out with 4,500 in chips in the $1,500 WSOP events this year.
The second Deep Stack Extravaganza series of the year begins April 2.
The complete schedule for DSE III:
May 29: $330 no-limit hold’em
May 30: $330 no-limit hold’em
May 31: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 1: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 2: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 3: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 4: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 5: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 6: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 7: $1,070 no-limit hold’em
June 7: $550 H.O.R.S.E
June 8: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 9: $225 no-limit hold’em shootout
June 10: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 11: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 12: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 13: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 14: $1,590 no-limit hold’em
June 14: $550 Omaha eight-or-better
June 15: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 16: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 17: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 18: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 18: $550 pot-limit Omaha
june 19: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 20: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 21: $1,070 no-limit hold’em
June 22: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 23: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 24: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 25: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 26: $2,100 no-limit hold’em
June 27: $550 no-limit hold’em
June 28: $1,070 no-limit hold’em
June 29: $330 no-limit hold’em
June 30: $330 no-limit hold’em
July 1: $330 no-limit hold’em
July 2: $550 no-limit hold’em
July 3: $550 no-limit hold’em
July 4: $1,070 no-limit hold’em
July 5: $330 no-limit hold’em
July 6: $330 no-limit hold’em
July 7: $550 no-limit hold’em
July 8: $550 no-limit hold’em
July 9: $550 no-limit hold’em
July 10: $550 no-limit hold’em
July 11: $1,070 no-limit hold’em
July 12: $550 super-satellites
July 13: $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event
