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Until recently, if you wanted to play a poker tournament in Las Vegas with a buy-in around the $500 range and a healthy structure, there was really only one choice – Bellagio. But, Wynn is turning up the heat with its own high stakes events.
Beginning this week, Wynn is spreading two $300+$30 No Limit Hold’em tournaments (Tuesday and Thursday at 12 noon), as well as a $500 + $40 No Limit Hold’em tournament every Friday at 3:00 p.m.
The $300 tourneys have a guaranteed $3,000 prize pool, and the $500 poker tournament has a guaranteed $5,000 prize pool. More importantly, these tournaments have really healthy structures. Players start with $3,000 in tournament chips, and blinds increase every 45 minutes.
Wynn’s poker tournaments also return about 89% of the total buy-in to the prize pool, which is a respectable percentage for a live poker tournament in Vegas.
Also, Wynn is offering single table satellites into the main events. The satellites are held Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays beginning at 8:00 a.m., until tournament time. The top two players from each satellite win their entrance fees into the main event. The rake on these satellites is a bit steep, but it’s a cool option.
You can get all the details on Wynn’s poker tournaments, and most of the other Vegas poker tournaments by visiting the tournament database on All Vegas Poker.
Big ups to Carolyn from Wynn for faxing over the Wynn tourney info and answering all my questions. If only more Vegas poker room staff were so helpful.
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