Vegas Trip

Its getting close to the time to start
planning for Vegas again. Other than
the heat , the timing of last years summer
trip was great. (40 °C most of the trip
and on July 5th, 2007 it was 116 °F or 47 °C)

It was busy (lots of juicey tourist filled
holdem cash games because of the
Series and 4th of July weekend)
with lots to do and see. Had good
opportunities to see the stars (of poker)
and visit the Poker Expo at the RIO.

Since the timing was so good last time,
heading down the same time this year.
Somewhere in the June 29-July 8th range.
Probably staying for 6-7 days.

Why not come along ! ? ?

You can get cheap hotel rooms if you book
reasonably early. Examples:
-Plaza (downtown) $31 wkdays, $55 Fri & Sat.
-Fitz (downtown) $44 wkdays, $77 Fri & Sat
-Imperial Palace (strip) $59 wkdays, $149 Fri & Sat
-Sahara (strip) $43 wkdays, $118 Fri & Sat

Airfair should run $400-500 depending on
when you book and if you can pick up some
sale seats for the days you want to fly.
Westjet.com regularly offers one-way
direct flights from Toronto to Vegas
on sale for $129-$159 +tax + fees.
( I just booked a return flight/1 stopover
out of Detroit, to LasVegas on SouthWest
Airlines for $315 All Included)


2008 WSOP Schedule during our stay:

Date/Event#/Game/Buy-In

June 27, noon Event #48
No-limit hold 'em (3 day event) $2,000

June 28, noon Event # 49
No-limit hold 'em (3 day event) $1,500

June 29, noon Event #50
World Championship pot-limit Omaha (3 day event)
$10,000

June 29, 5 p.m. Event #51
HORSE (3 day event) $1,500

June 30, noon Event #52
No-limit hold 'em $1,500

July 1, noon Event #53
Limit hold 'em shootout $1,500

July 2, Ante Up For Africa" ($5000)

July 3-6 Gaming Life Expo @ RIO (trade show)

(MAIN) Event #54 -- $10,000 NLTexas hold 'em
July 3, noon Day 1A - 2,500 Players
July 4, noon Day 1B - 2,500 Players
July 5, noon Day 1C - 2,500 Players
July 6, noon Day 1D - 2,500 Players
July 7 OFF
July 8, noon Day 2A
July 9, noon Day 2B
July 10, noon Day 3
July 11, noon Day 4
July 12, noon Day 5
July 13, noon Day 6
July 14, noon Day 7
July 15 OFF
July 16, noon Final Table

Vegas Tournaments in June/July

For any of you who happen to be
heading to Vegas about the same
time as the world series this summer,
there a couple other big tournament
series running downtown & on the strip
(with much smaller buy-ins)


The Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series

Runs from June 6 - July 6, 2008.
Most buy-ins range from $225-$550

Most tournies have 40 minute blind levels
$1080 Grand Finale final event has 60 min
blind levels. Not in poker room, played at
the The Grand Events Center, brand new,
over 11,000 sq. ft, holds 50+ tables
has its own restrooms and service bars.

GN Poker Room has started running
single table sit & go satelittes.
There will be a $160 single table sit & go
satelittes where the winner will win a seat
into the $1080 Montel Williams celebrity
charity event (where 1/2 of the prize pool
goes to charity and 1/2 of the prize pool
is still up for grabs). There also will be
$88 single table sit & go satelites where
1st place will win tournament dollars
for any event during The Grand Poker
Series and there is some other cash
to win as well.

http://www.goldennugget.com/i/downloads/The_Grank_Poker_Series.pdf


2nd annual Binion's Poker Classic

Runs from May 28 - July 8, 2008.
Most buy-ins range from $150-$250

Most tournies have 30 min levels.
The $500 and $1000 have 45 min levels,
The $2k Championship \ has 60 min levels.

http://www.binions.com/gaming/poker_classic.html


VENETIAN Deep Stack Extravaganza III

Runs May 29 - July 16, 2008
Most buy-ins range from $330-1060.
Phenominal Play for your money.
Players receive $10 food comp.
All tables have autoshufflers
(unlike caesars)

Starting chips for$330 event are $4,500.
Starting chips for $540 & $1060 events are $7,500.
Starting chips for $2,500 events are $10,000.
Starting chips for $5,000 events are $10,000.
The purchase of an optional $10 staff bonus
will add $1,500, $2,500 and $5,000 respectively
to the above stated chip counts.
Starting chips for the $540 Super Satellite
are $3,000. (no rebuys)

http://venetian.com/venetianeng/assets/files/DSE_JJ.pdf


Caesars Palace Mega Stack Series

Runs June 1st- July- 9th, 2008
50 Min Blinds levels, generous chips.
No antes until 7th level, (600-1200 /100 ante)


Partial Listing
Date/ Buy-in/ Event/ Chips/ Add-On/ Staff Bonus
6/24/ $200 + $25 Limit / 2,500 $10 / 2,500 Chips
6/25/ $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
6/26/ $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
6/27/ $300 + $30 No Limit / 10,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
6/28/ $300 + $30 No Limit / 10,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
6/29/ $500 + $40 No Limit / 12,500 $10 / 2,500 Chips
6/30/ $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/1/ $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/2/ $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/3/ $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/4/ $300 + $30 No Limit / 10,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/5/ $300 + $30 No Limit / 10,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/6/ $500 + $40 No Limit / 12,500 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/7 $1000 + $60 Mega Championship / 25,000 chips
7/8 $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips
7/9 $200 + $25 No Limit / 5,000 $10 / 2,500 Chips

Additional Daily Tournaments
9am -$65
3pm -$65
7pm - $150
11pm -$120

NBC Heads-Up Championship

I kept looking for it on tv, but (sigh)
I could never find it in the listings.
Hasnt been televised yet, go figure.

NBC's 12 Hours of coverage for six
consecutive Sundays.
April 13: Noon - 2PM ET
April 20: Noon - 1PM ET
April 27: Noon - 2PM ET
May 4: Noon - 2PM ET
May 11: Noon - 2PM ET
May 18: Noon - 3PM ET

Complete prize purse breakdown
Places 9-16: $25,000
Places 5-8: $75,000
Places 3-4: $125,000
2nd place: $250,000
1st place: $500,000
Total purse: $1,500,000