Each and each summer the poker world converges on Las Vegas for the arena Series of Poker, inarguably the largest poker festival of the year. However the WSOP is way from the one game in town, as several Las Vegas poker hotspots host their very own massive tournament series throughout the balmy summer months, offering hundreds of events for local and visiting poker aficionados to check out their hand in. Card Player is here to bring you a glance on the best the remainder of Las Vegas has to supply this summer with the largest events of every summer series.

The Venetian Sands Poker site is again hosting the DeepStack Extravaganza III, a 90-event series boasting greater than $16 million in guaranteed prize pools. The large slate of events has something for each player, however the centerpiece of the entire affair is the four-day, $5,000 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour no-limit hold’em main event that includes a $2 million guarantee, and the cardboard Player reporting team can be to be had to bring you reside updates on all the action. The CPPT main event has three starting flights on July 17, 18 and 19 at noon. The DeepStack Extravaganza series is without doubt one of the most well liked poker festivals on the earth with somewhat something for everybody with buy-ins as little as $200 and games corresponding to Omaha eight-or-better, H.O.R.S.E., pot-limit Omaha and massive O. There also are variations like turbos, survivors and bounty tournaments.

The Planet Hollywood poker site is hosting it’s own massive festival this summer; so massive in reality that it’s called the Goliath Phamous Poker Series. Running from May 26 through July 10 the series has over 100 events on offer, with buy-ins starting from $60 as much as $1,700. The heaviest hitter late within the schedule is the $1,650 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event that sports an enormous $2 million guarantee, doubling the guarantee from 2015. The tournament has six starting flights, with 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and seven p.m. start times July 7 and 8.

The Bellagio Hotel & Casino is hosting the Bellagio Cup, for the 12th year. The festival will again happen in a single of the game’s most storied poker rooms and is a chain that can not be missed. The $10,400 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event is ready to kick off on Thursday, July 14 at noon. This special event allows registration for the primary 12 levels of play—closing at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 16. Last year’s main event drew 301 entrants, with Sean Winter emerging victorious with the title and the first-place prize of $562,000.

Wynn Las Vegas is again hosting a Wynn Summer Classic series, with 37 events on offer from June 2 – July 19. The $750,000 guaranteed $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event will run from July 16–19, with the 2 starting days each beginning at noon.

Aria Las Vegas has some big events of it’s own as a part of it’s Aria Poker Classic, including the WPT500 Aria. The $565 buy-in no-limit hold’em event sports a $1 million guaranteed prize pool and nine starting flights, with the development running from June 27 through July 6. The room may also host several $25,000 high roller events peppered inside the summer, including ones on June 25, July 7 and July 13.

While the large poker rooms at the strip have plenty going on, downtown and off-strip resorts even have some huge poker events on offer this summer. The Golden Nugget is hosting its Grand Poker Series, a 90-event tournament festival running from May 31 – July 3. The highlight is a $500,000 guaranteed $570 buy-in event that kicks off with the primary of 2 starting days beginning at 11 a.m. on Jun 29.

The birthplace of the arena Series of Poker was Binion’s Hotel and Casino in downtown, and they're set to continue hosting great poker events this year with their Annual Poker Classic. They're holding a $50,000 guaranteed $565 buy-in event starting Jun 26 at noon. South of the strip the M Resort Spa & Casino would be the site of the $2,500 buy-in Hollywood Poker Open main event beginning with the primary of 2 starting days on June 23.

So there's a have a look at biggest poker series around Las Vegas outside of the WSOP. Head to our tournament section to take a look at each each option you have got for poker action within the coming weeks!

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