The whole affair generated the kind of buzz previously produced only by the annual WSOP. Tournament pros outside Las Vegas would fly in to participate. Second, does the current situation diminish the appeal of these series? In the late 2000s, for example, a DSE at the Venetian would be marked on poker players’ calendars. First, in what sense are we dealing with individual series at all? One can give them different names and delineate them with start and end dates, but with a continuous “series of series” these distinctions become mostly semantic. While this permanent tournament series condition obviates the need to break down the tables and stick them in storage, it does raise a couple of questions. This announcement makes it at least plausible that the Venetian poker tournament area at the Encore will be in constant use from May 3rd of this year well into 2022. More details to follow in the months to come. You can make plans now for another during our New Year's Extravaganza. “You can make plans now for another during our New Year’s Extravaganza,” LaRosa Tweeted. Indeed, LaRosa has already announced that the MSPT will be back at the Venetian during that period: He graciously thanked us for our interest in the room, and forwarded our inquiry to the PR department, where it apparently still languishes.īased on last-year’s Venetian schedule, we can anticipate a month-long series spanning the New Year. reached out to LaRosa to ask if the 2021 schedule was a sign the Venetian would be running wall-to-wall tournaments for the foreseeable future. Starting with the first DeepStacks Extravaganza in 2007 - a modest affair by today’s standards, with 19 events - LaRosa has established the Venetian as the queen of Las Vegas poker tournaments. When Tommy LaRosa became Venetian poker tournament director in 2006, the room was known primarily as an expansive cash-game destination, with little tournament presence. Given that the 2021 WSOP is scheduled for September 30th to November 23rd, it seems reasonable to suppose that the next Venetian DCPS will start as soon as DSE III ends, and run into December.

In recent years, the Venetian has slyly mirrored the World Series Of Poker held at the Rio, running a parallel series that exceeds the WSOP by a few days at each end.

At that point, the 2021 DeepStack Extravaganza III takes over, running from August 30th through September 26th.

The DeepStack Showdown is a month-long affair, winding up on August 29th. Structures: /WgOaMvPv1h- Venetian Poker Room August 1, 2021 DeepStack Showdown kicks off tomorrow Monday August 2 and features more than $1 Million in guaranteed tournament prize pools.

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