The venue was one of the last Las Vegas poker rooms to shut down in March as the COVID-19 crisis began to take shape. The announcement of the pair of DeepStack Showdowns carries on the Venetian’s reputation as one of the most aggressive live poker operators in the pandemic era. Venetian first to run a live tournament series in the pandemic era The October edition of the DeepStack Showdown features $150,000 guaranteed prize pools in some events. Daily tournaments are up and running at the Venetian, Sahara, and other Las Vegas poker rooms, but the DeepStack Showdown marks the first major tournament series in Las Vegas since the mid-March COVID-19 shutdowns.īoth the September and October DeepStack Showdowns offer more than $400,000 across the multiple events in the series.
The Venetian poker room stands as the first venue to run a major live tournament series in Las Vegas since the COVID-19 pandemic halted live tournament poker in the US. The Strip property announced the return of its long-running DeepStack Showdown, with the latest edition of the series running Sept. The Venetian poker room continues an aggressive approach to the COVID-19 era of live poker in Las Vegas. Venetian poker room running live tournament series throughout September and October
