A List of the Best Overall Hold 'em Tournaments in Las Vegas

[MrFizzbin]

I still think Harrah's should be listed in the under 100 tournies.

[NickMPK]

Very nice...but you should mention what portion of the buy-in is rake and what portion goes into the prize pool.

[LasVegasMichael]

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Very nice...but you should mention what portion of the buy-in is rake and what portion goes into the prize pool.

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Thanks. All that info (including rake/juice %, payouts, blind structures, etc) is available from the Torunament Details link at the bottom of each listed tourney.

I wanted to avoid too much clutter in the 5 lines that each tourney got, so I just stuck to the skeleton basics. Anyone interested in more info can click on the link to bring up all the details in a separate page.

[LasVegasMichael]

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I still think Harrah's should be listed in the under 100 tournies.

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Harrahs/Ballys/Paris/Flamingo were all excluded due to a few factors, including that they are generally not considered good or the best tournies. Fun tournies, yes, but not necessarily good ones.

25-40 avg number of players coupled with their 15-20 min levels (depending on the house), and fairly short chip counts, do not translate to a "Best of" list in my opinin, so they were excluded.

Generally, "good tournies for under $100" is a bit of an oxymoron, as all good, better, and best tournies have $100+ buy ins in Vegas. However, the two I listed are accepted as being the most recommended and the best, despite their low buy in (i.e. best value).

[MrFizzbin]

Harrahs ususlly has about 70 players in it and has an alternate list. the limits were 25 minutes for the first 3 levels then 20 after the break. I agree that Sahara and Ceasers are the best by far but Harrah's is an honorable mention at least from me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

[LasVegasMichael]

Duly noted. Thanks for posting. Sounds like a pretty good tourney.

[SpeciesFlora]

Thanks, I enjoyed it almost as much as a similar post on AVP [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I'm heading to Vegas on 2/10 and I think that I will have to try Caesars and Venetian and weigh in.

[nycgeoff]

I'm not an expert, just a tourist, but I was wondering why the Orleans tournaments didn't make the sub-100 list. The couple of times I played it seemed like a target-rich environment. Rake too large?

[LasVegasMichael]

A similar post? Wouldn't know anything about it [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

In all seriousness, in order to allow this thread to be posted, I needed to make some reasonable adjustments to it (in order to follow 2+2 guidelines), which is why it is presented the way it is here.

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With regard to the Orleans tournies, once again, I opted to just include the best two overall for the under $100 section, as most tournies under $100 are all pretty standard and vanilla (and not the best in the city). I hesitated to even include the ones I did, as really, but due to demand, I included what is agreed overall to be the two best.

In general, of course, the best tournies are the ones over $100 (over $200, actually), so just including the popular Sahara and CP ones seemed like enough.

[chao22mien]

how bout the nugget. my friend likes to play there. i ddint see the blind schedule posted but from my understanding

if u do the rebuy and the chip bonus u start out with 6K starting. i m assuming blinds start out at 25/50 with 20 min blinds

what do u think? anyone play it?


Tournament Detail

Casino Name: Golden Nugget
Game Type: NL Hold'em
Day of Week: Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr,Sa,Su
Time of Day: 07:00 PM
Total Buy In: 65
Admin Free: 19
Fees Returned: 70%
Rebuy: Yes
Rebuy Description:
Single (1) $40 rebuy available in the first hour for 3000 in chips.
Addon: Yes
Addon Description:
$5 staff add on bonus taken at signup for 500 in chips. Included in starting chip count and casino + dealer fee.
Starting Chip Count: 2500
Avg Number Players: 30
Payout Structure:
coming soon
Level Time: 00:20
Avg Tourney Length: 2-3 hours
Blind Structure:
coming soon