The Venetian Las Vegas unveiled a new, improved, and relocated poker room last August, including a setup for livestreaming poker events.
The first two live broadcasts from the Venetian poker room studio will happen in February, and both come in the form of final tables for $1 million guaranteed events.
The $1,600 No-Limit Hold'em MSPT Poker Bowl IX final table will stream from the Venetian on February 10. The $1,600 Card Player Poker Tour final table will stream on February 16. Each event will offer a prize pool of at least $1 million and a final table that will be produced and distributed by PokerGO.
MSPT, CPPT on the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza schedule
The two live-streamed final tables feature two different mid-stakes poker tours, both of which are on the schedule as part of the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza I.
The Venetian's DeepStack poker series is a staple of Las Vegas live poker, and the MSPT (Mid States Poker Tour) and CPPT regularly provide some of the centerpiece tournaments of those series.
The DeepStack Extravaganza I takes place Feb. 3-23. The pair of $1,600 buy-in and $1 million guaranteed events from the MSPT and CPPT act as dual main events for the festival, offering the largest buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools among the 45 official tournaments on the schedule.
The Poker Bowl IX tournament plays as one of two $1-million guaranteed tournaments on the MSPT schedule for 2025.
The tournament runs Feb. 5-10, with three Day 1 flights available (one per day on February 5, 6, and 7). Survivors from those three flights come back for Day 2 on Saturday, February 8.
Poker Bowl IX will play down to a final table on Day 2, and the final table resumes on Sunday, February 10 at noon local time.
Terry Fleischer won last year's Poker Bowl VIII, coming away with $98,101.
Card Player Poker Tour kicks off Season XIII
The CPPT begins its 13th season with its $1,600 No-Limit Hold'em event at the DeepStack Extravaganza.
Much like the MSPT Poker Bowl IX, the CPPT $1 Million Guaranteed NLH event features three starting flights, one per day on February 12, 13, and 14.
Players that make it through one of those Day 1 flights come back for Day 2 action on February 15. The tournament plays to a seven-handed final table on Day 2, and the final seven return to action for the PokerGO live stream on Sunday, February 16.
"The Card Player Poker Tour is proud to help kick off the live streaming era at the beautiful new poker room at Venetian Resort Las Vegas," CPPT Tour Director Dominik Karelus told PokerOrg. "This is our 16th event with Venetian, and being able to broadcast the final table certainly takes things to the next level."
"Plus with PokerGO at the helm, poker fans can expect a high-quality, entertaining show no matter who goes home with the trophy."
The $1 million guarantee is a big increase from last February's CPPT main event at the DeepStack Extravaganza, which offered a $400,000 guaranteed prize pool.
First broadcast from the Venetian studio
The Venetian Poker Room and the DeepStack tournament series are both fixtures of the Las Vegas live poker scene.
The Venetian shuttered its long-running downstairs poker room last summer and moved into a new upstairs location on the Palazzo side of the Grand Canal Shoppes.
The new location features a 14,000-square-foot space and 50 tables, making it the largest poker room in Las Vegas. The live poker studio is also a first-of-its-kind feature among major live poker venues in the Las Vegas area.
Photos courtesy of the Venetian
