Venetian Poker Tournament Schedule: DeepStack Series & Daily Events (2026)

Last Updated on August 4, 2026 by Bala Kumar

Few poker rooms on the Las Vegas Strip run a calendar as consistently stacked as The Venetian. Located inside The Palazzo on the Grand Canal Shoppes’ second level, the room spans 14,000 square feet and 50 tables,  the largest footprint of any poker room on the Strip,  and it stays busy almost year-round through a rotating structure of major series and daily events. If you’re planning a trip specifically around venetian poker tournaments, this guide breaks down exactly what’s running, when, and what to expect at each buy-in level.

2026 Venetian Poker Room: Quick Facts

Detail	2026 Data
Location	The Palazzo, Level 2, Grand Canal Shoppes
Poker room size	50 tables across 14,000 sq ft — largest on the Strip
Hours	Open 24 hours daily
Cash game staple	$1/$3 No-Limit Hold’em (consistently the busiest game)
Additional cash spreads	Limit Hold’em, Omaha 8-or-Better, Pot-Limit Omaha, limits from $4/$8
Cash game comps	$2 in Poker Rewards per hour played (updated January 2025)
Daily tournament buy-ins	$200–$800, mostly No-Limit Hold’em
DeepStack Championship 2026 guarantees	$16 million+ across 121 numbered events
2025 DeepStack Championship results	29,266 total entries, $29,860,175 awarded across 116 events

The DeepStack Series: How the Venetian’s Calendar Is Structured

Rather than one continuous festival, The Venetian runs poker in three distinct recurring series, cycling through the calendar year. Understanding the difference between them is the key to timing a trip around the buy-in level and prize pools you’re looking for.

DeepStack Championship — The Marquee Summer Series

The DeepStack Championship is the room’s flagship event and by far its largest. The 2026 edition ran May 18 through August 2, featuring 121 numbered events and more than $16 million in guaranteed prize pools,  up from 116 events the year before. It’s scheduled to overlap with the WSOP’s Las Vegas run each summer, which reliably pulls in a mix of local grinders, touring professionals, and recreational players passing through for the broader poker season. Buy-ins during the Championship span from roughly $200 up to $1,600, with formats ranging from single-day turbos to multi-day events with six-figure guarantees.

DeepStack Showdown, Shorter, Locally Focused Series

DeepStack Showdown events run for one to two weeks at a time, generally aimed at Las Vegas locals and regional players rather than the international field the Championship draws. Multiple buy-in levels run each day of a Showdown series, which typically carries guarantees in the six-to-seven-figure range depending on the calendar slot. The August 2026 DeepStack Showdown, for example, runs August 3–31 with more than $1.1 million in guarantees.

DeepStack Extravaganza — The Original Series

The Extravaganza is where the whole DeepStack concept started, back in 2007, built around player requests for better structures, deeper starting stacks, and longer levels than standard daily tournaments offer. It runs roughly five times a year and tends to slot into the calendar between the bigger Championship and Showdown series. The next Extravaganza after the current cycle is scheduled for September 1–27, 2026, with guarantees north of $1.4 million.

2026 Series Calendar at a Glance

Series	2026 Dates	Guarantees
DeepStack Showdown (January)	January 19 – February 8	—
DeepStack Extravaganza	February 9 – 24	$2 million+
DeepStack Extravaganza II	April 1 – May 17	—
DeepStack Championship	May 18 – August 2	$16 million+
DeepStack Showdown (August)	August 3 – 31	$1.1 million+
DeepStack Extravaganza III	September 1 – 27	$1.4 million+

Dates and guarantees confirmed against official Venetian tournament pages; always verify exact structures and late-registration windows closer to your travel dates, as scheduling can shift.

Daily Tournaments Outside the Series Calendar

Between major series, The Venetian still spreads regular tournament action. Most daily events kick off around 11:00 a.m. and 6:10 p.m., with buy-ins typically falling between $200 and $400, occasionally reaching $800 for larger-field or special-format events. These daily games are almost exclusively No-Limit Hold’em and are structured to be approachable for a wide range of bankrolls, making them a reliable fallback for poker tournaments venetian las vegas visitors who arrive between the room’s bigger festival windows.

It’s worth noting that daily tournament frequency can shift depending on which DeepStack series is actively running,  during peak Championship weeks, the festival schedule effectively takes over the daily slots, so checking the live schedule for your exact travel dates is always the safer move.

Cash Games at The Venetian

For players who split time between tournaments and cash play, The Venetian Poker Room spreads a genuinely broad mix of games:

• $1/$3 No-Limit Hold’em — the room’s busiest and most consistently running game, day and night
• Limit Hold’em, starting at $4/$8
• Omaha 8-or-Better
• Pot-Limit Omaha

All cash games run nine-handed. Players earn $2 in Poker Rewards per hour played (updated as of January 2025), redeemable in $10 increments toward tournament entries or table-side food and drinks, including at Noodle Asia and Grand Lux Café.

Promotions and Extras Worth Knowing

Venetian casino poker tournaments and cash games both feed into an active promotions calendar that adds real value beyond the base prize pools:

• Bad Beat Giveaway: Quad deuces or better, beaten, currently pays $2,000–$3,000 to the losing hand plus $200–$300 to every other player dealt in, with prize tiers periodically increased.
• Card of the Month promotions: Flopping quads or a straight flush using the featured card pays out at the flop, with reduced (but still meaningful) payouts on the turn or river.
• High Hand drawings: Mystery envelope drawings ranging from $150 up to $10,000, drawn on scheduled dates throughout the month.
• Parking perks: Complimentary self-parking for players logging three or more hours in tournaments or cash games; Nevada residents also receive complimentary parking for the first three hours.
• Private group tournaments and cash games: The Venetian will run custom tournaments (2–5 hours) or private cash games for groups, arranged through the Director of Poker Operations.

Planning a Trip Around Venetian Las Vegas Poker Tournaments

A few practical notes if you’re timing a visit specifically for tournament play:

• Book around series windows, not individual event dates. DeepStack series run for weeks at a time, giving flexibility to build a trip around several buy-in levels rather than a single satellite-dependent date.
• Hotel guests get direct value. Reduced suite rates are available when staying at The Venetian or The Palazzo and playing with a Venetian Rewards card — worth factoring into the total trip cost, especially for multi-day series play.
• Confirm structures before you travel. Buy-in amounts, starting stacks, and guarantees are published closer to each series’ start date and can shift slightly from the prior cycle’s numbers, so treat historical figures as a strong guide rather than a locked-in guarantee.

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This schedule breakdown is part of a broader Las Vegas poker travel library at pokerclubgames.com, covering room-by-room comparisons, cash game guides, and tournament strategy built for players planning a trip around venetian hotel las vegas poker tournaments and beyond.

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