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Originally Posted by DaArsonist
Playing $600 400k guarantee, what do y'all think of this tournament? Field size, structure, what should first expect to be paid. I have never plaid a Venetian deepstack event what are their policies on chopping, do they facilitate.
There doesn't seem to be much in the way of competition at the $600 pricepoint during that weekend. The first two flights will coincide with the $1500 Millimaker at the Rio. Its hard to say how much traffic that will take, however, some players will bust from the WSOP and come over to play the Venetian event. And day 1C at the Venetian should be quite busy. The equivalent event last year, with only $200K guarantee got 481 runners. I think 800+ is a fair estimate for this event, but its hard to say. It could be significantly higher than that. I doubt very much this one would be in any jeopardy of missing the guarantee, which I believe is something like 750 runners.
I don't have a payout structure sheet handy but for a tourney with 800 entries I would expect 1st place to get ~20%, so 80K+. Over 1000 entries and its probably closer to 18.5 or 19%, so closer to 100K+.
The Venetian structure is quite deep and the room is top notch. You can order food from The Grand Luxe café at the table and put the $10 food comp to good use.
As for field, at that pricepoint you will get a mix of recs and regulars. There will definitely be some amount of "pro" level players given the strong structure, but not as much as you would see at the $1100 or $1600 events. There may also be more seniors for this one since its scheduled right before the Venetian's Seniors event and what is basically "Seniors" week in Vegas.
I typically try to hit at least a few Venetian events while I am in Vegas during the summer. Historically, The Venetian has run the best non-WSOP tourneys during the summer. PH and Wynn have definitely upped their game in recent years, but I haven't seen any evidence that they've caught up yet.
And yes, they do facilitate chops.