Much like they did during their most recent stop in Florida, the World Poker Tour has dipped their toes back into the live tournament waters. They have ventured to The Venetian in Las Vegas for the WPT DeepStacks Venetian, a $500,000 guaranteed tournament that has already blown away their guarantee in just the Day 1A festivities. Henry Liang will sit back on Saturday as Day 1B takes place, comfortable with his 434,000-chip stack that lords over the 63 players who survived Friday.

Another Guarantee, Another Flood of Players

The WPT and their partners – last week the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Florida and The Venetian this week – have been excellent with setting a guarantee level that brings out the players. The $1600 buy in event features unlimited rebuys until the dinner breaks on the Day One action and the players have certainly been tossing the money around. Friday’s action was frenetic and, if it holds true to form, Saturday should be explosive as the players storm the felt.

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The Venetian Poker Room, Las Vegas, NV. 9,628 likes 133 talking about this 8,067 were here. For us, poker is more than just a game. That’s why we take such great care to provide tournaments that. DeepStack Championship Poker Series is the largest high stakes poker tournament series at The Venetian. Named by USA Today as one of the best Vegas poker tournament series, it kicks off the beginning of summer, running from May to July. With a large variety of events and guaranteed prize pools, players travel from around the globe to get in on.

To demonstrate how the players have once again come out for a WPT event, before a card even hit the felt there were 147 entries on the board. With the rebuys unlimited until dinner, players came with full wallets and the willingness to use those ducats. By the time the late registration/rebuy period ended, 358 entries were on the clock, totally smashing the $500K guarantee and leaving the potential for a million-dollar prize pool on the table.

While they came in the door on Friday with big ambitions, some players left to salve their wounds and load up for Saturday’s action. WPT Champions’ Club members Asher Conniff, Jordan Cristos and Tony Tran were among the notable names that might (will?) come back on Saturday for another bite at the apple. One player who won’t have to come back on Saturday is Liang.

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Liang Runs Well, Heads to Top of Leaderboard

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Coming to the felt with a 30,000 starting stack, Liang was able to run it up pretty quickly. Liang saw a player make a move in front of him and, holding an off suit Big Slick, took the chance and looked him up. Surprisingly, Liang was a massive leader – his A-K was way out in front of his opponent’s Q♥ J♥. A heart came on the flop, but that was it as the board paired Liang’s Ace on the river unnecessarily to send him up to almost 150K in chips.

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Liang would use that stack to catapult to the lead during the final level of the night. He would eventually pack up 434,000 in chips, good enough for the lead, but Liang has a WPT Champions’ Club member hot on his heels:
1. Henry Liang, 434,000
2. Anthony Zinno, 359,000
3. Renato Spahio, 316,000
4. Wayne Harmon, 290,000
5. Iris Angeleri, 285,000
6. Dan Chambers, 279,000
(tie) Ron West, 279,000
8. Steven Payten, 277,000
9. Luke Nguyen, 269,000
10. Maury Solano, 241,000
There will be plenty of familiar names that are looking for a bag on Day 1B Saturday starting at 11AM (Pacific Time). Along with the above-mentioned gentlemen, Kenna James, Katie Lindsay, Marie Cordeiro, and WPT DeepStacks champions Dominick Sannino and Kyle Kitagawa will probably pull out a few more buy-ins to take their final shot at the prize. The action should be furious as the WPT DeepStacks Venetian storms forward to its conclusion on Monday afternoon.

The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas is set to kick off another action-packed tournament series in February of 2021: the DeepStack Extravaganza I. The festival will play host to a total of 35 tournaments, with more than $2 million in guaranteed prize money to be paid out along the way. The centerpiece of the exciting schedule is the $500,000 guaranteed $2,500 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour no-limit hold’em main event, which will run from Feb. 19-22.

This marks this ninth time that the CPPT has made its way to The Venetian Poker Room since first joining forces in 2013, with over $12.3 million in prize money awarded in the previous eight CPPT main events held at the property. All-time CPPT career earnings leader Jon Turner has won two of the CPPT Venetian events in recent years, cashing for a total of $737,858 in those title runs.

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The 2021 DeepStack Extravaganza I features a variety of game options and formats, including bountie events, survivor tournaments, multi-day and single-day tournaments. Game options include no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, and PLO eight-or-better. Tournament buy-ins begin as low as $200 and range as high as the $2,500 buy-in for the CPPT main event, with affordable and exciting options for players at every level.

Another highlight of the series will be the $350,000 guaranteed Mid-States Poker Tour $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em event that will run from Feb. 4-6. Other standout events among the schedule include:

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  • $800 No-limit Hold’em UltimateStack with a $300,000 guarantee, Feb. 11-14
  • $400 Pot Limit Omaha MonsterStack with a $40,000 guarantee, Feb. 21-23
  • $600 No-limit Hold’em UltimateStack with a $200,000 guarantee, Feb. 25-28
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The illustrious amenities and hospitality of The Venetian Resort, combined with their dynamic tournament atmosphere, make the DeepStack Extraganza I a must-play series for tournament poker fans. Make sure to make your way to The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas in February to get in on the action.

Here is a look at the complete schedule:

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Event Start Date Days Buy-In
$400 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $20K GTD Feb 02 1 $400
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor $6K GTD Feb 02 1 $200
$200 NLH Mega Satellite (2 seats GTD) Feb 03 1 $200
$600 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $40K GTD Feb 03 1 $600
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor $6K GTD Feb 03 1 $200
$1,100 No-Limit Hold’em $350K GTD* Feb 04 3 $1,100
$1,100 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $75K GTD Feb 06 1 $1,100
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 07 1 $200
$400 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $80K GTD* Feb 08 3 $400
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 08 1 $200
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 09 1 $200
$400 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $20K GTD Feb 10 1 $400
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor $6K GTD Feb 10 1 $200
$800 No-Limit Hold’em UltimateStack $300K GTD* Feb 11 4 $800
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor $6K GTD Feb 11 1 $200
$300 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack Freeze Out $15K GTD Feb 14 1 $300
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 14 1 $200
$400 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $20K GTD Feb 15 1 $400
$300 Pot-Limit Omaha 8/B $7K GTD Feb 15 1 $300
$400 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $80K GTD* Feb 16 3 $400
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 16 1 $200
$300 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor $10K GTD Feb 17 1 $300
$600 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $40K GTD Feb 18 1 $600
$300 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor $10K GTD Feb 18 1 $300
$300 NLH Mega Satellite (2 seats GTD) Feb 19 1 $300
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em CPPT Main Event $500K GTD* Feb 19 4 $2,500
$300 No-Limit Hold’em Survivor $10K GTD Feb 19 1 $300
$400 Pot-Limit Omaha MonsterStack $40K GTD Feb 21 3 $400
$400 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $20K GTD Feb 22 1 $400
$400 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack $80K GTD* Feb 23 3 $400
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 23 1 $200
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 24 1 $200
$600 No-Limit Hold’em UltimateStack $200K GTD* Feb 25 4 $600
$300 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack Freeze Out $15K GTD Feb 28 1 $300
$200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $6K GTD Feb 28 1 $200
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