Comparisons Of Summer 2023 Vegas Tournaments

I put this site together in the hope that poker players would use my method to compare tournament structures (S-Points), play in the better structured ones and force casinos to improve theirs. Every year when the Vegas casinos release their tournament structures for their main series I will update this page to show how they are doing. The top section will be an extensive breakdown of No Limit Hold'em and the bottom will be a a year to year comparison of similar Omaha tournaments.

No Limit Hold'em

My goal with this comparison is to give a fair representation of each casino's structures and fees, consolidate the most amount of data and highlight the casinos offering good tournaments. Here's the method I used for No Limit Hold'em:

• Counted each Day 1 as a unique tournament.	• Excluded Turbo, Online, Satellite and Daily tournaments.
• Excluded tournaments starting after 5 pm.	• Put each tournament into 1 of 5 Cost Ranges based on its Buy-In.

My advice is to use this data as a benchmark. Use the 'All Tournaments' row of the buy-in range you play in to find the average S-Points and Vig % for that range. Then, when deciding on a specific tournament to play see how its S-Points and Vig % compares to the average tournament for its range to make sure its a good value.

< $300

	2023					2022
	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best
Nugget	36	49.3	59	25.23%	25%	34	54.1	59	25.1%	25%
Orleans	26	31.3	73	16.03%	13.04%	10	46.7	47	19%	10%
South Point	0	0	0	0%	0%	36	49.5	53	16.67%	16.67%
WSOP	7	35.3	35	20%	20%	0	0	0	0%	0%
All Tournaments	69	41.1	73	21.23%	13.04%	80	51.1	59	20.54%	10%

$300 - $499

	2023					2022
	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best
Aria	0	0	0	0%	0%	31	68.8	69	17.5%	17.5%
MGM	16	72.9	73	17.66%	17.5%	0	0	0	0%	0%
Nugget	11	57.9	63	19.32%	17.5%	12	57.1	63	20.97%	16.67%
Orleans	26	73.2	92	15.32%	11.76%	21	67.5	70	17.12%	13.75%
Venetian	2	104.3	104	17.5%	17.5%	22	83.1	104	16.82%	16.25%
WSOP	6	75.8	103	17.83%	17.5%	2	102.6	103	17.5%	17.5%
Wynn	1	50	50	15%	15%	0	0	0	0%	0%
All Tournaments	62	71.3	104	16.94%	11.76%	88	71.3	104	17.71%	13.75%

$500 - $999

	2023					2022
	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best
Aria	25	72.7	73	13.91%	12.5%	6	71.5	73	13.33%	13.33%
MGM	9	70.1	77	15.33%	15%	0	0	0	0%	0%
Nugget	4	83.2	94	15%	15%	4	83.2	94	15%	15%
Orleans	1	73	73	15%	15%	3	66.5	67	16%	16%
Venetian	27	81.4	108	14.41%	12.5%	34	86.9	108	14.6%	12.5%
WSOP	12	83.2	104	13.41%	10%	14	78.6	108	13.99%	10%
Wynn	10	58.8	99	13.27%	12.73%	12	66	94	13.09%	12.73%
All Tournaments	88	75.4	108	14.13%	10%	73	79.6	108	14.21%	10%

$1000 - $1999

	2023					2022
	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best
MGM	4	28.7	29	10.59%	10.59%	0	0	0	0%	0%
Nugget	4	92	99	11.62%	11%	3	99.1	99	11.82%	11.82%
Orleans	0	0	0	0%	0%	4	96.5	99	6.5%	6.5%
Venetian	35	81.8	104	11.88%	10.94%	23	86.2	104	12.37%	10.31%
WSOP	22	108.5	162	11%	11%	23	115.5	162	12.04%	11%
Wynn	23	77.8	99	10.79%	10%	25	83	99	10.55%	9.38%
All Tournaments	88	85.5	162	11.31%	10%	78	94.8	162	11.37%	6.5%

>= $2000

	2023					2022
	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best	Total Tournaments	S-Points Average	S-Points Best	Vig % Average	Vig % Best
Aria	2	153.9	154	8.57%	8.57%	0	0	0	0%	0%
Venetian	6	107.4	113	9.73%	9.6%	10	108.7	146	6.17%	0%
WSOP	22	166.5	340	7.38%	0.4%	20	167.7	340	7.2%	0.4%
Wynn	14	115.7	180	6.6%	0.76%	8	95.6	104	8.12%	5%
All Tournaments	44	141.7	340	7.51%	0.4%	38	137	340	7.12%	0%

Omaha

For Omaha, there's no point in doing a complex Cost Range analysis because there just aren't that many tournaments. If you want to find the best one for your price range and timeframe, its simple enough to just view all Omaha tournaments or use the left column of this page to filter specifically to what you are looking for.

The below comparison is 2023 tournaments compared to their 2022 counterparts to see how each has changed. For example, the 2023 WSOP $10k PLO is compared only to the 2022 WSOP $10k PLO. If a tournament only occured in 1 of those years, it did not make the list below. Green cells means it got better for the players, red means worse.

Casino	Cost	Game	Vig% 2023	Vig% 2022	S-Points 2023	S-Points 2022	Notes 2023	Notes 2022
Aria	600	Pot Limit Omaha	14.17%	13.33%	73	73		8 Handed
Nugget	200	Pot Limit Omaha	25%	25%	39	39	#3: Big O, 8 Handed	#3: Big O, 8 Handed
Nugget	200/250*	Limit Omaha	25%	22%	50	67	#53: Hi-Lo	#9: Hi-Lo
Nugget	300/250*	Limit Omaha	20%	22%	74	67	#1: Hi-Lo	#9: Hi-Lo
Nugget	300	Pot Limit Omaha	16.67%	16.67%	55	55	#29: Bounty	#40: Bounty
Nugget	300	Pot Limit Omaha	20%	20%	59	55	#47: Big O	#47: Big O
Nugget	300	Pot Limit Omaha	20%	20%	59	55	#23: 8 Handed	#21: 8 Handed
Orleans	240/300*	Limit Omaha	16.67%	18.33%	37	74	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Orleans	240/200*	Limit Omaha	16.67%	20%	37	44	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Orleans	600	Limit Omaha	13.33%	15%	63	60	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Venetian	400/500*	Pot Limit Omaha	15%	15%	59	93	#8	#39-A
Venetian	600	Limit Omaha	15.83%	15.5%	104	94	#12: Hi-Lo	#117: Hi-Lo
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.13%	12.13%	59	59	#46: Hi-Lo	#56: Hi-Lo
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.13%	12.13%	59	59	#16: Bounty	#95: Bounty
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.13%	12.5%	59	94	#18: Big O	#65: Big O
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.13%	12.13%	59	59	#18: Big O	#90: Big O
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.09%	62	59	#22: Bounty	#73: Bounty
WSOP	600	Pot Limit Omaha	15%	15%	74	74	#13: 8 Handed	#64: 8 Handed
WSOP	1000	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	89	89	#21: 8 Handed	#30
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	102	102	#66: Hi-Lo 8 Handed	#58: Hi-Lo 8 Handed
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	97	97	#34	#45: 8 Handed
WSOP	1500	Mixed Limit Omaha	11%	11%	102	102	#62: 8 Handed	#77: 8 Handed
WSOP	1500	Limit Omaha	11%	11%	155	155	#17: Hi-Lo	#7: Hi-Lo
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	12%	11%	102	102	#78: Bounty	#74: Bounty
WSOP	3000	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	154	154	#82: 6 Handed	#39: 6 Handed
WSOP	10000	Pot Limit Omaha	7%	6.75%	170	170	#50: 8 Handed	#69: 8 Handed
WSOP	10000	Pot Limit Omaha	7%	6.75%	170	170	#75: Hi-Lo 8 Handed	#63: Hi-Lo 8 Handed
WSOP	10000	Limit Omaha	7%	6.75%	218	225	#25: Hi-Lo	#15: Hi-Lo
WSOP	50000	Pot Limit Omaha	4.5%	4.25%	115	135	#71: 8 Handed	#28: 8 Handed
Wynn	1100	Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.36%	108	108	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Wynn	3000	Pot Limit Omaha	8.33%	8.33%	62	99	8 Handed

* Denotes inexact cost match. Some casinos slightly changed tournament costs from last year.