Comparisons Of Summer 2024 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

	2024					2023
	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	39	49.3	59	24.13%	22%	36	49.3	59	25.23%	25%
Orleans	15	29.4	39	15.9%	13.04%	26	31.3	73	16.03%	13.04%
WSOP	7	43.9	44	20%	20%	7	43.9	44	20%	20%
All Tournaments	61	43.8	59	21.63%	13.04%	69	42	73	21.23%	13.04%

$300 - $499

	2024					2023
	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	26	71.8	73	17.72%	17.5%	15	72.9	73	17.67%	17.5%
Nugget	9	28.2	51	16.98%	15%	11	57.9	63	19.32%	17.5%
Orleans	38	80.8	86	15.49%	15%	26	73	92	15.32%	11.76%
Venetian	3	94.6	104	17.25%	16.75%	2	104.3	104	17.5%	17.5%
WSOP	7	79.7	103	17.79%	17.5%	6	75.8	103	17.83%	17.5%
Wynn	0	0	0	0%	0%	1	50	50	15%	15%
All Tournaments	83	72.7	104	16.61%	15%	61	71.2	104	16.93%	11.76%

$500 - $999

	2024					2023
	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	21	72.9	73	13.02%	12.5%	25	72.7	73	13.91%	12.5%
MGM	4	74.9	77	15%	15%	9	70.1	77	15.33%	15%
Nugget	4	83.2	94	15%	15%	4	83.2	94	15%	15%
Orleans	8	76.9	77	13.33%	13.33%	1	73	73	15%	15%
Venetian	23	80.4	104	14.51%	12.5%	27	81.4	108	14.41%	12.5%
WSOP	13	83.7	108	13.46%	11%	12	83.2	104	13.41%	10%
Wynn	9	67.1	99	13.91%	12.5%	10	58.8	99	13.27%	12.73%
All Tournaments	82	77.1	108	13.83%	11%	88	75.4	108	14.13%	10%

$1000 - $1999

	2024					2023
	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	6	88.2	103	11.42%	10.63%	0	0	0	0%	0%
MGM	0	0	0	0%	0%	4	85.4	104	10.59%	10.59%
Nugget	3	94.1	94	12.5%	12.5%	4	92	99	11.62%	11%
Venetian	42	88.7	104	11.89%	10.94%	35	91	104	11.88%	10.94%
WSOP	22	112.6	162	11.5%	11%	22	108.5	162	11%	11%
Wynn	30	64.7	104	10.66%	9.38%	23	77.8	99	10.79%	10%
All Tournaments	103	86.9	162	11.44%	9.38%	88	91.7	162	11.31%	10%

>= $2000

	2024					2023
	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	135.1	135	8.57%	8.57%	2	153.9	154	8.57%	8.57%
Venetian	0	0	0	0%	0%	6	107.4	113	9.73%	9.6%
WSOP	25	164.4	340	7.83%	0.4%	22	166.5	340	7.38%	0.4%
Wynn	20	106.3	162	6.32%	0.58%	14	115.7	180	6.6%	0.76%
All Tournaments	47	138.5	340	7.22%	0.4%	44	141.7	340	7.51%	0.4%

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 2024 tournaments compared to their 2023 counterparts to see how each has changed. For example, the 2024 WSOP $10k PLO is compared only to the 2023 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% 2024	Vig% 2023	S-Points 2024	S-Points 2023	Notes 2024	Notes 2023
Aria	240	Pot Limit Omaha	16.67%	16.67%	46	46	Satellite	Satellite
Aria	600	Pot Limit Omaha	15%	14.17%	73	73
Aria	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.5%	12.5%	73	73	Bounty	Bounty
Aria	1600	Pot Limit Omaha	10.63%	10%	103	103
MGM	400/500*	Pot Limit Omaha	17.5%	15%	69	69		#6
MGM	500/600*	Pot Limit Omaha	15%	13.33%	73	73	B Bounty	#43-B: Bounty
MGM	500	Limit Omaha	15%	15%	77	77	Hi Lo	#4: Hi-Lo
Nugget	200	Limit Omaha	25%	25%	50	50	#58: Hi-Lo	#70: Hi-Lo
Nugget	340/300*	Limit Omaha	17.65%	20%	74	74	#1: Hi-Lo	#1: Hi-Lo
Nugget	340/300*	Pot Limit Omaha	17.65%	20%	59	59	#31: Big O	#47: Big O
Nugget	340/300*	Pot Limit Omaha	17.65%	20%	59	59	#22: 8 Handed	#23: 8 Handed
Nugget	340/300*	Pot Limit Omaha	17.65%	16.67%	55	55	#32: Bounty	#29: Bounty
Orleans	240	Limit Omaha	16.67%	16.67%	39	37	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Orleans	600	Limit Omaha	13.33%	13.33%	69	63	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Venetian	400	Pot Limit Omaha	15%	15%	69	59	#11	#8
Venetian	600	Limit Omaha	15%	15.83%	74	104	#67: Hi-Lo	#12: Hi-Lo
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.13%	12.13%	69	59	#17: Hi-Lo	#20: Hi-Lo
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.13%	12.13%	69	59	#43: Bounty	#16: Bounty
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.13%	12.13%	69	59	#22: Big O, Bounty	#63: Big O Bounty
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.82%	73	62	#46: Big O, Bounty	#30: Big O Bounty
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.82%	69	62	#25: Bounty	#22: Bounty
WSOP	600	Pot Limit Omaha	15%	15%	74	74	#33: 8 Handed	#13: 8 Handed
WSOP	1000	Pot Limit Omaha	12%	11%	89	89	#48: 8 Handed	#21: 8 Handed
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	102	102	#15: Hi-Lo 8 Handed	#66: Hi-Lo 8 Handed
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	102	102	#15: Hi-Lo 8 Handed	#41: Big O Hi-Lo
WSOP	1500	Limit Omaha	11%	11%	144	155	#4: Hi-Lo	#17: Hi-Lo
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	97	97	#18	#34
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	102	102	#27: Big O Hi-Lo	#41: Big O Hi-Lo
WSOP	3000	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	138	154	#97: 6 Handed	#82: 6 Handed
WSOP	10000	Pot Limit Omaha	7%	7%	159	170	#24: Hi-Lo 8 Handed	#75: Hi-Lo 8 Handed
WSOP	10000	Limit Omaha	7%	7%	207	218	#10: Hi-Lo	#25: Hi-Lo
WSOP	10000	Pot Limit Omaha	7%	7%	159	170	#66: 8 Handed	#50: 8 Handed
WSOP	25000	Pot Limit Omaha	6%	6%	178	178	#73: 8 Handed	#57: 8 Handed
WSOP	50000	Pot Limit Omaha	4.5%	4.5%	115	115	#79: 8 Handed	#71: 8 Handed
Wynn	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	10.91%	53	50	Big O	Big O
Wynn	1100	Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.82%	99	108	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Wynn	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	10.91%	10.91%	50	50	8 Handed	8 Handed

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