Beyond the WSOP: South Point Offers Plenty of Mixed-Game Events

Poker players willing to venture south of the Strip will find a summer series at the South Point casino this year, with a regular weekly rotation for nearly two months.

South Point tournament

The South Point poker room will try its hand at a WSOP-adjacent event with its Summer Poker Round-Up. (Image: CardsChat)

The South Point Summer Poker Round-Up will run from May 30 to July 20 with a multiday No-Limit Hold ’em tournament each week and what could amount to the most mixed-game action in Las Vegas this summer.

A big NLH event and three mixed-game events weekly

A $240 No-Limit Hold ’em event with a $75K guarantee will run each week, with three starting flights Monday thru Wednesday and the final day on Thursday. A separate, smaller $240 no-limit event with a $30K guarantee will also run on Thursday in the room, which will grow from 30 to 46 tables during the Round-Up.

Then, the mixed games begin: Omaha Hi-Lo on Friday, Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo/Stud Hi-Lo on Saturday, and ROSE on Sunday. All mixed games include a $240 buy-in and $20K guarantee.

South Point will also bump up the guarantees on its daily tournaments. The daily 6 p.m. No-Limit Hold ’em tourney will feature a $150 buy-in and guarantee $15K on Monday thru Thursday, and $25K on the weekends. South Point will also host the $450 LIPS National Championship on June 30-July 1 with a $40K guarantee.

Series ‘complements’ others

Jason Sanborn, manager of the South Point poker room, told CardsChat that most other summer series in Las Vegas tend to have large-field No-Limit Hold ’em events on the weekends and mixed games in the middle of the week so, in an attempt to draw crowds to his venue, he turned that schedule on its head.

”We kind of flip-flopped and put mixed games on weekends and our multiday NLHE event on weekdays,” he said. “We’re new to the summer tournament series scene, so we kind of wanted to complement what else is out there.”

And because the first question he gets from players is about guarantees, Sanborn and his team set strong guaranteed prize pools in an attempt to draw poker players south of the Strip.

“We tried to stay true to our normal schedule and also hope to attract some of the multitude of players who come to Vegas each summer,” he said. “We have high hopes we will be able to make those guarantees.”


South Point Summer Round-Up Schedule

DateTimeBuy-inEvent
May 301:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
May 311:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
June 11:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C
Jun 021:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $30K GTD
Jun 031:00 PM$240Omaha/8 $20K GTD
Jun 041:00 PM$240Mixed Omaha/8 – Stud/8 $20K GTD
Jun 051:00 PM$240ROSE $20K GTD
Jun 061:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
Jun 071:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
Jun 081:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C
Jun 091:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $30K GTD
Jun 101:00 PM$240Omaha/8 $20K GTD
Jun 111:00 PM$240Mixed Omaha/8 – Stud/8 $20K GTD
Jun 121:00 PM$240ROSE $20K GTD
Jun 131:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
Jun 141:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
Jun 151:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C
Jun 161:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $30K GTD
Jun 171:00 PM$240Omaha/8 $20K GTD
Jun 181:00 PM$240Mixed Omaha/8 – Stud/8 $20K GTD
Jun 191:00 PM$240ROSE $20K GTD
Jun 201:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
Jun 211:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
Jun 221:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C
Jun 231:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $30K GTD
Jun 241:00 PM$240Omaha/8 $20K GTD
Jun 251:00 PM$240Mixed Omaha/8 – Stud/8 $20K GTD
Jun 261:00 PM$240ROSE $20K GTD
Jun 271:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
Jun 281:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
Jun 291:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C
Jun 30Noon$450LIPS National Championship $40K GTD Day 1A
Jul 1Noon$450LIPS National Championship $40K GTD Day 1B
Jul 021:00 PM$240Mixed Omaha/8 – Stud/8 $20K GTD
Jul 022:00 PM$200LIPS Double Green Chip Bounty Survivor
Jul 031:00 PM$240ROSE $20K GTD
Jul 041:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
Jul 051:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
Jul 061:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C
Jul 071:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $30K GTD
Jul 081:00 PM$240Omaha/8 $20K GTD
Jul 091:00 PM$240Mixed Omaha/8 – Stud/8 $20K GTD
Jul 101:00 PM$240ROSE $20K GTD
Jul 111:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
Jul 121:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
Jul 131:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C
Jul 141:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $30K GTD
Jul 151:00 PM$240Omaha/8 $20K GTD
Jul 161:00 PM$240Mixed Omaha/8 – Stud/8 $20K GTD
Jul 171:00 PM$240ROSE $20K GTD
Jul 181:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1A
Jul 191:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1B
Jul 201:00 PM$240No-Limit Holdem $75K GTD Day 1C

 

Written by
Johnny Kampis
Johnny Kampis -- the author of "The Essential Guide to Vegas during the World Series of Poker" and "Vegas or Bust: A Family Man Takes on the Poker Pros" -- has been making the summer trek to Las Vegas from Alabama since 2004. When not playing poker, he's a professional journalist who's written for American Spectator, Fox News, HuffPost, Watchdog.org, and many others. He currently writes for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and serves on the FCC's media advisory panel.

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