WPT Venetian Hosts $2 Million Guaranteed Tournament

World Poker Tour is running a new poker tournament at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The WPT Venetian Las Vegas Fall Championship, with a $5,000 buy-in, starts on November 5, and the prize pool is expected to reach at least $2 million.

The tournament will bring together well-known mid-stakes tournament players and amateur players. Winners will receive a large cash prize along with entry into the WPT Champions Club.

WPT also ran a tournament at the Venetian in the summer. Nico Betbese won that event, beating 1,153 entrants and taking home $706,960. In the spring series in February, Nicholas Seward won $418,700.

The fall series starts on October 28 and runs through November 15, with events every day. These include a $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em tournament with a $500,000 guarantee starting on October 29.

The biggest event of the series is the four-day $5,000 Venetian Fall Championship, which starts on November 5. The final day will be played on November 10 and streamed live on PokerGO.

After the Venetian tournament, WPT will turn its attention to the WPT World Championship, which starts on November 27. Held at Wynn Las Vegas, this season-ending series includes the $10,400 WPT World Championship, the largest WPT event of the year.