Las Vegas Poker: Rooms, Tournaments & Weekly Intel (2026)

Las Vegas has 15 live poker rooms, from the 50-table giants on the Strip to two folding-distance tables in Henderson, and the difference between a great session and a wasted night is knowing which is which.

We visit these rooms in person, verify the rake, comps, and games on the floor, and publish what we find, including the parts the casinos would rather we skip. Every Thursday, our This Week in Vegas column tells you what’s running, what’s worth your money, and what to swerve.

Last verified: August 2026. Floor verification of every room is in progress right now. Watch the dates in the table below update as we walk the rooms.

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Every Las Vegas Poker Room at a Glance

Table counts from August 2026 listings. Rake, comps, and game details are being verified on the floor room by room; a dash means we’re confirming it this month rather than copying someone else’s numbers.

Room	Where	Tables	Known for	Hours	Rake	Verified
Wynn	Strip	52	The tournament flagship; Signature Series Aug 17-Sep 7	24/7	10% up to $5. High Stakes $6/30 Min	Aug 2026
Venetian	Strip	50	Biggest series machine in town; DeepStack runs most of the year	24/7	10% up to $5	Aug 2026
Bellagio	Strip	38	High-stakes cash capital; $150 daily with the $17 double-stack add-on	24/7	10% up to $6	Aug 2026
Orleans	West of Strip	35	Mixed games, ring events, and the best value calendar off the Strip	24/7	–	In progress
South Point	South	30	The locals’ daily grind; cheap tournaments around the clock	24/7	–	In progress
MGM Grand	Strip	20	Tourist-friendly room; check nightly tournament fees before you sit	24/7	10% up to $6	Aug 2026
Aria	Strip	24	PokerGO Studio glamour; quiet between series	24/7	10% up to $6	Aug 2026
Red Rock	Summerlin	20	The west side’s locals flagship	24/7	–	In progress
Horseshoe	Strip	18	Home of the WSOP each summer	24/7	10% up to $6	Aug 2026
Caesars Palace	Strip	17	Budget dailies in the middle of the Strip	24/7	10% up to $6	Aug 2026
Green Valley Ranch	Henderson	15	Reopened December 2025 and rebuilding its game	–	–	In progress
Santa Fe Station	Northwest	14	Neighborhood room for the northwest valley	24/7	–	In progress
Golden Nugget	Downtown	7	Downtown’s only poker room, brand new in the Rush Tower (July 2026)	24/7	10% up to $5	Aug 2026
Boulder Station	Southeast	10	Omaha-leaning locals room	–	10% up to $5	In progress
Mandalay Bay	Strip	10	The quiet south-Strip option	10am-3am, Wed-Mon	10% up to $6	Aug 2026
Westgate	Near-Strip	8	Small room by the convention center	12am weekdays and 10am weekends / till 12pm	–	In progress
Skyline	Henderson	3	Two tables of fixed limit, evenings only	–	–	In progress

Recently closed: Planet Hollywood (January 2026), Resorts World (March 2026), and Sahara (November 2024) have all folded their poker rooms, part of a consolidation that has taken more than 40 Vegas rooms since 2011.

Our Picks by Player Type (August 2026)

Best overall room: Venetian. Fifty tables, open around the clock, a series running most weeks of the year, and enough traffic that a game is always going. If you have one session in Vegas and no other information, play it here.
Best for tournaments: Wynn. The structures, the guarantees, and the fields make it the serious tournament player’s default, and the Signature Series (August 17 to September 7) is the room at full roar. Venetian’s DeepStack calendar is the volume alternative.
Best value: Orleans. Mixed-game ring events with real guarantees at $150-240 buy-ins, honest dailies, and a bad beat jackpot that paid out $141,000 in a single week this August. Nobody stretches a bankroll further.
Best for low stakes and beginners: South Point. Cheap daily tournaments with friendly regulars, and $120 gets you a real evening of poker. Caesars Palace’s $100-169 dailies are the on-Strip equivalent.
Best cash games: Bellagio. Still the high-stakes room of record, and its $150 daily (take the $17 add-on, it doubles your stack) is a sneaky-good way to play a famous room cheaply.
Downtown: Golden Nugget. The only poker downtown, and as of July 2026 it’s a brand-new room in the Rush Tower. We’ll have the first full review as its tournament schedule lands.

Tournaments and Series: The Next 90 Days

Venetian DeepStack Showdown, through August 31. More than $1.1 million in guarantees across $250-600 buy-ins. The nightly $200 bounty event runs alongside it.
Wynn Signature Series, August 17 to September 7. Forty-one events: NLHE, mixed games, seniors, and PLO. The fall’s first marquee stop, previewed in our weekly column.
Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza III, September 1 to 27. Over $1.4 million guaranteed, $400-1,100 buy-ins, headlined by the $1,100 MSPT Nevada Poker State Championship with $300K guaranteed.
Orleans mixed game ring events, weekly. Rotating formats ($10K guaranteed on the big ones) at buy-ins from $150. The best mixed-games calendar in the city, covered in our column each week.

Coming next: Golden Nugget’s new room has yet to publish its first full tournament schedule, and the fall calendars land in the coming weeks. The This Week in Vegas column covers every schedule the moment it drops, and you’ll hear about it Thursday morning.

Plan Your Trip

First time playing poker in Vegas – the practical walkthrough with waitlists, buy-ins, tipping, and how not to look lost.
Guide to Playing the WSOP Main Event – what to know before the biggest buy-in of your life.
This Week in Vegas archive – every edition of the weekly column.

Playing Vegas Soon? Train for the Games You’ll Actually Face

The tourist games here are beatable, but only if you’re honest about your edge. Our partners at PokerCoaching.com run the training we’d actually recommend before a Vegas trip, from live cash fundamentals to tournament endgames, taught by Jonathan Little and his team.

FAQ

What is the best poker room in Las Vegas?

It depends on your game. Venetian is the best all-around room, Wynn is the tournament flagship, Bellagio rules high-stakes cash, and the Orleans is the value and mixed-games pick. Our picks by player type above break down the reasoning.

What is the biggest poker room in Las Vegas?

Wynn and Venetian are the two giants at roughly 50 tables each, and between them they host most of the city’s major series. No other room is close.

Where should a beginner play poker in Vegas?

Start at a cheap daily tournament: South Point’s $120 events or Caesars Palace’s $100-169 dailies are forgiving rooms with plenty of first-timers. For cash, a $1/$3 game at a busy tourist room beats a locals’ room full of regulars.

How much money do you need to play poker in Las Vegas?

For cash games, plan on 100 to 300 big blinds per session ($300-900 for $1/$3). For tournaments, dailies run $100-250 and series events mostly $400-1,100. A $1,500 bankroll funds a genuinely fun poker trip if you pick your spots, which is what this site is for.

Are Las Vegas poker rooms open 24 hours?

The big ones mostly are: Venetian, South Point, and Caesars Palace run around the clock. Smaller rooms like Mandalay Bay and Westgate keep set hours, and we list them in the table above as we verify each room.

Is there still poker in downtown Las Vegas?

Yes, exactly one room: the Golden Nugget, which opened a brand-new poker room in its Rush Tower in July 2026. It’s the only poker within walking distance of Fremont Street.

How We Verify

Every room on this page gets visited in person, and the table above shows when. Rake numbers come from the placard at the table, not from another website. We accept no payment for reviews, no paid placements appear anywhere in this section, and when a room comps anything during a visit, the review says so. Photos are ours or used with the room’s permission and credited. When something changes, the verified date changes with it; if a date looks old, tell us and we’ll re-walk the room.