Comparisons Of Summer 2025 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

2025   2024   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 18 54.8 70 21.5% 20%   0 0 0 0% 0% Orleans 18 34.8 39 18.07% 13.04%   15 29.4 39 15.9% 13.04% WSOP 0 0 0 0% 0%   7 43.9 44 20% 20% All Tournaments 56 39.4 70 21.48% 13.04%   61 43.8 59 21.63% 13.04%

$300 - $499

2025   2024   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 11 71.8 73 17.5% 17.5%   26 71.8 73 17.72% 17.5% Orleans 30 80.2 86 15% 15%   38 80.8 86 15.49% 15% Venetian 4 96.1 104 17.19% 16.25%   3 94.6 104 17.25% 16.75% WSOP 4 62.4 62 18% 18%   7 79.7 103 17.79% 17.5% All Tournaments 72 65.1 104 16.14% 14%   83 72.7 104 16.61% 15%

$500 - $999

2025   2024   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 10 72.9 73 12.5% 12.5%   21 72.9 73 13.02% 12.5% MGM 11 60.3 81 13.83% 11.25%   4 74.9 77 15% 15% Orleans 10 77.2 86 12.83% 12.5%   8 76.9 77 13.33% 13.33% Venetian 29 79.6 104 14.64% 12.5%   23 80.4 104 14.51% 12.5% WSOP 18 88.6 108 14.64% 10%   13 83.7 108 13.46% 11% Wynn 9 63.7 66 14.45% 14.17%   9 67.1 99 13.91% 12.5% All Tournaments 92 76.9 108 14.1% 10%   82 77.1 108 13.83% 11%

$1000 - $1999

2025   2024   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 28 74.2 103 12.16% 11.25%   6 88.2 103 11.42% 10.63% Venetian 35 92.1 104 11.84% 10.94%   42 88.7 104 11.89% 10.94% WSOP 28 110.5 162 11.76% 11.02%   22 112.6 162 11.5% 11% Wynn 32 76.9 103 11.24% 10%   30 64.7 104 10.66% 9.38% All Tournaments 128 88.4 162 11.76% 10%   103 86.9 162 11.44% 9.38%

>= $2000

2025   2024   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 3 124.3 135 8.74% 8.57%   2 135.1 135 8.57% 8.57% Venetian 1 148.7 149 12% 12%   0 0 0 0% 0% WSOP 24 172.1 340 7.83% 1.5%   25 164.4 340 7.83% 0.4% Wynn 21 115.7 162 7.22% 3.1%   20 106.3 162 6.32% 0.58% All Tournaments 49 144.5 340 7.71% 1.5%   47 138.5 340 7.22% 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 2025 tournaments compared to their 2024 counterparts to see how each has changed. For example, the 2025 WSOP $10k PLO is compared only to the 2024 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% 2025	Vig% 2024	S-Points 2025	S-Points 2024	Notes 2025	Notes 2024
Aria	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.5%	12.5%	73	73
Aria	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	12.27%	11.82%	73	81	Bounty	Bounty
MGM	400	Pot Limit Omaha	17.5%	17.5%	47	69	#73
MGM	400/500*	Pot Limit Omaha	17.5%	15%	70	73	#44: Bounty	A Bounty
MGM	600/500*	Limit Omaha	13.33%	15%	94	77	#9: Hi Lo	Hi Lo
MGM	600/500*	Pot Limit Omaha	13.33%	15%	70	69	#34: Hi-Lo	Hi Lo
MGM	600/500*	Pot Limit Omaha	13.33%	15%	70	73	#38-C: Bounty	A Bounty
MGM	600/500*	Pot Limit Omaha	13.33%	15%	70	69	#56: Big O	Big O
Orleans	240	Pot Limit Omaha	16.67%	16.67%	46	37	Big O	Big O
Orleans	240	Pot Limit Omaha	16.67%	16.67%	46	37
Orleans	240	Pot Limit Omaha	16.67%	16.67%	68	37	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Orleans	600	Limit Omaha	14.17%	13.33%	105	69	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Venetian	600	Limit Omaha	15.83%	15%	104	74	#13: Hi-Lo	#67: Hi-Lo
Venetian	600	Limit Omaha	15.83%	15.83%	104	104	#13: Hi-Lo	#12: Hi-Lo
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.5%	12.13%	73	69	#21: Big O, Bounty	#22: Big O, Bounty
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.5%	12.13%	73	69	#24	#20
Venetian	800	Pot Limit Omaha	12.5%	12.13%	73	69	#37: Hi-Lo	#17: Hi-Lo
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.82%	73	73	#44	#59
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	12.73%	11.82%	103	73	#66-A	#59
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.82%	73	73	#76: Bounty	#55: Bounty
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.82%	73	73	#53: Big O, Bounty	#60: Big O, Bounty
Venetian	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.82%	11.82%	73	69	#76: Bounty	#25: Bounty
Venetian	1600	Pot Limit Omaha	10.63%	10.63%	73	73	#38: Big O, Bounty	#31: Big O, Bounty
WSOP	600	Pot Limit Omaha	16%	15%	74	74	#16: 8 Handed	#33: 8 Handed
WSOP	1000	Pot Limit Omaha	12%	12%	89	89	#42: 8 Handed	#48: 8 Handed
WSOP	1000	Pot Limit Omaha	12%	12%	104	104	#86-A: Bounty	#86-A: Bounty
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11.53%	11%	97	97	#54	#18
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11.53%	11%	102	102	#27: Big O Hi-Lo	#27: Big O Hi-Lo
WSOP	1500	Pot Limit Omaha	11.53%	11%	97	97	#91: 6 Handed	#90: 6 Handed
WSOP	1500	Limit Omaha	11.53%	11%	117	144	#4: Hi-Lo	#4: Hi-Lo
WSOP	3000	Pot Limit Omaha	11%	11%	138	138	#96: 6 Handed	#97: 6 Handed
WSOP	5000	Pot Limit Omaha	8%	8%	118	121	#5: 8 Handed	#8: 8 Handed
WSOP	10000	Limit Omaha	6%	7%	163	207	#9: Hi-Lo	#10: Hi-Lo
WSOP	10000	Pot Limit Omaha	7%	7%	170	159	#36: Hi-Lo 8 Handed	#24: Hi-Lo 8 Handed
WSOP	10000	Pot Limit Omaha	7%	7%	170	159	#74: 8 Handed	#66: 8 Handed
WSOP	25000	Pot Limit Omaha	6%	6%	178	178	#51: 8 Handed	#73: 8 Handed
WSOP	50000	Pot Limit Omaha	5%	4.5%	141	115	#57: 8 Handed	#79: 8 Handed
Wynn	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.36%	11.82%	42	33	Big O Turbo	Big O Turbo
Wynn	1100	Limit Omaha	12.27%	11.82%	102	99	Hi-Lo	Hi-Lo
Wynn	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	12.27%	11.82%	62	53	Big O	Big O
Wynn	1100	Pot Limit Omaha	11.36%	10.91%	42	33	Turbo	Turbo
Wynn	2200	Pot Limit Omaha	9.55%	9.09%	62	53	8 Handed	8 Handed
Wynn	3000	Pot Limit Omaha	9%	8.33%	62	53	Bounty	Bounty
Wynn	3000	Pot Limit Omaha	9.33%	8.33%	101	53	A: Bounty	Bounty

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