VEGAS OR BUST
DeepStacks Poker members have access to the WORLD’S LARGEST BAR POKER CHAMPIONSHIPS via our affiliation with the Bar Poker Open (BPO). The 2023 and 2024 championship featured a 1st place GUARANTEED prize of $100,000!
Vegas Or Bust is just one of several ways for our members to win a seat into the Bar Poker Open World Championship. Last year’s Vegas Or Bust series was our largest event ever. Navigating the field to the final table required a mix of luck, skill, and patience.
Multi-Day / Multi-Flight Format
Day 1 – Flights MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC, JAN, FEB, MAR
Day 1 – Mega Flights MAY – JUL, AUG – OCT, NOV – JAN, FEB-MAR
Each Day 1 flight will play until 15% of the field remains.
How to Qualify
Each Vegas Or Bust flight has its own specific qualification period. Standard flights cover one month of qualification. Mega Flights cover multiple months of qualification.
- For example, Flight A is for the month of May. Flight D, a Mega Flight, represents May, June, and July.
- To qualify for standard flights, a player must earn a token (Top 3) or earn points (Top 20%) of any regular league game.
- To qualify for Mega Flights, players must have qualified for at least one of the monthly flights, and must not have bagged chips for any of the monthly flights for which they have qualified.
Day 1
– Tournament begins at 1:00pm
– Registration begins at 12:30pm
– Late registration ends with the end of level 8 plus the break (approximately 4pm)
– Once the tournament starts, play will will continue until 15% of the field remains.
– At this point the tournament will be over. A league representative will record how many chips each of the remaining players has. This will be the player’s “bag” for Day 2 of the Vegas Or Bust Series.
-Players may bag multiple times throughout the series. A player’s largest bag will carry forward into Day 2. This is known as “Best Bag Forward”.
Day 2
All players that have bagged chips throughout the Day 1 events, will play on Day 2. Day 2 will play down until the final table of 9 players remains.
Day 3
The final table of 9 players will play until there is a winner.
1st Place > 2025 Bar Poker Open World Championship entry ($300 value) + $400 Travel Reimbursement + Hotel Stay at the Golden Nugget
2nd / 3rd Place > 2025 Bar Poker Open World Championship entry ($300 value) + $400 Travel Reimbursement
4th – 9th Place > 2025 Bar Poker Open World Championship entry ($300 value)
Series Schedule
| Flight | Qualifying Period | Flight Date | Venue |
| Day 1A | MAY | 7/20/24 | Silver Creek Sports & Social |
| Day 1B | JUN | 8/10/24 | Nightshift |
| Day 1C | JUL | 8/24/24 | Hotshots Webster Groves |
| Day 1D | AUG | 9/28/24 | Touchdown Sports Bar |
| Day 1E | SEP | 10/12/24 | STL Throwdowns |
| Day 1F | OCT | 11/9/24 | Nightshift |
| Day 1G | NOV | 12/14/24 | Nightshift |
| Day 1H | DEC | 1/18/25 | Big Daddy’s Soulard |
| Day 1 Mega 1 | MAY – JUN – JUL | 2/8/25 | Hotshots Webster Groves |
| Day 1I | JAN | 2/22/25 | Nightshift |
| Day 1 Mega 2 | AUG – SEP – OCT | 3/8/25 | Nightshift |
| Day 1J | FEB | 3/22/25 | Hotshots Webster Groves |
| Day 1 Mega 3 | NOV – DEC – JAN | 3/29/25 | TBA |
| Day 1K | MAR | 4/5/25 | Nightshift |
| Day 1 Mega 4 | FEB – MAR | 4/6/25 | Hotshots Webster Groves |
| Day 2 | 4/12/25 | Hotshots Webster Groves | |
| Day 3 | 4/13/25 | Hotshots Webster Groves |