Our verdict
7.9/10The Venetian is strong for poker players and merely expensive for everyone else. Suites start at $119 on the poker rate, but only if you play six hours of cash games or a $300 tournament each night, and a $55 resort fee is added regardless. The 50-table room is the draw.
Best for: Poker players who will meet the nightly play requirement
What we liked
- Every room is a suite, with a Luxury King as the base
- Poker suite rate from $119 a night at the Venetian
- 50-table, 14,000 sq ft poker room on level 2 of the Palazzo
- Free casino entry and a DeepStack series on the calendar
What held it back
- $55 nightly resort fee on top of the room rate
- Poker rate needs six hours of live play or a $300+ tournament buy-in
- Unqualified nights are charged at the prevailing rate
- Rates and blackout dates change; poker rate is booked by phone
Key facts
- Operator
- Apollo Global Management
- Rooms
- All-suite; Luxury King Suite as the base
- Poker rate
- From $119 (Venetian), $209 (Palazzo)
- Resort fee
- $55 per night stayed
- Poker requirement
- 6 hours of cash play or a $300+ tournament, per night
- Poker room
- 50 tables, 14,000 sq ft, Palazzo level 2
- Casino entry
- Free
- Fall 2026 series
- DeepStack Poker Series, WPT Fall Festival
The Venetian is good value for exactly one kind of guest: someone who will sit at a poker table for six hours a night. Everyone else is paying a Strip premium for a suite, a $55 nightly resort fee and a casino floor with the usual built-in house edge. Gambling here is entertainment with a cost, and the cost is worked out before you walk in.
Start with the suite, because every room is one
The Venetian and the Palazzo next door are suite-only resorts. A standard booking is a Luxury King Suite, so you are not comparing a cramped room against a bigger one. You are comparing the price of a suite against the price of other Strip rooms, and the Venetian usually asks for more than the budget towers on the same road.
The fee on top is what surprises people. The resort's own poker rate page lists $55 per night stayed, and a Virgin Atlantic listing confirms $55 plus tax per room per day on bookings made from 10 February 2025. Older sources quote $50 or less, so ignore them.
The resort's own home page, shown at the top of this review, leads with a different pitch: it is the only resort directly connected to Sphere. That is a location perk, and it is priced in. If you are not going to a show there, you are not getting value from it, so judge the stay on the suite, the fee and the tables.
Compare total cost, not the headline rate. A nightly price of $119 plus the $55 fee is $174 before tax, and the fee is charged for every night whether or not you use the pool, the gym or the Wi-Fi. Add parking and food and a three-night stay costs far more than the advertised rate suggests.
The poker rate is the real bargain
This is the part of the review that should save you money. The poker suite page says rates start at $119 a night at the Venetian and $209 at the Palazzo, and can be higher. The base room is a Luxury King Suite for one or two guests, with Canyon Ranch fitness access for two, internet and local calls included.
The conditions are strict:
Each night stayed, play six hours of live cash games, or buy into a tournament of $300 or more.
Finish the requirement before 2 a.m. on your last night.
Nights you do not qualify for are charged at the prevailing rate.
Book by phone on 866.255.8936 with the poker code the page shows, and have a Venetian Rewards number ready.
Six hours a night is a real commitment. At a $1/$2 game, some players lose more than the room discount saves them. The rate rewards people who were going to play anyway, and does nothing for a casual visitor.
Is the poker room big enough to justify it?
By the resort's account, the room has 50 tables across 14,000 square feet, which it calls the largest on the Strip. It is on level 2 of the Grand Canal Shoppes inside the Palazzo, and the page says it runs 24 hours.
You reach it through a large foyer off the shopping arcade, so it feels like a separate venue rather than a corner of the slot floor.
The tournament calendar is the draw. The page advertises the DeepStack Poker Series including the WPT Fall Festival, running 28 October to 15 November 2026 with nearly $4 million in guaranteed prize pools. We could not find stakes or daily buy-ins on the page, so call before travelling for a specific game.
The main casino floor
The resort says it has two casinos, one in the Venetian and one in the Palazzo. The floor is bright and chandelier-lit, with slot banks and tables.
Entry costs nothing. As on any casino floor, slots pay back less than you put in over time, and every table game carries a house edge that grinds against you. Set a loss limit before you sit down and keep to it.
Who it suits
Poker players who will meet the six-hour rule: yes, strongly.
Couples or groups wanting a big suite on a date with low rates: reasonable, checking the full price including the fee.
Casual slot players on a budget: probably not. You can find cheaper beds and equally loose machines elsewhere.
Rates change by date, and blackout dates apply to the poker offer, so treat every figure here as a snapshot taken in November 2026.