Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival Returning to Bellagio This Summer

The Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival is returning to Bellagio Las Vegas this summer for two weeks of low-stakes mixed game action.

The Mixed Game Festival XI will run June 8-12 and again June 15-19 in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip in the middle of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Like the Mixed Game Festivals before it, it will feature mixed game cash games beginning at noon each day at stakes of $4/$8 and $8/$16 and higher stakes upon request.

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Win a Seat to the BetMGM Poker Championship

The latest Mixed Games Festival is sponsored by MGM Poker and will award four seats to the $3,500 BetMGM Poker Championship at ARIA Las Vegas.

Here are the details for the four seats to be awarded:

• June 8: During halftime of Game 2 of the NBA finals, the giveaway will happen in a mystery manner. To be eligible, one must be seated and playing at an active Mixed Game Festival table.
• June 12: At some point during the day, we’ll do a blind PLO flip at each active table. The winners at each table will then move on to round 2 and do a second blind PLO flip. The winner of the second flip gets the seat.
• June 15: At some point during the day, we’ll do a random table + seat draw. The player in that seat will have to correctly answer three multiple choice poker trivia questions in a row. We will continue with the random draw + questions until we have a winner.
• June 19: At some point during the day, we’ll stage a special “chip count” competition. To be eligible, one must be seated and playing at an active Mixed Game Festival table.

“BetMGM Poker is proud to sponsor the Mixed Game Festival at Bellagio,” BetMGM Vice President of Gaming Angus Nisbet said in a written statement. “We are always looking for more ways to connect BetMGM online players to the best properties and events MGM Resorts offers, especially in Las Vegas. With the recent launch of combined player pools in Pennsylvania and momentum building across our platform this summer, this is an exciting time for BetMGM Poker and our players.”

There are plenty of activities on the schedule, including “Monday Munchies” pizza parties on June 9 and June 16.

Additionally, the festival will feature a “Tuesday with Mori” day on June 10, when Poker Hall of Famer and PokerGO President Mori Eskandani will make his Mixed Game Festival debut. Eskandani will arrive at 3 p.m. local time and will be ready to tell stories about his legendary poker industry career.

Other industry figures who will be at the Mixed Game Festival XI include Poker Hall of Famer Eli Elezra, WPT Executive Director Matt Savage, Women in Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnson and BetMGM Poker Ambassador and award-winning content creator Abby Merk.

Mixed Game Festival Returns to Bellagio

This will be the second straight summer that Bellagio Las Vegas, one of the most iconic poker rooms in Las Vegas, hosts the Mixed Game Festival. Last June’s Mixed Game Festival VIII awarded Moneymaker Tour Seats across five days of action.

“The vibe was very good. The first day was pretty cool because the entire poker room downstairs was full,” Cardplayer Lifestyle’s Robbie Strazynski told PokerNews after last year’s festival.

“Bellagio Poker is pleased to welcome back the Mixed Game Festival this summer! After an incredible turnout in 2024, we’re doubling the action to 10 days of your favorite mixed games,” Bellagio Director of Poker Operations Craig Larson said in a written statement.

PokerNews will be sure to get in on the mixed game action when the festival kicks off in June.

For more information about the upcoming Mixed Game Festival XI, head to cardplayerlifestyle.com.

Mixed Game Festival History

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Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.