Bay 101 Club 40 tables 1801 Bering Drive 408.451.8888 1 2 2 NLH. $40-200 buy-in. 2 3 5 NLH. $500-2000 buy-in.

To: poker wikia <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: poker wikia wrote on the message board: > Bay 101 is the biggest regular game in the Bay Area, with regular > limit hold 'em action at levels up to $100/$200. No-limit is a > relatively new addition and is only available in small stakes forms. > > Games > Limit hold 'em: 2/4, 3/6, 6/12, 8/16, 20/40, 40/80, 100/200. All the > games are regularly running, though at non-peak hours there may not be > 100/200. Games above 8/16 are held in the high-limit area (far right > of the casino) with a separate brush and board. > > Omaha/8: runs regularly at 4/8 with a half kill (though there is > usuallly only one table of it running) and sometimes at 10/20. > > 7-Stud: (high only) is sometimes available at 4/8. Stud hi-lo players > migrated to Garden City Casino a couple miles away. > > No-limit spread-limit hold 'em: Started in May 2006. Two levels, both > available in the low-limit area: > > * 4-100 spread, 40-100 buyin, 2/2/4 blinds (button=2, small > blind=2, big blind=4) > * 5-200 spread, 50-200 buyin, 2/3/5 blinds (button=2, small > blind=3, big blind=5) > > Generally, only the 5-200 is running, though the 4-100 runs > occasionally. > > NLHE not allowed in San Jose (due to county law). > > Rake on all the smaller games (20/40 and below) is a flat $4, $3 for > six players, $1 for five or fewer players, $1 if no flop. The Omaha/8 > game and the no-limit games are raked a dollar higher ($5 per pot). > For higher-limit games, there is a time charge of $9/half hour at > 40/80 and $13/half hour at 100/200. > > You can actually call ahead and reserve a seat for O/8, Stud, and > 20/40 and higher limit. > > Game Character: The dealers at Bay 101 are some of the most > experienced in the area, but that can lead to impatience or attitude > problems on occasion: dealers can sometimes be rude when they receive > any type of criticism. > > Low limit games can often (though not always) get crazy; a lot of > maniacs frequent the place. While they can be profitable over the long > run, having your aces cracked by the 6-9 offsuit who capped it preflop > can get tiring after a while. Low limit here is definitely more of a > "gambling" casino, where a majority of players at your table would > prefer that all hands get capped preflop, and that they would be in it > with a random two cards. As you would expect, as you go higher in > limits, the quality of play improves and the number of gamboolers > decreases. > > Posting: New players (or returning players who missed a blind) can > choose to "buy the button" in limit games by posting both the small > and big blinds in position after the button, in which case neither of > the normal blinds posts anything. Otherwise, standard posting rules > apply: ne wplayers must post a big blind to be dealt in; missed blinds > must pay both blinds to be dealt in. > > Shuffling: Standard Shufflemaster shuffling machines on all tables. > > Wait Time: > Waiting lists for hold 'em don't tend to be too long except on Friday > and Saturday nights, when waits regularly exceed an hour. Wait list > for Omaha (because there's only one table) is often very very long: > usually two hours or more. Wait list for Stud is variable. > > Daily Tournaments:Offers daily tournaments, starting at 9:45 am every > day (8:45 on Saturdays). Spread limit (the equivalent of NLHE, since > the spreads are huge) on all days except Sunday, when it's Limit. Most > tourneys fill up at around 120 players; if you want to sign up you > should arrive no later than 30 minutes before tourney start. Prize > pools can get quite big on weekends, with first place commonly pulling > down close to $10K. > > * Sun 9:45am LHE $60+$20, 1x$60 rb > * Sun night (Mon morning) 1:45 am NLSLHE $100+$20, no rb > * Mon 9:45am NLSLHE $100+$20, no rb > * Tue 9:45am NLSLHE $50+$10, unlimited $20 rb > * Wed 9:45am NLSLHE $50+$10, unlimited $40 rb > * Wed night (Thu morning) 1:45 am NLSLHE $100+$20, no rb > * Thu 9:45am NLSLHE $50+$10, unlimited $20 rb > * Fri 9:45am NLSLHE $100+$20, no rb > * Sat 8:45am NLSLHE $105+$20, unlimited $100 rb > > The Bay 101 Shooting Star is their big annual tournament held around > the beginning of March each year, part of the World Poker Tour. Like > the WSOP, it has a number of different events, ranging from limit to > pot limit to different buyins, but the main event is still the $10,000 > NLHE tourney you see on TV. > > They also host a "Bay 101 Open" major tournament every year, in > October. > > Jackpots are prohibited by law in the city of San Jose. > > Large, high ceilings, open and airy and fairly "fancy" and upscale. > Pretty clean and tidy. A number of medium-sized LCD televsisions on > the walls, but if you're not at a table near the edge of the room, you > won't be able to see it easily. The screens near tournament tables are > switched to show the tournament clock and details during tourneys. > > Fairly fancy overall, with a small upscale restaurant in the middle of > the building and a coatcheck near the main entrance. Marble entrance, > large glass-and-brass doors. The bathrooms, on the other hand, are not > particularly fancy - but are kept relatively clean and are quite > large. > > Neighborhood: Located in an office-park area near the airport in San > Jose, this is a very clean and upscale neighborhood. The area really > slows down after business hours. > > Parking: HUGE onsite parking lot with over 200 spaces. > > Tables and Chairs: The tables haven't been replaced or resurfaced in a > few years, but they're still serviceable, with soft felt and > comfortable arm cushions. The chairs are standard metal-frame padded > chairs. > > Service and Comps > Food is pretty good, and service is acceptable in terms of > attentiveness. Prices are not that great (no real discounts for seated > players or anything). Standard "wheeled side tables" allow you to eat > while you play, though the tables are a bit small. You are not allowed > to bring in food or drinks from outside. Sodas are $1.25 for a cold > can with a glass of ice. > > Comps are limited to only coffee and water, self serve at the main > station in the back of the room. > > http://poker.wikia.com/wiki/Bay_101 Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message

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