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13255 San Pablo Avenue
510-215-7888
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PokerWiki wrote on the message board: > Currently in the process of being renamed to San Pablo Lytton Casino. > Only ten miles away from San Francisco, in the East Bay, just north of > Oakland. They have a huge lit sign high in the air right next to the > freeway (I-80), situated next to the exit you need to use (San Pablo > Dam Road), but the sign is not at the casino itself (it's in the > parking lot of a Holiday Inn a couple blocks away), which can throw > you off if you try to "drive to the sign". Instead, take San Pable Dam > Road west until it dead ends a couple blocks in from the freeway; it > ends right in front of the casino -- just drive straight through the > fancy arches and you're there. One can also reach the casino via > public transportation by the El Cerrito del Norte BART station and the > 72 or 72R bus. > > 20 poker tables (plus a dozen or so tables of pseudo-blackjack, > pai-gow, etc). If they eventually get certified as a valid Indian > casino, presumably they will have real blackjack, let-it-ride, craps, > etc. > > > No-limit hold 'em: 2/2/2, 100-100 buyin ($100 both min and max). The > three amounts in the listing are the blind amounts (first amount is > paid by the button, second by the small blind, third by the big > blind). The big blind is still not in for a full bet, though; anyone > who opens must put in a bet of 4, minimum, to see the flop. Number of > tables of NLHE at CSP is limited. To maximize the total drop, they > limit NLHE to one table on weekdays, two on weekends and weekday > evenings. > > 7-Stud: 3/6 ($1 ante; $1 bring-in). > > Rake: Rake for 3/6 is $3+$1 jackpot for 7-9 players, $2+$1 for 6 > players, $1+$1 for 5 or fewer players, $1 if no flop. For 2/4 Stud, > rake is $2 per hand, paid by the player who is holding the rotating > "collection" button for that hand (player with the button pays the > rake, but $1 of it counts towards the bring in). For NLHE, $4 is raked > pre-flop. > > Posting: New players do not need to post. > > Shuffling: Hand shuffled on all tables. > > Wait Time: There is almost always a list on the board; waits for any > particular game can range from 15 minutes to an hour or, for the NLHE, > even more (two hours or longer). > > Tournaments > > * Saturday, 10:15am NLHE: (registration starts at 9:30am). $50 + > $5 buyin, no rebuys. 50 max players; alternates allowed. > * Sunday, 10:15am NLHE: (registration starts at 9:30am). $50 + $5 > buyin, no rebuys. 50 max players; alternates allowed. > > Jackpots and Promotions > > Bad beat jackpots (50% paid to losing hand; 10% to winning hand, rest > split among other players). Both hole cards must play in both hands to > qualify (for HE). > > * Super 7-Stud jackpot: quad 10's or better beaten. $30000 as of > Feb 12 2006. > * Super Hold 'em jackpot: quad 6's or better beaten. $104000 as of > Feb 12 2006. > * Regular 7-Stud jackpot: AAA99 or better beaten by quads or > better. $4200 as of Feb 12 2006. > * Regular Hold 'em jackpot: AAAJJ or better beaten by quads or > better. $6700 as of Feb 12 2006. > > Royal Flush Jackpot: $250 to the holder of a royal flush at showdown > (both hole cards must play), in either Stud or Hold 'Em. > > High Hand Jackpot: > > * Weekdays, periods of 1-2 hours between 2am and 1pm every > weekday. $100 to holder of high hand for that period. > * Sundays, periods of 1-2 hours between 11am and 1am at night (Mon > morning). $100 to holder of high hand for the period. > > Atmosphere > > My personal pick as the most pleasant place to play poker in the > Bay Area. A small club of about two dozen tables with your normal > assortment of California games on top of it. They are currently going > through the legislative process to become a full fledged Indian casino > with slot machines and table games. > > I'd pick any of the larger standalone poker halls over CSP, > frankly. While they have a fairly nice poker area, it is still > connected to the smoke-filled slot-machine-filled main casino area, so > it's not particularly quiet, and the smoke drifts over into the poker > area. CSP is nice, but wouldn't be my choice as a favorite. Good food, > though. > > Neighborhood: Standard "business area" of town, with fast food > restaurants, gas stations, etc, right next to it. Looks almost like a > resort or a nice hotel from the street. > > Parking: Lots of parking (many hundreds of spaces) available on site. > > Tables and Chairs: Large 10-player tables. Felt is nice, soft felt > with good padding. Player chairs are standard wood-frame chairs with > nice padding; no wheels. CSP is currently undergoing construction for > a new California table games section, so the poker wing is more > cramped, but not to any extreme. > > Service and Comps > > Good food at reasonably good prices. I wish their sodas were larger, > but it was OK. The meatloaf dinner I had was very tasty, good sized > portions, and only cost about $6. People next to me had nice-looking > steak-topped salads and so forth, all reasonably priced. Only downside > was that some of the wait staff was new or incompetent; couldn't > understand simple orders and would either bring the wrong thing or > would not bring anything at all. One must also guard food and drink > against sneaky bussers. Free self-serve coffee, tea.
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