Club One Casino 51 tables 3950 N Cedar 559-497-3000 1 3 NLH. $50-500 buy-in. 2 5 NLH. $200-1000 buy-in.

To: PokerWiki <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: PokerWiki wrote on the message board: > Games > > Limit hold 'em: 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 6/12 with a full kill, 15/30 with > a full kill, 40/80. > > No-limit spread-limit hold 'em: 2-200 spread; 1/2 blinds, 20-60 buyin. > On Tuesdays, they also offer 10-200 spread, 5/10 blinds. Maximum bet > is $200 by City Ord. > > Omaha/8: spread irregularly, but often enough that they maintain a > separate jackpot for it. > > By far the largest card room in the central valley. > > Rake: The rake on most games is $4 collection + $1 jackpot. On 1/2, > the rake is only $1.50 + 0.50 jackpot. On the 4/8, they play with a > "double jackpot": the jackpot fee is $2 per hand, but if a jackpot is > hit on a 4/8 table, it pays double. Notice that because the rake on > 4/8 is then $4 + $2, both blinds are taken by the rake prior to the > deal. > > Blinds on all games were standard. > > Posting: New players need not post. > > Shuffling: Shufflemaster machines are standard on all tables. > > Game Character: The 4/8 double jackpot game was a standard loose > passive game with some LAGs and a couple tricky players. Play gets > worse and looser as you go down limits; better and tighter as you go > up. > > Wait Time: Relatively short at any time, due to the large number of > tables. > > Tournaments > > * Mon 7:00pm NLHE $85+$15 > * Tue 10:15am NLHE $35+$7 > * Wed 10:15am LHE $12+$7, unlimited $5 or $10 rebuys, 1x$20 ao > * Wed 7:00pm NLHE $40+$10 > * Thu 10:15am NLHE $7+$7, unlimited $5 or $10 rebuys, 1x$20 ao > * Fri 10:15am NLHE $20+$7, 2x$15 rb > * Sat 10:15am O8 $12+$7, unlimited $5 or $10 rebuys, 1x$20 ao > * Sat 7:00pm NLHE $50+$10 > * Sun 12:00pm NLHE $40+$10 (except last Sun of each month: > $135+$15) > > The tournaments at Club One are big deals. The morning ones consume > most of the players until about noon or 1pm. While tournaments are > running, you can generally find only one table each of 1/2, 2/4, and > 3/6 holdem. As the tournament continues and shrinks, the players > busting out will jump into the ring games and the place starts to > liven up. > [edit] Jackpots and Promotions > > * Monster Bad Beat Jackpot: Quad 8's or better beaten = $100,000 - > $250,000 > > Jackpot starts at $100,000. $2,500 is added to the jackpot every day > until it is hit (when it returns to $100,000) or until it reaches > $250,000. Monster Bad Beat Jackpot applies only to 2/4 and up. > > Atmosphere > > Club One is a fancy, upscale, huge card room that rivals the best Bay > Area card rooms for elegance and spirit. Set right in the middle of > the urban downtown, it occupies a significant portion of a city block. > Its bright neon signs light up the night when the city starts to shut > down; it's located more in a business district than a nightlife > district, so foot traffic on the sidewalk dies in the evenings. > > > The fancy brass doors and gorgeous marble floors greet you as you walk > in, where you find an attentive security guard standing at his kiosk. > Straight ahead is a large bar and horse-racing OTB room; to the right > is the upscale restaurant. The gift ship is immediately to your left, > and further down the hall, it opens out into the huge poker room. > > At any given time, about a third of the room is in use; a large number > of tables are more or less "reserved for tournaments", which are > apparently large big deal affairs at Club One. The three tables > nearest the entrance are in a separate "reserved" section, separated > by a half wall, that feature the high-limit hold 'em (15/30 and > 40/80). The rest of the tables near the entrance are the rest of the > limits. Then, there are 8 or 10 21st Century Blackjack tables and a > single Pan table off to the left. > > The brush is an attentive but busy man with a markerboard board. The > room has a number of chip runners to sell chips. > > Neighborhood: In the center of downtown Fresno. Fresno is a larger > city, so its downtown is not quaint so much as it is business-like. > Likewise, you do need to be aware of bums or loiterers at night and be > wary. This is a city, with both the good and bad that implies. > > Parking: A huge square-block-sized city underground parking lot is > right on this block, with drive-down ramp entrances all over. Parking > is free, just have the brush stamp your ticket then take it to the > cage where they will issue a parking pass. > > Tables and Chairs: Standard 9-player tables, with decent felt and > vinyl padding on the armrails. Nicely padded fixed-leg chairs. > > Service and Comps > > Food and drink service 24/7 served by attentive waitresses and cooked > in the upscale kitchen for the fancy restaurant that's part of the > club. Club One offers significant discounts on some dishes as Player > Specials for seated players. Check the Players Specials board up by > the brush station. 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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