Jackson Rancheria 15 tables 12222 New York Ranch Road 209-223-8469 Poker room closed

To: PokerWiki <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: PokerWiki wrote on the message board: > A largish Indian casino just south of Sacramento, Jackson Rancheria > offers a nice poker room in addition to their standard tables games > and slots. The complex also includes a hotel and conference center. > > Game Character: A lot of beginners at 3/6, and many fairly unskilled > players even at 4/8. This leads to a lot of loose passive play, > although an occasionaly maniac can spice things up. > > Posting: New players do not need to post. > > Shuffling: All tables have Shufflemaster machines > > Wait Time: Varies from time to time, but will generally be from 0-30 > minutes. For larger limit games, wait can be enormous. > > Smoking: none > > Tournaments > > * Sun-Thu 10am NLHE 25+5, 1x25 ao > * Fri-Sat 10am NLHE 50+10 > * Sun-Thu 7:30pm NLHE 55+5 > > Jackpots and Promotions > > * Bad Beat Jackpot: AAAJJ or better beat by anything = $14361 (Feb > 2007). > * Bonus Hands: showdown the hand (both hole cards must play) to > win the prize: > o JJJJ or better quads = 100 > o straight flush = 250 > o royal flush = 500 > > Atmosphere > > Since the expansion in late 2006, the Jackson Rancheria poker room is > now a quite nice and reasonably-sized poker room. At peak times > (weekend evenings, especially), it's completely full, but it's almost > exclusively low limit players. On a recent Saturday night, while all > 15 tables were running, there were no 6/12 tables, and only one 4/8. > The room caters to the beginner player - at 3/6 dealers patiently > explain to players about protecting their hand, betting out of turn, > proper bet amounts, etc. > > Recently remodeled, some high-tech advances have gone in: each table > has electronic signalling for "seat open" and "service" (but the room > has no chip runners, buy chips from the brush or from the dealer > themself). Nice automated software for running the board is visible > not only at a screen at the main desk but also on four large screens > posted around the room, so all players can watch the wait list grow. > Four largish LCD TV's are also hung on the walls for player > enjoyment. > > Neighborhood: As with most Indian casinos, it's in a remote > agricultural area. In this case, it's nestled in a hilly area south of > Sacramento, on a remote country road. Nothing around for miles, but > driving there can be a bit nerve-wracking - the two-lane hilly road > that goes there is often loaded with cars zooming in both directions, > so watch yourself. > > Parking: Lots of parking in the large parking structure in back. > > Tables and Chairs: extra-large 9-seat tables with short-cropped green > felt that is unusually slick, and nice black vinyl. Decent fixed-frame > padded metal chairs. > > Service and Comps > > Standard casino cocktail service; free drinks etc. Apparently the iced > mochas are particularly good, since a lot of people were drinking > them. Pretty good service frequency; waitresses come by about every 30 > mins. 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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