Limelight 4 tables 1014 Alhambra Blvd. 916-466-2208 1 2 NLH. $40-200 buy-in. 1 3 NLH. $60-300 buy-in.

To: poker wikia <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: poker wikia wrote on the message board: > Limelight Bar and Card Room, Sacramento CA > > Right in downtown, a couple of miles east of the Capitol building. > > Limit hold 'em: > > 3/6 with a half kill > 6/12 is advertised Thursdays at 5 pm. > > No-limit hold 'em: > > 1/2 blinds (40-100 buyin) > 1/3 blinds (100-300 buyin) > 5/10 blinds (500-1000 buyin) on some Friday nights > > > > Lowball > > $6 Limit, or $20 Limit. > > Played only on Tue, Wed, Thu, mainly by a bunch of oldtimers > who've played it for years. > > Wait Time: Depends on time of day and game selection; can be anywhere > from 0 to 60 minutes, I gather. On a recent Sunday evening, the wait > was about 15 minutes for 3/6 or "Seat open" for 4/8, so I played 4/8. > > Game Nature: Pleasant bar, with fairly active games. Fairly loose, and > no high limits for people to move up to. There are many regular > players, who are primarily recreational (not professionals). > > Rake: $3 per hand + $1 jackpot drop, taken on the flop. No flop, no > drop. The house does allow chops. > > Posting: New players do not need to post to enter a game. > > Shuffling: Hand shuffling at all tables. > > Kills: Killer acts last. > > Tournaments > > They are also holding a series of tournaments to earn seats into a > freeroll that will grant a single WPT Championship package. Currently > being held Wed, Thu, and Fri. $40 buyin. > > Monday-Saturday morning tournaments at 10am. $25 entry, $20 re-buy, $5 > service add-on. Sign up starts at 800am. > > Jackpots > Jackpots started in Spring 2009, and now have stopped as of Sept. 18, > 2009. Bad beat is the "easy way", with Aces full of anything beaten by > quads. Jackpot averages around 7000-14,000, with usual 50/25/25 split > up. > > Currently, instead of jackpots, initial buy-ins are augmented. Check > at desk, the offer seems to change daily. > > "Limelight Nuts" promotion comes and goes, with $50.00 piad to a > winning hand of 9h-4d. Ask at the desk. > > Atmosphere > This is a bar, but not a "dive". It's a tastefully appointed, but > still dark, drinking establishment that has given over the bulk of its > interior to poker. Even on a Sunday night, there was music playing, > but it was soft and in the background. The crowds were present but not > wildly boisterous. > > It's a bit dark, frankly, probably to keep the mellow "bar mood", but > I wish it were a bit lighter; it would be easier to see the cards. > > Despite being in a bar, patrons didn't seem particularly drunk. Though > many were drinking, it was being done sparingly. > > Neighborhood: A vaguely "campustown" area about 25 blocks from > CSU-Sacramento. Not so close that it's overrun by college students, > but close enough that it's clearly aimed in that direction. Businesses > and professional offices nearby increase the general feeling of > safety; the streets stay busy at all hours. > > Parking: Very little onsite, about ten spaces. One block north on > Alhambra Blvd, they have purchased a parking lot for about 25 more > cars. > > Tables and Chairs: Standard 9-player tables. The felt is fairly worn, > kind of "used up", but not torn or dirty. Standard metal-frame > fixed-leg chairs. > Service and Comps Edit > > Reasonable food service and drink service almost all the time: > exceptions are on Sunday nights, when the connected restaurant is > having an outdoor barbeque and apparently shuts down the kitchen, and > possibly sometimes very late at night. There is a Del Taco fast food > joint literally next door, though, that's open 24 hours. > > Food and drink can be brought to the tables. Service was occasional > but fairly prompt. 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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