Lucky Chances 60 tables 1700 Hillside Boulevard 650-758-2237 2 3 5 NLH. $200-500 buy-in.

To: poker wikia <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: poker wikia wrote on the message board: > Lucky Chances Review > > Hours, Tables, Location > Open 24/7. 23 poker tables (plus a dozen or so tables of > pseudo-blackjack, pai-gow, etc). > > 1700 Hillside Blvd, Colma CA 94014. Nestled in the foothills just > south of San Francisco. Not the easiest place to get to, but not hard. > Not visible from the freeway, though, and the road twists as you get > close, so pay attention! > > Colma is the "cemetery capital of the Bay". The three industries are > cemeteries, Lucky Chances, and big box retail. Lucky Chances is one of > the largest and nicest card rooms in the Bay Area, and probably the > closest to San Francisco (though the Oaks is pretty darn close, too). > > Phone: 650-758-2237 > > Limit hold 'em: 3/6, 6/12, 9/18 with a kill (to 15/30), 20/40. Higher > limits also appear to exist, but they're run from a different board. > > No-limit spread-limit hold 'em: 1/1/2, 40-200 buyin. 2/3/5, 200-500 > buyin. 5/5/10, 500-???? buyin. Max bet at all games is $200 (spreads > are therefore 4-200, 10-200, and 20-200). 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 double the big blind amount, minimum. > > Lucky Chances used to spread true no-limit hold 'em, but doing so was > apparently in violation of state law. They got caught and had to scale > back to offering NLSL instead. Now, in Mar 2006, they are apparently > in danger of having their license revoked entirely - see the article > under Links below. > > As of Jan 1, 2007, Lucky Chances has true no-limit hold 'em games > again - at least one: $10-$10-$20 No Limit (no max on buy-in, the > minimum buy-in is $2000). > > Omaha/8: 4/8 with half kill. 10/20 half-kill runs on Thursdays. > > 7-Stud: 2/4, and sometimes 3/6 if demand warrants. Played with $1 ante > and $1 bringin. > > Rake for 3/6 and 6/12 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 9/18 it is > $4+$1 jackpot for 7-9 players, $2+$1 for 6 players, $1=$1 for 5 or > fewer players, $1 if no flop For 1-1-2 NL, $1+$1 jackpot if no flop, > $4+$1 jackpot with a flop. For 2-3-5 NL, the rake is the same as 1-1-2 > (used to be $7 every half hour time charge, but sometime in 2006 they > went to raking rather than time charge for the 2-3-5 game). > > Rake is taken directly out of the pot after the flop. > > Shuffling: Standard ShuffleMaster shuffling machines on many tables. > > Wait Time > There is almost always a list on the board; but with this many tables, > wait times average around 15 minutes or so. > > Tournaments > 10:30 AM Monday-Thursday and Sunday. All are spread limit (the Bay > Area version of NLHE). Buyin and rebuys vary but they are between $50 > and $100. See their tournament website for more details. > > Occasional very large tournaments (e.g. the $60,000 Double Play > Tournament on Feb 26 2006), and occasional single-table satellites to > win entries into larger tournaments. > > Jackpots and other Promotions > > Standard bad beat jackpots: > > * 7-Stud jackpot: any quads or better beaten. $7400 as of Feb 12 > 2006. Jackpot is doubled between 12n Thu and 6am Fri. > * Omaha/8 jackpot: quad 8's or better beaten. $11600 as of Feb 12 > 2006. Jackpot is doubled between 12n Tue at 6am Wed. > * Hold 'em jackpot: any quads or better beaten. Both hole cards > must play for both high and low. $75000 as of Feb 12 2006. > > Royal Flush Jackpot: > > * Win with any royal flush in LHE, NLHE, Omaha, or Stud and win an > additional $500. Only one hole card needs to play in LHE and NLHE > games. > > Other promotions (all subject to change at the casino's discretion): > > * Aces Cracked Wins A Rack > From 6am-9am daily, lose with pocket aces in Limit Hold 'Em > (must showdown), and win a rack of the chips in use at the table (e.g. > $1 chips for 3/6, $2 chips for 6/12). > * Lucky Money Monday: Relatively highish hands in the games (e.g. > Jacks full in Hold 'Em and Stud, Aces full of Jacks in Omaha) win an > entry in Monday night's drawing. Drawings held at 7pm, 9pm, 11pm - one > winner at each drawing wins $500. Must be present to win. > > Atmosphere > Large open room in an upscale standalone building. They try to convey > some fanciness with nicely-dressed staff and surroundings that make it > look like you're in a hotel of some sort. They've even got a gift > shop. > > Neighborhood: Literally across the street from a large fancy cemetery > (then again, every place in Colma is across the street from a > cemetery). Remote, but lovely. Up on a hillside. Nobody walks up here; > no sidewalks. > > Parking: An underground parking garage with an upper floor together > hold about 100 spaces or so. Free valet parking available on lower > underground floor. There is also a parking lot across the street. > > Tables and Chairs: Standard 9-player tables. Felt is nice, soft felt > with good padding. Player chairs are standard metal-frame chairs with > nice padding; no wheels. > > Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. 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