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5526 El Cajon Boulevard
619-287-6690
Closed 2020 or 2021
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PokerWiki wrote on the message board: > Located only 1 mile from the campus of San Diego State University, The > Lucky Lady is a freestanding building in a somewhat rundown area of > town. > Contents > > Games > > Limit hold 'em: 3/6 with a full kill, 4/8 with a kill, 8/16 with a > kill. > > No-limit hold 'em: 1/3 blinds 30-200 buyin, 5/5 blinds 200-500 buyin. > > Lowball: 5/10 and 10/20. Only spread when there's interest, but there > is enough interest to spread it a few nights every week. > > Killer acts last in the preflop betting round. > > Limit hold 'em seems more popular at the Lucky Lady than no-limit, but > not by much. The time I was there on a Sunday evening, there were > three tables of limit, one of no-limit. They opened a new limit game > while I waited as the lists were getting long. > > The limit games seem tougher than you would expect a smalltown card > room to have; perhaps the proximity of Indian casinos leads to only > serious poker players showing up at local card rooms. Regardless, even > the 3/6 kill game was notably trickier than a usual card room low > limit game. > > Wait Time: A very small number of tables, leads to occasional long > wait times. Good thing they have a sofa to sit on while you wait. > > Rake: $4 for 7-9 players, $3 for 6 players, $2 for 3-5 players. No > flop, no drop. Rake is taken from the pot before the flop. > > Posting: New players need not post to enter a game. > > Shuffling: All tables have Shufflemaster shuffling machines. > > Tournaments > They have no regular tournaments, though they do have occasional > special ones every month or two. > > Jackpots and Promotions > > * Jackpots: > o AAAJJ beat by quads or better = $4900 (in Jul 06). > o 64321 beat by the wheel in Lowball is the same bad beat > jackpot. > > Atmosphere > A smalltown and pleasant cardroom in a commercial storefront building > on a reasonably busy street in San Diego. Open and spacious room, > brightly lit by the sun through the big glass windows during the day. > 8 big TV's spaced about the room. An interesting separate "waiting > area" where you can lounge while waiting for a seat with a sofa and a > few chairs. Slightly lower than usual ceilings, and plenty of ceiling > fans to keep the place airy. Generally pleasant decor, with mustard > and lilac paint on the walls of the two rooms. > > While playing, I was suddenly startled when the dealer yelled out "I > need a knife! Knife on 3!". Everyone else kept on playing normally, > but I sat back and looked around: why did the dealer need a knife? No > one looked particularly worried, but soon a waitress came up with a > knife. She handed it to the dealer. At the next break in play, the > dealer grabbed the knife and suddenly jammed it down - into the chip > drop. Oh. I sighed a bit internally and watched as she wiggled it > around to free up the jammed chips. Whew. It's not generally a good > sign when your dealer yells she needs a knife! > > Tables and Chairs: 9-seat tables with decent felt and vinyl. Fixed leg > chairs with a decent amount of padding. > > Parking: I don't believe there's much parking at the casino proper, > but I'm not sure. I parked on the street, and it was no trouble.
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