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10 tables
204 Carmel Avenue
831-384-0925
2 6 Spread Limit Holdem.
$20+ buy-in.
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PokerWiki wrote on the message board: > Open from noon until 6am or so, every day (occasionally open 24 hours > if enough players are still around at 6). > > 4 tables. > > 204 Carmel Avenue, Marina CA. Right on a very busy street that acts as > one of the business streets in the small town of Marina. Literally > across the street (the other side of Carmel Ave) from Mortimer's Card > Room. > > Games > > Spread-limit hold 'em: $2-6 spread. > > No-limit hold 'em: $40-100 buyin, $1/$2 blinds. > > This is a very small card club that serves the low-rollers along this > stretch of the coast. Offers the only true spread-limit game in > Northern California. Higher-limit players play across the street at > Mortimer's Card Room. Usually, this place is busiers than Mortimer's, > by a bit. Certainly, it's friendlier, probably because the stakes are > lower. > > Game Info > > 2-6 was quite loose with typically 5-6 players seeing every flop. > > 100 NL was wild and crazy with lots of bluffing and moving all in with > low pairs, etc. > > Rake: > > * Spread limit: $3 for 7-9 players, $2 for 5-6 players, $1.50 for > 2-4 players, no flop, no drop. > * No limit: 7-9 players, $5 each player each half hour time > charge, 2-6 players, $4 each player each half hour time charge. > > A weird backwards blind structure at the 2-6: The small blind posts > $1, and the button posts $2. The dealer then takes both blinds (if > there are 7 or more players) as the rake, places it on the drop box, > and waits to see if a flop ensues. If it does, the rake goes down the > hole. > > Because the big blind doesn't exist, the first person to open the pot > must place a bet equal to the big blind ($2) and cannot raise it ("you > can't raise yourself!" said the regulars to me when I tried). This is > highly unusual: I've only seen this blind and betting pattern at Cap's > Saloon and nowhere else. > > You can also straddle from any position except the button, by placing > a bet equal to half of your intended straddle amount (remember this is > spread limit, so you can straddle any amount from $4 to $8 total, > which means you put out anywhere from $2 to $4) out prior to the > deal. > > Posting: New players do not need to post. > > Shuffling: Hand shuffled. No machines available. > Wait Time > > Can take quite a while since there's only four tables, or can be > instantaneous. > Tournaments > > * Sundays, 11:00am. NLHE. $40+$10 buyin, one $40 rebuy, one $40 > addon. > > Jackpots > > * Bad beat jackpot, any quads beaten qualifies. Current value on > Feb 11 2006: $1620. > > Atmosphere > Also connected to a bar, like Mortimer's Card Room, but without the > dingy "backroom" aspect. This looked more like an adjoining business > that had a door between the two put in. They were doing remodeling of > the room while I was there, but except for a general air of clutter > and "this is more someone's home than a business", it was fine. > > A lot of regulars who all know each other. Very friendly folks who are > more than willing to explain things to you if you ask. The dealers > didn't seem completely on the ball, but I guess you can't have > everything. > > Neighborhood: Sort of a "hangout/dive" area on a busy corner just > south of downtown Marina. Doesn't look particularly attractive, or > particularly safe. > > Parking: Don't know; I parked across the street at Mortimer's. Didn't > see any special parking for the Marina Club, though. > > Tables and Chairs: Standard 9-player tables, standard fixed-leg chairs > that aren't very comfortable. Both were a bit worn out, but OK. > > Service and Comps > No service, but the bar is right next door. At dinner time, someone > goes and gets a few boxes of pizza and plops them on an empty table > for everyone to share, for free.
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