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4097 San Pablo Avenue
510-653-4456
2 3 5 NLH. $100-500 buy-In.
1 1 2 NLH. $40-200 buy-In.
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poker.wikia.com/wiki/Oaks wrote on the message board: > Oaks Review > > Hours, Tables, Location > > Open 24/7. 25 tables, plus additional "no-bust blackjack" and "double > hand poker" tables. > > 4097 San Pablo Ave, Emeryville CA, cross streets 40th and San Pablo, > next to Oakland. Phone: 510-653-4456. May be reached using public > transportation via the MacArthur BART station and 57 bus across 40th > street, or the free Emery-go-Round. > > Games > > Limit hold 'em: 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 6/12, 15/30 (with optional overs). > Tuesdays and Fridays also have a 30/60 game. > > NLHE: Illegal in Emeryville. > > Omaha/8: 4/8 with a half kill, 9/18 with a one-third kill on Thursday > nights. > > 7-Stud: 2/4 (50 cent ante), 4/8 > > Lowball: Occasionally a 10/20 game. > > Pan: $2 most mornings, $5 and $20 also available (with doubles) if > there is interest. > > Rake: > > * Hold 'em 1/2: $2 + $1 jackpot per hand ($1+1 6-handed, $1 > 5-handed). > * All other hold 'em games below 15/30: $3 + $1 jackpot per hand > ($2+1 6-handed, $1 5-handed). > * Hold 'em games at 15/30 and above: time payment taken on the > half hour. 15/30 time collection $6 per half hour PLUS $1 jackpot drop > ($4 time with five or fewer; can be requested at 6). 30/60 time > collection $8 per half hour PLUS $1 jackpot drop ($5 time with five or > fewer; can be requested at 6). No jackpot drop 5-handed. > * Omaha/8: 4/8: $4 + $1 jackpot. > * Stud 2/4: $2 + $1 jackpot per hand ($1+1 6-handed, $1 > 4-handed). > * Stud 4/8: $3 + $1 jackpot per hand ($2+1 6-handed, $1+1 > 5-handed, $1 4-handed). > > Game Review > Probably the lowest live table in the Bay Area with absolutely > horrible players. > > 1/2, 2/4: Ridiculously loose, but it has to be. The rake eats up a > good chunk of these pots. The $1/2 game seems particularly pointless, > although as one offduty dealer told me in coversation, it's > essentially people "killing time, having a little fun, and hoping to > hit the jackpot". 3/6: Fairly loose and fairly passive. > > Definitely, there is no other casino in the Bay Area that offers a > live 1/2 game. The 1/2 here is actually played with 50-cent chips, and > the small blind is truly only 50 cents! > > Posting: New players (or returning players who missed a blind) can > choose to "buy the button" by posting both the small and big blinds in > position after the button, in which case neither of the normal blinds > posts anything. Otherwise, standard posting rules apply. > > Shuffling: Standard ShuffleMaster shuffling machines on all tables. > Except on tables in the upstairs back rooms(April 2006) which they > open to handle overflow for tournaments and weekends. > > Dealers are pretty friendly, but an equal number are non-talkers and a > few are a little bit incompetent at reading the board and how hole > cards relate to the board... (missed straights and flushes) but this > is rare. > A dollar chip > A dollar chip > > > Wait Time > > Varies from time to time and game to game, but waits seemed somewhat > reasonable when I was there on a Saturday afternoon. About 15 minutes > for a table at any given game. > > > Tournaments > > * Wednesday 6:35pm: Limit Hold'em, $50 + $15 buyin, 1 $50 rebuy, 1 > $50 addon. > * Sundays, 1:20pm, NLHE, $100 + $25 buyin, 1 rebuy. > * occasional others as well... > > Jackpots > > * Bad Beat Jackpot: Aces full of Tens or better beaten by quads or > better (both hole cards must play in both hands). Always at $15K (they > have too much jackpot money backed up) $7500 for loser(who got "bad > beat"), $3750 for winner, $3750 split among other players dealt in > hand. For Omaha, the qualifier is Quad 8's or better beaten. > > Atmosphere > > Very nice casino: possibly the nicest in the Bay Area. High ceilings, > clean and open and well-lit. A few strategically-placed TVs hung on > the walls. A few separate rooms of tables in addition to the large > main room. > > Neighborhood: While an open and well-travel area, vehicle break-ins > and drug sales occur with a non-neglible frequency. Vehicles have been > compromised even in the supervised lots. > > Parking: They have their own parking lot next to the casino with about > 40-50 spaces, and a security guard at the entrance to watch it (and, > presumably, watch you as you enter or leave the casino). They also > offer Valet Parking: pull into the lot and drive straight ahead to the > back where the valets are. If the lot is full, a large overflow Oaks > lot is right across the street with another 100 spaces or so. > > Tables and Chairs: 10-player tables. Comfortable chairs, nice tables. > Definitely upscale. Cool looking chips with foil stamping in their > center. > > Bay 101 is a nicer Bay Area cardroom than the Oaks. Oaks can get > really dirty, all sorts of garbage under the tables, especially on > weekends. Chairs stained. But they have been upgrading the tables > (nice new felt compared to the worn, faded old tables) and TVs the > past year. Good mix of people from all walks of life. Also students > from nearby UC Berkeley. Emeryville is an up-and-coming town, lots of > new commercial and real-estate developments (loft-conversions and > condos). Pixar headquarters is right up the block. Area looks scarier > than it really is, but you must still exercise caution, as with any > area around a cardroom.
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