Outlaws Card Parlour 4 tables 9850 E. Front Rd. 805-466-7950 Opens 1pm Sun, 3:30pm Mon, 3pm Tue, 5pm Wed, 4pm Thur and noon Fri-Sat.

To: PokerWiki <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: PokerWiki wrote on the message board: > Opens between 5 and 7 each night, closes around 1 or 2am > > Located directly on US 101, take the Santa Rosa Road exit and head one > block south. Front Road is the frontage road for the highway, so > Outlaws' distinctive windmill sign can be sign easily from both > directions on the highway. > > Games > Limit hold 'em: 3/3/6/12 (Mon and Thu nights only), or 3/6 with a full > kill (Sunday nights only). > > No-limit hold 'em: Only played during unusual "cash tournament" (see > below) on Monday nights. > > Omaha/8: 3/6 with a full kill/scoop (Wed nights only) > > Dealers's choice: any of the above games (or five-card draw) can be > played if chosen by the dealer on Dealer's Choice nights. Tue and Fri > nights it's 3/6 dealer's choice. Sat nights it's 3/3/6/12 dealer's > choice. > > The card room opens every night at a different hour, with a tournament > (different tournaments every night; see below) which takes up both > tables. As players bust out of the tourney, the cash game for the > night starts forming. The cash game is also different every night, as > detailed above. > > * Sun: opens at 5pm. > o Tournament = LHE first half, then switches to NLHE. > o Cash game = 3/6 kill LHE > * Mon: opens at 6pm > o Tournament = NLHE "cash tournament" (see below) > o Cash game = 3/3/6/12 LHE > * Tue: opens at 7pm > o Tournament = Five-card draw tournament, $20 buyin > o Cash game = 3/6 dealer's choice > * Wed: opens at 6pm > o Tournament = unknown > o Cash game = 3/6 O8 scoop > * Thu: opens at 5:30 pm > o Tournament = unknown > o Cash game = 3/3/6/12 LHE > * Fri: opens at 6pm > o Tournament = unknown > o Cash game = 3/6 dealer's choice > * Sat: opens at 6pm > o Tournament = unknown > o Cash game = 3/3/6/12 dealer's choice > > Wait Time: Can be quite long, depending. There's only two tables, but > everyone's playing the same game, at least. > > > Shuffling: All tables are hand-shuffled. > > Tournaments > > They have different tournaments to kick off each night's festivities > (see the daily chart above), but they have two very unusual features > to their tournaments. > > First, they are the only physical casino I've heard of that actually > spreads tournaments of five-card draw. The owners say it's a popular > tourney and will be offered for a long time to come. > > Second, they offer an extremely unusual "cash tournament" on Monday > nights. This tournament is played as no-limit hold 'em but not played > with tournament chips: it's played with real cash chips that represent > your buyin. When you bust out of the tournament, you are literally > losing your buyin. Players are not allowed to quit while there is more > than one table playing, but once all the players are merged onto a > final table, a player may quit the tournament at any time and take > their chip stack and cash it in. Once the tournament gets down to > three remaining players, the tournament stops (the last three are > required to quit at that point), though the owners say players often > make deals once they're down to the last four or five, and split the > cash chips in front of them, so they can quit the tourney and go on to > the cash game that's already started up by that time. > > Jackpots and Promotions > > Bad Beat Jackpot: > > * for Hold'em: AAA99 or better beat > * for Omaha: Quad 9's or better beat > > In July 2006 it had just recently been hit, so it had gotten reset to > $500 > > Atmosphere > > In the Great Plains states, small farming towns often ended up > centered around one big "general store" that provided the bulk of the > material goods for the town throughout much of the past century. While > in some places, the general store has gone out of vogue, in others it > is celebrated (see Wall Drug, for example). The general store in a > small community often combined many functions of what would be > separate stores in today's modern towns: dry goods, food, medicine, > sundries, post office, restaurant, etc. > > Atascadero is a small coastal commmunity in California about fifteen > miles south of Paso Robles, and about ten miles inland from Morro Bay. > Quiet and somewhat remote, it's a charming place with the feel of a > small Midwestern town - and lo and behold, it has Outlaws Bar and > Grill. While not exactly a general store, the overall ambience of the > place evokes midwestern turn of the century farming store: rough hewn > wood timbers, solid wooden flooring, the "added on some rooms" feeling > of the various rooms of the building that hold parts of the > restaurant, and the "added on afterwards" feeling of the neat little > card "parlour" in front. > > The proprietors told me they used to have three tables in the room, > but they lost a few players in town and had to cut back to two tables > in early 2006. I arrived as the Tuesday night tourney was starting up, > and both tables were nearly full of players. They were playing a > five-card draw tournament, though, which is virtually unheard of in > physical cardrooms these days. I watched for a while, bemused, as the > owners told me all about how their card room operates. > > The wood planking walls and older memorabilia scattered on them evoke > an "old west" vibe: pictures of John Wayne and boards with pithy > sayings burned into them complete the feeling. Small without feeling > cramped, instead coming across homey and fun, I only wished I could > stay for the cash game, but I had no time, as the owners said the > tourney would run a couple of hours or so. They open at different > hours each day of the week, and stay open as long as there's enough > players to play. Typically, that means they close around 1 or 2am each > night. > > Tables and Chairs: 9-seat tables with decent (red!) felt and vinyl. > Fixed leg chairs with cool leather upholstery and nice padding. > > Parking: A reasonable amount of parking is available in this > combination restaurant and card parlour, but it does seem to only hold > about 30 cars or so. > > Smoking: No smoking allowed in the building under California law. > > Service and Comps > Reasonable frequency of service from a waitress who comes into the > card room from the bar/restaurant (they are separated by a hallway and > a door that's usually kept closed, so the noise from each doesn't > bother the other). A player's menu for seated players offers > significant discounts on the hearty American fare available at > Outlaws: hamburgers, steaks, etc, and very cheap while you play. Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. 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