Palace Card Club Review
Palace Card Club Review
Hours 24/7
# Tables 6
Address 22821 Mission Boulevard, Hayward CA 94542
Region Bay Area, California, USA
Phone 510-582-1166
Website www.palacecardclub.com
Located on west side of Mission Blvd.
Also has two tables of Double Hand Poker.
Games
Limit hold 'em: 3/6, 4/8 w/half kill.
They occasionally spread 6/12 and often take a wait list for it.
No-limit hold 'em: Spread on Mon-Fri starting at noon,
on Sat-Sun starting at 2pm.
$100 min buyin, no max buyin.
$1-$2-$2 $5 to go, can be straddled from any position.
The button often straddles for $5, making it $10 to go
(note the straddle amount is half the to go amount).
Can be double straddled for $10, making it 20 to go.
Uncapped buy in.
The Palace calls the straddles in their NLHE games "kills".
The NL game has a separate brush and board behind the main brush.
Omaha/8: 4/8 with half kill.
Spread on Tuesday and Wednesday nights @ 7:00 pm.
Rake: $3 + $1 jackpot for 3/6
(7-9 players; only $2 + $1 for 5-6 players).
$4 + $1 jackpot for 4/8.
Game Character:
3/6 and 4/8 are generally loose, and range from passive to aggressive.
Five or more to a flop is typical.
Wait Time:
Due to the limited size of the room and its clientele,
the wait can be anything from zero (seat open) to two hours,
if the table is full.
The cardroom normally hits full capacity by 6pm,
but the wait is normally not too long.
The wait may be longer on Friday nights.
Tournaments
* Mon-Fri 10am NLHE $30+$10.
* Sat-Sun 12noon NLHE $50+$10.
Jackpots and Promotions
* Bad Beat Jackpot: Quad 7's or better beaten,
both hole cards in losing and winning hand must play.
Jackpot is currently at $100,000, as are both backup jackpots.
Last won in late 2005.
Atmosphere
Combination of card room and diner;
the serving counter faces the card tables.
Friendly local poker games,
full of people who know each other and play together regularly.
They had a special promotion on New Years Eve where they gave away TV's
in a drawing for all seated players.
You buy chips at the brush before sitting down,
but cash in at the cage.
Neighborhood: kind of semi-industrial.
May not be the nicest part of town,
but there are rumors of the club moving soon.
Parking:
Very little parking available.
Try on the street, but if there's no spaces there,
you can no longer park in any of the local businesses' lots.
Instead, park in the municipal (four-story) parking garage
two blocks north on Mission (corner of Mission & B),
and the Palace now offers a 24 hour free shuttle from that garage
to the card room
(though, it's only two blocks, so you could walk it if it's nice out).
The shuttle driver waits in the garage to drive you to the club.
The shuttle driver will also return each customer to their car.
(The Municipal parking garage is located 2 blocks north of The Palace
on Mission & B Street.)
The shuttle is a big green van that says Palace Club on the side.
Tables and Chairs:
Somewhat small 9-seat tables with "astroturf" felt that's
kinda slick and plasticky.
All tables have Shufflemaster shuffling machines.
Fabulous chairs: fully-adjustable swivel leather office chairs.
Service and Comps
Occasionally, diner waitresses will come by and take orders;
you can order sandwiches and drinks
and have them delivered to your table.
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Artist/Author: poker wikia April 1, 2007 | |
