Table Mountain Casino 10 tables 8184 Table Mountain Road 800-541-3637 no games for now

To: PokerWiki <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: PokerWiki wrote on the message board: > Games > Limit hold 'em: 2/4, 3/6 with a full kill, 6/12 with a full kill > > No-limit hold 'em: 1/3 blinds, 50-500 buyin. 3/5 blinds, 200 min > buyin. Only spread when there's enough itnerest; often there's a > single table of the 1/3 going. Best days to play NL are Mon and Wed. > > Rake: The rake on all games is similar to Vegas percentage rakes: $1 > when the pot hit $5, $2 when it hits $20, and $3 when it hits $30; max > $3 rake. Additional jackpot rake is $1 when pot hits $10, $2 when it > hits $20 (max $2). So total possible rake on a pot is $5 ($3+$2). > > Blinds on 2/4 and 6/12 are standard; on 3/6 the blinds are 2/3. > > Posting: New players need not post. > > Shuffling: All tables are hand shuffled. > > Kill: Killer acts last on preflop betting round. > > Game Character: Fairly dead at times, often full of "retired rocks". > Later at night it livens up. The 6/12 is currently played with $1 > chips, which makes it insane when the kill kicks in! They'll be > switching to playing it with $2 chips by late summer 2006, though. > > Wait Time: Can be extremely long, anywhere from 5 minutes to 90 > minutes. But they announce your name over the casino PA system, so you > can leave the room and go play blackjack or slots or Let It Ride while > you wait; when they announce your name you have a few minutes to get > into the (easily found) room and claim your seat. > > No regular tournaments, though they occasionally have special > tournament series to stage-up to a WSOP seat or such. Call ahead for > details about any tourneys they may have at the moment. > > Jackpots and Promotions > > * Bad Beat Jackpot: AAATT or better full house beaten by quads or > better = $10000 > * Mini Bad Beat Jackpot: AAA77 or better full house beaten = > $1000 > * High Hand Jackpot: every hour during a few 8-hour periods of the > day, $100 to the holder of the high hand > * Royal Flush bonus, progressive by suit. > > Atmosphere > The poker room in Table Mountain Casino is a nicely separated room > near the card table area (around blackjack). While still open to the > casino, it's separated enough that no smoke drifts in, and the noise > of the casino is nicely removed from the game itself. > > The poker room is fairly dead in the early afternoon; as the day ends > and people drift in from their jobs, the action picks up throughout > the casino, including in the poker room. > > Neighborhood: Up above Friant Dam, just northeast of Fresno. Lovely > and seemingly remote area, next to a state park. But still very close > to Fresno (only about a 15 minute drive). > > Parking: A huge connected parking garage, as is standard for the > larger Indian casinos in California. Garage elevator exits directly > onto the casino floor. > > Tables and Chairs: Standard 9-player tables, with nice felt with a > clean commit line and vinyl padding on the armrails, with cup holders > set into the armrail. Nicely padded fixed-leg chairs. > > Service and Comps > > There's some type of drink and food service available, but the > waitresses are few and far between. Drinks seem to be standard casino > drink service (free sodas, etc), but no alcohol. > > There is a Table Mountain Players Club Card, but it doesn't seem to > apply to poker play. > > The buffet restaurant is really quite good, I must say, though not > particularly cheap. The food is also very good at the coffee shop. Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message

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