I was in San Jose this week doing some work for Google, so I got to spend my
evenings at Bay 101 Poker Room.
I hadn't played any poker since PokerStars/Full Tilt shut down, so I decided to
play 1/2/2 NL. I hadn't played those blind structures before, but it's basically
button has $1 blind, small and big blinds are $2, and you have to pay $4 to
come in.
The games are juicy, it's common to see someone raise to $15-20 pre-flop and
there be a table full of callers trying to hit their junk hands.
I made some mistakes, and could have played better, but put in 20 hours, and
made $34/hour at that game.
There is a big ~ 8 story building a couple blocks away called the Matrix casino
that is supposed to open (I think it's the Garden City casino re-opening) but
apparently opening has been delayed due to some city regulations/red tape...
On one hand, I wish I lived closer to a poker room like this, but on the other
hand I'm kind of glad I don't, as I'd spend way too much time in there - and
as many over you know, poker rooms are filled with some of the biggest
degenerates around. That being said, this place wasn't as bad as I thought
it would be as far as the quality of clientele. Most people were very cordial.
I always get a kick out of all the idiots wearing their hoodies and dark
sun-glasses at the low limit games, acting like big time poker pros.
evenings at Bay 101 Poker Room.
I hadn't played any poker since PokerStars/Full Tilt shut down, so I decided to
play 1/2/2 NL. I hadn't played those blind structures before, but it's basically
button has $1 blind, small and big blinds are $2, and you have to pay $4 to
come in.
The games are juicy, it's common to see someone raise to $15-20 pre-flop and
there be a table full of callers trying to hit their junk hands.
I made some mistakes, and could have played better, but put in 20 hours, and
made $34/hour at that game.
There is a big ~ 8 story building a couple blocks away called the Matrix casino
that is supposed to open (I think it's the Garden City casino re-opening) but
apparently opening has been delayed due to some city regulations/red tape...
On one hand, I wish I lived closer to a poker room like this, but on the other
hand I'm kind of glad I don't, as I'd spend way too much time in there - and
as many over you know, poker rooms are filled with some of the biggest
degenerates around. That being said, this place wasn't as bad as I thought
it would be as far as the quality of clientele. Most people were very cordial.
I always get a kick out of all the idiots wearing their hoodies and dark
sun-glasses at the low limit games, acting like big time poker pros.
