Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area includes the three major cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, as well as all the smaller communities that extend between the three. It is the second most popular poker area in the state, and probably the third largest area in the nation, after Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

A number of high-class casinos and a lot of small ones provide action at all levels, with various levels of game play, and a wide variety of games.

At least two of the major casinos in the Bay Area have hosted World Poker Tour events.


 * The Lucky Chances Casino hosted a WPT event in their first season but has not hosted one since
 * Bay 101 in San Jose hosts the annual Shooting Star tournament with the unique "bounty" feature -- players who bust out a famous poker star win an extra prize of $5000 (and a T-shirt that says "I busted out so-and-so").

Weekly Tournament Schedule for Bay Area Casinos
Regularly scheduled tournaments in the Bay Area:

current as of Sep 5 2007