Caribbean Casino Kirkland

Games
Limit hold 'em:
 * 3/6 with a full kill. Killer acts in turn.
 * 4/8 as well if there's interest

Rake: 10% to $3 max, plus jackpot rake of $1-$2 depending on pot size.

Blinds: 1/3.

Posting: New players need not post.

Shuffling: All tables have standard Shufflemaster shuffling machines.

Game Character: The staff is friendly and makes an effort to learn the names of their patrons. The patrons tend to be good-natured middle-class social players of varying ability. About 80% are regulars who play at least once a week. The game is more likely to be wild than nitty, but is most often somewhere in between.

Wait Time: Often none, and only rarely longer than 30 minutes.

(The old days of 20 people on the list Friday/Saturday evenings are gone since the new larger cardroom opened)

Tournaments

 * Mon-Sun 11:00am: NLHE $25. Free breakfast included.
 * Monthy $5000 freeroll for top 60 hours played for the month.

Jackpots and Promotions

 * Standard Washington Monte Carlo jackpots.

Atmosphere
The spacious new poker cardroom is a separate room (technically a separate business) with an exterior entry from the parking lot and an interior one from the main casino. Like the casino, the cardroom has a Caribbean theme with faux-palm trees, tiki torches, and colorful lighting. The room tends to be cool. It has ten conveniently positioned medium/large TVs that are typically tuned to sports events. A variety of upbeat popular music (lots of 1970s to 1990s) plays over speakers. The adjoining casino contains a dozen or so table games including Blackjack, Pai Gow, 4 Card Poker and Spanish 21.

Neighborhood: The casino is located near a large grocery store plaza of small businesses, bars, and restaurants serving the surrounding middle class residential neighborhood. It seems to be a low crime area. It is less than a mile from I-405 Exit 22.

Parking: Plenty of free parking is available.

Tables and Chairs: 9-seat tables (11-seat for tournaments) with slightly-worn felt and decent vinyl rail padding. Chairs are ok.

Service and Comps
Frequent service from the restaurant and bar. Food can be delivered at the table. The menu is reasonably diverse with many very good Asian dishes. With a free player's club card you get $7 off your meal (once per day). Poker play also accumulates casino comp points at a rate equivalent to approximately $0.70 worth of food per hour played. Casino features daily Happy hour from 6pm to 2am and all day on Sunday. All drinks are 50% off.

Links, Notes, and Discussions
Must be 18 years old to gamble, 21 to buy alcohol.