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").
Map of the Bay Area, With Casinos Highlighted
| The map to the right shows the location of all the bay area casinos, to give you some idea of distances and relative locations of them. On the map, one inch equals about 15 miles.
Click on the casino name below to go to the detail page for the casino. Unfortunately, the map itself is not clickable (sorry - I can't figure out how to make it work like that!)
Livermore Saloon and Casino, Livermore
Or, see them listed in a table with ratings and game types, as well as all the other Northern California casinos, on the Casinos page. |
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Weekly Tournament Schedule for Bay Area Casinos
Regularly scheduled tournaments in the Bay Area:
current as of Sep 5 2007
| City/Casino | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colma Lucky Chances |
9:30a NLHE 200+25 | 10:30a NLHE 50+15, 1x50 rb | 10:30a NLHE 100+20 | 10:30a NLHE 50+15, 1x50 rb | 10:30a NLHE 100+20 | ||
| Emeryville Oaks |
1:00p NLHE 100+25, 1x100rb | 6:30pm , NLHE, 100 + 20 | 10:00am, NLHE, 50 + 15, 2x40 rb | 6:30pm, NLHE, 80 + 20, 1x80 rb | 11:00am, NLHE, 100 + 20 | ||
| Gilroy Garlic City |
6pm, LHE 45+5, 1x20rb | 6pm, NLHE 20+5, 1x20rb | 6pm, NLHE 20+5, 1x20rb | 6pm, SLHE 45+5, 1x20rb | 6pm, LHE 55+5, 1x40rb | ||
| Hayward The Palace |
12pm NLHE | ||||||
| Pacheco California Grand |
10:30a NLHE 50+5 | ||||||
| San Bruno Artichoke Joe's |
6:45p NLHE 40+9, 1x20rb, 40ao | 11a LHE 20+8, 1x20rb, 20ao | 11a LHE 20+5 | 6:45p half Omaha/8 half LHE 40+10 | 11a LHE 40+8 | ||
| San Jose Bay 101 |
9:00a LHE 65+15, 1x60rb | 9:30a "Turbo" NLHE 105+15 | 9:30a NLHE 45+15, 20rb, 20ao | 9:30a NLHE 65+15, 40rb, 40ao | 9:30a NLHE 45+15, 20rb, 20ao | 9:30a NLHE 105+15 | 8:15a NLHE 300+30 |
| San Jose Garden City |
10:00a NLHE 250 | 10:00a NLHE 150 | 10:00a 120 | 10:00a NLHE 120 | 10:00a NLHE 120 | 9:20a NLHE 200 | 9:20a NLHE 250 |
| San Pablo Casino San Pablo |
10:15a NLHE 60+5 | 10:15a NLHE 60+5 | |||||
| Santa Cruz Ocean View |
12p Crazy Pineapple hi/lo, 20+5, 1x20rb | 4p NLHE, 20+10, 1x20rb | 12p NLHE, 20+10, 1x20rb |