Changes: Garlic City Club

Revision as of 20:05, 9 February 2008

Hours	7 days, 5pm-2am or later
# Tables	4
Address	40 Hornlein Ct, Gilroy
Region	Bay Area, California, USA
Phone	408-847-7074
Website	(none)

Open every day starting at 5pm and closing late at night ("whenever enough people leave or get tired, we close"). Will stay open as long as a game is going on, so can be open 24 hours on weekends. Open at noon on Sat and Sun for Pan games.

Located on Monterey Rd, south of downtown, behind the now-closed "Taqueria La Hacienda" restaurant near the CalTrain station.

Games

Basically, the club spreads whatever enough people who are there want to play. During most of 2005, that meant 3/6 limit with a full kill, or 4/8 with a full kill. In 2006, it usually meant $4-200 spread. Now in 2007, management has changed and now they focus more on $2-$6 spread limit (true spread limit) with $1/$2 blinds and $1 on the button. Rake is $4 per hand for 6 or more players ($3 for 5, $2 for 4 or fewer), plus $1 jackpot drop. They will still play other games if people request it, though, and still have an irregular Pineapple game:

Pineapple: An irregular 2/4 kill pineapple game also plays on some nights, if demand warrants.

On early Saturday and Sunday afternoons (around noon) they apparently spread Pan 9 for a hardcore group of Pan players.

Game Character:This is a small card room that is filled with pretty much only local regulars. They speak Spanish a lot, to each other and to the dealers and staff, though the game is nominally run in English, and most dealers make an effort to use only English, or at least repeat things in both languages.

The game is usually fairly loose aggressive. Sometimes even comically so.

Wait Time: Because there's only four tables, and usually only one or two are actually in use, wait times are either nonexistent (take an empty seat), which is common, or can be half an hour or more if the table is full of regulars who aren't done playing yet, and there aren't enough people waiting to form an extra table. The owners and employees often sit down to fill out a table, and will vacate their seat if you'd like to play instead.

Shuffling: All tables are hand-shuffled

Posting: New players need not post

Oddity: When carding for the button when a new table starts, ties between ranks are not broken by bridge suits, as is usual: they are broken by "first player to the left of the dealer with that rank".

Tournaments

They have recently (winter 2008) set up a new tournament schedule (shown below). Since it's still fairly new, some days do not draw enough players for the tourney to run. If you want to know if it's going to run, call ahead.

Sun 6pm: No Limit Hold'em, $50+5 No rebuy. Max players 40
Mon 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $50+5 No rebuy. Max player 40
Tue 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $25+5 No (1)$20 rebuy Max player 40
Wed 6pm: No-limit Hold'em, $100+10 No rebuy.Max players 40
Thu 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $25+5 (1)$20 rebuy.Max players 40
Fri 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $50+5 No rebuy. Max players 40
Sat 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $60+5 No rebuy

All tournaments pay top three places at this point. If they get two tables, it pays top four. More, it pays more.

Jackpots

Bad Beat jackpot and thrice-daily high hand jackpot (high hand = $50, paid every 8 hours. Must be quads or higher). Bad beat jackpot was at $18000 and climbing in Jan 2008.

Garliccity inside — Interior of Garlic City Casino

Atmosphere

Small town (very small) card room. Feels a bit like it's an underground speakeasy, like you need to know the password to be ushered through the side door into the casino, even though the door now has a nice stairrail leading to it, and signage pointing the way. They have de-emphasized the door that connects the (now-closed) restaurant and the casino, though it's still there.

Mostly it's a small town casino where "everyone knows everyone", a bunch of friends who get together to play poker every night. Random other people often stop by, too.

Tables and Chairs: Four tables: two of them have nice felt and nice vinyl, two have the plasticky "astroturf" felt instead. The tables seat from 8-10 players each. A fifth table is prepped and waiting to be put into service if business grows.

Neighborhood: Slightly run down area of town, but not bad. Right next to the nice CalTrain station.

Parking: Moderate amount of parking available, both behind the club (about 20 spaces) and in the city public parking lot next door (about 20 spots).

Smoking: Not allowed inside the building, due to California law.

Service and Comps

The gang used to go in together on a McDonald's run or similar, and they still sometimes do, but the new management also makes an effort to bring in snacks on a regular basis for free. Typically there will be a big box of donuts, a large bowl of popcorn, some pretzels, and maybe a few other snacky things lying around - always free. Coke machines in the room sell cold cokes for a buck.

Wheel-up drink holder tables make it easy to drink while you play, but somewhat harder to eat while you play. You are allowed to do so, but the tables are a bit small and rickety.

Links and Notes

Nearest competitor is probably Garden City Casino in San Jose.
Visited by MarkT many times in from 2005 through 2007. Last updated Sep 10 2007.

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+  hours=7 days, 5pm-2am or later|
+  tables=4 |
+  address=[http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&q=40+hornlein+ct,+95020 40 Hornlein Ct, Gilroy] |
+  region=[[Bay Area]], [[Casinos:California|California]], USA |
+  phone=408-847-7074
+}}
+Open every day starting at 5pm and closing late at night ("whenever enough people leave or get tired, we close").  Will stay open as long as a game is going on, so can be open 24 hours on weekends.  Open at noon on Sat and Sun for [[Pan]] games.
+Located on Monterey Rd, south of downtown, behind the now-closed "Taqueria La Hacienda" restaurant near the CalTrain station.
+=== Games ===
+Basically, the club spreads whatever enough people who are there want to play.  During most of 2005, that meant 3/6 limit with a full kill, or 4/8 with a full kill.  In 2006, it usually meant $4-200 spread.  Now in 2007, management has changed and now they focus more on $2-$6 [[spread limit]] (true spread limit) with $1/$2 blinds and $1 on the button.  Rake is $4 per hand for 6 or more players ($3 for 5, $2 for 4 or fewer), ''plus'' $1 jackpot drop.  They will still play other games if people request it, though, and still have an irregular Pineapple game:
+'''[[Pineapple]]''': An irregular 2/4 kill pineapple game also plays on some nights, if demand warrants.
+On early Saturday and Sunday afternoons (around noon) they apparently spread Pan 9 for a hardcore group of Pan players.
+'''Game Character:'''This is a small card room that is filled with pretty much only local regulars.  They speak Spanish a lot, to each other and to the dealers and staff, though the game is nominally run in English, and most dealers make an effort to use only English, or at least repeat things in both languages.
+The game is usually fairly loose aggressive.  Sometimes even comically so.
+[[Image:Chip_garliccity.gif|left|thumbnail|150px|A dollar chip]]
+'''Wait Time:''' Because there's only four tables, and usually only one or two are actually in use, wait times are either nonexistent (take an empty seat), which is common, or can be half an hour or more if the table is full of regulars who aren't done playing yet, and there aren't enough people waiting to form an extra table.  The owners and employees often sit down to fill out a table, and will vacate their seat if you'd like to play instead.
+'''Shuffling:''' All tables are hand-shuffled
+'''Posting:''' New players need not post
+'''Oddity:''' When carding for the button when a new table starts, ties between ranks are ''not'' broken by [[bridge suits]], as is usual: they are broken by "first player to the left of the dealer with that rank".
+=== Tournaments ===
+They have recently (winter 2008) set up a new tournament schedule (shown below).  Since it's still fairly new, some days do not draw enough players for the tourney to run.  If you want to know if it's going to run, call ahead.
+* Sun 6pm: No Limit Hold'em, $50+5 No rebuy. Max players 40
+* Mon 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $50+5 No rebuy. Max player 40
+* Tue 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $25+5 No (1)$20 rebuy Max player 40
+* Wed 6pm: No-limit Hold'em, $100+10 No rebuy.Max players 40
+* Thu 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $25+5 (1)$20 rebuy.Max players 40
+* Fri 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $50+5 No rebuy. Max players 40
+* Sat 6pm: No-Limit Hold'em, $60+5 No rebuy
+All tournaments pay top three places at this point.  If they get two tables, it pays top four.  More, it pays more.
+===Jackpots===
+Bad Beat jackpot and thrice-daily high hand jackpot (high hand = $50, paid every 8 hours.  Must be quads or higher).  Bad beat jackpot was at $18000 and climbing in Jan 2008.
+[[Image:garliccity_inside.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Interior of Garlic City Casino]]
+=== Atmosphere ===
+Small town ('''very''' small) card room.  Feels a bit like it's an underground speakeasy, like you need to know the password to be ushered through the side door into the casino, even though the door now has a nice stairrail leading to it, and signage pointing the way.  They have de-emphasized the door that connects the (now-closed) restaurant and the casino, though it's still there.
+Mostly it's a small town casino where "everyone knows everyone", a bunch of friends who get together to play poker every night.  Random other people often stop by, too.
+'''Tables and Chairs:''' Four tables: two of them have nice felt and nice vinyl, two have the plasticky "astroturf" felt instead.  The tables seat from 8-10 players each.  A fifth table is prepped and waiting to be put into service if business grows.
+'''Neighborhood:''' Slightly run down area of town, but not bad.  Right next to the nice CalTrain station.
+'''Parking:''' Moderate amount of parking available, both behind the club (about 20 spaces) and in the city public parking lot next door (about 20 spots).
+'''Smoking:''' Not allowed inside the building, due to California law.
+=== Service and Comps ===
+The gang used to go in together on a McDonald's run or similar, and they still sometimes do, but the new management also makes an effort to bring in snacks on a regular basis for free.  Typically there will be a big box of donuts, a large bowl of popcorn, some pretzels, and maybe a few other snacky things lying around - always free.  Coke machines in the room sell cold cokes for a buck.
+Wheel-up drink holder tables make it easy to drink while you play, but somewhat harder to eat while you play.  You ''are'' allowed to do so, but the tables are a bit small and rickety.
+=== Links and Notes ===
+* Nearest competitor is probably [[Garden City Casino]] in San Jose.
+* Visited by [[User:MarkT|MarkT]] many times in from 2005 through 2007.  Last updated Sep 10 2007.
+{{Bay Area}}