Pechanga completely screwed up the low stakes cash game structure in their room. The last time I was there (about a two months ago) they were spreading a 1/2 game with a max BI of $100 with a $5 drop (yikes) or a 5/5 game where everyone was buying in short ($300) because there is no game in between.

Ya the jump from 1k/2k to 2k/4k blinds is crazy here.

I thought Pechanga added a 1/3 game?

They did add a $50-$200 1/3 game. When I played, people were either buying in for $50 or $100.

The $1/2 is still going, but at a fixed $40 buyin.

What was the rake? 4+1? What about no flop? Modified $1 drop?

If my memory serves me right, you are correct on both counts.

How long ago did that start? The website still doesn't list it.

It was in the mailer I just received though. 1/2 40NL, 1/3 50-200NL, 2/5 200-1000NL, 5/10 500 uncapped.

Anyone play in the daily tournaments at Palomar?? Moving out to San Diego at the end of July, and Palomar will be one of the easier card rooms for me to get to (will have no car and be using public transportation).

DAILY TOURNAMENTS: The Palomar Card Club has an $18+2 Buy-In Tournaments Monday-Friday beginning at 10am. Palomar Card Club will add $250 to the Prize Pool. Multiple $20 re-buys for the first two levels. The starting chips count is 1500 and re-buys are for 1500.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY TOURNAMENT: The Palomar Card Club has a $30 Buy-In Tournament every Saturday with a $2000 guaranteed prize pool beginning at 10am. Multiple $20 re-buys for the first hour. $20 add-on at the end of the first hour. The starting chips count is 1500, re-buys are for 1500 and the add-on is 2000.

Anyone have any clue on structure (assume it's like 15 or 10 minute levels with many levels skipped)? Average amount of runners (isn't the room only 7 tables to begin with?)?

Also, any info of how many runners the tourneys at Ocean's 11 get (while a bit far from Kearney Mesa, where I'll be living, but can get there in less than 2 hours on public transportation, according to Google maps)?

Thanks for any info!

How long are you staying in SD? I'm looking for people in SD to carpool with at tournaments in the area (including the bike and commerce which is ~2 hours away.)

I actually happen to live 1 minute away walking from palomar. The tournament is more like a (hyper) turbo sng. Gets 2 tables at max, first 5 pay (at 18.) I don't think they add anything to the prize pool.

It's funny how you are moving to San Diego without a car. It takes me less than 2 hours to get to Commerce in LA and you'll be trying to do that to Oceans lol

Moving from Iowa City and am going to live with my mom and brother to begin with. My brother plays cards as well, and has a car, but he also has a job. Won't be able to get rides with him all the time.

I'd definitely be down for chipping in for gas and, eventually taking turns driving (will need to get a CA driver's license first). What casinos do you frequent the most?

Also, you plan on playing any of the events at the WPT Legends Of Poker at the Bicycle that starts at the end of July? Opening event is a $125+$25 with one $100 add-on, $1,000,000 guaranteed with $300,000 guaranteed for 1st. They're running two heats a day for ten days straight (essentially 20 day 1's, lol). Structure is pretty good also. 5000 in chips and add-on for 7000 in chips. 20 min levels first day (25/50, 50/75, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, etc), 30 min levels second day, 40 min levels third day and 50 min levels at final table.

It's up on their website now.

I posted that a while ago ... I'm heading up to the Bike later on today for the Quantum reload. Until then ... to the beach!!

Has anyone played the Oceans 11 open today and/or yesterday? How many runners were there?

Sounds like most people play and or perfer Oceans, I just moved from Arizona and use to play at casino arizona in scottsdale all the time it's a great poker room. So would someone wanna rank the poker rooms from favorite to least favorite in So Cal for me? Would Really Appreciate it :-p

Depends where you moved. If I read it correctly you're in Oceanside so Oceans'11 is a no brainer.

If you're an MTT player you might want to drive up to Commerce/The Bike in weekends they got good tournies series running.

I heard 165 runners in today's oceAns 11 tourney.

Tk-
Oceans 11 is by far the most similar to CAZ in sd county.

Ive played at oceans eleven a grip a times since ive moved out here just sucks because its no CAZ :/. Gotta make a trip to commerce soon never been.

Oceans is definitely the best place around here for cash games.

Does anyone know how often the $2/5 at Pala runs? I played there once for 2/3 and it was the juiciest game I've ever been in, plus their promotions are off the chain. You can't beat $499 for 80 hours of play + drawings and high hand of the hour.

Me and a couple of buddies are planning on getting a place somewhere in north SD soon. If the 2/5 game in Pala ran regularly, we'd play there all the time and go supernova on the rewards program.

The 2/5 used to run on weekends (Fridays, Saturdays, sometimes Thursdays), but the past couple or three weeks I've noticed that only the 2/3 has been running. A lot of it depends on the players there - there is a core group of three or four who show up on weekends and try to get the 2/5 going.

i hadn't been to Pechanga in well over a year but stopped by Sunday (7/3/11) evening. I had no idea they changed any of their games so I just asked for a 1/2 seat. i sit down and hand the runner $100. she hands me $40 in white and $60 cash back. I say no, $100 please. at which time everybody informs me that it's a $40 max buy in! I was shocked as there were several large stacks at the table including one in excess of $400.

I say no way am I playing this game and quite honestly was ready to just leave but the dealer informed me of the new 1/3 game with higher buy in.

I walk back to the podium and tell the person I guess I need 1/3 because the 1/2 game is horrible. he replies "well, it's only horrible if we didn't add the 1/3 game. I asked "well, are you pulling $5 from every pot?" he didn't respond but his look basically said he knew what I was talking about and that the rake would kill the player. Heck, the rake at 1/3 isn't even that good but I'm just not rolled to play higher right now!

anyway, I play in the 1/3 game and am instantly shocked to see that it's a white chip game. really? 1/3 played with all white chips? what a PITA. on the one hand, it worked to your advantage sometimes because you could bet out two stacks of white into a pot in excess of $100 and people would fold because it's a lot of chips instead of just 4 red chips. but on the other hand, it didn't take a big pot to increase the number of stacks of chips you have in front of you to annoying levels. maybe it's just me, but I actually don't want to have 15 stacks of 20 chips in front of me when I can just as easily have 3 stacks of red.

Is is it safe to assume that I'll be able to find a 2/3 or lower NLHE table on any day of the week in the late morning-early afternoon at Ocean's 11 or Palomar? Have been to Ocean's 11 once, but that was a while ago and was at night. Any other casino's that are not farther than Ocean's 11 that have 2/3 or lower NLHE games at the same time would be useful also.

Thanks for any replies.

oceans 11 will have multiple 2/3nl and 2/2nl games running 7 days a week.
farther from where?
there is a 2/3nl ($500max ) game at pala that runs occasionally, but mostly on the weekends from what i understand.