Food is solid. Garlic honey chicken and wonton soup are excellent.
All the games I have played offer free food (20/40, 40/80, 2/5&5/5 pLo
And 10/20)
I also would guess 5-10 does, but I am not sure.
Make sure to call ahead for a game, Fridays have long wait lists and no open tables. Name stays on the board for an hour.
Enjoy

The 5-10 does or at least it did when I lived in California.

Ok. Since I am a peasant who plays the 5-5, will settle for the $1 per hour comp on players card

The 5/5 NL has comped food as well. In addition to the Asian food, in general the specials per day aren't too bad. I've found high reliability just asking the service folks what's good today or if blah blah is good today - rarely steered wrong.

is that $1-$1 PLO game still running friday nights?

Hasn't run for about a month now
2/5 and 5/5(10) usually goes

Hoping to get out to Oceans before rush hour today. But if work stays busy may have to go after dinner. Either way, will either be in 40/80, 20/40, or one of the PLO games. PM me if you're there and we haven't met - would love to say hello.

Will do
According to the app, game got going around 10 today
On the golf course now, so hopefully heading up after I am done here in a couple hours.

Man, 40 looks way too tough for me and no 20 running
Guess its 10/20 or PLO tonight
Good luck with the great seat on Sergei

Reading through this thread it seems there are more regulars at Oceans 11 than the LA casinos(commerce, bike, hg, hustler) and thus harder to beat. I myself have never been to Oceans but find the deeper games intriguing.

So are the games harder?

There is a 20 now. Which game/seat you in? I'll come by to say hello.

The games are definitely harder than Commerce, but you could say the same thing for 95% of all card rooms. Can't speak for a comparison to the rest of LA casinos as when I'm up there Commerce is the only place to be (although the shallow stacks do suck deep balls). Still, on the weekends you will find some pretty silly players....it's just much more table dependant than Commerce...

Anyone know what time the drawings start on sunday?

Starts 1 pm last drawing 10 pm

can someone please PM me when they install a new WiFi so I know when to move to Oceanside?

tyty

Get a device with a bigger data plan?
Increase in EV should more then pay for it.

i bought verizon 3g data for the ipad and it still didnt work in the cardroom

Hmmm, I'm stumped then, sorry
4g works well FWIW
Palomar or Village have wifi?

np your help is appreciated hehe

village is spotty/equally as bad as oceans

palomar has excellent wifi

Thx. Any additional opinions?

My opinion is that I agree that the wifi is terrible. It's worse than not having it at all.

My opinion is that from a "how tough is it" perspective it's not any different than the LA card rooms from an aggregate perspective. There's a general difference in style between Oceans and Commerce/LA but that really isn't what you're asking.

The main thing is at Oceans if you're at a tough table you're generally out of luck. Even if there is a table to move to, it's not as if everyone else at your table (or your target table) is oblivious to this.

A fair statement will probably be "if you try hard enough you can always find a table at Commerce that's as good or better to play at than a table at Oceans". Whereas at Oceans you take what you're dealt, cards and table selection alike.

My serious response is:
There is a higher concentration of people who play poker seriously who frequent oceans 11 vs most other casinos/card rooms. I have played in something like 65 poker rooms (see thread "how many poker rooms have you played in?"), and I think the games are in general tougher there than most other places.

I must be the luckiest guy. my initial bankroll increased 25 fold during the last four months playing 2/3 once a week at Oceans.

Cliff: It is somewhat tougher, b/c you need to like poker a lot to play there.

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Here is my initial review after about 20 hours of play last weekend. I played almost exclusively the $5-5 and the initial review will focus on that.

Background: I live in OC and go to LV about 3 weekends every 2 months to play the 2-5, mostly at MGM and occasionally at Aria. I have been looking for a deeper stack 2-5 game than what's offered in LA for those non-LV weekends, and was told about the 5-5 game at Ocean's.

Pros:
-Deep stack: $1,500 max buy in for the 5-5
-Food is free for the 5-5 and above tables!
-Poker room is right by the door, don't need to make walk across massive casino floor!
-Table tops are relatively new
-Players were friendly. Even got a couple 2+2ers who said hi to me!

Cons:
-Looks like a company cafeteria that happens to have poker.
-No for reals, the ceilings are literally what you see in offices. The white squares with like holes.
-http://tworags.com/files/o11ramp.jpgKeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400 &width=600
-Smells like Chinese food
-Not the best neighborhood. ie) Super ghetto "Quality Inn" across from the casino etc.

Where to Stay
-I played over the weekend, and stayed at hotel in Carlsbad by the outlet instead
-It's a much better area than where the casino is located and only a 5 to 10 min drive
-Of course, many restaurants / shopping available near / at the outlet

The Game / Players
-The Analogy: You telling me that you love to bang hot chicks like Scarlet Johanson or Megan Fox or Adrian Lima doesn't mean you like sex. Everyone loves to ban a 10. However, if you are willing to slum it and bang a 2, then I know you REALLY like sex.
-The Analogy 2: Everyone can watch World Cup or Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, that's high level soccer, easy to love. If you are intensely watching random MLS pre-season game on a Thursday night, then I know you really love soccer.
-The point is that, poker is easy to love when you are at the comfort of a nice room like the Aria or MGM. High ceilings, nice decor, hot girls walking by... going to a nice restaurant when you wrap-up for the night etc.... that's easy to love.
-Remember, gambling is legal in many other states in the US.... what LV is selling is not actually gambling... but an VIP experience for partying..... The guy who lost 10 grand playing craps knows he is going to the money eventually...but he is getting treated like a king while he is doing it.
-Poker is much harder to love when you are at Ocean's, in a room that is much more spartan, and not nearly as much other entertainment is available after you are done.
-So what happens? You need to like poker a lot more to go and play at Ocean's. The people who make the trek down there are much more serious about poker. I am not telling you the table is filled with pros, but I am telling you even the recreational players (Rec for short) at the table take it more seriously than the average Rec.
-Let's put it this way, there isn't the drunk dude who is in town for a bachelor party dumping off 3G before heading out to Saphire.
-Making money is not impossible, just a little harder. Be pre-pared to be 3-bet more often, so you need to be ready to 4-bet. Know that it will be much more difficult to extract money out of the other players when you have a monster.

The 10-20 game effect
-There is also a regular 10-20 game going, and at the table there were usually players waiting for the game to start or for a seat to open-up. Needless to say, this often means another tough opponent at the table.

Conclusion:
-Would return to play if I am not able to get out to LV
-However, I really do have to ask myself, how much do I like poker for me to return?

Cheers,

S