Shopping: http://www.santanarow.com/

I've only been there once, years ago, but from what I remember, kinda upscale and nice.

Another possible interesting diversion would be the Municipal Rose Garden. No shopping or dining, but should be 'aw shucks' pretty this time of year.
http://www.sjparks.org/regional/rosegarden.asp

Another semi-interesting diversion could be either the Winchester House or the Rosicrucian Museum.
http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/
http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/

If your interested in low stakes and would like to hook-up, send me a PM. Who knows, maybe the GF and my wife can hang out together and bitch about us playing too much.

I'll be traveling to Central California for a trip and I was wondering if any of these poker rooms also have blackjack? And is it regular blackjack or the what is sometimes called "California" blackjack where players are allowed to bank?

"California" blackjack. Bank 2 hands and then it passes. But the guy in the #1 with all the chips won't give your bank action unless you pay him. (Bay101 and Garden City).

Thanks!

Check your PM's.

Bay 101 didn't care. One limp in the old 1/1/2 structure brought them the full $5 drop. As I said earlier, it was the dealers complaining about it that got the structure changed.

Note that these places are not very close to Bay 101.

At first I hated the 1-2-2 blinds with the $4 bring in or call. After playing their a few times though, it does make some juicy pots and is pretty sweet. It seems like everyone calls a very wide range and only 3 bets a very small range. Has anyone else noticed this? Like even the LAG's are just making moves post-flop and not 3 betting pre hardly at all. I should LAG it up and 3bet a ton and just crush everyone but it seems like variance wise it's better to just play tight, because they will still pay you off.

Exactly my thought process. I feel like there are sooooooo many spots I pass up on but you know...
I play 2/3/5 there and I watched a good lag build up a $5,000 stack the other day. It was interesting, he was doing the usual opening frequently and three betting tons but what I liked was that the hand didn't really seem to start for him till the turn. I still have trouble getting past the oversized pre-flop and flop bets. I've been basically adjusting by folding and playing pretty straight forward for the most part. This lag however had no problems calling these bets and it was interesting how much the aggression and went down on the turn by most villains. He was just out playing his opponents on later streets which makes sense in theory since that's where the larger bets are. So it was interesting, not sure if can see myself implementing a similar style but it was nice seeing it work in a low stakes NL game.

I've personally been off to a great start playing live NL at Bay 101. I've played tons of live spread limit and obviously online but I'm pretty new to live nl. So far I've won 5 out of 5 sessions (28hrs) at a $100hr clip. Obviously unsustainable but a nice start nevertheless.

Since you seem like a decent winner at 2/5, what limits did you play online? I'm not a FR playing online, but have about 4k hands at 100nl 6 tabling with about 8bb/100 hand. I'm thinking about going, but still deciding on 1/2/2 or if it's juicy enough 2/5/5.

The reason people seldom 3-bet is because people won't fold to a normal-sized 3-bet. So then you might be off to the flop 4-handed w/AQ after you've put a lot of money into the pot. If you try oversized 3-bets, you still might get called. So then you've sunk a lot of money into the pot with a less than premium hand.

So it's only profitable to 3bet AK, QQ+ for the most part?

I have to disagree somewhat. The 3bets will get called but that is not really a bad thing. Most of the players that do call 3bets are not getting the right odds nor playing a hand good enough to just call, so this is good for you. The LAG style works best post flop. I have also been considering min raise 3 betting to isolate better without bloating the pot too much. If you just call then everyone behind you will call, but if you put in a min raise it should get you HU or 3 handed post flop so that you can more effectively use a lag style against you opponents.

I doubt a min 3! is going to iso much against most lineups. A typical open is 12 to 15, a 3! to 25 or 30 is still getting called a lot. Now you're looking at a 100+ pot and have to decide to commit or not on the flop.

Yeah the min 3bet is just a hypothesis at this point and is somewhat of a semi-isolation play. I know I will NEVER get a fold and will most likely get at least one caller behind me. Like I said though most of the players at this level are calling with hands they shouldn't be and raising with premium hands because their scared of getting sucked out on. It's really not good odds to call the min 3bet to flop a set or a flush with like $170 behind you. They will still call but just with horrible implied odds and a hand that most likely will not flop good.

Yeah, but yours is most likely not going to flop good either. So if you're starting out without a made hand, you're playing a very high variance style.

SO WE ASKED WHATS GOOD WITH THE MORNING MTTS???????ANY INFO WOULD BE APPREIATED ALSO IF U GUYS ARE DOWN TO PLAY A PLO THERE ONE DAY LET ME KNOW AS I KNOW THEYLL START THE GAME.

I played there tonight and got spanked on the 6-12 table. I just don't understand what goes on here. Seems like at Garden City I win almost every time, Bay 101 I got spanked almost every time. What drove me crazy were hands like this.

UTG Limps
UTG+1 Limps
UTG +2 Limps
MP1 folds
MP2 Limps
CO(me) AJ Raise
Buton Fold
SB Fold
BB Call

Every limper calls

Flop

JT3

Every one checks to me I bet
BB Calls
UTG+1 Raises
UTG+2 Reraises
MP2 Calls
CO(me) feel somethign weird is happening so I fold
BB Calls

Turn


JT35

BB Checks
UTG+1 bets
UTG+2 Callls
MP2 Calls
BB Calls

River

JT35K

BB Checks
UTG+1 Checks
UTG+2 Bets
MP2 Folds
BB Calls
UTG+1 Calls

Showdown

JT35K
BB KQ

UTG+1 AA

UTG +2 QQ

a bunch of weird plays... what were the bet amounts?

Knowing what sort of players they are at the Bay 6-12, they probably min-raised back and forth.

It's Limit...bet amounts are easy to figure out

After I thought about last night for a little while, I think I'm not going to play at Bay 101 anymore. I think there is some collusion going on at the bay with the vietnamesse players. They talk a lot at the table and they are all speaking vietnameese so I can't understand what they are saying. I might be wrong and it's straight up, but something just doesn't feel right about what was going on last night.

Now that I think about it some more. One of the players told me, "you don't know what's going on do you?" Makes me wonder what he really meant by that.

isnt it english only at the tables?

I am sure you will not sit with a bunch of Asians speaking their language at any other Bay Area card room.

And besides the limp-flat preflop action, what is your complaint about the posted hand?

Vietnamese only, with English grudgingly accepted in Pidgin format.

when the asians are talking at the table in their language, it has nothing to do with trying to cheat you out of your money in the hands at the 3/6, 6/12, or 1-2-2 tables..

This is their home away from home, and just want to have some social interaction.

Most of these from their generation isn't americanized, so they some feel more comfortable speaking with their own kind in their own language.