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Originally Posted by cfreaks
Anyone know if there is still O8 going at Lucky Chances in San Francisco? Will be there next week for work and I don't see it listed on Bravo
Yes, it is still going. The only Bay Area card room on Bravo is Graton Casino, and that's in Sonoma County, 45 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Lucky Chances (which is in Colma, actually) has both $4/$8 (with a half kill) and, as of about 3 months ago, $6/$12 (with a third kill) Omaha games. The best night to play there might be Tuesday, because they double their Omaha jackpot from noon Tuesday to noon Wednesday. I played there twice about a month ago, and they had two games going at each stake—that's four Omaha games running at once—on two consecutive Tuesday nights. I'm pretty sure you'll find at least one of those games running 7 days/week.
LC has a ton of promotions, several of which apply to the Omaha games as well: rack attacks (during designated hours) and high hand bonuses for royal flushes, straight flushes, quads, and even Aces full of Kings (also during designated hours, expect royal flushes, which get paid all the time). If I recall correctly, the drop is $4 + $3, so you do pay for those promotions.
In my experience, the $4/$8 game is too tight-passive for anyone to beat the rake in the long term; everyone's just playing for the jackpot and other bonuses. But the $6/$12 game has more action.
If you find yourself in the East Bay, I really recommend the Omaha game at the Oaks, in Emeryville. It's $6/$12 (with a third kill), but they seat 10 players, and the small blind is two chips rather than one. Both these factors, along with the general looseness of the player pool there, lead to 6-8 players seeing every flop, regardless of whether it's for one bet or two or four. The average pot size at the Oaks is at least 50% larger than what it is at the same stakes at LC. The Oaks' game goes 7 days/week, starting at 10:30 am on weekdays and sometime around noon or 1 pm on weekends. If there are enough names on the list, they'll start a second game, and you can sign up over the phone an hour in advance.
If you find yourself in Marin on a Wednesday night, there's now a weekly $6/$12 (with a
full kill) Omaha game at a three-table card room in San Rafael called Pete's 881 Club. The game starts at 7 pm and runs until it breaks or 2 am, when the room closes. The players are a mix of solid regs from the Oaks (several of whom live in Marin) and clueless newbies who normally play NLHE at Pete's.
In the South Bay, Bay 101 in San Jose has both $8/$16 (with a half kill) 7 days/week and $20/$40 (with a half kill) on Tuesdays and Sundays.
Good luck!
Last edited by agamblerthen; 03-05-2019 at 12:54 AM.