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Bay 101 Casino is a card room located in San Jose, California. It’s situated near the San Francisco Bay and provides some of the best poker tournaments and Cal games in Northern California. Below, we provide detailed information about this card room in case you want to visit. Poker Room Fact Table. Presentation of the Bay 101 Casino San Jose. The pleasant, hacienda-like building of the Bay 101 Casino stands north of San Jose. As it is in essence a card room, you will not see any slot machines or electronic terminals displayed here, but rather an offer centered on card gaming. Find out what's popular at Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, CA in real-time and see activity.
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — Work was underway Wednesday at San Jose’s two cardrooms, Bay 101 and Casino M8trix, to prepare for outdoor operations.
At Bay 101, crews were seen erecting a large, white vinyl tent directly adjacent to the main building, to house dozens of playing tables with clear plastic partitions. Electricians spent the day wiring multiple surveillance cameras above.
At Casino M8trix, also underneath a white tent, the carpeted flooring was illuminated by chandelier lights above. The length of the tent was estimated to be at least half the length of a football field.
The State of California has issued industry-specific guidelines for reopening during the coronavirus pandemic, including:
“If there is a safe legal way for them to operate outdoors, that’s a no brainer. Absolutely,” said Raul Peralez, San Jose City Councilmember.
Because of the lockdown, San Jose has been unable to collect millions of dollars in tax revenue from the two cardrooms, and 700 employees have been laid off, according to Peralez.
“I don’t think anybody can argue that somehow that would be an essential operation that you want people to engage in. It’s not about that. It’s about the jobs, bringing back those jobs. It’s about bringing back that tax revenue for the city,” said Peralez. “And quite frankly, if it was not allowed by the state, If there wasn’t a legal, safe way to do this, we wouldn’t do it, we wouldn’t ask for it.”
Johnny Heshmati, a longtime customer, has been gambling online since the lockdown. Heshmati is looking forward to playing under the new health orders.
“I think it will add a different dynamic, right? But like everything else in the world, you know we’re we’re adapting with it,” said Heshmati. “I think it’s becoming the norm now so I don’t see it really throwing a damper on the experience or affecting things. I think you know, it’ll be just fine.”
Casino M8trix hopes to be open by the week of September 7. Bay 101 says it is pushing to pass inspections and reopen by the end of this week.
Rake the $1 on chop blinds pots, with a 7 dollar rake on the flop. There is a shuffle machine used and dealers don't cut cards, they grab and go, if the hand shuffle they might cut. Seen Consistent errors from several dealers. Multiple chips denominations. $5 chips are yellow, $100 chips are a vanilla white, $1 chips are blue, $2 chip is green and a $3 chip is turquoise color. Dealers carry their chip tray from table to table which, they drop $6 and keep a dollar in tray. No promotions that I noticed. The Floor will take a regular players side of a situation before the dealers or other players. Seen a situation of a disorderly player handle very poorly by the Floor managements, putting player in a choke hold while waiting on security. And it took quit amount of time before security arrived for a small single level Casino. Players speak poorly of the Casino across the road called Ma8trix I believe, the called it the dungeon. They both are close to Airport while waiting for a flight. Actions is Live despite the heavy rake. Didn't order any beverages or as the house calls it 'Service', you can eat food at the table, didn't see any message service and tables are crowded together.