Best place to live in the US that has a cardroom?

Where would you consider the best place in the US to live that has a poker room? Not in terms of the games as much as the crime rate, cost of living, quality of life, ect. Thanks.

montana, washington, northern cal.

Quality of life, Montana, particularly if you fish and hunt. My second choice would be northern cal, north of Garberville. I haven't been there since the 80's so that might have changed. Had some fun on the coast of Oregon also.


Games in the small towns of Montana tend to be low limit.

Scottsdale. Also, parts of LA.

Speaking as someone who doesn't smoke, I can't allow Washington to be on the list. While Washington is a great place to live and I love it here, living in Washington with the intent to play poker in a card room on a frequent basis is not kind to your lungs or long term health.

I heard its nice there with all the mountains, and I heard the action is good, but have never been. Just wondering what anybody thought of it?


Ryan

well there is two casinos in oregon thats non smoking. plus you can live in northern wash. and go to vancover and thats non smoking. but i have to agree with you. if i was to be a full time player at any level and didnt like to smoke i would certainly live in california.

ive lived there and loved it. it is one of the best places to live but they over cater to smokers and that will end up killing you and them.

Ray,


That is pretty much an absolute statement. I believe being a Pro poker player sitting down for 40 hours a week (or more) with little excercise is more harmful to your health than smoking. At least I must walk around most places to smoke and get some excercise.

im not sure its worse than smoking. ive had so many of my long time friends die recently as they are (were) in their 50's and 60's from cancer from smoking that i cant believe anyone would still do that.

plus who says thats all you so in life is play poker. there is so much more.

I visit Reno four times a year for blackjack and freeroll slot tourneys and poker tourneys. The cardrooms are mostly low stakes to $4-$8. The only regular 10-20 and 15-30 game is at the Peppermill. Usually a tough local lineup. Elderado spreads no limit Friday and Saturday night. My summation is that Reno has great quality of life but the poker action is not good for the 10-20 or higher player .

The Twin Cities frequently get cited as being a nice place to live (at least that's what they say on the local news), and we have a nice, relatively smoke-free cardroom nearby. As for Canterbury Card Club itself, people find things to bitch about, but it's a pretty nice place to play. If you don't like cold weather, though, look elsewhere.

Good to know about the action and all. I was seriously considering a visit there w/ the intention of looking for a place. Thought the action would be better, with weaker players than Vegas. Maybe I'll just visit to visit.


Ryan

You didn't say how high you want to play so I'm I'm assuming small limit (up to $8-$16--some $20-$40). Based on that San Diego is best. Five poker rooms, all non smoking. Good weather. Nice people. Ocean. etc.

Any chance you could follow up on this post with a little more detail? I'm actually going to be moving to San Diego next month, I knew there was poker nearby but didn't realize there were so many rooms in the area. Anything you think I might want to know would be appreciated /images/smile.gif. I play in the 5-10 to 10-20 range generally, though I'll be lookin to move up as the bankroll grows.


(I know one thing, it'll sure beat the heck out of the hour and a half drive i take from Boston to Foxwoods every weekend currently).

bring sunglasses as it shines all the time there.

and bring a small bag to put your eyeballs in when they pop out of your head when you go down to the beach.


be ready as you will be asked ten times a day if you are from bosten when they here your accent.


get used to lousy pizza.

Oceans 11 in Oceanside is the place to play poker ni the SD area, IMO. Very clean, well run room, outstanding food. Many games, you would like the 9-18 with a kill. Also spread 20-40 and a pot limit game. I recommend the 9-18 kill game, good action and sometimes there can be a tough line up but there will also be one or two fishes in the game.

Ray, how can you recommend Nor Cal? It has one of the highest costs of living anywhere (I know, I lived in the Bay Area for 6 1/2 years). Yes, there are good poker rooms with a lot of action and the Bay Area is one of the most beautiful places to live, but its crowded and as I said, cost of living is very high. Just try to buy a decent house there.

nor. cal. also has the best games ive ever seen over a broad spectrum. cost of living is high but i am not talking about buying a house in los gatos. a person can rent and other costs are close to the same as anywhere if you live modestly. but that is just the bay area. other areas of nor.cal are nice as well.

As you can see my name is sdplayer, the answer is San Diego.

Quality of life? How can you beat San Diego's weather.


Oceans 11, Viejas and Sycuan, plus Pechanga and I believe Rincon will soon have games too.

There are also multiple tourneys every day.

I like Limit Hold Em and can play 3 weeknights and both weekend days if I want.


Oh wait, we don't want more people living here...nevermind.

The best poker action in the world is, without a doubt, in Los Angeles, California.


The action is also excellent in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Las Vegas, Nevada.


But of these three regions, quality of life is in my opinion vastly greater in the Bay Area than in the other two. LA barely edges out Vegas here.


Bay Area is, unfortunately, the most expensive of the three (Vegas wins here, I think). I don't know how Vegas is for crime; but I live in Oakland, one of the scariest parts of the Bay Area, and I feel safer here than I ever did living in L.A.


Seattle, Washington, is just about as good a place to live as the Bay Area; the trouble is that the poker action just isn't as good.