Costa Mesa / Irvine Area Card Rooms
 

I'm headed to Costa Mesa / Irvine tomorrow for business and I might have a free night. Where is my nearest decent room and do any of you play there?

Thanks!

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www.commercecasino.com

or, better yet, go here.

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I'm sure that the original poster has heard of The Commerce Club. It's about 40 miles from Costa Mesa. I think he was probably asking if there was anything closer.

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I'm sure that the original poster has heard of The Commerce Club. It's about 40 miles from Costa Mesa. I think he was probably asking if there was anything closer.

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No card rooms in the OC. Hawaiian Gardens may be closer but likely not enough to matter much. Or you could drive south to Oceans 11 (likely the furthest for you).

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I live in Irvine/Newport beach. Commerce is about 30-40 minutes from here (25 min late at night, probably 1 1/2 hours during rush hour). I asked about Hawaiian Gardens a few days ago, from the responses it sounds allright for lower limits. I think that may be a bit closer, but not much. If you do go to HG, post and let me know how it was, I'd like to head up there one of these days after work.

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I live in Irvine/Newport beach. Commerce is about 30-40 minutes from here (25 min late at night, probably 1 1/2 hours during rush hour). I asked about Hawaiian Gardens a few days ago, from the responses it sounds allright for lower limits. I think that may be a bit closer, but not much. If you do go to HG, post and let me know how it was, I'd like to head up there one of these days after work.

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If you are going to play, you might as well go to commerce. HG isn't much closer and commerce has the best selection of games / limits.

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Yeah, but I work in Huntington, and it's a pain to get over to the 5 from here. I think HG is just a few minutes up the freeway, off the 605.

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im irvine too. i go oceans.

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That's a nice drive. A buddy and I went up to HG last night....that was on fun. It seemed like everyone there hated being there, not a very fun/happy atmosphere. Left +$113 playing the 4/8 half kill game. Anyways, I think Commerce is the place to be.

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That's a nice drive. A buddy and I went up to HG last night....that was on fun. It seemed like everyone there hated being there, not a very fun/happy atmosphere. Left +$113 playing the 4/8 half kill game. Anyways, I think Commerce is the place to be.

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yea its a nice scenic drive to oceans. where you live bro?

wish i could go commerce but not 21. place sounds like a gold mine.

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That's a nice drive. A buddy and I went up to HG last night....that was on fun. It seemed like everyone there hated being there, not a very fun/happy atmosphere. Left +$113 playing the 4/8 half kill game. Anyways, I think Commerce is the place to be.

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Oceans 11 is 18+?

yea its a nice scenic drive to oceans. where you live bro?

wish i could go commerce but not 21. place sounds like a gold mine.

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I live in Irvine/Newport beach. Commerce is about 30-40 minutes from here (25 min late at night, probably 1 1/2 hours during rush hour). I asked about Hawaiian Gardens a few days ago, from the responses it sounds allright for lower limits. I think that may be a bit closer, but not much. If you do go to HG, post and let me know how it was, I'd like to head up there one of these days after work.

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Commerce is great but earlier tonight Hawaiian Gardens had three 20/40 holdem, one 40/80 holdem, and two 15/30 holdem games (although the 15/30's tend to break early). In NL they had about eight $100 fixed buys, three $300 fixed buys, and two $500 fixed buys. They had at least five 8/16 holdems. In smaller stakes they had a sea of tables - more than I could count.

Commerce is about twelve miles farther from Costa Mesa. During peak traffic it really is a big difference. The 605 south of Carson (the Hawaiian Gardens exit) is rarely crowded.

~ Rick

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yea its a nice scenic drive to oceans. where you live bro?

wish i could go commerce but not 21. place sounds like a gold mine.

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I'm right by UCI, on Newport Coast drive. Pretty nice area, the money around here is rediculous. I was following a Carrera GT on the way home from work the other day.

HG did have a heck of a lot of tables going. I thought it was all low limit - the biggest I saw was 4/8, but maybe I was in the wrong area for the bigger games. Their chips were a lot nicer than Commerce's - I hate those plastic feeling, round edged chips they've got (at least $1 chips).

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HG did have a heck of a lot of tables going. I thought it was all low limit - the biggest I saw was 4/8, but maybe I was in the wrong area for the bigger games.

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The bigger HG games are at the end of the casino "tent" near the bar (not inside the bar - they now put tiny no limit games there).

~ Rick

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My original reply was screwed up. Oceans 11 is 18+?

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That's a nice drive. A buddy and I went up to HG last night....that was on fun. It seemed like everyone there hated being there, not a very fun/happy atmosphere. Left +$113 playing the 4/8 half kill game. Anyways, I think Commerce is the place to be.

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Oceans 11 is 18+?

yea its a nice scenic drive to oceans. where you live bro?

wish i could go commerce but not 21. place sounds like a gold mine.

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My original reply was screwed up. Oceans 11 is 18+?

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That's a nice drive. A buddy and I went up to HG last night....that was on fun. It seemed like everyone there hated being there, not a very fun/happy atmosphere. Left +$113 playing the 4/8 half kill game. Anyways, I think Commerce is the place to be.

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Oceans 11 is 18+?

yea its a nice scenic drive to oceans. where you live bro?

wish i could go commerce but not 21. place sounds like a gold mine.

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no, oceans is 21 but you go through the backdoor and they don't care.

if you're not 21, don't be skurrred, just go and eneter through the backdoor. once you're in, no problems.

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yea its a nice scenic drive to oceans. where you live bro?

wish i could go commerce but not 21. place sounds like a gold mine.

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I'm right by UCI, on Newport Coast drive. Pretty nice area, the money around here is rediculous. I was following a Carrera GT on the way home from work the other day.



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ic, i have a friend that lives around that area. he lives in those houses behind uni high around turtle ridge. the view from his backyard is amazing, you can see most of the oc.

newport is the place to be, ill get mine in due time.

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the view from his backyard is amazing, you can see most of the oc.

newport is the place to be, ill get mine in due time.

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Word. I can't wait till my girlfriend graduates Vet school so we can "maybe" afford an apartment...haha.

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The closest card room is Hawaiian Gardens by far. Not a bad place to play, loose action, and food is great. They have a website with directions but I don't remember the url. Google it.

Good Luck,

Pepper

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HG has bigger games than 4/8. I think you were at the wrong board. It does not compare to commerce though. If you want a choice of middle limit games (9-18 and up) go to commerce.