My criteria for judging a casino outside of Vegas or AC is this- Would I carve out time on a trip to re-visit a place or explore new adventures, in the case of Ocean's 11, I will be sure to add it to future plans. I was lucky enough to finish 4th on a single bullet. San Diego's home for Poker and More Please Gamble Responsibly. 3,855 likes 5 talking about this 15,274 were here. ( The exception to this is the 4/8 Omaha 8 or. Ocean's Eleven Casino, Oceanside, California. This is because, due to the geographic location of the room, tends to draw people who are relatively affluent. Pay structures was fair and payout waits short. There are lots of games and, more importantly, players on a plane as though the chips on the table was their rent money. Play was mixed as expected, but the variety of personalities lent to an already fun atmosphere.

May have been the early time, or I caught them short staffed, but I didn't see any.

My only complaint in that regard was the lack of massage staff. Staff kept the room well organized while breaking tables and color-ups and there seemed to be plenty of waitstaff attending to needs of all players. I very much enjoyed the play with a great mix of local pros, regulars and tourists. With about 12 tables to start and re-entry's, The money pool was very tidy. The tourney buy-in of $75 got you 10k in chips, but $50 and $10 add-on doubled that for a nice starting stack. I chose to play an hour of pineapple waiting for the 10am Sat deep stack to start. The place boasted a large and well run poker room- I was told 50 tables, comfortable chairs, fast well trained dealers, great food, and any poker variant you could want to play. It was a typically gorgeous California day, so of course I opted for the card room. On a recent trip to SoCal I had a free weekend and headed toward the beach off the 5 only to see the Ocean's 11 signs calling my name.

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