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I often get acquaintances who visit Portland and ask me for recommendations of where to play poker in Portland, so I thought I’d write a short post about what poker games are running in the Portland area, and give an update on the new “players are required to deal” rules. If anyone spots any wrong info in this or wants to give me some info to add, use the Contact form to let me know; thanks!
On Oct 28, 2017, a Saturday night, at 7pm, I called around to the main poker spots in the area, asking what games were running, and this is what I found:
Last Frontier casino, in La Center, Washington
Games: $4-8 Limit Hold’em, $4-8 Omaha Hi-Lo
Portland Meadows, in North Portland
Games: $1-2 NLHE, $1-2 Big O, a $45 tournament that started at 7pm
The Game, in SW Portland
Games: two $1-2 NLHE tables, with report they had sometimes been getting a $2-5 game later in evening
Final Table, in east Portland
Games: two $1-2 NLHE tables, and a $50 buy-in 7pm tournament
Spirit Mountain, in Grande Ronde, Oregon (1 hr away from Portland)
Games: $3-6 Limit Hold’em, $1-2 NLHE, $2-5 NLHE (full table)
Claudia’s Sports Pub, in SE Portland
Games: $0.50-$.50 NLHE
Seems like $2-5 is only spread intermittently these days. There was fairly recently even a good regular $5-10 game, but from what I’ve heard most of the $5-10 action has moved into private invite-only games.
PokerNews had an article from Sept 2017 with a good look at what the Portland poker scene is currently like. And I just talked to a local dealer, asking about the new rule that says that dealers must be players. She said that the scene is still mostly as it has been, with set dealers throughout the games. The only difference is that in order to deal, the player must first play in the game themselves, so the dealers just play in the games for a few minutes and then become the designated dealer for the rest of the time they spend dealing. The dealer told me, “No one is forced to deal, but if you want to deal, you are allowed to.”
Oregon Poker Club is OPEN.
Tournaments - STADIUMS
Saturday 4:00PM $30 Buyin with $30 LIVE rebuy
10K starting chips 3 tables 7 handed
masks must be worn, sanitize hands and be respectful
Pokeritto Portland
Sunday 4:00PM $40 Buyin $30 Prize pool $10 Bounty
15k starting chips FREEZEOUT
CASH-
7 Handed Stadiums
Portland Poker Meadows
5 Handed - Rialto and Kit Kat
Oregon poker club strives to offer a fun, social and affordable environment to enjoy social gaming. We are located in bars and as such we have music playing in the back ground, sports on the TVs and noise from the patrons. This is a social environment and not a Vegas style card room. There is drinking, laughing and load voices at times. We were formed as a mutual benefit club with a focus on fun and socializing. Our table captains are players and as such act like players. We adhere to the rules of poker (TDA) but we do offer warnings and learning instruction on etiquette. We are not casino strict but we do follow TDA rules with a few house rules. You will not hear the shuffling of chips here. You will probably hear 80s rock, laughter and table banter. We are a laid back and social gaming club.
Oregon poker club is a social gaming club. In the state of Oregon social gaming is against the law unless a city, county or municipality has passed an ordinance to make it legal.The club was formed in 2010 and based at Claudia's bar and grill. The club was formed to provide a place where members could meet to play, socialize and enjoy social gaming in all of its forms. The other purpose of the club is to make these games as affordable as possible as to maintain the social and entertainment value of the experience. We offer multiple table tournaments and equity cash one table tournaments 7 days week. The buy-ins on the multiple table tournaments range from $10 to $40 and for the single table equity cash events it ranges from $1 to $100.
Portland Meadows Casino
In 2018 we changed our corporate classification to a non-profit mutual benefit club. That means that we are members and member guest only and we are 100% funded by member facility fees. In order to maintain our goal of affordability we have a small $5 a day facility fees (compare that to $15 at other for profit clubs) and if you use the facilities often you might consider the $50 a month fee which gives you access to facilities for the entire calendar month. The fees are used to pay for cleaning, insurance, cards, tables, chairs, upkeep and payroll. In order to keep the fees as low as possible we keep payroll and rent to a minimum.
In order to keep these expenses to a minimum we find locations that allow us to use the facilities at no cost or a nominal fee. The facilities we use benefit from our club members being there with food and drink purchases as well as video lottery and off track racing income. It is a good relationship and benefits both the club and the local business. The other aspect of keeping facility fees low is keeping labor at a minimum. The only payroll expense is the tournament director. The tables are ran entirely by players (table captains). The table captains offer a valuable benefit to the club as they help make the experience for all members run more smooth.
It is important tounderstand that table captains are players and as such they can act like any other player. The table captains are educated in the rules of poker (TDA) and help move action on the table. All tables are self dealt tables, but if on your button you choose not to deal AND the table captain agrees, they can deal for you. You always can shuffle, cut, deal or ask any player at the table to deal for you. It is entirely your option. If that player does not want to deal they are not required to (that includes the table captain). Also, in the one table equity events those are entirely player run. The table captain is entirely in charge of the table. They sell the chips, they cash out the chips and run the table ( this includes not allowing disruptive players on their table). The only restriction on the table captain is the amount of chips allowed on the table due to city of Portland rules and regulations.