Commerce Casino Poker Player Flow

11-05-2021 admin

Commerce Casino Poker Tournament
Commerce Casino Poker Room
Commerce Casino Poker Tournaments Schedule
Commerce Casino Poker
Commerce Casino

Tim Lavalli

Find the best tournament in town with our real-time list of all upcoming poker tournaments in the Los Angeles area, including Compton, Eastern LA, Gardena, Inglewood, and SE LA. Commerce isn't your typical casino filled with eye-burning cigarette smoke, slot machines, or all that extra glitz and glamour. This is THE absolute spot for any love of poker. There are a long list of games ranging from Texas Hold'em, Omaha, & even Chinese Poker whatever that is.

If you have never been in a California card room then the first experience of the Commerce Casino might just overwhelm you. If there is one word that describes the Commerce that word would be - Huge! Is the Commerce bigger than, say Foxwoods? No. Bigger than MGM Grand? No. However, this is a card room not a full fledged Vegas-style casino. There are no slot machines, no Keno room, and no Craps pit at the Commerce. There are, however, 160 poker tables, including over 100 spread out in the 'Big Room.' Imagine walking into typical tournament room of 100+ tables; well wait just how many tournament rooms can actually seat 1,000+ players for a tournament? The answer is one, the Amazon room at the Rio when it is set-up for the World Series of Poker. This room at the Commerce is 'permanent' and is not a just a tournament room; cash games are often being spread, especially on weekends.

On a recent Tuesday evening, I took a walk around the outside rim of the big room at the Commerce and pasted by the five different brush boards to check out the games. The room is so big that different games are assigned to different areas and each has its own sign-up board and floor staff. Around 7 o'clock this particular Tuesday evening the following games were up and running in the 'Big Room' at the Commerce.

Commerce Casino Poker Tournament

$3/$6 and $4/$8 Omaha 8 or better

$4/$8 Stud, $1/$2 Stud and $2/$4 Stud

$1/$2 Hold'em, $2/$4 Hold'em, $3/$6 and $4/$8 Hold'em, $9/$18 and $20/$40 Hold'em

$2/$3 NLHE $100 buy-in and $3/$5 NLHE $200 buy-in plus several $40 buy-in NLHE tables.

There were also interest lists for Razz and Pineapple but I was told these games generally only go on the weekends. For the games that were being spread, there were at least dozen $4/$8 Hold'em tables in action and any game with a full waiting list got a new table opened.

But wait, that's not all because this is the 'Low Limit' room at the Commerce. A short walk past the Pai Gow tables will take you to the 40+ tables in the 'High Limit' poker room of the Commerce Casino. Here you will find Chinese Poker at $100 or $200 a point; the 'regular' $400/$800 Hold'em game and Stud being spread at $200/$400. There are also combo games of Hold'em and Stud at both $100/$200 and $200/$400; lowball starts at $30/$60. Of course, any game at any limit can be requested and I am told several 'weekly' games convene on a regular basis at table stakes.

You often hear that the top three gambling sites in the USA are Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Tunica, Mississippi. That may be true if you are talking about casino floor square footage but when you talk only about poker, the list is quite different. Las Vegas remains the leader in terms of number of poker rooms and number of tables. The Commerce casino alone, however, has more tables in just one building than all of the Tunica poker rooms combined and just the three larger casinos in the LA basin (Commerce, Hollywood Park & The Bicycle) have more tables (405) than all of Atlantic City (303).

Los Angeles is the largest metropolitan area in the world that has legal 'brick & mortar' casinos or card rooms dealing poker. I will have reviews of many other poker rooms in greater LA in the near future but it goes without saying that the Queen of Poker in Los Angeles right now is the Commerce Casino.

Commerce Casino Poker Room

Commerce Casino

6131 East Telegraph Road

Commerce, CA 90040

PokerNews Staff

A Los Angeles area favorite, the Commerce Poker Series held at the Commerce Casino advertises as a low buy-in, big guarantee series — and that's exactly what it has offered this time around. The series that began on Aug. 31 has attracted many players from the area and beyond, but more importantly to most value-hunting players, it has also offered extra value in the form of some pretty massive overlays.

So far in the series, there have been multiple tournaments that have missed their lofty guarantees, resulting in nearly $20,000 added to various events' prize pools. With the biggest one right around the corner, the Commerce Poker Series Main Event seems like a can't-miss tournament.

The $1,100 Main Event Kicks Off

The $500,000 guaranteed Main Event running this weekend is by far the highlight of the series with its 30,000 starting stack, Big Blind ante structure and three starting flights for an $1,100 buy-in. The three flights kick off at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and those who make it to Day 2 will combine to play down to a winner on Sunday, Sept. 16.

While the $1,100 buy-in may be a bit steep for some bankrolls, Commerce offers players plenty of chances to get in for cheaper - at a price point of $175. You can check out the Main Event satellites in the schedule below.

Remaining Commerce Poker Series Schedule

Date	Time (PT)	Event	Buy-in
Thursday, Sept. 13	1 p.m.	$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 1A	$1,100
4 p.m.	Main Event Mega Satellite (10 Seats Guaranteed)	$175
8 p.m.	Main Event Mega Satellite (5 Seats Guaranteed)	$175
Friday, Sept. 14	1 p.m.	$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 1B	$1,100
4 p.m.	Main Event Mega Satellite (10 Seats Guaranteed)	$175
8 p.m.	Main Event Mega Satellite (10 Seats Guaranteed)	$175
Saturday, Sept. 15	1 p.m.	$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 1C	$1,100
5 p.m.	No Limit Hold'em Big Bounty ($500 Bounties)	$1,100
Sunday, Sept. 16	3 p.m.	$25,000 Guaranteed No Limit Hold'em Send Off Event	$175
1 p.m.	Main Event Day 2

As you can see, in addition to the Main Event, there's also an exciting Big Bounty tournament on Saturday, featuring $500 bounties, and a $175 Send Off event Sunday.

Commerce Casino Poker Tournaments Schedule

Whether you make it out to the Commerce for the friendly structures, the great tournament staff led by TD legend Matt Savage, the new tournament ballroom, or the potentially large overlays, the Main Event is sure to be a solid choice for poker players who venture to L.A. to play this weekend.