Commerce Casino

So I made it to Commerce last night. It's as big as I've been told. Seemed as big as a medium size Vegas casino, with almost all of it dedicated to poker! I played 40/80 for about 4 hours and took a 1k loss. Battled my way back after being down 2 racks. Big, noisy, dirty were my first impressions of the place. Game selection was finally available as when I was there on a Wednesday night, there was 5 40/80 games running and 2 60/120 games going, along with a 100/200 game.

Nothing extraordinary in terms of players. I saw some tight play, but for the most part, the table was loose and not too aggressive. Lots of players, playing any two suited, any two paint. Lots of people cold-calling 2 or 3 bets with hands that should have hit the muck. Only two real "bad" beats I took. I called a raise out of the big blind with A5c, 4 way action. Flop comes 2c 4c rag. Ends up capped on the flop. Turn is a rag, called all around. River is a red queen. I check-fold the river. Pre-flop raiser, and river bettor had KQc, for a rivered top-pair that took it down! Come on club! For sure I get 2, maybe even 3 bets out of her! Other beat I took, I ended up chopping the pot. I raise UTG with pocket kings. Get called by the small blind with AQo. Flop comes 6 7 9. check-bet-call. Turn comes an 8. check-check. River 5. Check-check. Bad flop call by her, but with the way she was playing all night it was not totally unexpected by me. I just wish she would have rivered a pair, instead of a chop. Lots of women playing at my table. At one time, I think we had 5 women and 4 men playing. Highly unusual for me. At Oceans-11, at most there's usually only one or two women in the game.

While I was checking the place out, I saw Tuan Le playing a 400/800 mixed game. In real life, he's much buffer and more ripped than you see on TV. Didn't really stick around to see how he was doing. Other than that I didn't run into any other "famous" poker players, nor anyone I know from San Diego.

All in all, I would say Commerce was just okay. If I happened to be in the area, had some bankroll and free time, I might stop in and play. Don't think I'd make a special trip for Commerce.