This casino is small, dim, and semi-depressing. Â Many of the employees are rude and/or nonchalant, and it's usually pretty crowded. Â The food seems to be cheap, so that's good, but when I walked into this place, it definitely didn't make me want to spend money. Â But hey, my ex won $28 after playing with a free $30 birthday card, so... maybe you should go?
Review Source:This place was horrible! Â I went for my 25th birthday, the outside was nice looking but inside was nothing special. The receptionist told us there was a deal if we sign up on their mailing list, print our confirmation (somewhere close by) and we get $30 for playing. we waited for an hour and a half before she realized we had to sign up for a different promotion. We didnt care after that point. There was not any slots, or other games except for cards. Â The area was dirty- I wanted to shower when I left. Not a fun trip
Review Source:I've been to Commerce, Hollywood Park, and Normandie. Â Hustler beats them all. Â I play no-limit poker. Â It has a classy vibe and there are nice televisions all around. Â The chairs are comfortable, the food is good, and the play is legit. Â That's pretty much all I'm looking for in a casino. Â The blinds are what they should be ($1-$3 at the $50-$100 table and $2-$5 at the $100-$300 table). Â The rake is no different than any other casino.
Review Source:*sings* "Slim don't kill my vibe."
I love the bar menu in the Blackjack Lounge--all the food is $3.75 ALL the time! Sure its a short selection of small plates, for that price who cares? The best on the menu for me is the cheeseburger and fries-- yes for $4!!! The bf digs the breaded shrimp. Lets be real, the food is straight unthawed and dropped in the deep fryer, but what can you expect for the price and it is a casino bar? :)
One huge drawback. There is this super cute, half naked waitress who is so NOT suited for the service industry. Maybe she is looking for a modeling gig by working at Hustler, Â because she has no intentions of being a greatt server. She wont check on you, Â she will get the order wrong-- all while looking good though!
I'm not going to let sucky service come in between me and $7 martinis!! See you next week Hustler Casino!
Don't let the name fool you... there are no naked ladies or porn stars running around... Yes, that is what I was expecting and that is the reason why I never played at this casino. Someone assured me that wasnt the case so I decided to go only after he promised we would leave if there were any porn stars laying around.
The place seemed very classy. Small, but vegas-y. The dealers are super nice, especially the female ones that always ask me what I'm doing play cards on a saturday night... What they dont know is that it's either casino... or video games.
I prefer the other casino that feeds you for free... this one is nice but a bit too far for me.
By far, this is the nicest of the Los Angeles card rooms. Great decor. Friendly staff (Especially in the tournament room).
Since it's called "Hustler," you might think that it's a bunch of strippers dealing, but you would be disappointed. Except for the pornos available in the gift shop, there's no inkling that the place is owned by Larry Flynt.
I rubbed one out the other day. A genie, that is -- from an old lamp I bought at a garage sale for two-fitty. But because of the shitty economy, I was only allowed to make one wish.
Me: I wanna win the lottery.
Genie: Granted.
Me: Nice.
Genie: In 50 yrs, one day before you die, you will win the lottery.
Me: Aw, shit.
Genie: What?
Me: That was a dumb wish.
Genie: Why?
Me: I should've just asked for like millions of instant dollars, take home.
Genie: You wanna change your wish?
Me: Can I do that?
Genie: Of course not.
Me: Then why'd you ask me, you corn hole?
Genie: Corn hole? You just lost your wish, buddy.
Me: Good! You can take that welfare wish and shove it up your ass!
Voice of Second Genie: Whoa, whoa, take it easy fellas.
From the lamp emerged a Second Genie.
Me: Who's this guy?
First Genie: Just another genie.
Second Genie: I'm his roommate.
First Genie: No, you're not. You're just crashing here 'cause you went through a foreclosure.
Second Genie: The bank took my lamp.
Me: Bummer.
Second Genie: Forget it. Listen, I hate to see a guy leave unhappy. Would you settle for twenty-six hundred bucks?
Me: Sure!
Second Genie: Done. If anybody asks, you went to the Blackjack Lounge at Hustler this past weekend and played lights out in that ridiculous no-bust 21 they got over there.
Me: Cool! Thanks, dude. (To First Genie) Do I still win the lottery in 50 years?
First Genie: Sure, what the hell.
You hear that, ladies? For like a day in the year 2062, you can sleep with a crusty old millionaire. But for now, you'll have to settle for a hot stud with an extra $2,600 in his pocket.
I'm a hustla baby!
I came here after work, Tuesday, after 6pm. Sick of traffic, I decided to stop by and play some blackjack
- Off the 101. Close to the freeway
- Horrible parking. You'll by lucky if you find a spot the first time around.
- Glamorous LA casino.
- No bust-black jack. Only 2 to 1 pay out would be if you get a 2 jokers. such a joke!
- Joker + any card is a natural 21.
- Even money blackjack
- Blackjack lounge: 6:5 blackjack
- Get $30 free when you sign up to play at the blackjack lounge. opens at 7pm
- Each $10 free chip, they collect $1.
- Reminds me of the pleasure pit at planet hollywood.
- Bathroom reminds me of a club. Butler handing me paper towels when I washed my hands.
- Tight security. Safe.
- Better than HG and Commerce casino. Normandie has 3:2 blackjack.
This is a really small but beautiful casino. The second floor is where blackjack is on.  We had a scratcher  for free play ranging from 10 to 200 dollars so we decide to stop there to test some luck.  Which was not a good idea.  They  made us make a card and than go to another line to scratch it to see what we got which all of us got 10 dollars..what a surprise!!!  In order to play we have to put a dollar in for the house, which was more annoying...So i came there and lost a dollar. Not fun at all.
Review Source:They don't let guys come in if they are not wearing any selves, but at least they give you a free t-shirt to wear and take home. Â This place was nice and the vibe was great; however, their minimum bets start out high, but I guess that's why their Pai Gow Progress Jackpot was $235K+ and their security was on point - they know your ever move.
Review Source:For years I've been going to Hollywood park when I had the itch to play a little poker but now I would MUCH rather come to the Hustler over HP. Â
Why? Â Because:
Its cleaner
Parking is better
WAY hotter cocktail waitress
People here aren't gambling with their rent/mortgage $
Its in a nicer neighborhood
Security personnel are friendly
More consistent action on the tables
It ain't as tight as "6 in the morning" but it's still uniquely Ice-T. <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DahitJjavTCM&s=99bcccd748968f45faf8ab5c326e53ade1444a537c14319d9f81f99030317058" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/w…</a>
"Hey, Mister. How you make your money?"
People often ask KC this question. KC and Ice-T have a remarkably similar Wikipedia page... both grew up in the tough Crenshaw section of LA, both are retired rappers lamenting the struggle of being black in LA and both married sexy broads with huge asses.
But the similarities end there. KC relies on a trust fund instead of the work that Ice-T lays down as an actor. So with all this free time and cash, what's a pimp to do? Gamble. KC prefers poker when he's in the Hustler Casino. And like Ice T, he's willing to die for his colors. But in KC's case, it ain't red or blue.
#green
My friend & i sit down upstairs in the blackjack tables where the HOT, cleavage showing dealers are. I put down $200 Â for a hand. I got two paint cards =20.
I am excited....dealers showing a 4. I am going to win, right?
she flips over a 5. next card 2, next card is a picture. LOL
That sums up the night.
Poker tables, chairs, casino decor and customer service here definitely blow the other LA area card rooms out of the water though.
Hustler Casino is almost nothing like the fine periodical, but once you get over that there's still much to enjoy. Â Highlights/lowlights of my visit included
- Lush, comforting decor
- Being sent to Table #69! Haha
- Pushy Korean woman (ikr?) trash-talking me at the showdown: "Whatcha gonna do now, pretty boy? huh? huh?" Â With a busted draw, in limit hold'em? Â I reckon I'll fold, lady..but thanks for the "pretty boy."
- Still came out with my wallet $3 fatter! and yes I spent it all in one place (Starbucks) cuz I'm a PIMP yo.
Vegas in Gardena...ok, maybe not BUT compared to other casinos in the surrounding area, this place is a gem. There are no slots, all tables and lots of regulars. The inside is pretty nice and clean, the bathrooms are cool, the food isn't bad, and the staff is friendly. I'm not much of a gambler but I don't mind popping in at Hustler for some poker or blackjack every once in a while...specially when they send me free money for being on their email list :) The Blackjack lounge is a bar/restaurant that shows sports games so if gambling is not your thing or you're taking a break, check this place out...located upstairs.
There is plenty of parking, can't miss this casino with all the bright/neon lights outside, it's located right off the 110 freeway near the 91 and 405.
Compared to all the other local casinos in the area, Hustlers, in terms of ambiance and interior, blows others out of the water.
If someone asked me: "What is one thing you remember from Hustler's Casino?"
Their bathrooms.... MAN... makes you feel like royalty!
As funny as it sounds, their bathrooms are beautiful!
The overall atmosphere at Hustlers has more of a Vegas feel to it. The patterned carpet, cushion walls, and chandeliers all give it the nostalgic Vegas charm others don't.
Like other Casinos like Normandie and Hollywood Park, there is a rake for some table games. You have to pay to play hands. (This is how they make their money).
The food offered by Hustlers is nothing extraordinary. Personally, I like Normandie's selection a bit better (my bias lies with Normandie's extensive offerings of Asian food). The food quality is comparable between the two places. Cocktails are not free!! This is not Vegas, so do not expect them to pay for your drinks. Red bulls are, however, free.
Try to go during the day. Not that there has been an incident at night, from what I remember, but the night tends to brings ominous spirits and questionable gamblers. Believe me, I've been to Hustlers both during the day and night, and the crowd is exactly night and day in like.
Whatever attracts you to this place, do yourself a favor and try their bathroom.
Compared to its neighbors in Inglewood (Hollywood Park) and The Bicycle Club (Bell Gardens)...Gardena does feel like Beverly Hills. Â Located in a well lit, busy intersection in the relatively safe city of Gardena...you won't have to fear walking to the lot of driving home (unlike the other two places).
That being said, this place is a bit small so during busy nights tables may be lacking. Â But it's rarely that busy here, to the point where you have to wait too long for a table. Â Parking is plentiful and it is located right of the 110 freeway exit and very close to the 91 and 405 freeways also. Â Inside it feels like a Vegas casino, with very clean and elegant decor and no funny smell. Â Its house restaurant serves pretty good food at reasonable prices. Â You'd probably want to just go up stairs and eat there...almost everyone who orders at the table have to wait forever or order multiple times it seems to get their food. Â The restaurant area is also a bar/theatre (called the Blackjack Lounge) and they show UFC fights here for free (when no fight, then the usual basketball or baseball games).
The waitresses here do not look like pornstars, contrary to popular belief although occasionally you may find a very attractive one. Â The players who play here are all regulars and for the most part they seem solid. Â But you should be able to find the one or two crazy ones at each table to pick off and double up against.
Games are very loose even at the 1/3 $50-100 NL that I usually play. Â This game and the 2-4 and 3-6 limit games are for you low ballers. Â Rake here is $4 + $1 jackpot so it's higher than the $3 or $4 rake games you'd find at the indian casinos and vegas. Â Nowadays they have many tournaments going so if cash games aren't your thing, you can find a tourney to play in with relatively good set-ups. Â
As for blackjack here...I've never played and probably never will. Â Reading the rules the California no bust blackjack seems to have been designed by the same folks to wrote the rules to football. Â So many complex situations and oddities, that those who are good at normal 21-blackjack would have fits playing this game. Â And the $1 per hand commission makes playing anything less than $50 betting hands a raw deal.
They also have Baccarat and Three Card Poker...but they don't attract much of a crowd. Â The weird rules on it makes it far more attractive to just drive 80 miles and play at Morongo or San Manuel.
But poker is the name of the game here and you will find good action here...in a good setting and ideally located. Â But if you want to find a bunch of degenerate drunk people who don't know what they are doing, go to Hollywood Park casino. Â This place attracts a lot of good players (asians who look like they play 10 hours a day) and depending on your style, could be a good or bad thing.
Stop reading this and go win some money (or not lose too much)!
Great Casino, even for those non-gambling types.
The inside of the Hustler Casino is so beautiful, and luxurious, you would have never guessed it was born out of a Girly magazine! They have lovely, plush upholstered walls, and the bathrooms are so clean; This place is definitely maintained very well.
As for the gambling, they have nearly everything except slots. I only play those, since everything else is beyond my level of intelligence. So, instead, I decided to spend my dough in the gift shop where they were having an amazing sale. I'm a girl, you can't pay us enough to stay away from a good sale!
If I lived closer, I would be back here regularly to bask in the ambiance, and come up with ideas for my next short story, or novel. Oddly enough, it's very peaceful.
I was here for a few hours in the tournie room. The floor managers were beyond nice and bent over backwards to get me accommodated.
Food was good and tasty- sweet potatoe fries Da BOMB. They were hot and I dug in too soon and gave out a meek lil "ouch" floor man asked me what was wrong- told him to hot- he quickly responded "would you like them cold? I can arrange for that" I started giggling at the sincerity behind his question.
I like the atmosphere of the place- feels more Vegas like and classy - like a real casino.
The players in the tournie area where tight and aggressive and pretty serious.
I'll be the hustler for their Thursday $7 k tournie another time. There were some friendlies there and it was refreshing to see so many good female players there out of the small amount of people in the tournament- they only had 4 or 5 table of tournie players- their blinds and antes are slow- so be ready for a LONG tournie
Oh yea players card gets you shorties at gift store- still have to find out with shorties are but makes since since I always see people with knick knacks at tournies at other casino. Really smart marketing by hustler actually.
It's not Las Vegas but it's probably the best Casino in LA county. The decor inside is marvelous! It's clean, professional looking and you feel welcomed. You see mostly poker tables but you have your fair share of blackjack, pai gow, etc.., The food and drinks are free if you play. Make sure to get the hot tea with honey and lemon. They make the dam thing pretty good!
What I don't like about the blackjack here is the $1 commission fee for every $100 bet. If you're like me and play $10-$25 bets, you're losing $1 every hand if you win or lose! Even the casinos up in Northern California are starting to eliminate that.
Fuck the DOJ for shutting down online poker in the US. Bunch of nazis! Now I have to drive to find action and play a game that if I were to live anywhere else in the world I can play from the convenience of my own home. Where's the logic, when I can drive five miles to play the fucking game that you just banned. Idiot.
Whatever, its clean, its decent...You can buy food and porn with your points. Way too many regulars. Evens out, I guess. Five stars for making sure I go out and get fresh air once a day, instead of being a degenerate home body.
This review is for POKER only at the Hustler.
Hustler Casino is the best choice in the LA area for many reasons: good mix of different poker garmes (limit, no-limit, tournaments), friendy service/people, competent dealers, clean atmosphere, good comps, and decent food** (and cheap for seated players).
They have limit hold 'em from $2/4 to $25/50 (which is the juiciest game here). Â No-limit games are $1/1 to $5/10, and tourneys are $50-$225 buy-ins held everyday of the week.
Playing poker for many years now, other LA casinos (Bicycle, Hollywood Park, Commerce, Hawaiian Gardens) don't even compare, save your trip to Vegas and play here.
**SHINSENGUMI, GARDENA BOWL, AZUMA, and EATALIAN are down the street if you're still hungry!
This is a weird casino. I played $1-3 No Limit Hold Em and the max buy in is $100!!! They only allow you to use $1 chips and if you win a lot you can only trade in for $100 chips. I have never played where they did not at least have $5 chips for a $1-2 game...
The rake is $5 no matter what and even if you chop a hand they take your $1 small blind regardless of what you do!!! That I thought was being greedy.
You have to buy your chips from a "chip runner' they will not give you anything at the table or cashier. The runners can be slow.
NO FREE ALCOHOL ON THE TABLES!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pros: Nice feel and atmosphere. THE DRINK GIRLS WERE BEAUTIFUL EVEN ON A SUNDAY NIGHT!
I cannot wait to go back to Vegas or AC where the girls might be uglier but the booze is free, the max buy in is $300 and they have every denomination of chips available.
What can I say? Once again, I had good time.
Sure it's not a real casino, but I'm getting paid. Call it what you want - Â skrilla, Â duckets, cash, moolah, greenbacks, bills, dead presidents, Â scratch, coin, change, paper, dinero...I gets all that...when I play here.
Oh, and to the hot Asian lady last night, you were playing blackjack and I noticed you long before I tapped in. You are beautiful!!!! Anyway, you suddenly puked right on the card table and the right arm of the player next to you. You ran to the restroom and your bet was still out there but we promptly returned it, taking you out of the hand. The gentleman you barfed on was grossed out, but not enough to back out of the hand. After all he did have $250 riding on it and it was a nice double down with my 6 up. He lost. We closed the game and I went home paid.
Hot Asian lady, I still couldn't help thinking about how beautiful you are, even after the digestive pyrotechnics episode. Call me.
My cousin first took me to this casino 2 years ago for my first live game of Texas Holdem. Â It was 2-4 limit game which was quite frustrating, but very fun. Â I knew the basics but after a few hours I figured it out and was able to leave with some money in my pocket. Â I have since graduated to playing no limit and more specifically enjoy the 100-300 dollar buyin game at Huster. Â
Hustler has a variety of Poker games running constantly with buy ins ranging as low as $20 all that way up to the big game where they play with $5000 chips. Â Besides Poker Hustler offers a variety of other games which include Blackjack, Pai Gow, Three Card Poker, and a few others. Â I primarily come here to play No Limit. Its a lively atmosphere with a friendly staff and really cute girls. Â The dealers are very helpful and keep things in order when it starts to get a bit out of hand.
The food is awesome and there are daily specials on food and drinks throughout the day. Â They also have daily no limit holdem tournaments with buyins ranging from $120-$220 dollars. If you're going to frequent this casino make sure to get a players card which tracks your playing time and rewards you with points that you can redeem for food or merchandise down the road. Â
All in all this is a great casino. Â Its run very well and is as close to a Vegas casino as you're going to bet in CA. Â Klimpt Reproductions adore the velvet walls, and everything from the carpet to the glass exudes a little bit of class. Â The tables are well kept, the seats are comfortable, and on occasion you will can find Phil Ivey playing 7 card stud with the big boys.
It's been a while since I've been here, but I love it! It's not a bad place to play blackjack, but yes...I wish there were more blackjack tables! Â It's a cool close place to also buy a HUSTLER SHIRT or some HUSTLER lengerie for your female over at their store inside of the casino.
Parking, customer service & security are not bad at all, plus this place is 24/7 hours.
The only thing that sucks is to me is that you get charged everytime you bet...but it's fun when you win!
Their restrooms are freakin awesome, clean & comfortable!
FUNNY, BUT TRUE...
one day, I went to play blackjack and right after I left, there was a SHOOTING! It was even on the freakin news! I honestly still like going here more than Normandie Casino.
There are 4 things that I hold dear to my heart: sushi, booze, gambling and men. Â All in that order. Â
I've had Sushi and also food from the other small dining restaurant and they were all pretty good. Â Casino food has to be somewhat decent since they hope to keep their players there instead of leave the premises. Â Bathroom is immaculate and luxurious and it's nice there's a gift shop so you can pick out some nice gifts for the significant other you left waiting for you because you were hot!
Crowd is your typical gamblers. Â Its located in Gardena, so you get the picture. Â .
I can't really fault this place for being a California cardroom. It seems unfair to deduct stars because they don't have things that are illegal. Yeah, they don't have craps or roulette or slots, but you have whatever Puritans wrote up the gaming laws for Los Angeles to thank for that, not Larry Flynt.
What I like about the Hustler is that it is a Los Angeles cardroom that actually tries. The interior looks like a Las Vegas casino. Yes, it's a bit gauche, but that's all part of the fun, isn't it? Contrast this with the Commerce, which just packs as many poker tables into a banquet room as possible.
The floormen and dealers are friendly enough, and the clientele is--for the most part--easygoing. I suppose my only complaints would be that the rake is a bit high and it is often quite difficult to find a server and order food. They also don't give you any sort of guidance as to how their players cards work.
Hustler Casino is Larry Flynt's Casino that offer poker, blackjack, 3 card poker, you know, the usual California City Casino Games. Â
No Slots
No Craps,
No cool games you'll find at Vegas or even Indian Casinos.
What you will find at Hustler Casino is a fun gamnling atmosphere where you can get happy hour drinks from 4-7 pm or lose a couple dollars in the process. Â Hustler Casino is a 24 hr. casino with 2 bars and an upstairs restaurant that opens in the evenings. Â If you like sports this can be a cool place to catch a game or two also. Â Warning do not spend to much here because you get charged everytime you bet a hand.
Dear Larry Flynt,
When I first went to your casino, I was looking for something a bit more risque. Â You are the publisher of a well known erotic magazine and a pioneer of sorts. Â I was hoping you would take some of that pioneer spirit and chutzpah and put it in this casino.
Dude, Larry, you let me down. Â This casino sucks. Â This place is nothing more than a oversized card room. Â
I was expecting hot chicks serving drinks and equally hot dealers. Â Larry, this is LA. Â You can find hot chicks anywhere in this city (and on Yelp for that matter) to work at your divey place. Â That name of yours doesn't carry the same weight it used to, but you can still try to recapture that magic and bring a good product to the marketplace.
Some advice Mr. Flynt.....take a trip to Vegas, go to the Playboy Club and take some notes.
Sincerely,
Carlos
Good place to get cash. Â Lots of loose players at the $3-$6 table and at the $50 No Limit.
Get a good hand and you could be walking away with about $400 in just a couple of hours play.
I bring about $50-$100 and play conservatively and win about $300-$500 in a couple of hours. Â I play $3-$6, $4-$8 and No Limit, anything too high and you'll find the rich player are more loose that the poor and they don't care if they give you their money because they will win it back on a draw on the next hand.
Sometimes I don't want to drive FOREVER to get my Blackjack fix. So, Hustler is a good alternative...
The first time I went I got a little freaked out at its location. When you get off the freeway and there's a sign for Compton... it just feels like you're in a rap video from 1990. But me being the crazy gambling addict I am, it doesn't phase me! I want to lose my money, dammit! Thankfully, the casino is just a quick right off the freeway and about block down. The parking lot freaked me out though. Like, a lot. Dark and scary... reaaalllyyyy sccarrrryyyy.
So did the clientele. It's a mixed bag. There are wannabe thugs sitting next to burned out addicts (like me... ya know...) sitting next to old asian guys next to druuuuunk frat boys and their drunker girlfriends. It is mostly men who go there, however, so the majority of my drinks were paid for. Thankyaverymuch.
Like other California casinos, they play a weird blackjack.. with weird rules and weird jackpot things... Â I hate that dealer chip or whatever, I just... don't... get it... so it annoys me. AND you have to pay a dollar a hand on top of your bet just to play. argh.
They also have a small outdoor area with table games if you want to smoke and play at the same time.
I lost here. I get bitter about losing. Really bitter. Though, a lot of other people lost here too... so, it makes me a little freaked out about going back any time soon... Â I get that "this casino is totally ripping me off" feeling. Â That's not good for the gambling mojo.
I have no idea about the food... or any other part of the casino. It's small. I didn't get up from the Blackjack table except to go to the bathroom... I'm that hardcore.
At least it doesn't have the florescent lights like Commerce though... Thank GOD for that.
Hustler casino!?! Â Is this the place where hustler "models" go at the twilight of their careers?!?! Â The placards seem to suggest this but let me assure you the dealers are NOT ex-hustlettes. Â I CHECKED. Â BELIEVE ME.
This is a small casino with a restaurant upstairs. Â The restaurant is basically the only place where you can eat (other than the snack bar, which serves sushi so bonus points for that). Â The restaurant is perfect for that 6-10 dollar diner meal you need before spending the X amount of hours necessary to get a good card game going.
The people are also fun. Â It's in gardena (so there are asians here, but there are always asians at casinos anyway, right) and it's near Compton and Inglewood, so there are a good amount of wanna-be hustlers and pimps out here. Â Everyone's pretty talkative and friendly. Â In particular, there were these couple of dudes who had a comment on everything - the lakers, the pats/chargers game, the australian open and most importantly, the size of serena's ass - and they would scream "COCKTAILS" every single time they saw a lady with booty (enough for it to be funny but not enough for it to be distracting). Â
I would not go out of my way to come here, especially since there are more fish to fry at commerce.
On the outside, this casino looks like a reject from a bad 70s porn movie. Â And, well, the inside isn't much different. Â But, thanks to a nice remodeling job done in the last couple of years, the schtiky porn feel you get when you walk in the door (velvet walls help out) quickly disapates. Â It was a rather small casino when compared to the Bike or Commerce, but again, thanks to the remodeling, another poker room has been added. Â The food is good, not excellent, but who's complaining when you're paying $2 for a seated players' special? Â
TIPs:
If you go on Sunday afternoons, you might catch Larry's BIG GAME. Â Pros like Ivey, Forrest, Brunson, Hellmuth, Xiang, Greenstein, etc., file in, obscene amount of money in hand, to play with Larry Flynt. Â Its their own little version of a house game, except w/o the nickles & dimes. Â
Also, if you plan on frequenting the joint, sign up for a player's card. Â You get mad food comps for every hour you play.
This is definitely one of the classiest casinos in LA. Â It's got a Las Vegas poshness feel to it. Â At least on the inside. Â The outside is kind of bland unless you're driving into the valet lot. Â You would expect a club associated with a skin rag would reflect that fact. Â It doesn't. Â I read an article about Larry Flint in CardPlayer magazine and he's always been a fan of poker and wanted a club. Â So he put a lot of effort into making this a class act place. Â He succeeded. Â
The only hint of the magazine is that the chips have head shots of hotties. Â The decorations are very nice and it has high ceilings and a lot of space between tables so you'll never feel claustrophobic. Â The tables are really nice. Â The seem brand new as does the carpet. Â Oddly the cards are generic, they don't have a HC logo on them or anything. Â
As far as driving there. Take Interstate 110 and get off at Redondo Beach Blvd, and go west (right if you were South bound, left if NB). Â You'll see the casino as you approach Gardena city limits which is the RR tracks. Â I would recommend turning left onto Vermont on the other side of the tracks, coming from I-110 it's hard to turn into the parking from Redondo Beach. Â
Parking. Â I can't believe this parking lot doesn't fill up. Â I went on a Sunday afternoon and it was 70% full, can't believe it doesn't fill up Fri/Sat night. Â
So I play low stakes Limit Hold'em so I can comment on the 2-4 games. Â They had two tables going, but I think it was the lowest stakes LHE games. Â I didn't see any 1-2. Â One thing that really threw me for a loop, they only have one big blind, no small blind. Â I've never heard of it before but apparently it's common in Vegas. Â Unfortunately they have a higher rake than most LA card clubs. Â $3 for the house and $1 for the Jackpot. Â
As far as No Limit goes they have $50 buy as they're low stakes. Â That's the min and max, and it's got 1-2 blinds. Â This place seems to cater to the high limit players. Â I heard a lot of calling of players for the $3-6 Kill and high games. Â
I didn't realize how quick it was to get to from the free way, I might stop by more often now. Â I just don't like the high house rake. Â That extra dollar adds up fast.
Edit 08/17/07: Â I just knocked off a star. Â After going a second time I realized how crowded it gets when it's busy, and how few actual poker tables they have. Â The majority of the floor space is taken up with no-bust blackjack and pai-gow tables. Â Also, they don't have very many $2-4 LHE tables, so my wait is longer than at most places.
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