Both Bay 101 and Casino M8trix have their indoor poker rooms back up and running as of April 9. Santa Clara County currently allows cardrooms to operate indoor facilities at 25% capacity. Santa Clara County incorporates San Jose, which includes the following pair of major poker rooms:īoth poker venues sit just minutes from San Jose International Airport, making them popular destinations for players across the state. Here’s a look at where a few of California’s major live poker hubs stand in relation to permitted indoor gaming operations: Santa Clara County Much of California now sits in pandemic tiers that allow for the reopening of indoor cardrooms. The Bicycle Casino, Commerce Casino, and The Gardens all reopened their indoor rooms after months of running all games in large outdoor tented areas. That move into a less-restrictive COVID-19 tier prompted some of the world’s biggest poker rooms to get back to indoor business. Los Angeles County moved into the “Orange Tier” on April 5, which allowed local cardrooms to reopen at 25% capacity. Monday marked at least a partial return to normalcy for Los Angeles cardrooms. Counties across the state move into less restrictive COVID-19 tiers
