

In for $300, out for $1,099 in a favorable $2/$3 NL session at Seven Mile Casino. My first few sessions at Seven Mile went very well, however, diverting my attention to chip stack photography instead. The current setup at Seven Mile Casino sees the entire operation moved into massive open-air tent, and I’ve been meaning to snap a good photo that shows the outdoor poker room. I’ve seen San Diego poker vlogging legend Johnnie “Vibes” Moreno play at Seven Mile in several episodes of his vlog. The Chula Vista, California, cardroom stands as the closest poker venue to my place, and I can get there in about 10 minutes if traffic conditions are right. My first foray back into San Diego live poker involved a trip to Seven Mile Casino. That always stuck with me over the next few months, and with that in mind in February I decided it was time to get out there and experience the San Diego live poker scene. I thought Ocean’s Eleven did about as good of job as could possibly be expected with its sanitation protocols. My only trip to a live poker room in the previous year came last July, when I checked out Ocean’s Eleven Casino, a short drive north from my San Diego home. After 11 months of the COVID-19 era, I found myself just wanting to get out and do something in my free time. Especially with so many live poker venues around the country shuttered for the majority of 2020, most people turned to the online realm to scratch their poker itch.īy February 2021 I had had enough though. I imagine the same is true of folks in the Garden State who enjoy poker at all licensed online casinos in NJ. Not exactly Doug Polk stakes or anything like that, but poker study and play became my main hobby.

Thanks to an Upswing Poker Lab subscription and a general immersion into the game over the past three years, I got to a point where I could generate a decent win rate at 50NL online. I had played around 99 percent of my lifetime hours at the poker table online, up until around two months ago. I might not ever go back to online cash game streets again.
