California Grand Casino — Attraction in Concord

After the Upgrade a few Years back, it's MUCH much nicer than before... You no longer have to duck your head when walking around a place that seemed like they turned a house into a Card Room, LoL.. Not do you have to watch your step as there are none of those either, as there were at the last location (conveniently located across the street 50-Yards over... Hah) Anyways, NOW -- As CURRENT as it gets -- I'm a regular Card Room Frequenter, and The Grand is definitely one i come to the most..... No, it's not the best. No, it's not the biggest. And No, there are still your regular average Sharks lurking amongst the Tables waiting for the easy prey to come along dumping rack after rack....

So put it this way: Low-Limit (3/6, 4/8)is where you can probably have the most fun and not have to worry about the regular sharks looking to crush you with skills... Same goes for anything similar, like 6/12.. Omaha is hit or miss -- The same Ppl always play Omaha, so you get good players, but the game has so many options in order to win, specifically when playing "High-Low," that it's a lot of fun, even as a beginner...

Pretty much anything above that.... Meaning either of the No-Limits @ Blinds of 2-2-3, Min. $100, Max $300, is the only one you get a decent fair share of players of all levels in the higher stakes games... The only table where 2-2-3 has some Sharks and you may want to stay away if you're more of a Novice or just looking to have fun, is the "Main-Table." Which is funny because The Grand has rules like some places where it's a "Must-Move" when your time is up to switch tables... Although you can prob get away with giving it away if you don't say anything for a bit if you REALLY wanted, haha. Anything higher and you better know what you're doing... 2-3-5 "No-Limit" is a minimum of $200 Buy-in, and a Max of$500... But if you buy for less than approx. $360-380 - You will be bullied and pushed off plenty of hands where you were prob ahead or would have won. So don't be fooled...!!?!?!! Same goes for the Limit-Hold Em' 15/30 game... Stay away unless you know what you're doing. Playing it safe and guarded, the regulars will catch on pretty quick and anytime you're in a hand it raise them just fold.

Anyways -- Overall I do really enjoy this card room... • Food is good • Open 24-Hours • Never to long of a wait for all games (Max of about 40-45 mins, regardless of what time you go...) • Have a Jackpot opportunity, even though it's during odd hours only, at least they have one.. • Also have high hand Bonus, Royal Flush Bonus, and a nice variety of games to compliment the Bonuses • Bar has a good selection of drinks to choose from • Service isn't bad - A little Funky having a Cocktail Waitress who can ONLY get Drinks, while same goes for the Food Waitress ONLY ABLE to get you Food; But at least they bring it as quickly as possible • Staff is all nice, try to get to know you and remember names, which is always a plus anywhere...

The only BAD or NEGATIVE thing I have to say is their Rules Pertaining to 2-Items: 1= No Hoodies being worn... That's just dumb, sorry, I don't get it, like it, or see the point WHATSOEVER.. 2= NO PHONES at three tables: OK, a bit more understandable, but seriously...?!?? You're allowed to stand up at your seat and use it, as long as you're not sitting down or in a hand. When in a hand, face down on the tables rim --- Stupid! NO ONE CAN TEXT FAST ENOUGH TO CHEAT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM WHATSOEVER...!!!?!?

OK, THAT'S ALL.. HOPE THAT HELPS -- The Positives DEFINITELY outweigh the Negatives FOR-SURE, so go ahead and stop by next time you're around... Just keep any eye out for those sharks! They're easy to spot since they already talk amongst themselves and ask the dealer's greet them......

First I want to start off by saying I have never left a review for anywhere ever. I'm know as a holdem and black jack player that plays around I'm from Sacramento. New to the area thought I'd check this place out. I'm in a hand where guy raises I have A7 of spades first position call I call button is the raiser Flop is Q 6 6 two spades I push small stack likely 75 behind me button original raise identified as a strong player. pots about 60 bucks thinks and thinks cant make up his mind and first position that hasn't acted yet calls me out says I'm on a flush draw and he will be folding to call me after the guy thinks for a while finally calls killed my position against the raiser flush doesn't come and he had JJ likely folds with the player behind him . That's how my experience started they didn't do anything never talked to the guy dealer didn't even seem to care. I'm not the angry type was just dissapointed and I asked why did he talk him into it he laughed I let it go and moved on. Also bare in mind I'm not the type to start anything I have a family at Home and I work hard last thing I'm going to do is start anything because there more important things in life. Second I decide to cool off and watch some Paigow and baccarat thinking about possibly playing 15 minutes into watching they call me to the side and tell me usually they have a policy that if you aren't playing after you Lost we let you hang out for 15 minutes but then basically if your not gonna play more you have to leave and I was thinking about playing more but I simply told the gentleman calmly as I'm the type to never get upset that I've played card rooms everywhere use to be all the time before I had my family and now I get treated like this I would have to say that it's my worst experience ever of the 20 different card rooms I played at and honestly I'm shocked I'm even leaving a review because it's something I've never done but for my money with the way my hand was handle and the gentleman on the floor was I'll just drive the extra 30 minutes to cache creek they always treat me...

From the outside, this place looks halfway decent, but that is not the case once you go inside. The tables were crammed together and it was extremely overcrowded. There wasn’t a single area where I felt like I could sit and relax for a bit. I then hesitantly decided to sit at one of the sketchy and crowded blackjack tables. They were using a continuous shuffler, which heavily increases the house edge. A lot of casinos that use continuous shufflers, will at least pay 3 to 2 on blackjacks, but this place has the audacity to not only pay 6 to 5, but charge a collection on top of that. They were even using the jokers, which I know is raising the house edge to some degree as well. If you have the urge to burn your money, than this is the place to play blackjack.

I occasionally enjoy looking around for quality blackjack tables, and this place definitely is not it. Actually, this place might have the worst blackjack in the state of California. The baccarat tables were slightly cleaner and less crowded, but there are plenty of better places to play baccarat. Compared to this spot, Napa Valley is like a Vegas resort. Also, some homeless guy was let in and he started playing blackjack with his filthy hands. He smelled so bad, I had to leave the table shortly after. I thought casinos had some sort of dress code and hygiene policy, but this place clearly doesn’t give a...