Oceanview Casino — Local services in Santa Cruz

A nice, friendly small cardroom offering 3 tables of poker and 2 of blackjack, although one of each is normally closed.) The poker cash game they spread most often is $3-100 spread limit Texas hold'em, $2-3 blinds. Buyin is $40-300. Typical crowd is a good mix of regs and visitors, and play is on the loose side. I've never seen any problem with any of the dealers, who all know what they're doing. The only trouble is that there sometimes aren't enough players around to get a good game going. The only thing you'll want to be careful of is that, since it's the only public game in town, a number of the regs are playing well below their normal level and are much better than you'd expect for these stakes

Blackjack is by California rules, with a corporate bank. They also offer a dealer bust bet, with increasing odds depending on the number of cards dealt to the house.

There's no bar and no food service, but they do have complementary soft drinks and snacks for players, take-out is available from nearby restaurants, and a bar is...

People were really laid back very welcoming. As any poker game I was hanging on to my seat. Room definitely needs some upgrading.. looks like an old used carpet building if you will. But it didn't smell. I live about 3 hours away. But I would definitely take the drive just to go back there. Like I said if not for the welcoming people I don't think I would have stayed as long as I did. If anyone reads this that was there thank you for being so sweet to my mom and I. We hope to see...

Absolutely , without even anyone even in the same realm, THE WORST card room is n the entire state. I’ve been to at least 50, cannot believe this place is even allowed To be open. Place opens at 3 pm, game starts at 5pm. Shilled together with employees and randoms. First big pot a player wins, they cash out and break the game. This room is run by clowns, for clowns. Dope fiends sleep right outside the front...