Best Bet Jacksonville Poker Room
Phone: (904) 646-0001 Minimum Age: 18 Poker Tables: 70 Tables Hours: Sun-Thurs: 10am-4am; Fri-Sat: 24 hours. Poker rooms make their money with the rake, and for the poker rooms in Florida, that's 10 percent of each pot with a maximum of $5. For the 2013-14 fiscal year, Bestbet Jacksonville's rake was $15. Poker Events at bestbet Jacksonville, Jacksonville. Future Events: 632. Past Events: 431,620. Poker Rooms: 2,099.
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For the third consecutive year, the bestbet Winter Open will take start in January to kick off the new year. The 12-event series from January 17 – 26 with a $200,000 guarantee $1,100 main event will take place at their Jacksonville location, the largest poker room in Florida.
This tournament features events for everyone ranging from No Limit Hold’em, Stud 8, 8-Omaha “MIX”, Iron Man, Big O 8-PLO High “MIX”, turbos, and more with buy-ins ranging from $150 to the $1,100 Main Event. The $360 opener with a $100,000 guarantee will start the series on January 17 – 18th with four starting flights.
Satellites Up and Running
Multi-table satellites have already begun and $260 satellites will be running from January 19 – 24 for the $1,100 main event. Both the $360 opener and the $1,100 main event’s final tables will be livestreamed from bestbet’s popular Twitch and bestbetLIVE YouTube channels.
Under the direction of Vice President of Poker Operations Deborah Giardina and Director of Poker Operations Jesse Hollander, bestbet has operated two of Florida’s most successful poker rooms with one of the most consistent tournament schedules in the state.
“We look forward to having our bestbet Winter Open event to start off the new year with the $200,000 main event guarantee,” said bestbet Director of Poker Jesse Hollander. “We know our local players enjoy it and we love welcoming new players to sunny Florida for the chance to win big.”
Packed Tournament Schedule
With a packed scheduled and plenty of events to choose from, the bestbet Winter Open is a great tournament to kick off the new year. Whether you want to take part in the $150 Deepstack on January 19th or take on the $290 Six Hour Iron Man on January 23rd, this series has something for everyone.
If you have a knack for catching Bounties then you don’t want to miss the $350 event with $100 Bounties on January 19th or the $240 Turbo with $50 Bounties on January 25th and 26th.
Monster Stack, Mixed Game Events and More!
More of a Monster Stack player? Then be sure to mark your calendars for the $350 Monster Stack on January 21st and the $350 Monster Stack on the 26th.
To mix things up, they also have a $240 Stud 8 Omaha 8 “MIX” on January 18th and a $350 Big O/8 PLO High “MIX” on January 25th to round out the series.
Warm up your winter by spending some time at bestbet’s hot tables and taking advantage of their Winter Open Series events. Start off your new year with the opportunity to win big!
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Bad Beat Jackpot and Room Review
The poker room in Jacksonville off US1 on Racetrack Road features a Bad Beat Jackpot. The largest hit was ~$170K. It’s actually the poker room I play at regularly. In general the Bad Beat doesn’t hit very often because the poker room is not very crowded. They seed the jackpot with $5,000 and $1 is taken from every pot for the Bad Beat Progressive Jackpot.
BBJ Requirements
* AAAJJ beat by Quads or better.
* No talking about the BBJ or the dealers might rat you out.
* Sitting at a BBJ table (tournaments do not count).
* Bot hole cards must be used.
Review of Jax PokerRoom
It’s really on the border of St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and Jacksonville but I just call it the beachside poker room. This is my second favorite pokerroom in Florida. It’s low key, but there are still days (like on Tuesday or Saturday) where the place gets crowded.
If I recall correctly “The Poker Room” which has been renamed “Best Bet” opened in 2004. Back then it was strictly low limit poker. No-limit was not in place and the place was always empty. When they opened up to $100 max buy-in No limit poker the place blew up, rightfully so.
Stakes at the Jax poker Room
The most you can buy in for at any of the tables is $100. It doesn’t matter if you’re playing $2/2 or $5/$10. It’s Florida law and works this way everywhere. The most popular game is still NL poker with Limit being second popular. Other games include Seven Card Stud and Omaha. They used to have Crazy Pineapple but not any longer. The tournaments are also popular but not recommended due to the ridiculous blind structure.
Food Review
Try the sushi. I was skeptical at first. Sushi at a pokerroom, come on! It’s actually very good, some of the best I’ve had. Stay away from the other food, it’s not very good. They’ve got some attractive cocktail waitresses and fast dealers so tip accordingly!
Bestbet Jacksonville Poker Room
Is it worth playing here?
It can reach six figures but it takes a long time every since they opened a sister pokerroom in OrangePark. Most players tend to play at Orange park, which is about 20 minutes away.
It’s not that the Jax Poker Room isn’t a good place to play, it just lacks players at certain times.
The best time to play is on Tuesday, when Orange park pokerroom is closed. Everyone flocks from Orange Park to play at the Jacksonville / St. Augustine cardroom. They do update the jackpot amount on a daily basis at www.jaxpokerroom.com under “St Johns”.
Reviewed by Roger