Trip Report: Harrah's Rincon San Diego - Valley Center, CA

Small but solid room.

They host one of the WSOP Circuit events every year in the Spring.

They usually offer 2 daily tournaments, 7 days a week. Also occasionally they have bigger tournaments. They are the first Poker room I know of to have Crazy Pineapple tournaments, every Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m.

Cash game-wise, they usually will have 2 to 4 tables running..mostly 3/6 Limit with a Kill and 1/2 NL.

Poker Room is located right next to the Sports Bar, which has dozens of comfy chairs and several large screen TV's. A perfect place to relax during tournament breaks.

Casino itself can get very noisy. Hotel is 4 diamonds.

The tournament clay chips they use are some of the best you'll find anywhere. I have never had much luck there, but the poker room is very nice.

Grading:

Poker Room: B+. Approximately 12 tables in the room. An enclosed area. Non-smoking of course as most Poker rooms are these days.

Dealers/Staff: A-. Solid, knowledgeable dealers. Often joke with the players. Only have seen one dealer that was rushing everyone. Poker Room managers good too.

Strength of Players: 6/10. Since they are a part of the Harrah's world-wide domination casino company, they get a lot of tourists. But also some solid locals. Not the easiest room to win in. Most there play tight and somewhat aggressive.

Overall, if you like smaller tournaments (3-5 tables) this is the place for you in North Inland San Diego/South West Riverside County. If you prefer larger 15-30 table tournaments head to Pechanga about a 15-20 minute drive away..either way, you can't go wrong.