The deal is straight.
A member of the floor watches every table, every hour. Collusion carries a single penalty and it is permanent. There is no version of this we are relaxed about.
Bengaluru's private poker room
Five formats, certified dealers, published rules, and a night that tends to run long.
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The Room
There is a difference between somewhere you can play poker and somewhere you want to still be sitting at three in the morning.
The light is set for long sessions rather than photographs. The chairs were chosen by people who have sat in bad ones. The kitchen stays open as late as the game does, and nobody will ask you to settle up because the hour has become unreasonable.
You will notice all of it eventually. You are not meant to notice any of it at first.
The Syndicate Standard
Every room says it is run well. Very few will tell you what that means. These are ours, in writing, on a page you can send to someone.
A member of the floor watches every table, every hour. Collusion carries a single penalty and it is permanent. There is no version of this we are relaxed about.
Nobody deals a live table here until they have been certified on pace, protocol and precision. A good dealer is invisible. That is the entire job, and it is harder than it looks.
Our complete house rules live on this website. Read them before you arrive if you like. Nothing is decided at the table that is not already written down.
Colour up, count down, and you are paid. Not tomorrow, not after a call, not once someone comes back. Before you reach the door.
Government ID at the door, eighteen and over, every visit. Including the people you arrive with. Especially the people you arrive with.
Set a limit and we will hold you to it. Ask for time away and it is arranged in a sentence, without a conversation you have to justify.
On the felt
Cash games, every night we are open. No waiting for a schedule. If a seat is free you sit; if it is not, we will find you one.
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The one everyone came for. The deepest games in the room and the most seats.
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Pot-Limit Omaha. Bigger pots, shorter tempers. Bring more than you think you need.
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Five cards. Everything above, doubled. Not the game to learn the room on.
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The formats rotate, one orbit at a time. The most honest test of a complete player in the building.
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Everybody in, blind, no preflop action. Chaos, but organised chaos.
New to the room
If you have only ever played online, or at a friend's kitchen table, the first live session is the one that puts people off. Where to sit. What to say. How much to bring. Whether everyone will know.
They will not know. And on the small tables, half the room is closer to your first night than they would admit.
Tell us it is your first visit when you book and someone will meet you at the door, walk you through the room, and sit you at a table where the stakes and the pace suit a first evening.
The Circle
Founders, bankers, students of the game, and one chess professional who counts cards the way the rest of us count change. We are careful about who sits down. It is the only thing that actually protects a game.
Reserve in under a minute, or call the floor and speak to someone who is standing in the room.
18+. Government-issued ID required. Poker involves financial risk and can be habit-forming. Please play within your means. Responsible Gaming →