Card room

Also: cardroom, poker room, card club

A venue that offers poker without house-banked casino games. California's cardrooms (Commerce, The Bike, Bay 101) and Texas's membership card clubs are the best-known types; the term is also used loosely for the poker section of a casino.

Example. Commerce Casino is the largest card room in the world, with more than 240 tables.

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