The 500 Club

About The 500 Club Casino

The 500 Club Casino is a California-licensed card room at 771 W Shaw Avenue in Clovis, California, operated by Paul “Skinny” D’Amato since 2012. The property runs 18 poker tables and 10 table game positions on a 24/7 schedule. Gaming is regulated by the California Gambling Control Commission and the Bureau of Gambling Control. Phone: (559) 299-9951; website: 500clubcasino.com.

Clovis is a city in Fresno County immediately northeast of Fresno, on the eastern edge of the San Joaquin Valley at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The W Shaw Avenue address is in central Clovis, accessible from CA-168 (Shaw Avenue) and the Clovis Avenue corridor. For the Fresno-area gaming market, The 500 Club serves the northeast Fresno suburbs, drawing from Clovis, Fresno, and the foothill communities as one of the Central Valley’s card rooms on the metro fringe.

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The 500 Club in Clovis, California

Poker Room

The 500 Club’s 18-table poker room spreads Limit Hold’em, NL Texas Hold’em, and Omaha Hi-Lo Split, with regular tournament events.

Eighteen tables provides enough capacity to run multiple games simultaneously across the three formats. Omaha Hi-Lo Split (eight-or-better) is the split-pot Omaha format in which the pot is divided between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand of eight-high or lower — it requires a different strategic approach from standard Omaha, and is offered at fewer Central Valley card rooms than the more common Hold’em formats. The mixed Hold’em and Omaha Hi-Lo menu makes The 500 Club a reasonable stop for split-pot game specialists in the Fresno area.

Current stakes, active games, and tournament schedules are posted at 500clubcasino.com.

Table Games

The 500 Club spreads 10 table game positions including 3 Card Poker, EZ Baccarat, Fortune Pai Gow Poker, Pure Blackjack, Spanish 21, and Ultimate Texas Hold’em.

Spanish 21 removes all tens from the six- or eight-deck shoe and compensates by paying bonus amounts for five-, six-, and seven-card 21 combinations and suited naturals. The removal of all sixteen tens changes the basic strategy from standard blackjack. Fortune Pai Gow Poker is Pai Gow Poker with an optional Fortune side bet paying on premium four- and five-card hands. Pure Blackjack is the California card room adaptation of standard blackjack under the player-banking model, in which a third party or rotating player acts as banker rather than the house. EZ Baccarat removes the banker commission by pushing on a three-card banker total of seven.

Location

The 500 Club Casino is at 771 W Shaw Avenue in Clovis, California. Shaw Avenue (CA-168) is one of the primary east-west arterials connecting Fresno to the Clovis foothills. The property is accessible from CA-168 and the north Fresno street grid. Self-parking is available on site.

★ Editor note

Clovis's mid-scale card room with Omaha Hi-Lo in the poker mix

The 500 Club's 18-table poker room is the main draw — Omaha Hi-Lo Split is the format that distinguishes it from the standard NL Hold'em-only card rooms in the Fresno market. The table game floor covers the standard California card room formats, with Spanish 21 as the standout. At 10 table positions, the room is a second-tier venue relative to the larger Central Valley card rooms, but the Clovis location and Omaha Hi-Lo offering give it a specific audience.

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Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor