Lake Bowl Cardroom

About Lake Bowl Cardroom

Lake Bowl Cardroom is a California-licensed card room at 511 E Bidwell Street in Folsom, California, established in 1979 and currently operated by Sue Dreher. The property is part of FLB Entertainment Center and runs a 4-table poker room alongside 2 table game positions, a grill, and a restaurant. The card room is licensed by the California Gambling Control Commission and the Bureau of Gambling Control, with the property website at flb365.com and contact email info@flb365.com.

Folsom is in Sacramento County on US-50, roughly 20 miles east of downtown Sacramento. The E Bidwell Street corridor is the city’s main commercial strip, and the entertainment center format—card room alongside bowling, dining, and a sports bar—is a model common to Northern California licensed card rooms outside Sacramento proper. At over four decades in operation, Lake Bowl Cardroom is one of the longer-established gaming venues in the greater Sacramento footprint.

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Lake Bowl Cardroom

Folsom, California

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Lake Bowl Cardroom in Folsom, California

Poker Room

Lake Bowl Cardroom spreads four poker tables running Limit Hold’em, No Limit Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Pot Limit Omaha. The room also runs poker tournaments, with schedules posted at flb365.com.

Four tables is a compact operation, but the game menu is notably varied for a venue of this size. Omaha Hi-Lo (8-or-better) and Pot Limit Omaha are both present alongside the Hold’em formats—a combination most small-format Sacramento-area card rooms skip in favor of running Hold’em exclusively. For mixed-game players in Folsom, Granite Bay, or the eastern Sacramento suburbs, Lake Bowl offers a local Omaha venue that doesn’t require a trip to the city.

Tournament buy-in structures and schedules change; calling ahead or checking flb365.com before a tournament-focused visit is advisable.

Table Games

Lake Bowl Cardroom offers 3 Card Poker and Blackjack on 2 dedicated table positions. Both run under California’s player-banking model, in which a licensed third-party banker rather than the house covers bets—a structural requirement for all California card room table games. The limited table count reflects the cardroom’s role as a neighborhood gaming component within a broader entertainment complex rather than a destination stand-alone venue.

FLB Entertainment Center Context

Lake Bowl Cardroom operates within FLB Entertainment Center, a multi-use complex on E Bidwell Street that combines the card room with a sports bar, grill, restaurant, and additional entertainment. The facility maintains both a promotions page and an events page at flb365.com; current promotions and event listings—including poker tournaments—are posted there. Social channels: Facebook (flbentertainmentcenter) and Instagram (@flb_sports_bar).

The entertainment center format distinguishes Lake Bowl from a stand-alone card room: players can combine gaming with dining and other venue activities in a single stop.

Location & Access

Lake Bowl Cardroom is at 511 E Bidwell Street in Folsom, California. The address is accessible from US-50 at the E Bidwell Street exit, approximately 20 miles east of downtown Sacramento. Self-parking is available on site. The Folsom Lake recreation area and the Historic District are both within a short drive; Lake Bowl’s E Bidwell location sits near the commercial core of modern Folsom.

★ Editor note

A neighborhood card room with a stronger-than-expected poker menu

Lake Bowl Cardroom punches above its size on the poker spread—Omaha Hi-Lo and Pot Limit Omaha alongside Hold'em and a tournament schedule is a serious lineup for a 4-table room. The entertainment center format makes it practical for Folsom residents, but the limited table count and non-24/7 schedule mean calling ahead is worth the trouble at off-peak hours.

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Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor