Casino Real

Year Opened

1986

Age Restriction

21+

Property Type

Licensed Card Room

Regulator

California Gambling Control Commission

Owner

Ernest Schmiedt

Table Games

7

Poker Tables

6

About Casino Real

Casino Real is a licensed California card room at 1355 North Main Street in Manteca, California — a San Joaquin Valley city along Highway 99 roughly 15 miles south of Stockton and 75 miles east of the Bay Area. The property opened in 1986 and is operated by Ernest Schmiedt under a California Gambling Control Commission / Bureau of Gambling Control license with a 21+ minimum age. The venue runs 24/7.

Manteca sits in the northern San Joaquin Valley, serving a mixed player base of valley residents, Bay Area commuters, and Stockton-area card-room regulars. Casino Real is the only California card room in Manteca; the nearest alternatives are in Stockton roughly 15 miles north and Modesto about 20 miles south.

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Casino Real

Manteca, California

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Casino Real in Manteca, California

Table games

The floor carries four game formats on 7 tables — a focused spread covering the card-room standards.

EZ Baccarat is the floor’s leading non-blackjack format — commission-free banker-win baccarat speeds the game and removes the 5-percent rake. Blackjack runs standard California-rules under the player-banked model: a contracted third-party proposition player covers each hand’s settlement. Pai Gow Poker and 3 Card Poker fill the novelty pit.

Poker room

The poker section runs 5 variants across 6 tables: Limit Holdem, No Limit Holdem, Omaha 8-or-Better, Pot Limit Omaha, and Tournaments.

Pot Limit Omaha is the room’s differentiator. PLO is an action-heavy Omaha variant where players can bet up to the current pot size — the format produces larger swings, deeper stacks at risk, and faster action than standard no-limit structures. It is less common in Central Valley card rooms than standard Hold’em, making Casino Real one of the few Manteca-area options for PLO players.

NL Holdem cash games are the volume leader and run most evenings. Omaha 8-or-Better splits the pot between the best high and best qualifying low hand (eight-or-better qualifier). Tournament nights pull tables from the cash rotation — call ahead for the tournament schedule before a dedicated trip.

Location & access

Casino Real sits at 1355 North Main Street in Manteca, California — accessible from Highway 99 at the Yosemite Avenue or Lathrop Road exits. The property is roughly 15 miles south of Stockton, 20 miles north of Modesto, and 75 miles east of the Bay Area via I-580 and I-205. Manteca is a growing San Joaquin Valley city of about 85,000; the card room is the only one in town.

The nearest card-room alternatives are Kings Cardroom and Cameo Club in Stockton 15 miles north, and Empire Sportsmen’s Association in Modesto about 20 miles south. Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino — a full tribal casino — is about 90 minutes east toward the Sierra foothills.

★ Editor note

Pot Limit Omaha in a 1986-vintage Manteca card room

Casino Real carries one of the few Pot Limit Omaha tables in the Central Valley — a five-variant poker room with PLO, Omaha 8-or-Better, Hold'em, and tournaments. The 6-table room is small, and the 4-format table-game floor is compact, but for PLO players in the Stockton-Modesto corridor, this is the local stop. Call ahead for the tournament calendar.

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Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor