The 101 Casino

Year Opened

1994

Age Restriction

21+

Property Type

Licensed Card Room

Regulator

California Gambling Control Commission

Table Games

19

Poker Tables

30

Formerly

Sutter's Club (1929–1992)

Owner

Bumb & Associates

About The 101 Casino

The 101 Casino is a licensed California card room in Petaluma, California, operating since 1994 under Bumb & Associates. The property traces its lineage to Sutter’s Club, which ran from 1929 through 1992 — making it part of a card-room tradition that goes back nearly a century in Northern California. The venue is regulated by the California Gambling Control Commission / Bureau of Gambling Control and runs 24/7 with a 21+ minimum age.

This is a serious card room — 19 table games and 30 poker tables place it among the larger California card rooms north of the Bay Bridge. The floor leans heavily into Asian-facing table formats alongside a multi-variant poker room, a model that has served major Bay Area card rooms well since the 1990s. There is no hotel, no slot floor, and no sportsbook on site — the draw is the table action.

The property operates under the name The 101 Casino, but its website runs at Bay 101, reflecting a brand lineage that connects it to the well-known San Jose card-room circuit. Like every licensed California card room, all table games on the floor operate on the state’s player-banked model: the house cannot bank the action, and a third-party proposition player covers settlement on each table.

Venue photo

The 101 Casino

Petaluma, California

View full photo

Close

The 101 Casino in Petaluma, California

Games at The 101 Casino

The 19-table floor carries six game formats — a mix built around Asian-facing table games and California-rules variants of the major card room standards.

EZ Baccarat is the floor’s volume leader — broadly the same scoring as standard baccarat but without the 5-percent commission on banker wins. No-Bust 21st Century Blackjack is a California-compliant variant of blackjack that removes the standard bust rule on 22 for the player — a structural change that balances the house edge under the player-banked model. Pai Gow Tiles uses 32 Chinese dominoes rather than playing cards and serves the Bay Area’s large Asian-American card-room player base.

Pai Gow Poker (Double Hand) and Three Card Poker with the 6 Card Bonus side bet round out the Asian-facing and novelty spread, while Ultimate Texas Hold’em with the Bad Beat Bonus jackpot gives Hold’em players a table-game alternative to the poker room.

Poker room

The 101 Casino runs one of the larger poker sections in the North Bay — 30 tables carrying Texas Hold’em and Omaha Hi-Lo. The room functions as the property’s anchor amenity, drawing a blended crowd of regulars and Bay Area commuters who do not want to drive all the way to the San Jose or Colma poker rooms.

Low-stakes No-Limit Hold’em (1/2 and 2/3) is the room’s bread and butter and runs every night. Omaha Hi-Lo — the split-pot format where the pot divides between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand — rotates on a scheduled basis rather than running around the clock. Tournament weekends take table priority and can collapse multiple cash tables while brackets play out. On Friday and Saturday evenings the room runs near capacity and wait times for the main Hold’em tables can run 30 to 45 minutes.

Loyalty program

The property runs the Premier Card Club, a points-based players card that earns comps and rewards across the table-game floor and poker room. The program tracks rated play on dealer-banked tables and awards points redeemable toward dining credit at the on-site restaurant. Poker players earn hourly comps at a rate tied to the stakes and game type they are playing — Hold’em cash games at 1/2 and above typically qualify for the standard hourly rate. Promotions, events, and dining information are all available on the Bay 101 website.

Location & access

The 101 Casino is located in Petaluma, California, a Sonoma County city roughly 40 miles north of San Francisco via US-101. The address at 1788 North First Street puts the property near the Highway 101 corridor — accessible to Bay Area players who want a card room north of the Golden Gate Bridge without dealing with East Bay or Peninsula traffic.

On-site amenities include a restaurant and self-parking. There is no hotel attached to the card room — visitors staying overnight will need third-party lodging in Petaluma or nearby Santa Rosa. The property is open 24 hours, and the self-parking lot is complimentary.

How The 101 Casino compares locally

★ Editor note

A serious poker stop north of the Golden Gate

The 101 Casino is one of 2 card rooms we list in Petaluma and carries a 30-table poker room that punches above its weight for a Sonoma County venue. If you are driving up from San Francisco, this room is a viable alternative to the Colma or San Jose card rooms — with the caveat that tournament weekends will absorb table capacity fast.

View property page →

Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor