Casino M8trix at a glance
About Casino M8trix
Casino M8trix is a California-licensed card room at 1887 Matrix Boulevard in San Jose, California, operated by Eric Swallow. The property rebranded as Casino M8trix in 2012, having operated previously as Garden City Casino since 1946. The floor runs 14 poker tables and 33 table game positions on a 24/7 schedule, with a restaurant, self-parking, and valet on site. Gaming is regulated by the California Gambling Control Commission and the Bureau of Gambling Control. Phone: (408) 244-3333; website: casinom8trix.com.
San Jose is the largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the seat of Santa Clara County in the South Bay. The Matrix Boulevard address is in northern San Jose near the Guadalupe River and the San Jose International Airport corridor, accessible from I-880 via the Brokaw Road exits. For the South Bay gaming market, Casino M8trix is one of the established mid-scale card rooms in the city, drawing from San Jose’s diverse technology-sector workforce and the wider Santa Clara County community.
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Casino M8trix
San Jose, California
Poker Room
Casino M8trix’s 14-table poker room spreads Limit Hold’em and NL Texas Hold’em cash games with regular tournament events.
Fourteen tables is a mid-scale footprint for the South Bay market, capable of running simultaneous Limit and NL games across multiple stakes. The property maintains an active tournament calendar. Current running games, stakes, and event schedules are posted at casinom8trix.com and on the Casino M8trix Facebook and Instagram channels.
Table Games
Casino M8trix spreads 33 table game positions including 3 Card Poker, Baccarat, Blackjack Golden 21, Blackjack Switch, Blackjack War, Casino War, Crazy 4 Poker, Double Hand Poker, Let It Ride, Pai Gow Tiles, Spanish 21, and Ultimate Texas Hold’em.
Blackjack Switch deals players two simultaneous hands and permits switching the top cards between the two hands after the initial deal — a rule modification that lowers the house edge on the base game but adds a push rule when the dealer reaches 22. Blackjack Golden 21 is a California card room blackjack variant under the player-banking model. Blackjack War combines blackjack elements with Casino War-style side bets.
Pai Gow Tiles uses the traditional 32-piece Chinese domino set rather than playing cards — the same game that predates Pai Gow Poker by centuries. Players form two domino hands from four tiles and must beat both of the dealer’s two hands. Pai Gow Tiles is spread at a small number of Bay Area card rooms. Casino War is a simple heads-up card game in which player and dealer each draw one card, the higher card wins, and ties trigger an optional war. Double Hand Poker is a two-hand poker format common in the Bay Area gaming corridor. Crazy 4 Poker has players arrange their best four-card hand from six cards and compete against the dealer.
Games at Casino M8trix
History
The property at 1887 Matrix Boulevard traces its origins to Garden City Casino, which operated on the same San Jose site from 1946 — making the location one of the most continuously active licensed gaming addresses in the South Bay. The 66-year run as Garden City spanned the post-war expansion of California card rooms, the Proposition 37 debates of the 1980s, and the full regulatory overhaul under the California Gambling Control Act of 1997 that transformed how card rooms operated statewide.
In 2012, the property rebranded as Casino M8trix under operator Eric Swallow, taking the name from its Matrix Boulevard address. The rebrand accompanied a modernization of the facility and a reconfiguration of the table game floor. The 1946 founding date of the predecessor Garden City Casino represents one of the longer institutional gaming histories on any San Jose address.
Contact
- Phone
- (408) 244-3333
- Website
- casinom8trix.com
Location
Casino M8trix is at 1887 Matrix Boulevard in San Jose, California. I-880 passes through northern San Jose; the Brokaw Road and Coleman Avenue exits provide access to the Matrix Boulevard corridor near San Jose International Airport. Self-parking and valet are on site.
1887 Matrix Blvd, San Jose, CA 95110, USA
San Jose, CA 95110
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Strengths and gaps inferred from games, features, and peer count in our directory.
Strengths
5- Operating since 1946 as Garden City Casino — one of the longest institutional gaming histories in San Jose
- Blackjack Switch is an uncommon two-hand format with strategic depth not found at most Bay Area card rooms
- Pai Gow Tiles on a California card room floor — increasingly rare in the South Bay
- 33 table positions with a diverse game menu including Casino War and Blackjack variants
- Phone, active website, and social media presence
Watch-outs
4- 14 poker tables — smaller than the major South Bay rooms
- No hotel — overnight visitors need nearby San Jose lodging
- No sportsbook — not legal at California card rooms
- No loyalty program data in our directory
San Jose's Matrix Blvd card room — formerly Garden City Casino since 1946
Casino M8trix carries the institutional memory of Garden City Casino, which ran on this San Jose address for 66 years before the 2012 rebrand. The table game floor is the main differentiator: Blackjack Switch is a genuinely unusual format, and Pai Gow Tiles with Chinese dominoes is uncommon in the modern South Bay card room market. The 33-table menu is broad for a 14-poker-table venue. The Matrix Boulevard location near SJC makes it a practical stop for the northern San Jose corridor.
Licensing & Rules
- Age Requirement
- 21+
- Sportsbook
- Not legal
