The Western Club

3.5 stars out of 5 (43 reviews)
The Western Club is one of the largest cardrooms in the UK, located in West London in Acton. The whole premises covers 11,000 sq. feet and they can host up to 300 players at a time. After a change of management, they are having a resurgence of sorts, with a friendlier atmosphere, comfortable surroundings, solid tournament schedule, and interesting new promotions.

Tournaments

Day Starts Buyin Gametype Format Clock Stack Special
Mon 15:30 pm £25 NL Holdem turbo freezeout 15 min 15000
Mon 20:30 pm £30 NL Holdem Freezeout 15 min 5000 Satellite to Westernmania
Tue 15:30 pm £25 NL Holdem turbo freezeout 15 min 15000
Tue 20:30 pm £30 NL Holdem Freezeout 15/10/5 min 40000 'scramble' tourney
Wed 15:30 pm £25 NL Holdem turbo freezeout 15 min 15000
Wed 20:30 pm £30 NL Holdem Deepstack freezeout 20 min 70000 deep and steep
Thu 15:30 pm £25 NL Holdem Freezeout 15 min 15000
Thu 20:30 pm £30 NL Holdem turbo freezeout 10 min 50000
Fri 15:30 pm £25 NL Holdem turbo freezeout 15 min 30000
Fri 20:30 pm £30 NL Holdem bounty freezeout 20 min 10000
Sat 20:30 pm £30 NL Holdem Deepstack freezeout 20 min 20000

(Tournament details may change on short notice however - please contact the cardroom directly to confirm tournament details)

They have both afternoon and evening tournaments. Their weekly evening tournaments can bring in anywhere between 30-40 runners, with weekend bringing in up to 50 runners.

Cash Games

Please contact the club directly about cash games.

Background

The Western Club is one of the largest card rooms in the UK. The whole premises covers 11,000 sq. feet and they can host up to 300 players at a time. It is very spacious and they have two areas for dining.

The club's reputation has suffered in the past, but they are enjoying a resurgence of sorts with a recent change in management and staff. If you've been previously to the Western Club you will find it a more controlled, professional operation now. The tournament and cash schedule are now more varied and reflect what the players (of all skills and bankrolls) are looking for.

There are a lot of regulars here, so you will see a lot of similar faces if you come regularly. It's therefore quite a friendly atmosphere. The club has been around a while, and is pretty well-known - the odd poker pro like Roland de Wolff have come through these doors.

If you are coming by Tube, Park Royal station is a 5 minute walk away, and Hanger Lane a bit further. And if you are driving there is ample parking space.

Promotions

Loyalty Card Freeroll - every activity you do in the club will be rewarded with a loyalty stamp, get 20 stamps for an entry into their monthly freeroll. For example a poker tournament entry gets you 1 stamp as does 1 hour of snooker, 1 hour of backgammon, Kalooki, bridge or scrabble. Look out for their double stamp nights! Their August Freeroll had a prize pool of £1818 - with the club providing all the money in the pool (the club adds £1 for every poker tournament entry)

Food & Drink

Complimentary tea & coffee is served throughout the day. Home cooked meals, pub grub as well as bar food, sandwiches and Panini’s.

Other activities

Other activities are available like pool, snooker, kalooki, and bridge. There are a lot of computer terminals as well, so it's to play some online poker while you are there. You can surf the Internet for free, and if you want to play poker, it has to be on Rags 2 Riches Poker.

Membership

Membership is free - just bring id for your first visit.

Reviews

4 stars out of 5 Great Club , 22 Apr 2013
By Ryan

Great Friday £4k Guarantee at the western! Very well structured tourney, top night & I'll defo' be playing there again very soon. Cheers guys!

5 stars out of 5 western poker club , 27 Mar 2013
By george m

been playing live poker for 20 years or so ! i find the western a great all round club for example the staff are very friendly and helpful, most of the players are easy going and a laugh which makes the game more enjoyable. also theres lots of safe parking, lovely food and large selection of drinks. what more do we what! well done to the management and keep it up.

5 stars out of 5 Lovely club , 22 Nov 2012
By Jill Scopke

Very impressed after my first visit to The Western. Nice £30 tourney buy in with 3 tables and a nice £50 afternoon cash game made for a fab friday indeed. friendly club, nice staff, nice club Well done!

5 stars out of 5 Loyalty Freeroll , 22 Sep 2012
By Jonathan

Well done The Western, finally you've got it right! The loyalty program (stamps on a card for each tourney played) is great and the FREEROLL offered last week to us loyal members was fantastic, I won a £150 seat in to the coming main event and really feel like my loyalty has been rewarded! Well Done!

5 stars out of 5 Loyalty Freeroll , 22 Sep 2012
By Jonathan

Well done The Western, finally you've got it right! The loyalty program (stamps on a card for each tourney played) is great and the FREEROLL offered last week to us loyal members was fantastic, I won a £150 seat in to the coming main event and really feel like my loyalty has been rewarded! Well Done!

5 stars out of 5 Nice Club , 27 Apr 2012
By David Myer

Signed up to this club after seeing all the good review here, it is a lovey spacious club, very clean, with lots to do. Poker, internet, cards and snooker. I played in the afternoon and evening tournaments, quiet in the afternoon just two tables but the evening had four tables. Regulars are friendly and atmosphere is nice. Overall a very nice club with a bright future

5 stars out of 5 Spring Guarantee , 4 Apr 2012
By DealerChick

Really impressed with the £15000 Guarantee at The Western Club, the prizepool including bounties hit £24000 and the structure is among the best in the UK. I'll be back for the next main event and the next feature one too. Well done Western!

5 stars out of 5 Super Friday!!! , 28 Feb 2012
By Jack

Played here at The Western after joining online, really impressed with the club, joined mainly for the £2000 guarantee on a friday afternoon, great comp! I busted out and ended up playing in a £40 cash game 50p/£1 until another guarantee at 830! great atmosphere here, i'm fairly new to poker and the people and games at this club are great! really enjoyed myself, see you next week!

3 stars out of 5 Regular , 26 Jan 2012
By Lou

I play mainly here and at The International depending on if drive or jump on the tube! Nice club, BIG!!! well run and decent cash, nice refurb too.

5 stars out of 5 Best in london , 1 Jan 2012
By John

Bet club in london by far, looks great, loads of space, great games and pro snooker upstairs. plenty of free parking and good all round club.

5 stars out of 5 £12,500 guarantee , 20 Dec 2011
By James

fantastic night played out at the western for their xmas cracker day 1a tourney, 10 tables, professionally run, quiet yet relaxed card room, staff were all excellent, buffet was top notch too. busted out but will have another go today for 1b The old western is officially gone!!! All hail the new improved western club!

5 stars out of 5 Great first time!!! , 26 Nov 2011
By David

Joined the western club online, came down today to play the £1000 Guarantee and had a great time, made the money and then won a seat in to the £12.5k guarantee they are doing for christmas! couldn't have asked for more, really cool club. Dave

5 stars out of 5 davies , 20 Nov 2011
By john

Ace club, good weekend tourney numbers and they do a good fry up breakfast all day!

5 stars out of 5 Lord , 13 Nov 2011
By Mike

Tasty cash action! I like the place, local to me, big and clean, decent food and drink.

5 stars out of 5 Mr , 6 Nov 2011
By Jose

I cashed in the $2000 freeroll last week, great night as the club was packed and really nice, i'm going again tonight for another freeroll hope to ping again! well done western you are great

4 stars out of 5 Mr , 24 Oct 2011
By Dan

Had a great time at the western, not sure about the negative comments i've never seen the staff put less rebuys or addons up, the dealer bonus is £5 or £10 and pays for the staff I guess which i'm happy to pay rather than deal myself! Its a decent club all round really.

5 stars out of 5 Mr , 8 Sep 2011
By D

Decided to pay a visit to The Western after a long time away for a £1000 added £50 10k chip Rebuy. Firstly I have to say how excellent this cardroom looks! very smart and spacious with a big glass cube housing their final table, very nice. The tourney was run well (aside from a few hiccups with needing another table and another dealer early on) but I think this was due to the popularity of the tourney. The atmosphere was nice and was never noisy (something the old western was renound for) I had a fantastic nights poker and narowly missed out on the money but will definately be back. my only critisism is the waitress staff need to be a little faster with their service, it was very very slow.

4 stars out of 5 Revamp , 30 Aug 2011
By Mr A

The Western has had a refurb and new final table section too - looks good. Food is good but service is slow - generally tournaments are solid. All in all a great place to play large tables lots of space - facilities and parking ok...

3 stars out of 5 Mal , 12 Aug 2011
By Lowe

friendly place, solid tournaments having refurb done at the moment will come back to see the finished article.

5 stars out of 5 Mr , 18 Jul 2011
By John

Good comps, friendly place £500 added on fri and sat so decent value too

4 stars out of 5 Mr , 25 Jun 2011
By david

Very nice friendly club

5 stars out of 5 Mr , 1 Jun 2011
By Mike

Have to say, blinding tourney on bank holiday monday, £1000 added and 89 runners for an afternoon competition. excellent work guys.

5 stars out of 5 Sam , 27 May 2011
By Mr

The Evening tourneys start at 8pm now not 8:30 My favourite poker room in London

5 stars out of 5 Mr , 23 May 2011
By John M

I play kalooki here twice a week and snooker around three times a week, lovely club, always nice food and service.

4 stars out of 5 Sir , 22 May 2011
By Sean

Nice Club

4 stars out of 5 Mr , 21 May 2011
By John

Went down for the £1000 added last wednesday, had a great time, played a little cash too. Nice club, really big, really nice tables and chairs, friendly atmosphere.

5 stars out of 5 Scott , 17 May 2011
By

I don't play tournaments but the small stakes cash is good as is the snooker and Danny the chef knocks up one hell of a breakfast!

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5 stars out of 5 Excellent club , 26 Feb 2013
By Jozsef Regenye

This was my fully first live poker experience after 3 years online poker and I really enjoyed the 25+3 NL Hold'em tourney. I tried to find a club which is clean, well organized and full with friendly and helpful staff. I found it. Finally I won the 1st place. :) See you next time guys!

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3 stars out of 5 Bluff & Western , 27 Nov 2012
By the river

I play poker mainly at The Western and Big Bluff, just wanted to say what a good job both do, good staff and comps at both. Bluff is better for guaranteed money but has an intimidating poker atmosphere where as the western will have smaller comps but generally is a more relaxed poker atomsphere. I don't mean either in a negative way just how i feel about the clubs. both offer cash action but i rarely play, i hear both are good.

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5 stars out of 5 welcome , 17 Aug 2012
By Gina Hayward

I have just started going to the western again after years and we were made to feel very welcome , it was well run by Adam the dealers are happy and fair , the place is big the final table area is a WOW and i won there could not be better ..... 5 tables on a saturday night

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5 stars out of 5 £2900 Guarantee , 9 Jul 2012
By Robert

This club is quality, BIG, well run, clean and the guarantees always get smashed! I played in a £29 comp with £2900 guaranteed, there were 185 RUNNERS!!! Sick comp, great club! I love it Bob.

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5 stars out of 5 Guarantees , 15 May 2012
By Tony

Been a member of the western for many years now, gotta say it really went down hill around 2006 and I stopped going, I went back for one of their guarantees (£29 £2900 guaranteed) and WHAT A CHANGE!!! The club has been refurbed, looks great, the staff are new, courteous and helpful, the food was fantastic and there was nearly 200 runners for the comp. Since then I haven't missed a guarantee as they're always rammed - the star wars one had over 220 runners, well done the western you're back with a vengeance!

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4 stars out of 5 1st impressions , 15 Apr 2012
By JoeFolwel

Been twice - Nice looking interior, clean. There are other things being played apart from Poker. Thing I like most is that the club is well roomy. Afternoon games seem to attract one table, but there was a bigger turnout for Friday when there was 25. Good natured relaxed regulars, who have laugh now and again. The chioce of food is good - their kitchen is huge - the food available puts places like the Fox to shame. also free tea/coffee, not like the Fox (50p), and free internet!

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5 stars out of 5 200 RUNNERS!!! , 1 Mar 2012
By Dan

Enjoyed the leap year guarantee at the western last night, couldn't believe how busy the place was! 200 runners they were setting up tables to squeeze everyone in, a frantic start but really cool night... made a small profit over all. these events are wicked.

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5 stars out of 5 Weekend Warriors!!! , 22 Jan 2012
By Jamie

Just spent my Friday and Saturday at the western! took part in 3 tourneys with a combined 200 runners and £7500 in guaranteed money! this club is awesome, its local to me, free parking, good food, great poker comps, cash games and looks better than most casinos! definately the cleanest and maybe the largest club in london.

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5 stars out of 5 James , 19 Sep 2011
By Festival

Came down for the £250 Tourney as part of their festival, had a good night! busy, good food and good range of poker players, nice atmosphere too plus the refurb does look good, especially with 'the cube' lol

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5 stars out of 5 Mr , 18 Aug 2011
By Charlie

This place is looks amazing!! good food, good bar facility, solid tourneys (average buy ins/lots of chips) Cash game seems lively whether you play in the £25 game or the £250 it seems, It can be a little noisy but cardroom staff never let it get out of control, I shall be a regular at The Western (living 5 mins away in ealing helps too) ;)

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4 stars out of 5 Dr , 17 May 2011
By Stanley

Good tournament choices, well run, friendly staff & environment. The club has changed a lot over the last 2 years & all for the better.

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4 stars out of 5 Mr , 17 May 2011
By Ahmed

I can`t see why everyone is having a go at The Western as it is the best venue in London.....Great tourny`s, great atmosphere.... Jealousy is an evil thing. Try it for yourself!!!!!

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4 stars out of 5 Mr G , 17 May 2011
By

Great Club, been coming here since it opened, and yes it is quieter now than in its early days, mainly because there is so much more competition now, although recently the club has picked up and the £1000 added on a wednesday gets 100+ runners and excellent cash games follow. The Western is on the up and up!

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5 stars out of 5 Mr , 17 May 2011
By Javid

Would like to thank The Western for introducing a prayer room. They really do listen to their members.

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5 stars out of 5 Dave , 17 May 2011
By

Can't believe the negative comments, love the place. best parking in london, good tourneys, good loose cash games, really nice food too

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5 stars out of 5 player , 18 Feb 2011
By roy darbar

this is the best place in london for tourneys, the players are good, the games are well managed, there no nonsense but still good banter, good incentives too. cashgames can get deep but theres also £50 buyins. my favourite place for tourneys by far!!

Infobox

The Western Club

620 Western Avenue
London
W3 0TE

phone: 0208 896 0033
geoff@thewesternclub.com
www.thewesternclub.com

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