...to play poker in a California card room?

I thought it was 21.

If so, even though you drove farther to play Paul, Andy and Jim drove there not knowing if they could/would be denied from even buying in!

...my own hands are not clean. I used to go to our local dogtrack and place bets when I was 19 years old. You had to be 21 to legally place a bet or cash in a winning ticket. ...dodged security, learned quickly which sections of the facility were not policed as much as others....

Bob