New: (6) 50¢, $1 : 98.91% DW44 Spin Poker Deluxe on All Star III machines in high limit room (two coins per line)

New: $10, $25 : 99.17% BP, 99.11% DB scattered

New: $5, $10, $25 : 98.91% DW44, 98.98% DDB scattered

Mettler, CA

Hard Rock Casino Tejon officially opened November, 2025 in California's Central Valley.

From a Hard Rock Tejon player: The new Hard Rock Tejon opened a few months ago and I had a free credit card hotel room to burn so decided to make a quick trip up there to check it out. The casino does do tier matching so I matched Yaamava/Palms Diamond to Icon. It does not have a hotel and so I am staying at a Holiday Inn Express about 15 minutes away.

Hard Rock properties are not known for their good video poker, and there were few machines available, but there were some halfway decent gems in the rough. All of the video poker machines are either at the bar (which I didn't check); in a room by the baccarat area and food court towards the back of the casino (roughly five dozen Game Kings, although some of them are only configured for keno, two major multipliers machines (only), one Powerhouse, and one Hot Roll/Super Hot Roll); and six All Star IIIs with multi line (3/5/10), Powerhouse, Spin Deluxe, etc. in the high limit room.

In terms of 98%+ games, although I did not check every machine (or even most of them), normally the machines are programmed the way they are for all of them. For single line, they go from 25 cents, 50c, $1, $2, $5, $10, and $25.

Here is what I found for single line on the floor. At $5+, they have 9/5 triple triple, 9/6 TDB, $5 Illinois Deuces, and 9/6 DDB. At the $10+ denomination level you can get 9/7/5 DB, 9/5 Jacks, or 8/5 Bonus. At $1+ you can get 7/5 bonus, a 98% game, and that is also the pay table at multi line for either 25c+ 10 play on the All Star IIIs or on Hot Roll or $1+ on triple play.

Spin poker deluxe has an unusual pay table when it maxes out the royal on two lines. At 50 cent it is Illinois deuces or 9/5 jacks, meaning that you could play $20 max bet and play 20 lines and bet enough for the 800x royal.

Unfortunately the casino bonus system is fairly primitive, and it is the same kind used at Pechanga with the "U-Spin" for the promotional free play. The stated values were $5-5000 and I got $25. You are unable to track your points without pulling out your card, waiting at least a minute, and going to your balance.