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halis123456789
11-23-2005, 03:02 AM
What cities in Canada have casinos with poker, and how old must you be to play? My brother is turning 18 next summer and wants to vacation in Canada to play in a casino. Any info. on specific casinos would be appreciated.
Daniture
11-23-2005, 03:10 AM
Well i know theres a few rooms in Calgary here. Only need to be 18. I've only been to the one and it was alright nothing special apparently the other rooms are nicer, they have twice daily rebuy tournaments(20,30$) and run some 4/8, 5/10 and 10/20 depending on demand if i remember correcrly.

I'm pretty sure there are atleast 2 more rooms and another casino opens up this weekend or last i believe and due to the fact its a 30+ minute drive away i havent gone to see it yet.

If you want more info on the Calgary poker scene visit. flushdraw.ca (http://www.flushdraw.ca)

they will be able to help you infinitely more then I can.

Apparently Vancouver has a pretty good poker room. Atleast a lot of the stars play there when they are out shooting movies on the coast.
LImitPlayer
11-23-2005, 03:11 AM
Casino Windsor, Casino Niagra and Casino Rama(Orillia) are the big ones where I live. There may be others but I don't know of any.

There are a lot of smaller charity Casinos around as well.

I should also mention that you need to be 19 to enter Casinos in Canada
LImitPlayer
11-23-2005, 03:13 AM
I thought the gamblign age was 19, guess I'm wrong
Equal
11-23-2005, 03:23 AM
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It's different province to province. I believe it's 19 everywhere but 18 in Alberta and Quebec.
Weatherhead03
11-23-2005, 05:39 AM
Go to Calgary. Alberta and Quebec are the only provinces that the age is 18.
11-23-2005, 11:21 AM
Well If you want to play Poker, dont come to Quebec... Only poker you will find is casino poker ( let it ride, caribeen... ) The law didnt pass yet, so you cant find any poker ring games in our casinos.

Hopefully soon though.
Yads
11-23-2005, 04:49 PM
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Well If you want to play Poker, dont come to Quebec... Only poker you will find is casino poker ( let it ride, caribeen... ) The law didnt pass yet, so you cant find any poker ring games in our casinos.

Hopefully soon though.

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So I guess you're limited to Alberta. There's a ton of Casinos here. Calgary has 6 casinos, 5 of which spread poker. Casino Calgary, Stampede Casino, Elbow River Casino, Cash Casino, and Deerfoot Casino (this is the new one, haven't gone yet, but might this weekend.) Edmonton has several casinos that spread poker, Baccarat Casino, Palace Casino (in the mall), Yellowhead casino, and Casino Edmonton. Red Deer has a casino, but I'm not sure if they spread poker.

Calgary rooms mostly spread 4-8, 10-20, and 15-30. Most rooms in Edmonton spread 3-6 and 10-20.
11-23-2005, 05:25 PM
Gambling age in Manitoba is 18 as well.

Club Regent casino in Winnipeg has hold'em.
Cancuk
11-23-2005, 06:42 PM
I believe Sask. and Manitoba is 18 for gambling as well...not sure though...

also, some states are 18 as well: Washington and Minn. i believe.
11-23-2005, 07:33 PM
In Edmonton the biggest games going are :
the pot limit dealers choice (omaha, holdem) at the baccarat thursday thru saturday.
no limit holdem with max buy in (varies from 100 up to 500) at argyle, yellowhead and palace usually only on thursday friday and saturday
10 -20, 15 - 30 games at the yellowhead and argyle mostly low limit holdem around town
tournaments on pretty much every night at different casinos with the best being 100 buy in freeze out on saturday at the argyle and the 60 buy in with 20 rebuys that goes on sundays alternating between the yellow head and argyle.
poker scene is pretty good for a small city but most of the action is at low limit no foldem holdem tables. the no limit cash tables are unbeleivably weak IMO. in the fall of 2006 a new destination resort casino will be complete just outside of edmonton on one of the reserves. i might wait until this is complete before making a poker road trip to this city. then again, if your bro is 18 he might be itching to get out and gamble and either here or calgary would be your best bet. FYI, its about a 3 hour drive from edmonton to calgary it you wanted to try them both out.
lozen
11-24-2005, 07:02 PM
Added note to Edmonton Mainly 3/6 but on friday and saturday 5/10 with kill.

Also note the Enoch Indian Reservation is building a large casino/hotel operation on the cities borders. They should have a nice poker room.
Also note the Yellowhead has the poorest service of all casinos but great food.