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yeah, french is a big deal there.
But when I've been to restaurants or anywhere else in Montreal or Quebec if the waiter spoke English or had an english menu for me they had no problem bringing it to me.
So why not at the poker-table?

Especially on the border you're going to have a lot of players who only speak english. Allowing both languages at the table shouldn't be the end of the world like some seem to suggest.

French should be encouraged, but if I look at the dealer and need to be reminded how to say all-in then they'll just tell me (or somebody else at the table will if the dealer's english ain't so hot) and we'll just move forward from there.

I understand there are certain issues that are unique to Quebec regarding their insistence on preserving their french heritage. But I think some of you guys are making this way more complicated than it is actually going to be.
This isn't going to be a big deal at all.

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yeah, french is a big deal there.
But when I've been to restaurants or anywhere else in Montreal or Quebec if the waiter spoke English or had an english menu for me they had no problem bringing it to me.
So why not at the poker-table?

Especially on the border you're going to have a lot of players who only speak english. Allowing both languages at the table shouldn't be the end of the world like some seem to suggest.

French should be encouraged, but if I look at the dealer and need to be reminded how to say all-in then they'll just tell me (or somebody else at the table will if the dealer's english ain't so hot) and we'll just move forward from there.

I understand there are certain issues that are unique to Quebec regarding their insistence on preserving their french heritage. But I think some of you guys are making this way more complicated than it is actually going to be.
This isn't going to be a big deal at all.

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I agree that both is the likely outcome, and it probably won't be a big deal. But at the same time, we've seen some pretty wacky stuff when it comes to language in Quebec.

My confidence in common-sense winning the day isn't all that high.

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At present, the court cards that are used in Quebec casinos for pit games use the first letter of the French word for each figure. So ... squeezers will reveal not K/Q/J in the corner, but R (roi) / D (dame) and V (valet).

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For others who have been to Paris and played at Aviation or one of the other clubs, can you confirm that the cards there are "normal" English court cards? I am pretty sure they are, but can't be 100% certain from my memory of my last trip there in April.

If they use "normal" cards for Poker in France, I would expect it might be the same in Quebec.

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They use "normal" cards in Paris, but in Montreal they use French cards (R=KING, D=QUEEN, V=JACK). BTW, a really cool thing they do in Montreal is give out free used playing cards - after they punch a small hole through them. They are really top-quality and the R, D, V thing is cool - really it's not hard to adjust.

And yeah, people are making too big a deal of the language issue. I guarantee ever poker room employee will be bilingual and both English and French will be spoken at the table. The fact that most of us will not understand what a few people are saying amongst themselves is only a minor annoyance, not really a big deal at all...

Anyone have more concrete info on when the poker room is opening @ Casino Montreal?

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They were talking about being ready in two months, as soon as the law allows it, so somewhere in september is my guess.

Also, the Quebec government treats its casinos as touristic attractions, they actually very much want americans and canadians $ there so english won't be a problem and will be even welcomed. Tables will probably be french/english allowed.

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Great now my equalation payment goes to supporting Quebecers to drink, smoke and play poker while they complain about being part of Canada

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Ship it.

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They use "normal" cards in Paris, but in Montreal they use French cards (R=KING, D=QUEEN, V=JACK). BTW, a really cool thing they do in Montreal is give out free used playing cards - after they punch a small hole through them. They are really top-quality and the R, D, V thing is cool - really it's not hard to adjust.


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Actually, they cost a few dollars, which is how much used decks cost at other casinos. They're also regular paper Bee brand decks that you can basically find anywhere else.

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tabanack that good news ssss deee

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LOL! Great post.

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Anyone know if there any poker rooms in Switzerland or Belgium? These offically multilingual countries might have already resolved the issue.

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At the Casino Amsterdam, players at the table may speak English, Dutch, or German. So, there's precedent for restricting conversation to a set of languages. So long as the dealer speaks all the allowed languages (and the Quebec casinos, with large Francophone and Anglophone clienteles, would want bilingual dealers) the dealer should be able to monitor the conversation for collusion.