CNE: who's playin?!?!?

[onetimeuse]

Q: who's playing. what limits. any advice.

A: me. 5/10. stay away from the charity games, unless your feeling generous.

[Rjack]

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[Degenerasian]

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LOL I'm guessing he means CNE Casino in Toronto that opens up for 2 months every year. Also known as the biggest donkfest in Canada, possibly North America.

[Poshua]

It's only open two months a year? What do they do with the space during the other ten months?

[Degenerasian]

No idea, it's sort of a summer festival. The CNE is open for 1 month, while the casino is open for 2. It's pretty stupid, but it's the only casino in Toronto so there's always tons of people.

[Overseer55]

Can't be bothered...traffic is bad getting there, waits are super long, and the rake is high. Last I heard:

$5/10 limit rakes 10% to a max of $7.50 per pot.
$10/20 limit rakes 10% to a max of $10 per pot.

And, to top it all off, the last time I went, the casino didn't accept 100's. Now, that's just totally absurd.

[onetimeuse]

ya the rakes high, but the games are donktastic. at all levels. its almost worth the drive there packed right up until 6:00

[Poshua]

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No idea, it's sort of a summer festival. The CNE is open for 1 month, while the casino is open for 2. It's pretty stupid, but it's the only casino in Toronto so there's always tons of people.

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Actually, as I think about it, the more surprising thing about this is staffing rather than space use. A casino needs a staff that is reasonably well-trained and trustworthy in order to handle all that money. How do they get employees on a seasonal basis? Are they temporarily transferred from other casinos?

[Degenerasian]

They post on their website that they are hiring dealers. Some get carried over year to year, but you have to pay for them to train you, I think about a month before it opens. A lot of them are young kids just looking for a summer job. The dealers are VERY bad, to no one's surprise.

[raze]

Hey, I was there last night! Was going to make a thread tonight but here we are..

This place is open I believe July 30th to September 3rd, so just over one month. I can confirm the high rake, but the games are so damn much fun. I played an hour of 5/10, and 10/20 for 4 hours or so. The tables are 11-handed; mine didn't get shorthanded until after 1am. I showed up around 8:30 on Wednesday night and waited about 45 minutes for a table (18 running and completely packed, half 5/10 half 10/20). I asked how busy the place gets, and I was told people were showing up at 9pm on the weekends, and waiting until 12 or 1am to get a seat!

The dealers are not terrible, but aren't the greatest. The players, on the other hand, are terrible [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] The room is nicely air-conditioned (the rest of the 'casino' is not) with a snack bar in the corner serving beer, a few kinds of liquor, and junk food, pop, coffee, etc. You can bring resealable drinks inside (no coffee or pop cans). I had a shot of CC and a Stella, $7.50 each. There's a bunch of ATM's in the main casino and no payphones. Can't confirm the $100 bill problem, but I was paid out in 50's and 20's. General atmosphere is very relaxed and friendly as most of the floormen are in their 20's and probably pretty inexperienced.

The tables: Pure fish fest, at least where I was sitting. My 5/10 table wasnt too crazy, but I got to 10/20 and I was sitting in front of a guy who played every hand and raised most of them. Even after he left, the table quieted down for an hour (to about 5 players to a flop) and then just picked up again as the night went on. The last 2 hours I was there, every third hand was capped 6-8 ways pre-flop (yea, $320 in the pot before the flop at $10/20, minus the $10 rake). A typical hand was probably 7-8 to a flop, limped or raised once. Lots of fun, gambler types at the tables. Friendly dealers.

If I missed anything you want to know about, just ask