B&M NL Texas Hold'em in Western Europe

[Jurrr]

Which countries in Western Europe have casinos that host No Limit Texas Hold'em games?

I thought Monaco was my best shot but it looks like they offer roulette and other EV- games only.

[TylerD]

London, Amsterdam, Dublin, Vienna, Paris are your best bets. (yes, I know they're not countries).

[Jurrr]

Yeah, naming cities is even better. Thanks!

[kabouter]

The rake is very high compared to las vegas though.
Here in the Netherlands practically all the big cities offer poker in their (government operated) casino's.
Here in Amsterdam they offer:
2/4 limit (10%!!!! rake)
5/10 limit 5%
10/20 limit 5%
20/40 limit 5% (capped at $30 I believe)

5/5 no limit 5%

and €10 SnG's (no fee, kind of a present to the micro boys)

And most days they have a MTT €50 + €10
or sometimes €200+€20

[betgo]

The continental games tend to be heavily raked, which also may explain why you won't see huge poker rooms like in the US. Britain and Ireland probably have a better environment for cash games. There you will mostly find PLHE rather than NLHE. The difference between the two is mostly noticable in tournaments with short stacks and it does not effect cash games much.

[27offsooot]

Link

BTW, this site doesn't list which games are spread (that I could find anyhow). It has locations and whether they have poker or not and seems fairly comprehensive.

Does anyone know whether the casinos in Paris will have limit?

[betgo]

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<a href="www.worldcasinodirectory.com" target="_blank">Link</a>

BTW, this site doesn't list which games are spread (that I could find anyhow). It has locations and whether they have poker or not and seems fairly comprehensive.

Does anyone know whether the casinos in Paris will have limit?

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From what I understand the Aviation Club in Paris currently has pot limit dealer's choice and NLHE. They may have a table or two of limit holdem, but it may be high stakes if they have it.

[playersare]

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Does anyone know whether the casinos in Paris will have limit?

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I didn't see any at Aviation or Concorde when I was there in early February. If you know a bunch of guys who all want to play at mid-high stakes, they might accomodate you. but don't expect to just be able to sit down with a bunch of strangers already playing limit. instead you will see many tables of french college kids playing 2/2 NL with minimum 30 euro stacks. give it a shot.

as for the casino directly link you provided, know that most of the Paris Cercle clubs are not open to the general public. the only other one you might be able to play at besides the two I already mentioned is Wagram (as reported by another 2+2 member).

[Jurrr]

OK, thanks a lot everybody.

[ungarop]

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Does anyone know whether the casinos in Paris will have limit?

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Last year in April when I was at ACP there was 2/4 Euro LHE.