Poker finally legalized in Quebec

[jjshabado]

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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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Yeah, because casinos don't generate revenue at all...

[lmcjaho]

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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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Uhhh - No.

They're plastic like KEM or Copags but they're bridge size...

As for the price I can't say as I never bought them...

[mephisto]

Can't wait for the doors to open to the poker tables in Ottawa. I really hope they fill their tables with dealers instead of an electronic table. Btw, why didn't the rideau carleton raceway ever adopt poker tables since they are on the Ontario side?

[Flopz]

The only casino I see having any sort of language issue is the Charlevoix casion near Quebec City. Not too much English around there and not as close to the American and Ontario borders as the ones in Montreal and Gatineau (pretty much a suburb of Ottawa, ON).

In all my visits to the Gatineau casino, they speak French by default, but they accommodate the Anglos very well.

[mephisto]

yup, totally agree with you Flopz about Gatineau. English is incorporated very well in that casino and I forsee no poker language problem there. I would go as far as to say that if ever Quebec separates from Canada, Ottawa will annex Gatineau because it is so inter-connected to Ontario. :P

[True North]

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Can't wait for the doors to open to the poker tables in Ottawa. I really hope they fill their tables with dealers instead of an electronic table. Btw, why didn't the rideau carleton raceway ever adopt poker tables since they are on the Ontario side?

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Table games aren't allowed at racetracks in Ontario.

This is great news. I was just complaining to my wife a couple of days ago that there weren't any poker rooms close to Ottawa, except for the Mohawk casino across the border from Cornwall (and that room apparently has been moved to the bingo hall).

[NoRiverRats]

Ummm, there are lots of places to play live poker in Ottawa, they just aren't run by the government...

[Flopz]

The clubs are running again? I just hope the wannabe baller punks who ran some of the joints decide to keep it on the down-low by not setting up websites, mailing lists and messageboard posts to advertise like they did the first time around.

[NoRiverRats]

yah, things have tightened up a fair bit, references are required and things aren't as overt as they were.

[True North]

Bump...

I was talking with one of the pit bosses at Casino du Lac Leamy in Gatineau yesterday. He said they're planning to have 6-8 tables in their room, half electronic and half live dealers. They're looking to have it open sometime in September or October, although he said the electronic tables could be ready by the end of July.