cardroom question

henry

First off, allow me to offer this warm hello to all of my fellow Canadian poker enthusiasts! Recently I had found this forum, but it was down, and, I assumed, out. I'm very glad to learn the downtime was temporary.

I have a question for any west coast members; what is the current status of the Vancouver cardroom scene? Are places like the Apollo and Joker's still up and running? Without any info I am sort of assuming there's been a crackdown; I certainly hope that's not the case. Are the Vancouver/area casinos getting generally favourable reviews re action?

Any feedback is appreciated. Sorry, I've been out of commission for a while.

yubyub1978

unfourtunatly no private card rooms exist in the province of british columbia(legal anywise).There are three great canadian casino that have poker the river rock(richmond),holiday in (vancouver) and coquitlam.There is the china town casino and im not sure if the blue boy is still open right now but in january its moving to the plaza of nations.I hope this is enough to steer you in the right direction.

henry

Thanks for the reply.

The Jokers and Apollo Rec were never exactly legal, but they were tolerated. I suppose I'll have to wait until spring to know the truth. I have a feeling they're both still open. I fully intend to check out the casino action when I get back to the coast. I hear RiverRock lays out a free spread of victuals every day sometime after midnight. Those are the little perks that make a big difference, I'll say. Never too impressed with GCC, hopefully they'll redeem their selves by opening cardrooms in Victoria and Nanaimo. Nanaimo has a good private cardroom, come to think of it. And RiverRock has a marina, apparently. Perhaps they'll comp me a slip for the old rust-bucket. What's the dress code there?