Government-run online poker has begun
Anybody in Quebec played poker yet in the government-run espacejeux.com? See Loto-Québec launches espacejeux.com, which includes a funny ad with Oreo cookies ala Rounders.
■Rake seems to be competitive, e.g., 5% up to $3 for 2¢/4¢ to $25/$50
■Up to $20 cash bonus to play at table games
■Giant Launch Tournament with a total purse of $250,000 (registration free).
■The Espacejeux launch Bad Beat Jackpot is $100,000.
■Lucky hands:
■Each millionth hand (1 million, 2 million, etc. right up to 25 million), will offer $500 to be shared equally among players who were dealt cards at the start of the hand.
■Each hundred thousand hands (100,000, 200,000 etc. right up to 4,900,000) will offer $300 to be shared equally among players that were dealt cards at the start of the hand.
■Guaranteed Tournaments:
■Espacejeux will run daily Guaranteed Purse Tournaments, whatever the number of players
■There will be 5 Guaranteed Tournaments on weekdays, 6 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday
■A $50,000 Guaranteed Tournament will be run on the first Sunday of each month
■A free registration fee tournament for new members each week with $1,000 in prize money.
■Free registration fee cash tournaments open to all to learn poker risk-free with real money.
■Prizes for the best players of the week ($1, 000) and month ($7,500 divided among players on the Leaderboard).
■Sports event tournaments. Among available prizes, a first: five luxury evenings for two at the Jean Pascal Gala de Boxe on December 18, 2010.
■Québec Grand Championship of Poker in the spring of 2011.
BC is supposed to join the poker network soon, then the Atlantic provinces. Hopefully by the time Ontario joins in 2012, the government site will be as good as the so-called "illegal" sites. Software such as PT3 and HEM seems to be currently "prohibited since they are deemed to provide an unfair edge."
■Rake seems to be competitive, e.g., 5% up to $3 for 2¢/4¢ to $25/$50
■Up to $20 cash bonus to play at table games
■Giant Launch Tournament with a total purse of $250,000 (registration free).
■The Espacejeux launch Bad Beat Jackpot is $100,000.
■Lucky hands:
■Each millionth hand (1 million, 2 million, etc. right up to 25 million), will offer $500 to be shared equally among players who were dealt cards at the start of the hand.
■Each hundred thousand hands (100,000, 200,000 etc. right up to 4,900,000) will offer $300 to be shared equally among players that were dealt cards at the start of the hand.
■Guaranteed Tournaments:
■Espacejeux will run daily Guaranteed Purse Tournaments, whatever the number of players
■There will be 5 Guaranteed Tournaments on weekdays, 6 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday
■A $50,000 Guaranteed Tournament will be run on the first Sunday of each month
■A free registration fee tournament for new members each week with $1,000 in prize money.
■Free registration fee cash tournaments open to all to learn poker risk-free with real money.
■Prizes for the best players of the week ($1, 000) and month ($7,500 divided among players on the Leaderboard).
■Sports event tournaments. Among available prizes, a first: five luxury evenings for two at the Jean Pascal Gala de Boxe on December 18, 2010.
■Québec Grand Championship of Poker in the spring of 2011.
BC is supposed to join the poker network soon, then the Atlantic provinces. Hopefully by the time Ontario joins in 2012, the government site will be as good as the so-called "illegal" sites. Software such as PT3 and HEM seems to be currently "prohibited since they are deemed to provide an unfair edge."
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BC - Playnow.com poker is actually open now. $100k freeroll in March.
PlayNow.com officially joins Canadian Poker Network — Canada Poker News
for real? ???
true story.
Rake is not 10%.
rake max
Micro Limit Tables $0.10/$0.20 $0.01 every $0.20 $1.50
Micro Limit Tables $0.25/$0.50 $0.05 every $1.00 $1.50
Low Limit Tables $0.50/$1.00 - $1.00/$2.00 $0.25 every $5.00 $1.50
Mid Limit Tables $2.00/$4.00 - $10.00/$20.00 $0.25 every $5.00 $3.00
The tourneys aren't great so far (not that big), but at least they are time zone oriented.
How many players are online typically at peak hours?
Does anyone know if HUDs work? Are OPR, sharkscope, topshark, etc able to track these games?
However, (I believe) the MOD from the PT3 forum said that they were an accepted application. I'll try and look it up and post the response.
Ok, well that's standard. I can't find the post now. Anyhoo, I'd consider going to a forum specific to your particular application and asking before I'd try it.
Yeah, I want to quit and lose the money I have put up in this tourney now that we are on the money bubble...lmao.
Right now, 1827 players. BBJ at 375k. 6max 2/4nl bad beat table is the highest denom. that is full. there are several 1/2 tables full (10player)
canada poker.com/saskatchewan-leaning-towards-getting-into-online-gambling-market
BBJ...475,207...any piece of that would be schweeet...
This rake structure looks better than most sites actually given that the caps are structured more proportionately to the buy in level for the micros. At Stars the CAP is $2 for the micros iirc.
Here it is. Asked Feb 16 2011
Here's the answer.
As been mentioned, IP restricted to provinces...can you reroute your IP? Might not be able to cash out without validating your info?
Deposit methods (for BC anyway) are CC (mine doesn't work though), Interac payment, and online bill payment.
tongue firmly planted in cheek, btw.