Richmond B.C. New Casio
Any Vancouverites here? The Richmond Casion will be opening mid June and will be GVD's biggest casino. 900 slots, 12 poker tables, 24/7 casino/pokerroom, hotel, theatre, show lounge, bar, restaurant! Cant wait till it opens! 
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sounds like quite an establishment
hotel, theatre, show lounge
and BAR
btw, what's GVD stand for? :?:
thanks,
CO
Yup, this will be the best casino in B.C.
Bryan
But the new casion will have 20 tables and 24/7 so I am sure the only thing players will be waiting on, are the dealers.
Good thing I work at the airport... only 10 minutes away. See you there...
Anyone played here yet? Im interestedi n finding out when they're going to be holding tournies but havent seen the info online anywhere
It was alright. Very crowded, so many idiots there, lots of ugly girls, lots of kids there. But then, there were some hot ones too
It is bigger than some of the smaller casinos in Vegas. The crappy part is waiting for tables. My friend and I just played while people were on holds.
I hope the hype dies down and the idiots lose their money and stop going. Poker should be fun, although the first 2 weeks will consist of idiots at the table after watching WPT thinking they can win the big one.
Poker room opens up on the 8th and will have a tournament that day. No one really knows the details though.
Poker room opens July 8. Great room. Isolated from the gaming floor. Twenty tables. Fourteen plasma screens. Its own bar. Wow. Probably the nicest room in North America.
Dave, will you be comming to the tournaments in Richmond? I would really like to meet you!
i think i'm hungry:spade:
Well, im gonna be there all next saturday playing, hopefully i'll be able to get into a decent game without too much of a wait
I noticed that Omaha is offered but it looked like it was Omaha High Only which seems strange since Omaha Hi/Lo is by far the more popular version.
I phoned on saturday to see what they were running because i was considering going. It is Omaha Hi only.. They said they might offer hilo at a later time.
maybe we could all meet up one day and play.
I added you, my msn is accordingtojosh@hotmail.com
And I'm another Lower Mainland boy, you can either hit me up thru here or at my email... [email]csummers@nostinkin'spam.shaw.ca[/email] (take out the nostinkin'spam bit)...
Chris
they spread 2-4, 4-8, 8-16, 20-40 and 30-60 HE, with, i believe 4-8 omaha...and i think 2-4-8 seven card stud (but dont quote me on the last two)....plus, of course, 3-6 NL HE with a 100-200 buy-in
as for my impressions of the place....good and bad...
the place always has lots of people....so there are always full tables of most of the limits, which is great for table/limit selection......the waiting isn't as bad now as it was on day #1...but my advice, if you wanna sit quicker, is just stand around, somewhat close to the desk...so its really obvious you're waiting, and they might just ask you if you wanna play after a few minutes....the computer system becomes full of names of people who aren't around, and they have had lots of no-shows, so just make yourself visible
the biggest problem with the place is probably the dealers...they have some good ones, but the problem lies in the fact that all the dealers switch to different games constantly...so they sometimes don't know the rules as well as they should......this becomes especially apparent at the no limit tables, when some dealers aren't 100% sure about no limit betting rules (ie. you cant reraise to $50 after a $30 bet, it has to be at least double the previous bet)....there have even been a few instances where the dealer didn't notice that someone tried to bring more than $200 to the table....also, some house rules don't seem to be known that well dealer to dealer..
oh and the food isn't all that great either :P
on the plus side, it is spacious and has a nice atmosphere...but i really think that, given a bit of time and experience, the river rock will become a really great place to play poker...it is, after all, only their first week :P