Stardust Poker Mansion
Looks like another poker room has popped up around Montreal. Maybe SteveKerr and the group can check it out while they're in Quebec next week after shipping the Playground Tourney
http://www.stardustpokermansion.com
http://www.stardustpokermansion.com
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Probably will try to hit it up, maybe the night before the playground tourney on April 28th
I predict overall that it will be a welcome addition to the Montreal scene, and more competition is almost always a good thing for players.
So what do you do there?
The building is large and has a resto/bar downstairs and the poker room is upstairs. In the main room they have about 17 tables and they have two private rooms with 1 and 2 tables each inside. You get upstairs via a huge staircase which opens right into the centre of the room. The brush desk is immediately to your left at the top of the stairs and the cashiers are just past that across a small hallway that leads to ATMs, bathrooms, etc.
Still standing at the top of the stairs there are two tables directly in front of you, and there's a service bar past those two. There's a row of four tables to the left, and a long row of about ten or so tables down the entire right wall. Overall the effect is pretty great - it's wall to wall poker.
The room is super spacious, particularly compared with other rooms in the Montreal area. There's lots of space to walk around and the lighting is nice and bright. Although my personal preference is for the sleek modern styling of Playground, that's not to suggest that Stardust isn't very nice looking inside. Everything seems top notch, from the tables and player and dealer chairs to the Paulson cash and tourney chips.
The tables themselves are the subject of most of the discussion. They're beautiful, but arguably too beautiful. They feature a wide wooden racetrack between the rail and the felt. It's great for stacking chips, but you can't keep your cards there (house rule) and anyhow even if you could it's so slick that it would be tough to peek at your cards. What that means, though, is that when you're playing you end up leaning over a lot to reach your cards. And since the dealers can't pitch to the rail (which they shouldn't do anyhow, but still...) it might end up being slower. This may not prove to be true, but at least after two days I'm not 100% convinced that the tables are optimal.
Anyhow that's a little mini trip report/description. Happy to answer any questions...
(BTW I was 14/130 in the first free buy tourney I played and 8/90 in the second, i.e. almost-bubble and next-to-min-cash FML)
handies?
sounds retardobad
I care.
I do.
There's no one like you (GTA).
I will pay a premium for your trouble.
Also interested in chips from any of the Kahnawake card rooms.
PM me if interested and I we can work something out.
Cheers,
Jeff
Praise Jeebus . . .
I think this is really going to hurt snakes, there wasn't a lot of traffic there the few times I went before and all the cash tables cleared entirely once a trny started.
What are some of the locals opinions on how snakes will hold up now with more competition.
booo.
I'll be there either Tuesday or Monday night.
I played Black Jack
handies?
#sickread
Is Snakes still at $5 max rake?
What's the rake at Stardust?
In that case (and I will check) rake in Kahnawake is pretty much universal: 1/2 = 10% max 8 plus jackpot drop 2/5 = 5% max 14 plus jackpot drop. No flop no drop, chopped pots are not raked.
Free meals and drinks for all cash players.
No one is going to compete on rake IMO.
Stardust Canadian Poker Classic: Hendon Mob Poker Database
Get some flags!
Stardust Poker (@Stardust_Poker)
8/25/12 12:31 PM
Some of our celebrities playing in the Canadian Poker Classic event are #UFC fighters @rory_macdonald @seanpierson @Ivanmenjivar #BIG #WOW
Just Asked if DNegs is playing, waiting for reply.
Finally figured it out, HUGE PR company for some big names handling their stuff. Well played Stardust, well played.
Now if I can get some field sizes for those looking to hop planes, that would be helpful. Me likes data.
Gonna be a shut out. Book it!