WSOP tweeted the news then Casino du Lac-Leamy re-tweeted it. WSOP.com, Lac-Leamy and River Rock Casino have all still not bothered to update their websites about basic info like this and schedules, even though these Canadian WSOP events already starts next month! Wow, I didn't think that all the government-approved legal casinos would rake the players almost as much as those approved by the infamous Kahnawake Gaming Commission such as the $15 maximum rape at Playground and VIP Poker Room. Snake's Poker Club used to have a promotion where they pay you $10/hour to play cash games, but if there are no Quebec poker rooms with reasonable rake, it looks like all the players going to the WPT/WSOP/CPT/FTP events like me should find something else to do after we finish a tournament.
Does anybody know if the Senate will be in session in late November, so that I can show my family the "Honourable" Senators such as Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau before the Senate gets abolished by Canadian voters?

What? I had thought Playground rake was less than the provincials? They're adding on top of $7 rake?

At first, I couldn't believe that any gaming commission in Canada would approve such high rake, but here is Playground's unbeatable rake structure:
1/2 is 10% up to $8.
2/5 is 5% up to $14.
Plus $1 for BBJ if pot >=$20; raked >= 5% (staff gratuities).
Up to $15 rape for both Playground & VIP Poker Room, approved by the KGC! To compare, I play in a casino that has a $7 session fee per half hour for 2/5, so the most that casino will take from the table is $140/hour (+BBJ), while Playground and VIP will rake away $200-$350/hour!

So after each WSOP/WPT tournament, unless the cash game rake in Quebec is lowered to make it possible to beat, we may all have to drive to Rideau Carleton Raceway in Ottawa with $5 max rake.

P.S. Besides Cosmic Adventures, what else is good for a 12-year girl within driving distance of Casino du Lac-Leamy?

What?!?! Rideau Carleton Raceway has POKER ?!?! I gotta look into this...
Cheers,
Mr.Bl4ck

From their website - it's electronic poker ... three tables

NEW – $100 Saturday Electronic Poker tournaments, plus daily "Sit & Go" tournaments. Play $1/$2 No-limit Texas Hold’em, plus reduced rake from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and $1/$2 Limit Hold’Em feature game on Sundays. Three Electronic Poker tables and Free “Sit & Learn” sessions available. You can also play electronic Roulette, Blackjack and Baccarat.

Is the information about the rake available online somewhere?

Cheers,
Mr.Bl4ck

Like most casinos, the OLG poker website fails to post its cash game rake to poker consumers, even though it should promote its max rake of only $5. The small poker room in Rideau Carleton Raceway has found it challenging as its slots customers are too old-fashioned to become comfortable with electronic poker, and poker players in the area have always gone to Casino du Lac-Leamy.

You can phone 1-877-870-7586 to confirm that its rake is 10% up to $5. Hopefully, you or the many 2+2 members invading Ottawa/Quebec from this month until December can confirm the $2.50 max rake between 6:30-9:30 PM.
[QUOTE=mist3rbl4ck;39995042]plus reduced rake from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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Not yet. But eventually. There's a casino war going on in Ottawa right now.

Originally there was talk of opening a new property in downtown Ottawa, possibly managed by a real casino outfit and regulated by OLG. There was then a lot of noise that this was gonna be the death of RCR, so they had to look at options around expanding that to be a full blown casino.

Then Eugene M (Senators owner) got butthurt that no one talked to him about running a casino out next to the hockey rink, so they went through another round of talks (I doubt they were really in good faith) about opening a second casino there.

AFAIK, they're gonna expand RCR at some point in the future to be a full blown casino.

I for one am excited about this, as it's less than 20 minutes from my house out in the sticks, but I was also geared up to be able leave work downtown and hit up a new property.

Lots of Museums with good "children's" programming, primarily clustered around downtown. Closer than the kid casinos (Cosmic Adventures). PM if you like and I can ask my wife. She's always organizing outings when we get guests with kids that need to be entertained.

Rideau Carleton Raceway has had a poker room since 2012, but contrary to what its poker manager told me, it has obviously failed to promote it properly to poker players in the area such as Johnny Douglas and mist3rbl4ck. Having a legal poker room with $2.50-$5 max rake is Ottawa's best kept secret next to the missing paper trail in the Senate!
Thanks, I won't have to decide between the kids' casinos in Ottawa or Kahnawake until November!

NL?

I remember when we moved back to Ottawa in 2010 there was talk of tables at RCR, but I've never heard any more of it. I was even on their site not that long ago because I wanted to take my 3 year old to the track to watch some races (and so he could grow up and tell his friends what a degen his old man was) not that long ago and didn't notice it.

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Checked the website, they're PokerPro tables. I don't mind those at all though.

I created a thread for the only legal poker room inside Ottawa, Ontario that I know of. Lac-Leamy is actually in Gatinueau, Quebec.

I saw a schedule for the WSOPc earlier at Lac Leamy but cant find it anymore. Does anyone have a link?

Please post the schedule next time you see it.

Here is a version posted on the Lotto BC website. If the schedule changes, I can't see it being very far off. It looks pretty typical for a tournament series.


Slightly unrelated, but keep in mind that Lac Leamy is actually closer to downtown Ottawa than RCR is.

My knowledge is about 6 months old, I haven't made the trip out to the RCR recently. That said, since they don't market at all, it probably hasn't improved.

Yes, there is a table, sometimes 2, that run on the weekends at the RCR. It is 1000% fishier than just about any poker room I have been to. However, the player pool is small and you can sense that players busting are not reloading. That's if they get the game going at all. You're taking your chances if you drive out there.

Can't confirm the half-rake, I usually arrive a little later in the evening and fill up the table. Either way, $5 is a lot better than anything else you'll find.

Depends on where you stay, of course, but Ottawa is not the greatest for original things to do for kids. The museums were already mentioned and they'll be your best source of entertainment. The Market is also good for a morning or afternoon, lots of little shops and activities. Otherwise, you're looking at a lot of outdoorsy walking and exploring kind of things, and the usual generic indoor playground/laser tag kind of activities.

And don't worry, you'll be able to show your kids Parliament and the sleazy Senators at the time (With the Senate, I never know if people are sarcastic - they usually are. So on a serious note, if you were actually thinking of bringing your kids to see Parliament, PM me and I can give you the info you need.)

Very little to add here that you won't find in the Montreal thread except to say that if you are staying in Ottawa, just remember that Kahnawake is a little over 2 hours away driving. If you don't have a car, don't plan on going, public transit from Montreal to Kahnawake is terrible.

Apparently, Rideau Carleton no longer offers Poker. They must have stopped it recently. I guess the lack of interest finally made it close.

I played poker here this week on a Tuesday evening. The casino is quite nice and the service was good. The poker room had about 15 tables in total. There were 4 games of 1-2 with a $50-$200 buyin and 2 games of 2-5 with a $100-$500 buyin. One of the 2-5 games was a must move game.

I played at 2-5 and the rake was 5% up to $10 as well as a $1 bad beat drop for pots over $20.

I must say that the action was pretty crazy. The table was playing an average of about 200BB deep with many stacks in the $1500+. Average raises preflop were $25-$40 and would yield multiple callers. People were running huge bluffs in spots that made no sense and calling down super lite.

I will be returning later this week to see if this is the norm at this room or just a fluke of a good table.

It's sad that the huge Rideau Carleton Raceway failed to make the only legal poker room in Ottawa with $5 max rake viable. So for all the 2+2ers like me who are headed for WSOP-C Lac-Leamy and WPT Montreal, do we just play the tournaments, and avoid all the cash games with high rake that are unbeatable in the long run?

The rake is high but it's not unbeatable in the long run. The action is very good and players buy in deeper in these games then at the many other casinos ive played in

I'd like to learn a little more about the poker room at Lac Leamy.

If any regs in the room that maybe are also aware of underground poker scene in Ottawa would give me a few minutes on the phone it would be much appreciated.

just PM me.

thanks

Has the poker room been moved back down to the main floor? Played upstairs and the atmosphere was terrible.

Its upstairs for a couple more weeks. I prefer upstairs, I like the high ceilings, the big TVs, the natural light during the day plus the washrooms being "right there" is nice. I

Anyone on this forum playing regularely at lac leamy casino who wants to chat?

I haven't been playing poker for long (about 2 years), but I go more and more often to the casino to play (once or twice a week) and show a small profit in the long run so far. I'm really looking to improve my game. I would really like to discuss hands with someone good and exchange information on the players who play there, etc, etc.

Im willing to help. Im a reg there, pm me

Anyone played the tourneys here? How many regs can I expect?

Bump - what's the latest on the Casino Lac Leamy poker room?