Lol why hate on the dude, the pokeratlas thing was news to me, at least they’re slowly improving.

I doubt the 50-60 tables part though. They currently only have 16 tables running and huge lists, shouldn’t they already have 30 tables available?

Someone had already said it a day before which everyone seems to have missed.

It's shocking how much demand there is for live poker in this city and these idiots can't string together more than a few tables to accomodate demand..

Fact - they had almost 30 tables going for their cash games, I’ve seen. As many as 13 of 1-3 tables and another 10-12 for 2-5 as well as a handful of 5-10 tables and some limit Omaha.

There were about 20-30 brand new GGPOKER tables added for their Wsop tournament (1000 buy in yesterday).
They had to purchase and redesign the room to accommodate the tourney so Incant imagine them not expanding the number of tables permanently.

Currently there is basically no wait time on weekday nights. Weekend nights, it will be 1-2 hours of waiting but that trend is definitely improving. If you call ahead and get there early, there should be little to no wait.

As for the *******, I’m not “sucking on anyone’s dick”. Of course anyone would prefer cheaper rake but there is no other option. Niagara is much more expensive overall when factoring in travel expenses.

As said, there is simply no other population base as Toronto. There is simply more money in this city than anywhere else in Canada and it was untapped for years. 50 percent of the players will be Asians and generally play loose.

Are those Omaha tables high only or split? It says O8 on Poker Atlas but I thought the plan all along was to stick with High only, consistent with the local favourite as observed by the 5-6 tables of 20-40 at CNE every summer.

They take call ins now?

Poker tables at Woodbine is like our housing market.

So how has series been going so far? Have alternate lists/waits to get in the tournament or rebuy been super long? If you aren't pre regged for an event is there any point to even going?

I have a conference at Woodbine in mid-June so plan to spend my evenings at the Casino at Great Canadian Toronto (what a name). As mentioned, rake seems insane. I will probably play, anyway, just for the experience -- and because I'm addicted.

Any tips? I'd love to play PLO, but looks as if the 20/40 1/2 kill limit is it for Omaha. Is it a good/active/fun game? For NLHE, are the 2/5 players generally good regs or bad fish?

Any good food, etc., that I shouldn't miss?

Thanks!

The Omaha is 20/40 limit high only. Pretty juicy game. You will sometimes see pots capped 8 ways preflop with many people coming with complete garbage hands. Most people in the game have a VPIP of 90%.

The other games have plenty of average/bad with a few good players sprinkled in.

Is it not hi-lo? Just asking as I've never played it

Also, what do people typically buy in for? I see it's listed as 400+ on pokeratlas

There is no hi-lo in Ontario casinos. (Maybe underground? Could be but I've never heard of it.)

I haven't played at Woodbine, but when that game runs at the Ex each August I've seen players sit down with anywhere from $800 to 3K. The former usually rebuy pretty quickly.

When the action gets going the kill is on about 3/4 of the time, so it's better to think of it as a 30/60 game.

Does the ex have no limit now? Even with ridiculous woodbine level rake it would probably be an insanely profitable game.

I've haven't played in the last couple of years but they had 1-2 NL the last time I was there. I sat in for an hour or so while waiting for the 20-40 1/2 kill Omaha. I would have seen more action if I'd been watching the weather channel. But when a seat in the Omaha game opened up it was the usual sheer craziness.

I'm surprised the NL action was that horrible. Maybe you were just unlucky and at a table full of grinders/OMCs. When I picture poker at the ex I'm picturing a much more casual crowd who just want to "try out" poker instead of your typical reg fish at Niagara that have years of experience playing poker but are still bad.

It's spread limit with 1/2 blinds and the EX now has the lowest legal rake in the GTA....

Toronto poker also lost a regular in the GTA rooms when Dutchie passed away a few days ago. I remember seeing him in Rama games a few times in the early 2000's but I stopped going to live games beyond playing or going with a buddy a day here and there since this time period. https://www.tsn.ca/long-time-tsn-bro...t-57-1.2121798