Does anyone know the status of the RR games these days? my home casino of choice has been parq but logistically RR makes the most sense. Looks like they have 5 tables? mostly regs im assuming?

non existent

Some serious contraction might be on the horizon for the local casino industry.

It seems the industry is facing a cash flow crisis. The situation is so dire that the Parq may be verging on bankruptcy less than two years after opening, unable to service the the debt incurred on the C$1billion project.

The NDP government's crackdown on money laundering in the casinos is having a major effect; the real disaster for the casinos (and for the local loan shark industry) are the new regulations requiring that punters disclose detailed information about the funds for deposits of $10,000 or more in a 24hr period. (This is the rule Drake ran afoul of when he tried to buy in $50k to play craps. Saying "But I am Drake," is not enough to meet the regulations.)

These regulations are preventing overseas players from borrowing money locally to play with and then repaying it in China, Singapore, wherever, thus obtaining funds to gamble here while avoiding currency restrictions, taxes, etc.

Revenues industry-wide in BC are down almost 20%.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...oney-crackdown

Interesting article, thanks for the link

Do you think a concept like Montreal's playground club would work in Vancouver?

I think Playground is on First Nations land and doesn't pay tax. In BC, because Reservations don't have sovereignty, they would need a Provincial license which wont be forthcoming due to all that missed tax revenue[or something like that].

Sample size of 1, but I went last month on a Thursday afternoon, they had 3 tables running the whole time with seats open, eventually one closed and 2 tables remained until closing time at 2:15 am.

Only 1/3 NL but my table was perfectly fine. Nowhere near as reggy as I would have expected given the time slot. Only saw it fold around to the blinds once in 9 hours.

If I had to choose one venue or the other then I'd take Parq any day but you could probably do a lot worse than RR.

Yes, the player base is there at least

Here's an interesting article about Asian gangs invading the BC casino industry and establishing the Loan Shark and Money Laundry rings that have recently been squashed by the new currency regulations.

It seems that the current NDP government assigning all the blame to the previous Conservative regimes might have been a little disingenuous.

While there is little doubt that the Loan Sharks and Money Laundry gangs were allowed free rein by the Conservative governments during the 2000's and 2010's, the environment that the criminal gangs needed to flourish was established when the previous NDP government took the shackles off of the casinos by raising the maximum bet tenfold, without addressing or even creating any mechanism to address the inevitable criminal shenanigans that followed...

https://globalnews.ca/news/5215614/m..._campaign=2015

Fascinating article. Haven't seen anything about that issue in so much detail.

Grand Villa or Cascades? I live in Langley but work in South Burnaby so can do both without much consideration for travel time.

Really depends I think ? Most people you ask would say cascades. But time of day and comfortability in games can make me recommend villa and style

Those 2 are so different, it depends on what you like. I think most people would prefer Villa. More round the clock games, more tables, better (not surrounded by slot machines) atmosphere etc. Cascades can be fun too though.

I heard some of the van casinos dont enforce an english speaking only rule while a hand is in play and cascades is the only one who enforces the rule. Anyone have experience wih this?

How are games there and which ones are usually running, during the day and at night? Thinking about making the trip from Europe over there and trying to make sure it's not dead.

This rule is enforced all the time at Parq.

Come to Vancouver for vancouver, but not the poker. There's one to three tables of 1/2/5 uncapped PLO and a couple of 2/5 tables (across 2 casinos) depending on the night. Weekends only you may see 5/T at a suburban casino, you'd need a car or pay for a taxi to get there though. AFAIK the only big poker hub in Canada is Playground, outside of Montreal.

Dan Harrington has been playing 2/5 at Parq this week...broke?

Writing another book. Getting material.

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Don't play poker in Vancouver.

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Likely the biggest game available too?

Parq has a new poker room now? Saw this tweet - https://twitter.com/ParqCasino/statu...13256331771904. Anyone played there?

The room moved very slightly. And now has 11 tables.

Have to attend a conference at the River Rock convention space this coming month. May have 3 weekday evenings to play.

Any update on what they are spreading currently? Last mention of them I see here was "1/3 NL only" from about six months ago...

RR info is current. Game breaks around 2 am.

I've been playng the daily tournament 2-3 times per week for a month. Usually 30-50 entries and it's very beatable.