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Hey guys, I may be moving out to the Burnaby area this summer so I'm just wondering what the games have been like at Grand Villa these days? Anyone been out there?

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05-20-2022 , 01:38 PM

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Melkerson

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I might take a trip out to Vancouver sometime next year.

Is there any limit HE to be had there. I remember a long time ago (10+ yrs) there was a place that spread a really soft 10-20...I think it was connected to a Holiday Inn, but I heard from a friend that place doesn't exist any longer.

Any other options for LHE or is it all no limit these days?

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05-22-2022 , 02:49 AM

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Carnivore

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NL and PLO. I think the last 3/6 limit game died of COVID.

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05-22-2022 , 02:54 AM

#1129

Buggle

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Originally Posted by Carnivore

NL and PLO. I think the last 3/6 limit game died of COVID.

Was it triple vaxxed?

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05-22-2022 , 03:57 PM

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Melkerson

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Originally Posted by Carnivore

NL and PLO. I think the last 3/6 limit game died of COVID.

Thanks. Out of curiosity where did they spread limit pre-COVID?

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05-22-2022 , 07:14 PM

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stacker604

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Limit hold em lol. Are you serious?

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05-24-2022 , 11:27 AM

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adummmmm

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Originally Posted by stacker604

Hey guys, I may be moving out to the Burnaby area this summer so I'm just wondering what the games have been like at Grand Villa these days? Anyone been out there?

Hey buddy I'm a reg there , they run $1-3 ($100-$400max) , and $2-5 ($300-1500) ,
The $1-3 games are pretty good, typically all the action players merge into one or two tables , then all the other tables are full of small buying omc games, really bad , it's hit and miss , $2-5 is not my reg game but it seems a mix of competent good players , very tight omc, and occasional weak $1-3 guys taking stabs,

For the $1-3 action games not uncommon to see 5/6 guys with all over $1k ,

The room is full every day .....with about (2) $2-5 games and all the other tables running $1-3 ,

Hope this helps good luck out there buddy

Last edited by adummmmm; 05-24-2022 at 11:57 AM.

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05-24-2022 , 04:48 PM

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gobbledygeek

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Originally Posted by Melkerson

Thanks. Out of curiosity where did they spread limit pre-COVID?

Pretty sure Limit games (typically 2/4 as well as 4/8 with Kill) died long before COVID. I think Fraser Downs was probably the last to offer Limit but that room has been closed for, what, 6 years or so? Cascades last offered Limit in its old room, so like 2014 maybe?

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05-25-2022 , 10:21 PM

#1134

Melkerson

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Originally Posted by gobbledygeek

If that's all there was, I must be thinking of a very long time ago. The place I'm thinking of spread 10-20 and 20-40, I think. There might have been lower games, but I'd never play anything less than 10-20. Rake is too hard to beat. Sounds like it's all long gone.

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05-26-2022 , 03:03 PM

#1135

zica

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Originally Posted by Melkerson

Your memory is right that those limits were spread at the Holiday Inn on Broadway and now long gone. I played there some and then 6/12 limit at Boulevard Casino before the big poker room was built. Now there is just NLHE and PLO in the Lower Mainland afaik.

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05-26-2022 , 10:14 PM

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Carnivore

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There was 3/6 limit at River Rock as recent as 2018 at least. That's the last time I was there and I think COVID was probably the death of that game.

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05-29-2022 , 06:07 AM

#1137

Yuliial

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Anyone looking to play 3-6 limit should just log on to PokerStars.

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06-01-2022 , 07:26 PM

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100kallday

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Does anyone have any Info on Elements Casino Victoria ?

Moving down to Victoria, BC and looking for some regular games.

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06-02-2022 , 03:52 AM

#1139

zica

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Originally Posted by 100kallday

Does anyone have any Info on Elements Casino Victoria ?

Moving down to Victoria, BC and looking for some regular games.

Last I heard, a few years ago, they don't play poker there. Email them to make sure.

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06-03-2022 , 03:51 PM

#1140

freedom 35

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Originally Posted by 100kallday

Does anyone have any Info on Elements Casino Victoria ?

Moving down to Victoria, BC and looking for some regular games.

They started live poker just before Covid hit. I haven't been there since but there was about 3-4 tables of 1/3 (may have been 1/2) and I don't recall seeing anything else. It was tucked off to the side next to a cafe area and it didn't seem like a permanent spot for the poker area but the floor staff told me it was. I didn't play in the game but watched a few minutes and the games seemed very good. Covid hit and they were closed for over a year minimum so who knows now. In the pits everyone would ask staff why they didn't have poker so when they finally announced they were it was a big deal/lot of buzz.

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07-11-2022 , 05:19 AM

#1141

stacker604

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Hey guys, I'm mainly an online MTT player. I've been following the WSOP main event coverage now, so I was just wondering if there was any casino around the lower mainland that had decent stucture. Is there anything like that offered around here, or am I better off trying the US or just sticking to online?

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07-23-2022 , 02:48 PM

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2pairsof2s

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Originally Posted by stacker604

As far as I know, the only poker room in the area that holds tournaments is the Parq, and they have them only now and then, maybe as few as once or twice a month. Also when they do have them they run 20-minute levels, so it is basically a Hyper-Turbo. This info may be out of date as I haven't been there since the pandemic.

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07-24-2022 , 06:26 AM

#1143

stacker604

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Originally Posted by 2pairsof2s

Thanks for the update man. Maybe I'm better of focusing on MTTs online rather than doing a live hyper turbo style format. I personally filter out all the hyper turbos from the tournament offerings because they feel too luck based and don't offer enough chance for decision making.

Hopefully a cool tournament series can come to the lower mainland in the future, like a WPT or BC Poker championship series.

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09-04-2022 , 10:28 PM

#1144

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Is there any final decision on whether the new casino in Delta will have poker tables?

https://delta.cascadescasino.ca/

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09-05-2022 , 01:20 AM

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Carnivore

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It says it will have 18 table games. So I'd put the chances that there's poker at about 2% and that might be optimistic

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09-09-2022 , 11:11 PM

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WhyWouldntWe

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I’m looking to move to Vancouver permanently. Does anyone know someone in need of a roommate? I play a lot of mtts online, live cash, and dealt at Bellagio for a long time. Thanks so much!

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09-09-2022 , 11:15 PM

#1147

WhyWouldntWe

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I’m looking to move to Vancouver permanently. Do you know someone in need of a roommate? I play a lot of mtts online, live cash, and dealt at Bellagio for a long time. Thanks so much!

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09-17-2022 , 06:33 PM

#1148

zica

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How's the game at Hard Rock these days? I hear it's quite bad and that Villa is the place to be(no offense Villa regs). They say Villa is even better than Cascades. And how's Parq?