Anybody here from Edmonton?

Yup.

What would you like to know, sir?

Where is the action at in Edmonton these days? Mostly out on River Cree?

Yellowhead for the most part always tons of tables going. River Cree is good on the weekends.

hard to find anything above 1/2 nlh or 3/6 limit. if you like plo check out argyle for 5/5.

@fallsviewpokerpro did you play in any cash games at fallsview during their poker classic series a short while ago? It was so hard to get a seat once i got on one for 10/25 nl i never got up for 14 hours.

I find that the River Cree attracts a slightly drunker clientel after about 10pm. But that is just one opinion.

River Cree is moving their poker room to the pit as of Wednesday the 22nd. This means they will be open from noon to 3 AM, no overnight poker. I don't expect the games will be very good there while this is the case.

Yellowhead is basically 1-2 NL, all the time. They'll occasionally get a 2-5 NL or DC game going on weekends. Argyll has 2-5 PLO and 5-5 PLO regularly, as well as 1-2 NL. Baccarat downtown runs 5-10 limit DC, I believe. Biggest action these days is Argyll.

Is this where Edmontonians come to complain that there is nothing above $3/6?

is this a permenant move for river cree? and if so why?

does river cree have 2-5nl/plo on the reg as well?

It's as permanent as many of these decisions are, I suppose. My guess is within a year's time they will realize that it's a terrible idea since all of the poker players who used to come in and drop $1000 on baccarat or the slots will have left and they will put two and two together to figure out the reason. They will then restore the poker room and struggle to get any games since you can only mess with poker players so many times before they just give up on you.

As for why the decision was made, the parent company apparently feels that poker isn't as important as another 80 slot machines to go with the 800+ they already have, so they are converting the poker room into a high-limit slot area. These will be $1 machines, since that's the largest allowed in Alberta ATM.

Cree had a regular 5-5 PLO game last year, before they decided to change the hours. Those players are now playing at Argyll.

thanks for the info man, havent played live here in quite a while but will be avoiding cree now i guess, pretty sad that the nicest casino in the city by far wont even have a 24 hour room anymore...

Really too bad. I live in the west end less than 5 minutes from the Cree. I would prefer to stay there or the yellowhead, as the rest are a little far for an recreational player whose wife only lets him out for 4 hours at a time

Since we are on/off the topic, any comments on the upgraded poker room at the Gold Dust (or whatever its called) in St. Albert?

Big difference between 1-2 NL game in Edmonton vs a 1-2 NL game in Fallsview imo. Here you can buy in for $500 and in Fallsview I think the max is $200. At least that's what it was last time I was there and I was suprised how low the buy in was and how nitty everyone played.

The Gold Dust casino at St. Albert apparently always has a late night 1/2 game running, they have a tall-stack buy-in rule, where you can buy in for the amount the tall stack has on the table. Century also has 1/2 action on the weekends and the occasional thursday after the tournament players bust.

Wow, I am shocked by the River Cree's poker room move decision. I live in the Calgary area, but I am in Edmonton fairly regularly and always loved the Cree's poker room. Everytime I have been there it has been busy.

Today is the Cree's room move day. Could we get a trip report from someone? I doubt I will be able to go until the weekend.

Can anyone comment on the games at WEM? I know when the strike was on it was dead there.

Haven't played there in about a year. They seem to run 2-3 tables of 3/6 limit, and the occasional 1/2 nl.

My beef always was that few games meant longer on the waiting list.

I used to travel up north and remember playing in edmonton at yellowhead and also downtown. There was a casino w/ poker room in the Edmonton Mall also. Is that still there ?, I don't remember one called River Cree, where approx. is that one located. Would appreciate update since I have not been in the area for a while.

River Cree ... take the Whitemud Drive out of the city to the west, and see the Marriott on the left hand side. The Marriott is attached to the casino. :-)

I drove out there on Wednesday night. They had 3 1/2nl games going (which is the usual amount for near midnight on a Wednesday), and a long wait list for the fourth because they were still working out some technical glitches with the paging and monitors. It didn't seem overtly loud or smokey (my major two concerns) at that time on a Wednesday, but it could be a lot worse on Friday or Saturday night. We shall see what happens this weekend w.r.t. noise and smoke pollution. I'm bringing noise cancelling headphones because I have a bad feeling it will be a little too loud near the Center Bar. Lord help us all if they bring in a live band to play near Center Bar again.

The late night regulars (who like to play until all hours of the morning) will probably all head to Yellowhead. I expect way more traffic at Yellowhead on Friday and Saturday.

But I like the people at River Cree and prefer to play there over Yellowhead and Argyll (I always feel like I have to autoclave after playing there). My wife is happy about the changes because I get kicked out at 3 am and should be on my way home soon thereafter ... less required napping during the middle of the next day when our daughter is bouncing off the walls! ;-)

Wow what a shame I would come up from red deer to play there on a Saturday afternoon and all night until Sunday morning, guess I will be playing somewhere else when I come to Edmonton. Do you guys recommend yellowhead or argylle or are they pretty much similiar as far as traffic and skill?

Gah, Oilers game and MFC at the Cree tonight. The noise level on the floor/poker room is absolutely horrible. I can barely hear myself think; let alone hear the players on the other end of the table.

The new poker room at the Cree is really sad.
Closing at 3AM is a horrendous decision and all the players and dealers are angry about it.


The line ups to cash out are so long and to buy in you have to go to the cage yourself.

River Cree used to have such a good late night crowd, curious as to where they will go now? Yellowhead? Argyll?

River Cree will realize that they cannot screw around with the poker players so many times...

Are we able to use the cage in the old poker room for chips, or are we stuck behind old ladies in electric scooters at the slots window?

Sounds like the Palace (in West Edmonton Mall) after the strike.

They never could attract a good volume again once they made changes that provided less service to poker players. (Especially because the River Cree opened up nearby).

We've talked about this together years ago pokerclack.. In a city with 5 poker rooms, why don't we have a culture of the casinos cutting rake or offering mad player points or other incentives to attract players. That's what is unfortunate!