Poker in Canada
Canada is no stranger to Internet poker and offline poker. The Poker Stars majority shareholder Isai Scheinberg does not dare set his feet down in the US due to fear of arrest. He instead spends the majority of his time in Canada, where the authorities do not seem to have a problem with him. Canada’s gambling laws are a lot more relaxed than their neighbouring brother, the United States of America. Poker in Canada is an accepted part of the Canadian culture and anyone who is anyone in the Canadian poker scene will head down to Niagara Falls to play at least once a year.
Niagara Falls is home to two large casinos that feature poker games. They offer massive buy-in events as well as big cash games. Poker in Canada does not get much better than at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. The Fallsview Casinos hosts a large range of poker games and tournaments for a variety of different stakes. Tournament entries at the Fallsview Casino can range up to $5,000 with massive prize pools.
The Casino Niagara is also known to hold great poker events in Niagara Falls. Casino Niagara offers poker players a wide range of games as well as five star dining experiences. If a poker player gets bored of poker, they can kick back on the many slot machines and table games that Casino Niagara offers their players.
Canada is also known for its CPT or the Canadian Poker Tour. This tournament series is not as big as the World Poker Tour; however, it still drums up a lot of interest with Poker in Canada. The tour goes around a lot of casinos in Canada holding events. The CPT works on a points system with the poker player with the most points at the end of the season taking home the CPT title. Poker players can enter the Canadian Poker Tour for as little as a few hundred dollars however, the larger events can raise over and above $5 thousand dollars entry. There is really an event for any stake of poker player in the Canadian Poker Tour. Canada has also given birth to quite a few great poker players. Many poker players will recognise the world famous poker player Daniel Negreanu who is Canadian through and through and is the head spokes person for PokerStars Download. Tuan Lam also comes from Canadian origin.
In terms of poker, Canada is definitely worth checking out. Thought it is not as commercialised as the US there have been many poker professionals coming out of Canada.