Casino Niagara/Fallsview/Canada Trip Report

[jdwanchalk]

Went up to Canada for a few days. Was about a six hour drive from Philadelphia. Next time I will fly instead, just wanted to have the car available and was unfamiliar with the area.

First day I got there I played at Casino Niagara. I thought they spread 2/5 NLHE, but they only had 1/2 NLHE. Since my friend was playing 1/2, I just played there for the day. Ended up +$270 or so.

Second day I went to Fallsview where only 2/5 was running. Ran like death. Everyone was absolutely terrible, too. Here are two hands...

QQ 2 OTB

Random clown opens to $46, other clown calls. I make it $160. Folds except for original raiser and other caller.

Flop is AKx obv. Original raiser checks, other bum checks, I check. Turn is another K. Other guys get it in with AJ os and Kh8h (????). Obviously they were pros.

Anyway, I was down like $400ish, then this hand happened...

Few guys limp, I make it $35 OTB with Ts 3s. One guy calls.

Flop is Td Qd 6c. Other guy checks, I bet $46. He check raises to $120. I re raise to $260. He calls.

Turn is Kh. He checks, I bet $140, he folds.

Ended up making $310 on the day. +$600 or so for the first two days at this point, maybe 6 hours of play.

Third day I played at Fallsview again. Played two $1200+ pots AI on the flop with 1039873 outs and bricked both (really should have won the one without showdown). Won a $1000 pot or so. Was down around $500 when this hand happened.

Raise, call, I re raise with KK, guy SNAP shoves for $900ish total. This guy wasn't tight and QQ/KK/AK made a lot of sense considering AA folds out JJ/QQ/AK when it overbet shoves there. Anyway, I of course call, he has AA, and I brick the board.

KK < AA for a little over $2,000. Played a little longer, but nothing much happened. That put me at about -$1150 on the day, and -$500 or so on the trip. Nothing I could do, so whatever.


Notes/observations about Canada...

1. They really do care about hockey more than anything in the world.
2. They use "eh" at random times and with no rhyme or reason.
3. Some places think the US dollar=Canadian dollar, while some don't (???).
4. Why do they use coins for $1 and $2 ffs.
5. Everything is more expensive, even when converted, but that might just be the area.



That should be about all, back to work dammit.

[GFPC]

That was an enjoyable read. Thanks for sharing :-)

Sorry your out $500 but still sounds like you had a good time.

Steve

[CK]

Notes/observations about Canada...

1. They really do care about hockey more than anything in the world.

No. We just understand what a real sport is unlike the American game of baseball which is god awful boring



2. They use "eh" at random times and with no rhyme or reason.

I never noticed.



5. Everything is more expensive, even when converted, but that might just be the area.

Also because of the dollar. It sucks right now and you probably broke even with the conversion rate. Normally (Im starting to forget what normal is with the USD) it would have been much higher, and things wouldn't have seemed so expensive. Hopefully next time you come up it will be better eh


That should be about all, back to work dammit.

Glad to see you had a good time and next trip take my suggestion and stay at the Embassy Suites - pricey but well worth it.

[Randy Ray]

Baseball is my favorite sport.

[Gydian]

Price-wise stuff is just cause of the area. I usually do fairly well when I head up to Niagara. It's only a 3 hour drive for me.

[Skinski]

The wife and I drove up there a few years ago and visited with a friend and his family. Being from South Carolina, I found everything in Canada to have outrageous prices.

[KevinMcC]

I love Beers prices in the US.

[jdwanchalk]

Add this, happened 1-2 hours after I made this thread...

Some jerkoff Canadian cop stopped me when I was slowing to a red light for speeding in a fucking 20 MPH HIGHWAY area. WHO THE FUCK HAS 20 MPH HIGHWAYS?

Yes, I know you use Klm/h or whatever the hell it is. It's bullshit. He gave me a $40 ticket for speeding, then I asked him where I go to dispute it/speak to his chief. He then made it $265, apparently asking a question is worth $225.

I went to police station, filed a complaint for the dumbass cop, and found out that he was a damn Casino cop. The chief or whatever you call them in Canada (was something else) was nice, however.

He stopped me slowing down at a red light, .3 miles from the border, and cars were flying by me. There is a reason he made me pull over, walked BEHIND (license plate) me, THEN started being a dick. Surely nothing to do with me being from the US. He was standing behind a fucking bush with a radar gun. I am sure if I was speeding it was nowhere near what he said, seeing as I was coming around a turn at a damn light (I didn't even know where I was going, I was going slow looking for street signs FFS).

I filed not guilty at the court house and will have my license suspended before I pay that fine.

Your cops sure know how to make people want to come back to that shitty ass city. Fuck that shit.