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  1. thelandlord thelandlord is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 12:43am)

    I want to move to Canada because of the recent developments. I'm wondering if anyone has any info on this and do you think this is a good idea and am thinking about Vancouver or Toronto. Please help me with any advice that is relevant. Is it hard to get a bank account going? Can i get a photo ID? How long would all this take?
     
  2. SuReaL SuReaL is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 12:48am) in reply to thelandlord

    pretty sure it will take months and months, and it's really hard to move there unless you marry someone across the border or you are certified for a trade...otherwise idk gl, im trying to do the same but i'm just gonna go to school there and get a job once im done.
  3. opgonbad opgonbad is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 12:53am) in reply to thelandlord

     
    Originally Posted by thelandlord View Post

    I want to move to Canada because of the recent developments. I'm wondering if anyone has any info on this and do you think this is a good idea and am thinking about Vancouver or Toronto. Please help me with any advice that is relevant. Is it hard to get a bank account going? Can i get a photo ID? How long would all this take?

    Heres some advice: travel at night like they do down south, rent an apartment and shack up with 8 other boarder jumpers..oh and pkrnut1 how much do you charge to "help u in anyway"?
    Edited By: opgonbad Apr 17th, 2011 at 12:55 AM
  4. SuReaL SuReaL is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 12:54am) in reply to opgonbad

    are you actually allowed to rent an apt. and stay there for the 6 months as a "visitor" or does that not count
  5. RANDYPET RANDYPET is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 1:30am) in reply to SuReaL

    Just tell them you are going for the day to visit a casino............and don't leave. Need a passport tho.
  6. paddypump paddypump is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 1:45am) in reply to RANDYPET

    Moving to Canada as an American is very easy. We have tons of room for you guys, lol. Getting Canadian issued ID may take a month or two. Its poker heaven here in Alberta, tons of casinos, cows, cowboys, horses, and everything else associated with poker. Canadian Open is here every year. Let me know if you need any help Landlord, I'll do whatever I can to help you out. You might want to brush up on your Bob and Doug Mackenzie first eh!

    Even as a Canadian, I will not be making any more deposits on these sites until the storm clouds settle. There is so much live poker here that not playing online isnt such a big deal. Calgary has more casinos then I can count. This situation is going to affect everyone eventually so I will sit back and watch and see. We do have a few more options than our friends in the States though. party poker woo hoo! lol
  7. Passiveplay Passiveplay is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 1:48am) in reply to paddypump

    Can you play party poker ect in Canada?
     
  8. GutShotBen GutShotBen is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 1:56am) in reply to Passiveplay

     
    Originally Posted by Passiveplay View Post

    Can you play party poker ect in Canada?

    yes obv
     
  9. downbylaw11 downbylaw11 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 2:02am) in reply to supa_donk

    i love how americans think party is some sort of license to print money now. the only reason party was good back in the day was because of all the donkey americans. once they got shut out, it became a not so juicy site imo
  10. bigpimpin777 bigpimpin777 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 2:05am) in reply to paddypump

    Dont really think a full committed moving to anoher country, any country will be easy. Canada does allow 6months visits from what I read. Read the attached, may help

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_it_diff...ment_in_Canada
     
  11. Pghfan987 Pghfan987 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 2:13am) in reply to supa_donk

     
    Originally Posted by supa_donk View Post

    ya you can play party here.

    and my advice is to move to kelowna. its cheaper living than vancouver, better weather (all year round but especially in the summer), and has just as good of bananas here as anywhere in BC.

    great place to live. pm me if ya got any more questions op

    How do you get from Victoria to Vancouver? Is there a bridge or is the gap too far?
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  12. Infaulable Infaulable is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 2:16am) in reply to Pghfan987

    There are much cheaper places don in Mexico that are like Americn communitie , I wiuld carry a big knife tho, not like he areas were they kidnap and rape all ameicas, and you can play poker I believe everyhere but America, the land of the free fkinjoke obv
  13. NG3434 NG3434 is offline make it happen

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 2:18am) in reply to Infaulable

    ya but you cant change your location on pokerstars..... so it doesnt even matter... a story last night said a uk resident sent in a bunch of papers but couldnt change from the states to uk
     
  14. Passiveplay Passiveplay is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 2:19am) in reply to downbylaw11

     
    Originally Posted by downbylaw11 View Post

    i love how americans think party is some sort of license to print money now. the only reason party was good back in the day was because of all the donkey americans. once they got shut out, it became a not so juicy site imo

    Didn't mean it like that, it's just you really only had 2 good options in the US and I can't imagine PP is worse than playing on UB. I looked at a few Canadians profiles and didn't see PP scores so I asked.
     
  15. Pghfan987 Pghfan987 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 3:16am) in reply to NG3434

     
    Originally Posted by NG3434 View Post

    ya but you cant change your location on pokerstars..... so it doesnt even matter... a story last night said a uk resident sent in a bunch of papers but couldnt change from the states to uk

    This is incorrect. You can change your location, you always have been able to. You have to show proof of residency. Maybe he needs more than one day (the Black Friday for poker) to change his location.
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  16. paddypump paddypump is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 3:17am) in reply to Pghfan987

    We can still play everything here, including stars and Tilt. To get to Victoria from Vancouver you need to take a ferry from Horseshoe bay in North Van. Honestly I think Montreal or Calgary are the major centers in Canada for poker due to the sheer number of poker rooms and regular major tournies($100-$1000 buy-ins)
  17. Pghfan987 Pghfan987 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 3:52am) in reply to paddypump

    How is Toronto for live poker?

    Thanks for your insight.
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  18. LuckyVibes LuckyVibes is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 4:16am) in reply to Pghfan987

    I live in Victoria. You get to Vancouver by taking a 2 hour ferry. Victoria does not have any poker tables but Vancouver has Canada's largest poker room at the River Rock Casino.
  19. 56off56 56off56 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 4:28am) in reply to Pghfan987

     
    Originally Posted by Pghfan987 View Post

    How is Toronto for live poker?

    Thanks for your insight.

    suckes... two casino's, one is 1.5 hours away from Toronto.. if you get there in time, your ok. otherwise your waiting for hours
    there are some underground rooms still but .... nah look for anohter choice.
  20. GutShotBen GutShotBen is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 5:31am) in reply to Pghfan987

     
    Originally Posted by Pghfan987 View Post

    How is Toronto for live poker?

    Thanks for your insight.

    montreal is awsome for live poker,lots lots of ritchs live donks thoses days

    dont be shy to ask any questions...on casino's,many indian's poker room's and couples of underground too
    Edited By: GutShotBen Apr 17th, 2011 at 05:34 AM
     
  21. paddypump paddypump is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 5:32am) in reply to GutShotBen

    Calgary and Montreal have the biggest scenes. I live in Calgary part time just to play live. There's at least 6 casinos and some of them have almost 20 tables. lots of regular daily tournys from $40-$100.Big monthlys at acouple of them ranging from 170-330. Canadian Open is here and it's huge! check out Grey Eagle casinos website, Deerfoot casino, Cash Casino, Canadian championship poker or the CPT has a website. The montreal scene is huge from what i hear, Playground poker is huge, Snakes poker room, more poker in Montreal than I know about that's for sure. Hope this helps some of you boys.
  22. Lockhurt Lockhurt is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 5:33am) in reply to Pghfan987

    There is not much live poker around toronto. There are a couple of casinos, but one only offers 5/10 limit. The other only has 5 tables of 1/2 nl on a good day and 1 or 2 tables of 10/20 nl. There are some tourneys but they have a max of 110 people with buy ins from 200-1000, but they are soft fields. I wouldnt recommend moving to toronto for live poker.
     
  23. P0KERDUUDE P0KERDUUDE is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 5:41am) in reply to paddypump

     
    Originally Posted by paddypump View Post

    Moving to Canada as an American is very easy. We have tons of room for you guys, lol. Getting Canadian issued ID may take a month or two. Its poker heaven here in Alberta, tons of casinos, cows, cowboys, horses, and everything else associated with poker. Canadian Open is here every year. Let me know if you need any help Landlord, I'll do whatever I can to help you out. You might want to brush up on your Bob and Doug Mackenzie first eh!

    Even as a Canadian, I will not be making any more deposits on these sites until the storm clouds settle. There is so much live poker here that not playing online isnt such a big deal. Calgary has more casinos then I can count. This situation is going to affect everyone eventually so I will sit back and watch and see. We do have a few more options than our friends in the States though. party poker woo hoo! lol

    lol wut
     
  24. Pghfan987 Pghfan987 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 5:49am) in reply to LuckyVibes

     
    Originally Posted by LuckyVibes View Post

    I live in Victoria. You get to Vancouver by taking a 2 hour ferry. Victoria does not have any poker tables but Vancouver has Canada's largest poker room at the River Rock Casino.

    How does it feel to break your five year lurking streak to answer a P5s legend? ;-)
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  25. Turt22 Turt22 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 7:09am) in reply to Pghfan987

    op, why dont you give it a week or two and a see what happens. Hasne even been 48 hours and your already OMGGGGG i need to move to canada to get my grind on... theres a digenerate if you ask me... RELAX. see what happens in the next few weeks then make a choice. canada could be soon to follow with what has happened. You ever think of that?
  26. bigpimpin777 bigpimpin777 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 7:20am) in reply to Turt22

    I understand people spazzing out. Defintiely wait to see for a week or so before moving :) , but you need to know your financial options when your JOB is taken from you and money ripped from your hand essentially. I have two kids and bills so I need this to be resolved quickly or its back to my old job. We should be asking every question possible and finding remedies ASAP no matter what. It took months for the netteller mess to have clarity, and people like Ike Haxton had 600k+ held for 6months. Having tons online myself Im decently worried when Ill get it. Im sure we will get it......but when
     
  27. doc793 doc793 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 8:01am) in reply to bigpimpin777

    You want to move to Canada? An entire country north of Buffalo. If you are leaving the country, why not go someplace where the weather is nice. Pretty sure some of those Caribean islands or South American countries would welcome Americans. Or maybe Costa Rica? I would stay away from Mexico though.
     
  28. wackyJaxon wackyJaxon is offline Admin X

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 12:33pm) in reply to NG3434

     
    Originally Posted by NG3434 View Post

    ya but you cant change your location on pokerstars..... so it doesnt even matter... a story last night said a uk resident sent in a bunch of papers but couldnt change from the states to uk

    I had no problems doing this a few years ago when I moved from US to UK. And again had no problems doing it when I moved from UK to Lithuania. It may have changed now, but wasn't a problem before and won't be a problem with partypoker.
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  29. brennanj15 brennanj15 is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 8:04pm) in reply to TUCCI007

    I would suggest Quebec or Alberta for poker... if you want to go Ontario go Ottawa instead of Toronto. The only casinos near here are a solid 1.5hrs away. I always see adverts for a new poker room they opened in mtl and I know in the ottawa area casino du lac-leamy is pretty juicy at least it was a couple years ago when I lived down there. Also if you want to get real greasy there's a casino on the reserve in Cornwall called Akwesasne Mohawk Casino that has a poker room where people might as well just sign their paychecks over to you rather then play for them but it's a bit more out of the way
  30. clemsonrich clemsonrich is offline

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    Apr 17th, 2011 (4/17/2011 8:17pm) in reply to brennanj15

    so i guess the million dollar question...whats the deal with medi-marijuana? and if it's around is there one area thats better than others? i.e. california>new england?
     
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