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If you're looking for Poker, then you've come to the right place. We offer 7 kinds of Poker at River Rock, and have a busy and exciting Poker Room, where you . When a poker room is the site of a World Series of Poker circuit event, you know it means business. And the River Rock Casino is a serious site for poker players . River rock is the worst poker room in Town. The management team doesn't know how to operate the business. The staffs there are rude, arrogant and disrespectful. They treat you as animals. There are 4 poker rooms in the Vancouver area, and we at PokerAtlas provide complete and up-to-date information about every room in every location including Coquitlam, Downtown, New Westminster & Burnaby, Richmond, Squamish, and Surrey & Langley.

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River Rock Casino Vancouver Poker Room

'River Rock Casino Resort — home of the BC Poker Championships.'

The Richmond, BC casino is still touting this claim on the poker room page on their website, but it is no longer the case. There will be no BCPC at River Rock this year.

The BCPC is the most popular annual poker series in the Vancouver area and has historically offered some of the biggest prize pools in Western Canada. It is supported by the large pool of local regular recreational players and talented pros, of which there are many in Vancouver, as well as career players from across the country and beyond. Their claim to poker relevance is that Daniel Negreanu won the BCPC Main Event in 2008.

Vancouver has actually been without the BCPC for a couple of years now, as the introduction of the World Series of Poker Circuit at River Rock bumped BCPC off the schedule. After running the WSOP Circuit for their Fall event the last two years, it was recently announced that WSOP Circuit will not be back to the Vancouver area this season, or to Canada at all, for that matter.

With the loss of WSOP Circuit, players were excited to see BCPC back as the big event to support, so it came as a bit of a surprise when rumours started circulating that there would be no BCPC either.

We spoke with Rochie Soriano, Poker Room Manager at River Rock. 'We just don't have the room. We're losing space and getting smaller. With only a 10-table poker room now, it's pretty hard to run something like BCPC.'

It's true that River Rock has reduced their poker offering to their customers, opting for more profitable games in their place. The general consensus among Vancouver players has been that River Rock's poker room is not what it was, and many prefer to play at one of the many other options available in the area.

As for the chance of any kind of poker tournament series at River Rock in the foreseeable future? 'Everyone knows — we're not trying to hide the fact — that cash games bring in more revenue,' said Soriano.

Fortunately, this does not necessarily mean that there will be no BCPC at all this year. River Rock is owned by Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC), who also own the newly-renovated Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in nearby Coquitlam (previously called Boulevard Casino), as well as Fraser Downs Racetrack and Casino a little further down the road in Surrey. Either of these GCGC sister properties would be able to pick up the BCPC name and format to run at their venue, and there is hope that it may still happen this year.

'We built this series and the structure and we're proud of it,' Soriano said. 'We're sad to lose it at River Rock, but we really hope it can carry on at Hard Rock or Fraser Downs.'

We will keep you informed as we learn more about the future of BCPC.

_{* Photo courtesy of River Rock Casino Resort.}

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Location: Hard Rock Casino Vancouver – Coquitlam, BC
Tables: 12
Hours: 24 hours
WiFi: Yes

Situated between the Fraser River and the parallel Trans-Canada Highway is Hard Rock Casino Vancouver. Formerly known as Boulevard Casino, and actually located in the city of Coquitlam, BC, Hard Rock is a new renovation to an existing gaming property that features great performances, walls full of music memorabilia, delicious food options, and, of course, all the games you need to test your luck.

Hard Rock Casino Vancouver is still owned by Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC), as it was before the renovation. GCGC also owns River Rock Casino, Hastings Racecourse, Fraser Downs Racetrack & Casino, View Royal Casino, Casino Nanaimo, several Chances locations, as well as properties outside of BC in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Washington.

The renovation, completed in mid-December, 2013, brings a fantastic entertainment venue to town. The property’s aesthetic is exciting and fresh, and the music-themed décor is not overdone. Even the tournament chips are colour-coordinated with the Hard Rock design! The layout promotes exploration, and iconic artefacts from the music industry can be found around every corner. You can even take home a souvenir from the in-house gift shop. There are acres of slot machines and plenty of table games, as well as The Theatre to catch headlining acts, and several dining options including a food-court-style collection of restaurants.

The poker room was also given a facelift during the renovation and has fresh Hard Rock felts and clean, new poker chips. The room has its own cashier cage for poker players’ convenience, as well has beverage and snack options tableside. If you want something more, there is full food and drink service available as well.

There are generally $1/$2 and $2/$5 No-limit Hold’em cash games running, as well as $2/$4 and occasionally $4/$8 Fixed-limit Hold’em games. Hard Rock pools their Bad Beat Jackpot with the other GCGC properties in the Greater Vancouver area – River Rock Casino and Fraser Downs Racetrack & Casino – making for a fast-climbing jackpot.

Hard Rock offers daily morning and evening tournaments from Sunday to Thursday, and mid-day tournaments on Friday and Saturday. The buy-ins range from $40 to $100 and you can add 1,000 chips to your starting stack for $5 in any tournament.

This poker room doesn’t currently have a leaderboard for these daily tournaments, but they do offer a few annual majors. There will be a series in early April that has yet to be named, and there will also be a Summer Series and a Winter Classic in December.

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The dealers are friendly and competent and know many of the players by name. Many of the players, especially on week days, are regulars who are well known to each other and the casino. The play is fairly strong, likely aided by the knowledge many players have of their regular opponents. It isn’t one of the softer poker rooms around. However, the chairs definitely are some of the softest in the city, if that’s any consolation.