Live poker rooms in Ontario
Updated By the Ontario.gg Editorial Team
If you’re looking for poker near you in Ontario, these are the casino poker rooms we could confirm on the venues’ own sites as of November 5, 2026: five rooms, one of them closed during a labour disruption. Times and games change, so call the room before a long drive.
Poker rooms in Ontario, by city
| Room | City | Status | Games and rake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto | Toronto | Room open 24/7; the resort stays open through the labour disruption, per Great Canadian’s update of October 2, 2026. | No Limit Hold’em from 1/3 to 10/20, Pot-Limit Omaha and Omaha half-kill; 10% rake up to $20. |
| Pickering Casino Resort | Pickering | Poker room temporarily closed, per Great Canadian’s update of October 2, 2026. The casino itself stays open 24/7. | Not listed where we could read it |
| Elements Casino Brantford 519-757-3306 | Brantford | Running weekly tournaments and daily Sit & Go’s, per its tournament page updated November 3, 2026. | Limit Hold’em at 4/8, 10/20 and 20/40 with a 10% rake up to $10; No Limit and higher limits with a 10% rake up to $15. Omaha is offered too. |
| Elements Casino Mohawk 905-854-4077 | Milton | Lists games and weekly tournaments, while a banner on the same page calls its poker grand opening “coming soon”. | No Limit Hold’em at $1/$3 (buy-in $100 to $300), $2/$5 ($300 to $1,000), and $2/$3 and $3/$5 match-the-stack games. |
| Casino Niagara | Niagara Falls | Lists a poker room among its 30-plus gaming tables. | Not listed where we could read it |
Status as read on ; Great Canadian’s own update is dated October 2, 2026.
Poker tournaments in Ontario
- Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto: Weekend tournaments, $250 on Saturdays and $400 on Sundays in November 2026.
- Elements Casino Brantford: Weekly No Limit Hold’em tournaments on Mondays at 7 PM and Sundays at 12:30 PM, up to 60 players each, and Sit & Go’s on demand. The page gives two different buy-ins for the weekly events, so check with the room.
- Elements Casino Mohawk: No Limit Hold’em tournaments: $100 on Thursdays and $150 on Fridays at 6:30 PM, $250 on Saturdays at 2:30 PM.
Great Canadian’s rooms require valid government photo ID and a Great Canadian Rewards membership to enter a tournament, and you must be 19 or older.
At the Elements rooms, registration opens a week before each tournament and refunds are available up to 24 hours before the event.
Poker rooms we couldn’t confirm
As of November 5, 2026, we couldn’t confirm from their own sites whether these casinos run a poker room, or on what terms: Caesars Windsor, Fallsview Casino Resort, Casino Rama Resort, the Cascades casinos, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa. They’re left out of the list above rather than guessed at.
Before you go
Great Canadian’s casinos are limited to people 19 and over. Bring government photo ID if you plan to play a tournament. To play online instead, the regulated sites are on our page of online poker in Ontario; our page on responsible gambling tools and help lines covers where to get help.