Poker in Toronto: the Great Canadian Casino Resort poker room

Cash games and limits

The room spreads Texas Hold’em and Omaha. Limits as listed on November 5, 2026:

• No Limit Texas Hold’em at 1/3, 2/5, 5/10 and 10/20.
• Pot-Limit Omaha at 2/2 and 5/5.
• Omaha half-kill limit at 20/40.
• Higher limits on request.

Rake

• Every game takes a 10% rake, up to $20 a hand.
• No flop, no rake; once a flop is dealt the rake is at least $2.
• In Hold’em cash games, up to $1 more comes out of each pot of $20 or more to fund the bad beat jackpots.

Weekend poker tournaments in Toronto

The November 2026 schedule has a $250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em every Saturday and a $400 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em every Sunday, all starting at 12 PM.

Registration opens at 9 AM on the Monday before each tournament weekend and stays open on the day until Level 13 on Saturdays and Level 9 on Sundays. You register in person, pay in cash, and need valid government ID and a Great Canadian Rewards card.

Turbos start with 25,000 chips and Deepstacks with 35,000, and a $10 dealer add-on at registration adds 5,000. Every event allows unlimited re-entry at the buy-in price while seats and registration last.

Tables are nine-handed, and the final table starts with 10 players left. An alternate list opens at 11 AM on tournament day.

Anyone trespassed or self-excluded can’t take part.

The room can change any tournament without notice.

Getting a seat

At the poker desk on Level 2 you get a pager that tells you when a seat opens. A no-show is dropped from the list after 10 minutes.

You can also join a waiting list through the Poker Atlas app. A player who registers there and doesn’t check in within 90 minutes is removed.

Room rules

• Players with a live hand keep table talk in English and audible to the dealer, and may not use a phone or a smart watch.
• Recording, photos and messaging about live play are banned unless management allows them.
• Miss two big blinds and you lose your seat if there’s a waiting list.
• Table changes are made at once and with your full stack, and you post after moving.
• A meal break lasts 45 minutes, and you may take at most $25 off your stack for it.
• After leaving a table, you can’t come back to it within an hour with fewer chips than you left with.
• Verbal statements are binding, side wagers aren’t allowed, and the poker pit manager’s decision is final.
• The room’s code of conduct rules out collusion or cheating, threats, harassment and abuse of the cards.

Great Canadian’s casinos are limited to people 19 and over. Have photo ID with you: it’s required to register for a tournament.

How to get to the room

Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto, 1133 Queens Plate Drive, Toronto, Ontario M9W 0G4. Phone 416-675-1101.

Complimentary parking stays available. Since October 2, 2026, the picket line has let cars in at least every three minutes, and some entrances may be affected.

The Casino Shuttle runs seven days a week on an expanded schedule. Seats must be reserved, from two days ahead until 8 PM the night before.

Other poker rooms near Toronto

• Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering: Poker room temporarily closed, per Great Canadian’s update of October 2, 2026. The casino itself stays open 24/7.
• Elements Casino Brantford, Brantford: Running weekly tournaments and daily Sit & Go’s, per its tournament page updated November 3, 2026.
• Elements Casino Mohawk, Milton: Lists games and weekly tournaments, while a banner on the same page calls its poker grand opening “coming soon”.

Every room we could confirm, with games and rake, is on our list of live poker rooms in Ontario. To play online instead, the regulated sites are on our page of online poker in Ontario.

For help with gambling, our page on responsible gambling tools and help lines lists where to turn, and ConnexOntario answers at any hour.

Toronto poker room questions

Is there a poker room at Woodbine?

Yes. Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto stands beside Woodbine Racetrack, and its poker room is in the Grandstand Casino, Level 2.

Is the Toronto poker room open 24 hours?

Yes, as of November 5, 2026, and Great Canadian’s update of October 2, 2026 says the resort stays open 24/7 during the labour disruption.

What is the rake at Great Canadian Toronto?

10% of the pot up to $20, with no rake if there’s no flop and at least $2 once there is.

Are there poker tournaments in Toronto?

Yes, on weekends: in November 2026, a $250 Turbo on Saturdays and a $400 Deepstack on Sundays, both No Limit Hold’em at 12 PM.

Is the Pickering poker room open?

Not as of Great Canadian’s update of October 2, 2026, which lists it as temporarily closed.

Change log

1. November 5, 2026First version.