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Montreal poker rooms: where to play live poker

By Étienne ParadisEditor, guides Updated

Montréal has two big places to play live poker: the Casino de Montréal poker room on Île Notre-Dame, run by Loto-Québec, and Playground in Kahnawake, just across the Mercier Bridge, licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. A few smaller licensed rooms also operate on Route 138 in Kahnawake. This guide sets out what each one officially offers, how tournaments and waitlists work, and a few practical tips. Stakes, schedules and promotions change often, so check the official page before you go.

Quick comparison

Room Regulator Games listed Lowest listed stakes Tournaments
Casino de Montréal Loto-Québec No-Limit Hold'em, 18 tables $1/$2 Monday to Thursday and Sunday
Playground, Kahnawake Kahnawake Gaming Commission NLH and PLO (4 and 5 card), 65 tables $1/$2 Daily, plus series
Casino du Lac-Leamy, Gatineau Loto-Québec No-Limit Hold'em, 13 tables $1/$2 Monday to Thursday

Casino de Montréal poker room

The poker page places the room on Level A of the Pavillon de la France, with 18 No-Limit Texas Hold'em tables and a $1/$2 minimum. Omaha and other games are not listed. Meals can be served at the table.

Getting a seat. Go to the poker room counter for a table assignment. If the tables are full, your name goes on a waiting list shown on a screen nearby. You can also reserve a spot with the PokerAtlas app. Buy chips at the cashier.

Tournaments. Tournaments run Monday to Thursday and on Sunday, with on-site registration from noon on the day. The page does not publish buy-ins or start times, so ask at the counter or call ahead.

Promotions in late 2026. The page lists a Daily Quad offer from 2 to 29 November (the first quad of the day wins $1,000, carrying over if nobody hits one), a Winning Hand offer from 30 November to 3 January ($1,000 a day for the best hand), and a Go for Gold tournament leaderboard from 1 October to 31 December. Conditions apply, and the rules are posted in the room.

Bad beat jackpot. Cash games at the Casino de Montréal, the Casino du Lac-Leamy and the Salons de jeux in Trois-Rivières and Québec feed a shared progressive bad beat jackpot. The network version needs a losing hand of four tens or better. A mini version is fixed at $25,000 and needs a losing hand of aces full of kings or better, up to four nines. Hours and games at the two gaming halls are in our Salons de jeux guide.

The casino opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 5 a.m. Monday to Thursday, and runs non-stop from Friday morning to Monday morning. The poker page does not list separate room hours. Our Casino de Montréal guide covers the bus 777, parking and ID rules.

Playground, Kahnawake

Playground's 65-table poker room is on the 3rd floor and runs 24/7. It is the only room in the area that publishes a wide range of games and stakes on its cash games page:

  • No-Limit Hold'em: $1/$2, $1/$3, $2/$5, $5/$10.
  • Pot-Limit Omaha, 4 and 5 card: $2/$2, $2/$5, $5/$5.
  • High stakes: $10/$25, $25/$50, $50/$100, in two private rooms.

The same page shows live tables and waiting lists in real time. Waitlists run through the Poker Atlas app, and names are removed after an hour without checking in. You need a free Playground Member Card to sit down, available at Guest Services. All players get free drinks, and cash game players get free food at the table, according to the Players Guide.

Tournaments. The tournament calendar shows daily events. In a regular week in late November 2026, buy-ins run from $100 to $300, with Deepstack Turbo, Monster Stack, Mega Stack and bounty formats, plus a mixed PLO/Hold'em event. Playground also hosts touring series: the calendar lists the WSOP Circuit Playground series from 2 to 16 November 2026, with a $2,500 Main Event, a $1,000 Colossus and a $5,000 High Roller among its events.

Our Playground Kahnawake guide covers the bus from Angrignon, parking, restaurants and the Member Card in more detail.

Other licensed rooms in Kahnawake

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission's licensees page lists two more poker room licensees on Route 138:

  • The Office Poker Club, Plaza 138, Route 138.
  • River Run Poker, 2000B Route 138.

Their games, stakes and hours are not published by the regulator, so contact the rooms directly before you go. Like Playground, they fall under the KGC's poker room regulations, player protection rules and self-exclusion program.

Poker further out

  • Casino du Lac-Leamy, Gatineau. 13 No-Limit Hold'em tables with a $1/$2 minimum and tournaments Monday to Thursday. See our Lac-Leamy guide.
  • Casino de Mont-Tremblant and Casino de Charlevoix. Neither has a live poker room listed, but both home pages advertise daily Texas Hold'em tournaments at electronic tables. If you are planning a trip to La Malbaie, our Casino de Charlevoix guide covers hours, the drive and the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu.

Online poker in Quebec

Loto-Québec's poker page points to its own online poker on lotoquebec.com, the only online poker the province authorises. Private sites that accept Quebec players hold licences from Kahnawake or offshore regulators. Our guide on whether online gambling is legal in Quebec explains the difference. Playground itself states that it does not run an online gaming site. Our guide to poker on Loto-Québec covers OK POKER's shared player pool, stakes, tournaments and rake.

Tips before you sit down

  • Bring physical photo ID. Both Loto-Québec casinos and Playground are 18+, and phone photos of ID are refused at the Casino de Montréal.
  • Join the list before you leave home. Both big rooms use PokerAtlas. At Playground, check in within the hour or you lose your place.
  • Check the live game list. Playground's cash games page shows which tables are running, so you can see whether PLO or higher stakes are going before the drive.
  • Know the bridge. The Mercier Bridge is often slow at rush hour. Playground links to live traffic for it.
  • Ask about the rake and tournament structure. None of the rooms publish rake on their websites, and Montréal does not publish tournament buy-ins. Ask at the counter.
  • Bring a bankroll you can lose. Treat the buy-in as the cost of the night, and leave when it is gone.

Playing within limits

Self-exclusion is run separately by each regulator. Loto-Québec covers its casinos, and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission runs a program covering all its licensed rooms, including Playground. The Quebec help line, 1-800-461-0140, is free and confidential. See our glossary entry on self-exclusion, the cooling-off period entry, and our responsible gambling page.

For every casino you can reach from the city, see casinos near Montréal.

Sources

Checked 5 November 2026; Loto-Québec pages re-checked 9 November 2026.

Key terms

Self-exclusion
A ban you put on yourself ("autoexclusion") to stop gambling at one site, or at every licensed site in a region, for a set time.
Cooling-off period
A short break you put on yourself ("pause" or "période de réflexion"), from 24 hours to a few weeks. You can't cancel it early.
House edge
The cut a game is built to keep for the casino on average, shown as a percentage of what you bet.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I play live poker in Montréal?
On the island, at the Casino de Montréal poker room in Jean-Drapeau Park. Just across the Mercier Bridge, Playground in Kahnawake runs a 65-table room, and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission also licenses The Office Poker Club and River Run Poker.
What stakes does the Casino de Montréal poker room offer?
Its official page lists 18 No-Limit Texas Hold'em tables with a $1/$2 minimum. Other games and higher stakes are not listed, so ask at the poker counter.
Does Playground offer Omaha?
Yes. Playground's cash games page lists 4-card and 5-card Pot-Limit Omaha at $2/$2, $2/$5 and $5/$5, alongside No-Limit Hold'em from $1/$2 to $5/$10 and high-stakes games up to $50/$100.
When are poker tournaments held at the Casino de Montréal?
Monday to Thursday and on Sunday. Registration is on site from noon on the day of each tournament. The page does not publish buy-ins, so check at the counter.
How old do you have to be to play poker in Montréal?
18, at both the Loto-Québec casinos and Playground. Bring a physical government photo ID.