Is there poker in southwest Europe?
A little more focused than my other question. I'm an American, going to southwest Europe soon. I want to play a little poker (Texas Hold 'Em preferred) while I am there. Googling for poker rooms in Europe is producing terrible results though. Monaco and Monte Carlo have come up more than once and they don't even have poker at all. I mean real poker anyways. Not the table games that call themselves poker but they build in a house edge just like roulette or craps. Other results include American cities (what?) or places I probably won't go this trip.
Also on a previous trip I ended up at a casino in Austria that claimed to have poker but when I arrived they said they weren't offering it that day for no special reason. Best answer here would be rooms that are consistently open, not just randomly or sometimes.
My rough plan goes northeast Spain, south coast of France, north Italy, Switzerland, and Bavaria. Are there any reliable places to play Texas Hold 'Em or other kinds of poker in that region?
Best Answer
For gambling, like it or not, I would only go in state sanctioned casino; This will limit the risks of being scammed (IMO, mostly due to language issues).
Try a different type of gambling, that can make things interesting compared to just trying to re-create what you do at home.
For example, Monte Carlo casino have "American table games", including Texas hold'em poker.
http://www.casinomontecarlo.com/games/american-casino-games/ultimate-texas-hold-em-poker/
Other casino in Italy seems to also have poker tournaments (of some sorts); maybe contact them to see if they have them daily (for example the Venice casino does not have daily tournaments in june and maybe july 2016 according to the web site).
Casino in Switzerland seems to be of the same type.
( I did not look further).
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