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[funplyr9]

I have a situation which needs your insight, I am organizing a poker tournament with a 48 player max. the buy in is $50. so far it is easy, i have my blind structure,chips,cards etc... the problem is that my home can't hold 50 poker players. So i have a friend that has a regular bi weekly game in the back room of his pool hall, he has enough tables for all, and the whole set up is sweet. but here is the catch, it is illegal in quebec to play cards for money unless you are in a legal casino. Also, another crazy thing is that i work as a dealer at one of the said casinos , and most players would be other dealers and pit crew. now im not worried about much (other than losing my job) . he hasn't had any problems with the law, and he has been having his games for almost 3 years . so i was wondering whether i should cancel, pretend to cancel, just keep it quiet or challenge the laws and go ahead with it !

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funplyr9 said:

I have a situation which needs your insight, I am organizing a poker tournament with a 48 player max. the buy in is $50. so far it is easy, i have my blind structure,chips,cards etc... the problem is that my home can't hold 50 poker players. So i have a friend that has a regular bi weekly  game in the back room of his pool hall, he has enough tables for all,  and the whole set up is sweet. but here is the catch, it is illegal in quebec to play cards for  money unless you are in a legal casino. Also, another crazy thing is that i work as a dealer at one of the said  casinos , and most players would be other dealers and pit crew. now im not worried about much (other than losing my job) . he hasn't had any problems with the law, and he has been having his games for almost 3 years . so i was wondering whether i should cancel, pretend to cancel, just keep it quiet or challenge the laws and go ahead with it !

If it's an invite touney I'd say go for it. If it's something that has been advertised or even remotely exposed to the outside world then you might need to be careful.