Poker around the world

I want to make a list of ALL countries that we have been to collectively and get the 'major'/ main poker places to play so we can have a quick and easy place to go for poker and the countries view, policy, tax etc in each one...

WARNINGS
Top tip, don't assume that you can play poker on a cruise linwer. I went on a 3 day trip in Asia where the brochure advertised poker. Made my way to the casino thinking mmmm Asian high rolling fish only to find the only poker table switches to baccarat when the ship is in Asia.

Can you all help me..? - addresses and phone numbers where possible...

Here's a handful... (I'll edit the op as we go from posts/ pm's)

Countryname, Region
Afghanistan, Asia

Albania, Europe

Algeria, Africa

American Samoa, Australasia

Andorra, Europe

Angola, Africa

Anguilla, Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean
Grand Bay casino runs games.

Argentina, South America

Armenia, Europe

Aruba, Caribbean
Excelsior Casino has 7 tables in poker room

Australia, Australasia
Melbourne
Crown Casino - wide variety of tournaments and cash
Perth
Crown casino- All 2/5 aud, tonnes of action and big rake (10% up to $15). Tbf it was a pretty well run card room when I was there.
Adelaide
There was a tournament series on when I was there which attracted about 80 per event which nearly maxed out the size of the room. Cash games are 2/2, 2/3 and 5/5 same rake as Perth which makes the small game very hard to beat despite being soft. It is only open from 6 each day till lateish and not open on sun&mon.
Sydney
Star city- 1/2, 2/3, 2/5 run most of the time and there are interest list/ games going at peak time for bigger games and PLO. Rake is 10% up to $10 with a $5 hourly time charge which make the smaller games tough to beat.
The tourneys Monday (200+20), Wednesday (300+30), Sunday (1000+100) are good value and are well supported.

Austria, Europe
Kleinwalsertal Casino, Riezlern.
This is situated in the alps, just south of the German border and the Bavarian Allgau region. Naturally this is a great skiing area! Pokerwise there is NLH and PLO cash games from 1/2 to 2/5. Was quite an aggressive game. Nice enough place, but quite tilting as you have to wear a jacket. If you don't have a suit to hand then they will loan you one to wear over your normal clothes. And you feel a bit of an idiot.

Azerbaijan, Europe

Bahamas, Caribbean
Nassau
There used to be a casino called the crystal palace that had poker, heard the poker room closed but I'm not 100% sure.

Bahrain, Middle East

Bangladesh, Asia

Barbados, Caribbean

Belarus, Europe

Belgium, Europe
Brussels
Grand Casino - tournaments and cash 1/2 and 3/6

Belize, North America

Benin, Africa

Bermuda, Caribbean

Bhutan, Asia

Bolivia, South America

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Botswana, Africa

Bouvet Island, Africa

Brazil, South America

Brunei Darusalam, Asia
None

Bulgaria, Europe
Kuban
Crystal Crown Casino - range of tournaments and cash games, has held big international tournaments
Platinum Casino and Hotel - decent range of games according to website http://platinum.bg/texas-holdem-poker-room
Kuban Hotel and Casino - Buyins range from E10 to E50 and run every day, unsure of cash action - likely £1/2+ http://www.casino-kuban.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=19&Itemid=19

Burkina Faso, Africa

Burundi, Africa

Cambodia, Asia
Phnom Penh
Nagaworld casino and Red fox poker club.
There are games in a beach resort called sihanoukville but I didn't go there.

Cameroon, Africa
Yaounde
Home games, plenty of Americans about...

Canada, North America
Vancouver
BC there is a downtown casino called Edgewater which has about 30 tables mainly small stakes 1/2 but deffo normally a 2/5 and PLO game going. I believe there a couple of smaller places also in the region.
Niagara falls, Ontario
Is a like a tacky small Vegas and has plenty of games. I believe there is talk of building a super casino in downtown Toronto which will have poker.
Quebec
I believe Montreal has a casino which offers poker.

Cape Verde, Africa

Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Central African Republic, Africa

Chad, Africa

Chile, South America

China, Asia - officially illegal
Beijing
Home games only, plenty of Americans/ Canadians/ etc around who have a variety of games, word of mouth only.

Christmas Island, Australasia

Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australasia

Colombia, South America

Comoros, Africa

Congo Democratic Republic of the (Zaire), Africa

Congo Republic of, Africa

Cook Islands, Australasia

Costa Rica, North America

Croatia, Europe

Cuba, Caribbean

Cyprus, Europe

Czech Republic, Europe

Denmark, Europe
Copenhagen
Casino Copenhagen, Amager Boulevard 70, 2300 København S, Denmark, Tel. +45 33 965 965

Djibouti, Africa

Dominica, Caribbean

Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Ecuador, South America
Gambling has been made illegal recently.. all official casinos shut down

Egypt, Africa

El Salvador, North America

Equatorial Guinea, Africa

Eritrea, Africa

Estonia, Europe
Tallinn
Olympic casino - 1/2 cash games

Ethiopia, Africa

Falkland Islands, South America

Faroe Islands, Europe

Fiji, Australasia

Finland, Europe

France, Europe

French Guiana, South America

Gabon, Africa

Gambia, Africa

Georgia, Europe

Germany, Europe
Westpiel Casino's in Duisberg, Bad Oeynhausen, Dortmund and Aachen
Westspiel is a chain very much like G casino in UK. In some casino's 1/2 is offered, but usually it's 2/5. Budget tourneys are very rare and for the most part 300 Eu and up...for a poor structure. The tourney scene used to be extremely soft, although Germans being Germans I very much doubt that now.

The Germans have some peculiar takes on tournament rules. The main tour is the Westspiel Poker Tour, which is based mainly around the Nordrhein Westfalen area of Germany i.e. its industrial heartlands. Budget tournaments are usually found in settings more akin to UK Pub Poker Leagues. The rake in this is scandalous and difficult to account for. One big problem is that cash prizes are not allowed to be offered; so goods of equivalent value are offered. That said, once known on the circuit cash prizes will be given discretely.

Warning. I had a bad experience with collusion at Bad Oeynhausen (just South of Hannover). Effectively every player on the table lined up against me not knowing that I had a decent grasp of the language. Its not an isolated incident as I have spoken to 2 other completely unrelated people who had similar issues (one a Brit and one a Swiss national). I also had slight issues with Dortmund Westspiel, but would rather not go into specifics.

Player wise - some are very tight, some are very Scandi-esque. The players I always found easiest in the cash games were the Russians and, even more so, Turks and Albanians. The latter 2 are terrible in general.

If anyone visits the Bielefeld and Moenchengladbach/Dusseldorf areas I can give info on members clubs etc (JJandellis)

Ghana, Africa

Gibraltar, Europe
Gib town
Gala Casino - wide range of tournaments and cash

Greece, Europe

Greenland, Europe

Grenada, Caribbean

Guadeloupe (French), Caribbean

Guam (USA), Australasia

Guatemala, North America

Guinea, Africa

Guinea Bissau, Africa

Guyana, South America

Haiti, Caribbean

Holy See, Europe

Honduras, North America

Hong Kong, Asia - officially illegal
Poker is illegal in Hong Kong but there is a big expat community - read 'find the Westeners' Cheesy

Hungary, Europe

Iceland, Europe

India, Asia

Indonesia, Asia

Iran, Middle East

Iraq, Middle East

Ireland, Europe

Israel, Middle East

Italy, Europe

Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire), Africa

Jamaica, Caribbean

Japan, Asia

Jordan, Middle East

Kazakhstan, Asia

Kenya, Africa

Kiribati, Australasia

Kuwait, Middle East

Kyrgyzstan, Asia

Laos, Asia

Latvia, Europe

Lebanon, Middle East

Lesotho, Africa

Liberia, Africa

Libya, Africa

Liechtenstein, Europe

Lithuania, Europe

Luxembourg, Europe

Macau, Asia

Starworld 25/50 is the main game about 10 tables there, expect a massive wait list and a wait of over an hour
Wynn 50/100 the main game, waitlist are a lot better in fact if you can afford it this is the slam dunk place to play in Macau
Venetian mixture of 25/50 and 50/100, waitlist are pure jokes and I waited over 2 hours for a game ( had a meal inbetween) and still no dice the rake is bigger here
All games in hong kong dollars which is about 12 to the pound.

Macedonia, Europe

Madagascar, Africa

Malawi, Africa

Malaysia, Asia

Maldives, Asia

Mali, Africa

Malta, Europe

Marshall Islands, Australasia

Martinique (French), Caribbean

Mauritania, Africa

Mauritius, Africa

Mayotte, Africa

Mexico, North America

Micronesia, Australasia

Moldova, Europe

Monaco, Europe

Mongolia, Asia

Montenegro, Europe

Montserrat, Caribbean

Morocco, Africa

Mozambique, Africa

Myanmar, Asia

Namibia, Africa

Nauru, Australasia

Nepal, Asia

Netherlands, Europe
Venlo/Rotterdam
These are run by Holland Casinos.
From memory tournaments are limited to about 45 runners, as the cardrooms are very small.
There were .5/1, 1/2 and 2/5 games @ PLO and NLH.
The younger internet kids were the better players, although the general consensus amongst the Dutch was that the most dangerous players were the Germans from just over the border.

Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

New Caledonia (French), Australasia

New Zealand, Australasia

Nicaragua, North America

Niger, Africa

Nigeria, Africa

Niue, Australasia

Norfolk Island, Australasia

North Korea, Asia

Northern Mariana Islands, Asia

Norway, Europe

Oman, Middle East

Pakistan, Asia

Palau, Australasia

Panama, North America

Papua New Guinea, Australasia

Paraguay, South America

Peru, South America

Philippines, Asia
Manila
Resortsworld casino, several other places too that I didn't go to
Cebu City- Waterfront Casino
Angeles City- Several cards room apparently but I didn't go there.

Pitcairn Island, Australasia

Poland, Europe (difficult)
Warsaw
Empire Casino - wide range of low stakes games due to new law

Polynesia (French), Australasia

Portugal, Europe

Puerto Rico, Caribbean

Qatar, Middle East

Reunion, Africa

Romania, Europe

Russia, Europe

Rwanda, Africa

Saint Helena, Africa

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Caribbean

Saint Lucia, Caribbean

Saint Pierre and Miquelon, North America

Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean

Samoa, Australasia

San Marino, Europe

Sao Tome and Principe, Africa

Saudi Arabia, Middle East

Senegal, Africa

Serbia, Europe

Seychelles, Africa

Sierra Leone, Africa

Singapore, Asia

Slovakia, Europe

Slovenia, Europe

Solomon Islands, Australasia

Somalia, Africa

South Africa, Africa
Johannesburg
Emperors Palace Casino - Held the WPT Johannesburg recently, regular cash games and tournaments.
Montecasino, Fourways - lots of games, cash is effectively £1/2 with games sitting pretty short. Tournaments are wide ranging from £30 freezeouts to £1k big GTD tournys. Dealers are shocking most of the time.
North West Province
Sun city Resort - No idea what is here, but I've been told there are a lot of cash games and a lot of tournaments.

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South America

South Korea, Asia

Spain, Europe

Sri Lanka, Asia

Sudan, Africa

Suriname, South America

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Europe

Swaziland, Africa

Sweden, Europe
Stockholm
Cosmopol Casino

Switzerland, Europe

Syria, Middle East

Taiwan, Asia

Tajikistan, Asia

Tanzania, Africa

Thailand, Asia

Timor-Leste (East Timor), Australasia

Togo, Africa

Tokelau, Australasia

Tonga, Australasia

Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Tunisia, Africa

Turkey, Middle East

Turkmenistan, Asia

Turks and Caicos Islands, Caribbean

Tuvalu, Australasia

Uganda, Africa
Kampala
Pyramid Casino (legit 0.50/1 game)
Kings Casino (bent 3/6 game - beatable with rungood)

Ukraine, Europe

United Arab Emirates, Middle East

United Kingdom, Europe

United States, North America
here there is craploads of live poker
Las Vegas
Everywhere... Vegas reviews from this year please!
Nevada- Outside of Vegas
There is lots of little casino offering small stakes limit/no limit normally on the borders with other states. The Peppermill in Reno is probably the only place to find higher stakes games.
California
Poker is massive here, as it is considered a game of skill under state law. Lots of legit big games especially in LA with the Commerce being the worlds largest poker room. If you are near a centre of population in California you will find a game. Bay 101- San Jose, Bicycle Casino- LA, Pechanga- Half way between San Diego and LA, San Manuel casino- San Bernadino are other places I have played with loads of action and games.
Florida
They have got rid of the stupid $100 buyin rule and action is big and plentiful state wide. The only place I have played is Seminole Hard Rock- Tampa which was 50+ table rooms with a wide variety of games.
A ton of rooms in South Florida area with seminole Hard Rock Hollywood and The Isle in Pompano Beach being the best.
Louisiana
Harrahs in downtown New Orleans about 20 tables of fishy tourist action limit and NLHE.
Mississippi
Played at Beau Rivage, Biloxi was pretty dead as it midweek afternoon had 3/4 tables of 1/2 nl going on.
Washington state
There are 3 Indian casino about 20-30 miles outside of Seattle. I played at Snoqualmie and Tualip mainly small stakes limit and no limit.
Montana
Has loads of weird little casinos which are mainly a couple of banks of slots. I did find a game in Great falls but is one table and a bit of a joke, lacks big enough cities to get games going in general.
Arizona
Casino Arizona, Phoenix this is a big room 50ish tables with lots of games.

Other states that I know have poker are Pennsylvania (been a big explosion recently since legislation came in)
New Jersey (Atlantic City obv)
Connecticut (Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun)

New York (Turning stone, none close to NYC).

Uruguay, South America

Uzbekistan, Asia

Vanuatu, Australasia

Venezuela, South America

Vietnam, Asia

Virgin Islands, Caribbean

Wallis and Futuna Islands, Australasia

Yemen, Middle East

Zambia, Africa

Zimbabwe, Africa