I lived near Burgos Circle in Fort Bon for a month. Internet is meh speed and pretty cheap. You can get by easily but it's not great for downloads. Get your landlord to hook it up. In the meantime just use a dongle from 7-11 because Philos aren't known for getting stuff done promptly.
I tried to deposit on ipoker with a Philo ip address and it wouldn't let me. I've grinded a lot of stars with no vpn but haven't deposited only withdrawn.
Never had my laptop scanned. Only had bags searched once in 4 and the guy was probably just an ******* with a chip on his shoulder. He told me I couldn't have a compact umbrella then let me keep it anyway.

Hey guys, I just moved to Makati, Manila. Rented a condo penthouse at Valero & Rufino. Will be living here for 6+ months with other 2 2+2 roomates.

We are looking to meet other 2+2 members, so we can socialize, hit some bars, clubs, do some other activities.

We are planning to do local or abroad trips around every month not to burn out from poker.

Write me a PM.

dibbla,

These are the four biggest wired broadband options and prices as of today.

PLDT DSL

High-speed plan: add +700 for landline

Globe DSL


Sky Broadband


Bayantel DSL


Quality varies from location to location. Best thing you can do is read reviews from your building or near your building - Tipidpc and Philmug forums are good for this.

Thank you to the above posters who once again have been oustanding in helping me with info again. Saved me a lot of endless hours trawling the internet- I owe you guys big time

Ive never had my laptop scanned.

http://maps.google.com.ph/maps/place...02175573214257

I'm from the United States and looking to move to the Philippines in July 2012 to resume playing online at PokerStars. I've looked through the forums for answers to the following questions, but haven't found any that were up-to-date. If there is anyone out there that has solid insider info to these questions I would greatly appreciate it! I would like to get as much info before I make the jump across the Pacific to start playing online again. These are my questions:

1- Are Cebu or Boracay a good place to set up shop to play online poker? (I would enjoy a smaller beach type setting and am trying to avoid Manila)

2- What documents do I need to open up a Bank Account there as an American? (I have read HSBC is a good bank to go with)

3- How does the Visa work and how long can I stay at a given time?

4- Will I have a problem arriving in the Philippines with no return ticket or set date?

5- Will I have any problems getting back online with PokerStars?

6- Does anyone know any online players currently living in the Philippines that I could message/talk to?

7- Anyone out there looking for a roommate in Cebu or Boracay? (I would prefer a smaller environment closer to the beaches)

Thanks to anyone and everyone who replies or talks with me to help answer these questions, it's greatly appreciated!

About me: I'm from Phoenix, AZ and 36yo. I mainly play MTT rebuys and mid stakes short handed PLH/PLO cash games, and I was a winning player on Stars. I have a 10k bankroll and living expenses covered for a year. (I know it's not much compared to some out there but it should be enough for me to get started and back into the swing of things.) I'm easy going, played sports my whole life, was Army Infantry, enjoy working out, educating myself and I like rock/classical/classic rock music. I'm mainly looking to earn money and build up my bankroll; but I also want to see the sites, enjoy the women and party once or twice a week.

Have you every been to PI before?
It doesn't sound like it.
Cebu is not a small beach town it's a huge impoverished 3rd world city where the Average person earns less then $1 a day.
It's dirty aNd dangerous with unreliable Internet
But you can get laid there
You can only get a tourist visa which means every 60 days you have to leave the country.
Thailand aNd Korea are much better options for Internet players.

Go to Thailand for reasons mentioned before.

In a hotel in A.C Got online in the room, logged onto stars and it says, sorry we cannot offer real money games in your region.

WTF is that all about?

what pooter? ummm have u been able to play in manila? maybe they just hate sex tourists


dlovelee why do u say u have to leave the country every 60 days when thats not true?

yep i'm playing in Manila all the time. Perhaps it cus im right in fields ave. and that's inside the dmz?? **** knows perhaps its jsut the internet provider somehow telling stars servers its a u.s ip?? anyway im off to get turbo **** faced!

btw dont have to leave every 60 days! why would he say that? unless its different down in cebu but i strongly doubt that.

It's 59 days actually, not 60.

Unlike Thailand you don't need to leave the country, but you do need to get a new visa every 59 days, assuming it's a tourist visa that you are there on. You can do it in whatever city you are in though, you don't have to go to Manila specifically, and you definitely don't have to leave the country.

In theory you are supposed to have to leave the country at some point, I believe after 16 consecutive months there, but I'm not sure how often that is actually upheld.

Ok I misunderstood the visa rules. I get confused mixing visas between Korean, Thailand, Philippines, Japan and China...

Good to know you just need an extension.

thats one of the main reasons i like PI over thailand..... would suck having to waste a day on a bus once a month


poot that really is disheartening that you cant play in AC, i dont think i was gonna end up living there anyways but i liked having it as an option because it sounds a lot cheaper than makati

also did u open a bank account in PI?