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Originally Posted by AAlimper
Love Singapore! Got relatives so been there plenty of times, have to go back again soon
Anyways, had a look at the Marina Bay Resort homepage today and was disappointed when I realized there was no poker being offered there except from the table games. Indeed got it confirmed here in the thread. Is this something being worked on? What do you local guys think, will it be offered in the casino within a year or two?
And what about the homegames? They are technically illegal I suppose.. is it "professionally" run clubs? Do the police know and do they care? The caning always used to scare me, hehe..
From what I know poker will NEVER be offered. They did initially build a poker room but decided to spread 'singapore sling' poker or some stupid version of poker which you play against the house, aka -EV poker.
Do not, and I repeat.. DO NOT play in homegames in Singapore unless you have plenty of local connections etc. In Singapore its legal to play poker for cash if the people you are playing with are your friends. However if you're a foreigner who is just visiting for a month, it will be difficult to prove the guys you are playing poker with are your friends.
Basically just don't do it. We're known for strict laws over here.
BTW just to let the people in the thread know, I showed Hundkatzemaus around (he posted above somewhere) and we both had a great time. Another one of his friends visited Singapore as well and I showed him the sights. Singapore is great if you know people.