I've clubbed in both NYC and Seoul... and fwiw I had more fun in Seoul. Both are incredible anyway. It's like arguing apples and oranges.

I'll bet it is for someone like Derek Jeter..


Are the Korean girls in Korea hotter than Korean girls in the USofA? I've hardly ever seen a decent looking Korean gal around town, most of them look as if they've been beat with the ugly stick. (of course that would go with most girls around here )

I should amend this. The first paragraph is primarily applicable to more conservative areas of the country such as Masan, most specifically where I live in Masan which makes the America's Bible Belt looks liberal. I'm sure that there are other areas where this is less of a problem or not a problem at all. But in a small neighborhood within Masan where basically everybody knows each other, yeah it could be an issue.

I play 3/6-5/10 hu. I refuse to get any job on the side here as that cuts into my lifestyle and my winrate. I typically work around 5-6pm til whenever. Sleep in til like 1pm, wake up go to the gym, rinse and repeat. If we go drinking...well then I guess I'm on vacation for that night :P

HU is looking really grim. The poker sites don't seem to care about fixing the multi-table situation and with the poker act from the states, it just doesn't look pretty. This would be one of the worst times to get into it imo, unless you could predict a huge fish boom in the near future where HU gets super action.

it's Lee Hyori and if you love drinking, Korea might really be the place for you. I don't like to drink casually unless it's with my dinner. If I drink, I want to get ****faced and I want to start the night off with a bang.

If you drink with me, I typically like to do these:


These are called PoktanJu (폭탄주)
PokTan 폭탄 = Bomb
Ju 주 = alcohol.

3 of em and you're pretty hammered. If you're a monster you'll need more.

If we don't start off that way, then I like to start off with a 3 step korean game:

Step 1:
Open a soju bottle and twist off the cap:

twist the tail. we take turns flicking the tail and whoever knocks it off, whoever is on that person's left and right has to take a shot of soju

Step 2:
Every soju bottle has a number in their cap.

Whoever knocked off the tail gets the honor of peeking into the cap. Now everyone else has to guess a number between 1-50. You say higher or lower until someone hits the number. Whoever guesses it takes a shot.

Let's say the number is 21 and what's left is 20-22. If a guy guesses 22 and someone else guesses 20, leaving only 21 left, you're drinking.

Step 3:
Titanic

You sink it, you drink it.

Get an empty soju cup and float it in a cup of beer. We each take turns pouring soju into that cup until it sinks. Sink it and you have to pound it all down in 1 shot.

Korean penalty for not 1shotting the whole thing: We fill it back up for you until you do it right.

Fwiw, a REAL poktanju is done w/whiskey instead of soju. However foreign alcohol is priced up the ass here and I don't know why you'd waste a good whiskey on something like that. Just use it with soju.

I think serviced apartment might be the right substitute. I can put up pictures later if you wish. It has the basic necessities and it looks better than a standard apartment.

Well when you come to Korea I'll take you drinking and the next time I go to NYC you can take me drinking. Fair trade?

I'm korean so I wanted to learn the language that I should've known from the beginning. If I had to live in a different country in Asia, I'd consider any country w/a nightlife and fast internet. Chengdu China is a personal fav. because I love the food there however you need to know Chinese/Sichuan dialect or you cannot get around at all. In general, they're all pretty great. Really depends on what you're looking for in a life.

I use a vpn yes. Korean gov't has blocked everything but Stars basically.

Weird. Nowadays ICN airport (incheon) has a section where you can sit down and browse for free.

I hate irish pubs and that was the majority of what I saw in NYC, that or overcrowded small clubs. I'm a lounge bar type of guy.

Yeah I like korean korean girls a lot more than u.s. born girls. American born kids like me are called Gyopos, 교포. Lol where do you live locust.

I just prefer the korean girl style a lot more. There's a lot more etiquette while the American ones seemingly have none. If I had to choose between too much and none, I'd rather have a girl w/too much etiquette. That said there can be lots of qualms w/being with a korean girl if you choose the wrong one.

Those soju drinking games are great. We still play them every time we go back to that Korean restaurant that I brought you to when you were in BKK. I hate reading this thread because it makes me want to go back to Korea so badly.

Oh, I always play Titanic. I'm easily the best Titanic player in the world.

We also played a game called "South Africa". One of our buddies would always talk about the country. So, whenever he said "South Africa", we had to take a shot of soju.

haha owen. That place had some pretty good meat. Can Dal kid do shots now? :P

bob-

did the guy have to drink as well?

Typically in situations like that, we'll add in rules like:
no touching your hair
no clapping
no pointing
no ENGLISH - this is hard for the korean natives as well since a lot of english words are infused w/the language like "computer, cellphone, e-mail, message"

I've been in Seoul for about 5 months now. Not playing professionally but teaching English for slave wages.

Seoul is great but Korea as a whole is a very peculiar country from a Western perspective. Hard to explain but foreigners are regarded with a certain amount of skepticism. Most Koreans do not know how to socialize with Westerners. This results in them asking odd questions or not really knowing what to expect from Westerners. It isn't all bad. In fact Koreans are incredibly warm once you get to know them and there are many admirable qualities about Korean culture that you don't find in the west.

Korea allows a great lifestyle for single, young people. Wouldn't want to be here past age 30 but for now it is great. Low taxes, cheap booze, no tipping, are all nice perks. It is very easy to live on $2k a month and still have a lot of fun.

Korean girls are beautiful and *most* foreign guys can hook up/get a girlfriend here. However, it is a very different dating culture than you might encounter in the Philippines, Thailand, or Vietnam. Korean girls are usually more conservative or at least will put up that front.

The myths about Asian girls falling over themselves to get with Western guys are not true here. However, there are millions of women in this country and x% of them are interested in foreign guys and the other x% aren't. There is nothing more pathetic than some new white guy who assumes that Korea will be his sexual playground; and nothing more satisfying than watching him fail miserably. It's all about the right mentality and attitude. Be a nice, clean, respectful guy who is curious about Korean life and you will do just fine.

Good post man

Yeah, I've had a bit of trouble breaking through that front. Obviously, I have a very small sample size but the Korean girls I have dated have bored me half to death and again, conservative front (though one of them actually was a Christian). I mean, I ask them what they do in their spare time and I get lame answers like watching TV. Hobbies/interests? Well, nothing really. I don't know if they're shy about revealing bits of their personality or fear being rejected or whatever, but it's really depressing.

if you're into kpop, this is a new group that's pretty addicting~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_q75...response_watch

And what I think is the hottest music video out right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BktWxA5W09A

how do you embed youtube videos?

How good is your game in the U.S.? If you're asking questions like "what are your hobbies, what do you like to do" you're going to strike out anywhere. It's not a problem of the culture it's a problem of your language barrier and your game itself.

Try sharing something interesting about yourself first and build from there. Straight up questions like those are awful. They build nothing and categorize you as boring and that's depressing.

have you played in or heard about any underground poker games there?

no and I never will unless I can trust it. Reading rekrul's old post long ago about playing w/a mafia figure in front of him...I never want to get myself in that situation.