Official China Thread (Macau, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, etc) - Page 2

rakes · 01-30-2008, 02:24 AM

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a huge stunt show with a bunch of ex pats in it.

I saw a stunt show in panyu. The outdoor seats were pretty cheap, but the show itself is comparable to say, the mystic at treasure island. The tickets were like 200-300 yuans, which is 30 bucks US. I'd recommend the show.

thehabit 420 · 02-01-2008, 11:24 PM

Excited...Lets just hope these casinos get a move on it already and get tables there asap!

Government Approved the Most Popular Form of Poker

Officials in Macau have given casinos the green light to spread Texas hold’em games. The Macau government announced the change through its official bulletin Monday, and casinos are allowed to start spreading the games immediately.

At least one casino, the Grand Lisboa, has begun to spread the games. This casino is the flagship property of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM). SJM operates 17 casinos in Macau.

Tournament Texas Hold’em was first played in Macau during the PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour in November 2007. APPT received special permission from the government to hold the event at the Galaxy Grand Waldo Casino. With 352 entries, it was a smashing success and showed that Texas hold’em poker could thrive in the largest casino market in the world, despite the fact that most of Macau’s visitors are not familiar with the game.

“The APPT Macau was a test event meant to demonstrate the viability of poker as a new game that diversifies the gaming market, encourages international tourism (primarily from individuals who are not traditional visitors to Macau), and has a broad distributed benefit to everyone involved,” said Jeffrey Haas, APPT president. “The results from this test were successful, and since then APPT and Galaxy Grand Waldo have been working to help bring poker to Macau on a permanent basis.”

Before this change, Galaxy had the only "poker room" in Macau. It has four Poker Pro machines - spreading no-limit hold'em games ranging from 75¢-$1.25 to $6-$12 - and two Poker Pro heads-up tournament tables at its flagship property, Star World. During the APPT event, the Grand Waldo was also testing a Lightning Poker table, a company operated by professional poker player Brian Haveson.

The casino was able to have the machines because Macau considers automated poker machines in the same category as slots.

Casinos will be permitted to take 3-5 percent of each pot for rake, but cannot exceed five times the big blind. Games can start with as few as two players (although each table will be required to hold at least 10 players, plus the dealer).

Las Vegas casino operators Wynn Las Vegas, Sands, and MGM Grand all have properties in Macau, which passed Las Vegas in gambling revenue as the world leader in 2006. In 2007, casino gambling generated $10.3 billion, which was a 46-percent increase from the previous year.

timoK · 02-03-2008, 03:21 PM

long speech short:
now there will be poker in macau?

anyone in macau right now to confirm if there are tables?

I will be in macau end of february and I would like to play a little texas holdem fixed limit

thehabit 420 · 02-04-2008, 11:28 AM

I read galaxy casino had two 1-2NL tables, 1 one 5-10NL, and 1 20-40LHE with some decent waits...It didnt state specific in the article, but I assume thats the conversion to US dollars, Id really hope so anyway..

timoK · 02-05-2008, 05:42 AM

woo,

thanks for the info.

based on your locations:
whats the weather like right now?

Kä²°ä®¥n · 02-05-2008, 12:12 PM

1. I'm gonna spend one day in Canton/Guangzhou in early March. I know nothing of that city. What activities do you recommend? No partying/poker. I'm there with the wife.

2. Also, any generan tips for Sanya? I'll spend 6 days there (March).

3. What's the right format for a foreign phone number in China? I'm tryng to reserve an airplane ticket from Southern China Airlines but the mother****er keeps rejecting my resrvations and says "Wrong format in phone #". My number is (like) +358401234567. I've tried (358) 401234567 and whatnot. No success. HELP!

thehabit 420 · 02-06-2008, 05:43 AM

Hey, Ive never been to Sanya so I can t help you there...

But I guess good things to do with the wife/gf in GZ would be go to Chim Long Zoo, biggest zoo in all of asia, also has some type of stunt show, huge theme park - (biggest roller coaster in the world, and other crap like a six flags), water park...

Eat lots of good Chinese food (best restaurants and the most restaurants in all of China are in GZ), and of course shopping (high end, as well as the local markets with cool stuff)

Ive never done it but you can go to Baiyun Mountain, check out Shaiman Island where the English and French settled a long ass time ago.

Just walk around the city, you ll find things to do.

Id suggest completely ignoring ANY beggers, seriously if u give them anything, a pack will come outa no where and swarm you especially if your a lao wai (foreigner).

Be prepared, not many people speak English at all around here, so if your going to be traveling by taxi, make sure you have a card with written chinese or call a chinese speaker to help you out...Dont worry the taxis wont rip you off, they re pretty trustworthy here.

And as far as the phone format...I dunno exactly what you mean but my mobile format would be like this if you were dialing INTERNATIONALLY to someone in China...

+861358739876...

Ortho · 02-06-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by timoK

I read there is a nice rollercoaster theme park in shenzhen?

No. There is not. It is like a 1/8 size abandoned amusement park. If you go here without having some other reason (in my case, I coincidentally stayed in a hotel for business across the street), the joke will be on you.

ETA: The shenzhen tourist propaganda about there being 7 great sites here or something is complete and total fiction. Don't believe a word of it about, I can't remember what the amusement park and the great wall thing and everything in the world in miniature. None of this is worth going to.

Kä²°ä®¥n · 02-07-2008, 04:56 PM

URGENT (for me...)

How long do all the byrocratic and all the other stuff take on China Guangzhou airport for someone arriving there from Finland? The only connectiong flight on my arrivedate to my next location that still has seats left leaves at 10.20am and my flight from Finland arrives at 08.20am. Do I have to present my visa etc on my arrival to Guangzhou or my next location, Sanya? Do I have to re-check-in my luggage or will they be shipped straight to Sanya?

I'll be flying with Finnair -> Hainan Airlinas (different alliances).

andyfox · 02-07-2008, 05:54 PM

What kind of leather goods? Do you do accessories (belts or wallets)?

thehabit 420 · 02-08-2008, 07:47 AM

I assume that question is for me about the leather goods..

Primarily we do cell phones cases, mainly for Dooney, and also do some luggage and womens handbags for them too.

I also do some travel up to the Hangzhou area to do some Quality Control on OEM products like HP and Dell Laptop cases, for a company I previous worked at.

As far as the issue with GZ airport? Dont really understand what you mean, but i always fly into Hong Kong since they have a direct flight from New York.

Kä²°ä®¥n · 02-08-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by thehabit 420

As far as the issue with GZ airport? Dont really understand what you mean, but i always fly into Hong Kong since they have a direct flight from New York.

I mean is 2 hours enough for me to catch my connecting flight from Guangzhou to Sanya?

thehabit 420 · 02-08-2008, 10:34 PM

Ha, sorry for the lack of intelligence from the word you used before...

But 2 hours is DEF enough time. Its NOTHING like USA customs....

When I fly outa Guangzhou domestically, to Shanghai, Hangzhou, or wherever it may be, I usually arrive at the airport 90 minutes before, and I even sit down for 20 minutes or so and eat a meal. You'll be fine...hope you enjoy your trip man. It is suppose to FINALLY warm up around here next week too.

Kä²°ä®¥n · 02-09-2008, 09:18 AM

Thanks thehabit, you've been very helpful! One more question - Is it hard to to get from the international terminal to domestic terminal in CAN airport?

HP · 02-09-2008, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by timoK

woo,

thanks for the info.

based on your locations:
whats the weather like right now?

In Beijing now, like 0 Celsius. A dry cold though, so seems ok to me

I much prefer the winter, the air looks a lot cleaner and clearer than the last time I was here