Couldn't finish my post due to 30 min edit rule annoying.

The last somewhat interesting hand I had was against the same guy. He limped utg I made it 1100 with QQ, 3 or 4 callers before it comes back to him and he makes it 9k.

I had seen him do this once before around 3-4 months ago in almost the exact same situation. He limped utg and made it exactly 9k that time too after some action, he had AA. As far as I can remember I've never seen him limp raise other than that instance and I've played with him probably the most of anyone at the table.

I make one of the nittiest folds of my life and muck it. If I had around 25k or less pretty sure I just go with it and make him show me the aces again but I was around 50 deep at the time.

Surprisingly he showed which he rarely every does, he had AK off so heh.... he doesn't only do it with AA but it was a premium anyway.

Cashed out for 55,025 (+25,025) after 5.75 hours. Loving the run good, 3 wins a row!

Bankroll: 617,300 (+117,300)
Hours played: 41.25

Hand of the night (i wasn't involved)

Flop Kh 7h 6c

SB who I believe was the 3 bettor pre leads for 4k, middle position makes it 13k, late position calls 13k, sb makes it 40k both call. Pot was about 18k preflop, 120 went in on the flop for 138k total pot.

Turn Ts for board of Kh 7h 6c Ts.

SB shoves his 70k middle position folds late position reluctantly calls his remaining 47-48k.

SB has T5 of hearts and late position has 68 of hearts. River 4 of clubs and SB takes down a 235k pot with pair of tens. Middle position who folded turn said he had 45.

What site is there to manually put in a poker hand? Want to make it easier to read in future if possible. Quick Google search didn't do it for me.

Also going to try and include more photos.

GF and her friend at pool at new apartment



Old pic taken from outside the front door of house in malaybalay. The outside of house was really nice but semi disappointed with actual house.



Church I walked to a bunch in Malaybalay because the road was nice and quiet with good scenery. Never stepped foot in the place but only because you were supposed to wear formal attire and in the 90+ degree daily heat I'm wearing shorts for a long walk.

It's great to read you are running good

Thanks for the photos!

Thank you!

Unfortunately things went downhill and entirely self induced which makes it feel a lot worse.

Lost 90k including a ridiculous non sensical 60k punt to end the session.

Going to consider quitting playing if I do something like this again, it's just not worth the stress.

I really don't know what exactly caused it either so tough to fix. Possibly a combination of ego, boredom at snails pace 9 handed live poker, greed/being stuck 30. I can't pinpoint anything exactly though.

Bankroll: 527,300
Hours played: 44.25

HH of the punt?

Worst one I did in awhile, I do anything similar anytime soon and I'm going to pull the plug and quit playing. Really don't know what overcame me on this one. Scorched an insane amount of Skanskly bucks on one hand, can't afford to make mistakes this large.

Kh Jh late position think I was cut off raise to 1400. Button and BB call.

Flop 6c 2h 2c. I bet 3k (too large), button folds BB makes it 10 total I call.

Turn Ad BB leads 10k I call

River 9s BB leads 10k I go allin for 41k total. He thinks for a second and speculates I have AA but calls pretty quickly with K2

Not much to say about this one other than I think turn and river are horrible. Flop bet sizing was too big, flop call is bad but not as horrible as turn and river.

I hadn't played much against this player but it sounded/seemed like he was a very rec player the grinders were quite excited to see him sit down. Overall just a total punt when he keeps betting into the Ace turn and valuish sizing I think it's a 2 the majority of the time.

Not sure what overcame me on this one.

Been trying to stick to focused well thought out plays and have mostly done a solid job but this was a huge deviation and with a large stack size too unfortunately.

Played again last night.

Made a bad preflop call....

Cut off raised can't remember exact amount maybe 1100.

I flat button with Kh 4h, at least one of blinds called maybe both I can't remember.

Flop Jh Td 6h preflop raiser contin bets I just call others fold.

Turn Qs he bets 2200 I make it 7k he calls.

River 3d he checks I bet 13k he calls and has QQ. My bet is targeting hands AQ, KQ, KJ KT etc (even possible he has A high flush draw) He was a tight player so can see him making a lot of folds.

I think I played it fine besides preflop. Sucks I got punished so hard on really the only out of line call I made pre all night but a good reminder to be patient. But anyone please feel free to chime in with thoughts maybe I'm wrong about having played it fine postflop.

Later on had QQ flop Q98 with two hearts, get it all in on the flop. He has T7 of hearts certainly wasn't the hand I was hoping to see but better than JT I suppose.

We run it twice, first card out is a heart but bink the full house on river. Win the 2nd run out as well. Feeling blessed to run good while battling my recent poor play.

Feel like I played well the rest of the night. Picked off a bluff for a solid pot. Had AQ flopped an A but lost to A9 w/two pair but lost the minimum.

All in all 5 hours of play with a 22,500 profit

Bankroll: 552,800
Hours played: 49.25

Some nice punts. Thx for sharing.

Obv fold teh K4 pf. And bet/fold flop w teh KJ against avg live drooler.

What made you choose Philippines specifically? Do you plan on going to other countries in the area or chilling there for awhile? I plan to visit SE Asia in the next year or so

Was in Thailand from April of 23' to Oct 23' loved the food, the beach, my very nice while also cheap hotel and of course the women. But ran out of time as I stayed the full 6 months allowed for the calendar year.

Went home in mid October and was tentatively planning to stay there till the new year and then go back to Thailand.

However got home and was hating life so decided fk it I'm going back! Figured Philippines was as good a choice as any, and english being spoken to a degree would be a plus.

Ended up being a much more difficult transition than I thought, found myself comparing everything to Thailand. The food was pretty big for me, love thai food and the seafood is incredible there you can get a plate of 6 large shrimp and a bunch of squid for under $5 (in pattaya anyway).

I also have a gluten allergy, Thailand is the best for easily avoiding gluten whereas Philippines is more the opposite. I dont care for a lot of the philippine foods even when there isn't gluten. Thankfully my girlfriend loves to cook and with the apartment now its easier for her to make us most of our meals.

Have visited Manila, Angeles City, Subic Bay, Malaybalay, and Cebu. (All for 10 days +)
Drove through Cagayan De Oro and Davao City.

Decided Angeles suited me best and took out a 6 month lease on an apartment. It has more reasonable traffic than some of the other cities, everything is fairly easy/convenient for foreigners, partying, poker etc.

I want to visit other areas of Southeast Asia as well, but waiting on girlfriend to get her passport she had issues with her birth certificate which take 6 months to be fixed.

I'll maybe try Cambodia, Bali, Malaysia at some point and definitely going to visit Thailand again.

*wanted to visit Vietnam too but am a little sour after my last "attempted" visit. Usually I'm extremely thorough with travel plans as I hate the actual process of getting from one place to another/dealing with airports etc. And don't want to have to deal with any issues on top of that.

However I got lazy and didn't check that you got visa on arrival in Vietnam so when I showed up at the airport in Bangkok I was rejected for not having a visa. Every other place in SEA I'd researched you received a visa on arrival as an American, somehow I just forgot or thought I'd checked already but was thinking of a different country.

In the end I lost about $300 on hotel and flight (maybe another 100 on taxi to and from bangkok). I always do non refundable, no insurance for lower price and only time I've cancelled so far. I had to scramble and make a border run the next day (to avoid illegal overstay in thailand) which was a headache. Obviously all my fault, thankfully monetary loss wasn't that large.

Guy i talked to at the airport says it happens quite a bit. Anyways any country that makes it more difficult to get there isn't at the top of my list.

I Canadian and I send a lot of time in Vietnam (five visits since COVID ended). The women are amazing and friendly. Food is dirt cheap if you eat in local restaurant. Last time I was there I fed 15 people with around 10 beers for $71.00 US. Not sure about the poker but there are rooms in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi.

I hire a Vietnamese service to handle my visas. They charge $20.00 US to process your visa and you get the visa the next day.

Appreciate the insight and thats a fast turnaround! Will consider going there again, just a bit frustrated by the whole situation even though it was my own doing. Difficult for me to understand why they make want to make it harder for people to get there and spend their money. (I'm sure more laws/regulations needed because of a bad apple or 2 at some point and certainly that'll stop em)

The hotel I had booked looked incredible and had amazing reviews despite being only $22 per night, this was in Nha Trang.

6 hour session at 100/200.

Won a decent pot with top pair top kicker vs another top pair. Started getting a little loosey goosey preflop and played a few hands I shouldn't need to tighten the screws on that. Especially since the game wasn't too good either. I wasn't involved in any super interesting hands but ill give you the hand of the night:

Can't remember preflop and flop action but on turn middle position player makes it 9k to go on T48Q board (2 clubs) button makes it 35k, early position calls the 35k, middle position shoves for around 105-110k.

Button deliberates for quite some time before folding (think he had 50k left maybe 55 at most). Early position calls. Early position and mid position both have QT for top two pair. Button says he folded 44 and is steaming, brutal. Don't think I'd be able to keep playing in his position if I folded that and seen they both had QT

Finished the night with a 26,500 profit

Bankroll: 579,300
Hours played: 55.25

Hey, I played the 100/200nlhe of okada occasionally these past few months.
Tbh I thought that it was a waste of time given that most lineups had very few fish and a lot of tight regulars.
I don't think It's a particularly great place to grind live poker and I'd like to hear from other professional players if there are better places than that (like 2ace poker, metrocard club, resorts world,...)?

Late night session from 10.50 to 2.20 AM at 100/200

Game wasn't great tonight not a lot of action. Won ok pots with AA and KK but here's the big hand of the night:

As Ks in SB there was a straddle to 400 on this hand. Pro/good player raises UTG to 2k. I decide to make an extremely nitty call from SB, out of position, gives me some deception and keeps SPR at a reasonable range. Feel like I've been way over playing AK at times in general.

Only us two to the flop of Js 5c 4s, I check he continues for 2k I make it 7k he calls. Turn 9c I bet 14k he calls, river 8h I shove for 33k. He hems and haws, says he doesn't have much but thinks I'm full of **** (good read sir) but eventually folds saying his hand cant beat some bluffs. (Not really sure what hand he could have that isn't beating bluffs but he could still consider calling with?)

3 hr 30 min session with 41,400 profit

Bankroll: 620,700
Hours played: 58.75

why didn't u 3bet pf bro?

No good excuse I should. Don't love the situation where he calls and I'm out of position with a SPR under 3 against a good LAG who doesn't like to give up.

I need to play better. Thank you for helping to hold me accountable.

It seems like it's some sort of mental block I get at times. I'd rather 3 bet A4 suited because I won't mind giving up and am unlikely to punt a whole stack with it. A poor way to think and I need to suck it up and make the right plays.

If anyone else had called preflop I'm definitely 3 betting as thatd become way to egregious to call (probably is already but has to be significantly worse with more people in the pot)

Hopefully someone else will chime in eventually. When I was at Okada in mid November the games seemed a bit better (peak tourist season?) Than recent visits.

My guess is metrocard club is not going to be good due to location, not enough tourists/gamblers.

Resorts world and 2acepoker should have potential. I do know there are teams of grinders that will descend upon any game if it's juicy so i think great games are generally short lived here. A fairly small community, with even smallish stakes by US standards being big money and serious business here. Word gets around fast about good games/whales.

I've at least heard stories of crazy baccarat players in the game at Okada who barely know the rules but typically are playing the highest limits when they sit down, so 300/600 or 500/1000.

One pro I seen on my most recent visit to Okada mentioned he was probably going to Macau soon so I assume the 300/600 or higher action hasn't been great recently. I watched a little bit of the action as well and didn't look promising.

Resorts world has 5% rake whereas everywhere else it is 10% (400 peso cap at 50/100). So that makes a big difference. The 50/100 (at Resorts World) also has a 300 bb cap so it can play pretty deep. The games are pretty soft imo, although it varies wildly from table to table and day to day. There is a 100/200 running fairly consistently in the evenings. Not usually worth playing imo.
The games there also run around the clock. Also the air quality is pristine. Plus you get comps (not very many it's like 25 cents an hour, but if u earn 80 pts in a day u get 200 + 50 peso meal vouchers). There is also 7/11 and McDonalds next door where you can get some cheap eats. I mean it makes a bit of a difference if you are looking at it from the perspective of a business and trying to keep costs down. The mall across the street has a pretty solid food court also, Wolfgang Puck's steak house, fancy sushi place, tons of different options. its upscale but still pretty reasonable.