Thanks for the reply. I'd prefer to be in the mainland peninsula. Stayed in Taipa last time and found it to be very inconvenient. Had a hard time flagging a cab down when I played at GW. Had to walk to the hotel and wait. Getting there is fine, not so much leaving.

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I found a pretty good deal at the best western Taipa through rates to go, 13th to 16 nov (3 nights) for 1900 hkd, since we're 2 in the room sharing, its not too expensive.
OK, it's on Taipa, but it's not that far from mainland.

Wynn poker room supposedly openning today - look forward to checking that out tomorrow night .

25/50 and 50/100 games at Starworld have the lowest rake, capped at 150. Lisboa and Wynn have there's capped at 200 for any game higher than 10/20. Starworld also offers a special hotel room rate for players which is $945HKD/wkdays and $1200/wknds. very nice room for that price.

Just checked out the Wynn yesterday and thought everything was good except the dealers were too slow. But then again all the casinos were like that in the beginning. Another bad thing was that it was all the way in the corner of the casino, had to walk a very long time.

The 100/200 game is NL and usually only played at Starworld. I've never actually seen it played in other casinos. I can always count on Starworld to have the big games everyday. They usually play 10k min and 50k max buy-in but can be changed upon players request.

Grand Lisboa only goes as high as 25/50 or sometimes 50/100. Grand Waldo just has no games at all. and the Wynn yesterday only had a 25/50 and Starworld had the 100/200 game running.

For a person that whines so much and can't even tell the difference between regular players and actual props, I doubt you have ran a poker room in the past. Would be better to hear you say that you got overplayed by bunch of local fishes, which there are a lot of that would raise every hand. And I doubt the hosts at starworld would ever play poker. I have spoken to all of them and they have no clue of the game, they are only there for appearance and to chip run.

Hope to see what "poker room" your going to help manage. Unless it's MGM, I doubt it's going to be any good. But from what i hear, MGM had plans with Mansion but is changed now and unsure for the future.

Thank you "Starworld Employee of the Month"

Hey anybody out there that can give us an update on the newly opened Wynn poker room that was supposed to open yesterday? Saw the previous post about the dealers being slow, etc. but would like more information. Where in the casino is it located? In the old part or the new part? What are they spreading and what is the rake? How many people are playing and how many tables....you know, the usual stuff

Is it possible to get a Visa to stay in Macau for greater than 30 days? I know you can go to HK and then return the same day but I was told they only allow you an additional 20 days with this method. What if you want to stay in Macau for 6 months+ and not get a job?

No way that I know of. The trip to Hong Kong and return should give you another 30 days. This is the first time that I have heard that it is only good for an additional 20 days. Also, you may want to think about getting a China visa and hopping over to China, it is only 30 minutes to the border and about an hour to clear customs. This is also an alternative to going to Hong Kong.

The Customs guys are a little unpredictable, but normally you should only get 20 days when you return to Macau without going home first. If you are lucky and get 30 days a second time, chances are you will only get 10 days if you try to do it again.
It is possible to apply for an extension through the Immigration office but you will need a good reason.

Just a quick update, if you hold a EU passport you get 6 months.

I have a French passport, and last time I went there (june) from china (entered at the Zhuhai border), I got 3 months.
I'll be entering macau tomorrow again, I'll come back to tell you how long I get this time.

I'm interested to know too (and I'm French)

i was there 3 weeks ago and got 90 days to .
Came from china , im from norway.
Il be going back in 3 weeks time , cant wait

Currently in Macau atm, will be playing at Grand Lisboa tonight. Anyone going to hit the tables tonight?

While I'm (generally) happy with Starworld, I wouldn't be so quick to write off collusion, as I've seen it happen there. Luckily in both cases the players weren't all that great so I didn't say anything, but there were instances of players who were obviously friends sitting beside each other and exposing cards to one another (holding the cards sideways and about 5 inches from the table, angled toward buddy X while buddy X was still in the hand). I recall someone said something about it and although the dealer made a comment, nothing was really done, and the buddies continued to sit beside each other and expose hole cards to each other. Another questionable hand involved these two guys making a 3-bet / 4-bet on someone's raise (into a pretty big pot), and then checking down after the other guy folded; one guy showed bottom pair, the other showed ace high.

Managers at Starworld most definitely *do* play, and if that's illegal by Macau law, they should (and most definitely do) know better. Also LOL @ "there's only two prop players at Starworld".

For the most part though I'm optimistic about Starworld and poker in Macau in general, it's going though some growing pains right now, which is to be expected.

I was in Macau earlier this year and there was no poker going on at all. Thank god that its happening albeit the rake seems rather steep in any currency compared to the max $6 rake in CA and Vegas.

I will chk out the Lisboa regardless though and see what happens. Where is the best action now as some time has passed? Staying in a sauna at old Lisboa is not a bad chioce really. Nice place to sleep, **** , and shower for $188 and a nice hot oil massage for total of $388.00. Throw in 600 patacas and get it all.

PC out

I think you'll find that those Managers are employed by the APT, not StarWorld.

Any one played the SnG at Grand Waldo before?? is the game soft?

Like almost any live SnG on the planet, yes, it's soft.

I got 3 months.
For those who don't know the macau-China border is closed from midnight to 7AM. We got at the border at 1AM and had to get drunk in Zhuhai all night before entering Macau.

Good weekend pokerwise though, I made 8600 playing 10/20 at the Grand Lisboa.

Play was pretty weak except for the occasional better than average northern european. There was always at least one table going on, even in the wee hours of the early morning, and sometimes up to 6 tables with one or 2 tables of 25/50, did not see more.

I guess we played together, which one were you? I'm Simon, one of the French guys. Played from 2PM to 8AM on Friday night, 2PM to 7PM on Sat and 2AM to noon on Sun.

Well, I finally experienced poker in Macau. It was a lovely time indeed. 1st night at the Grand Lisboa to get my feet wet at 10-20 NLH and walked plus 6900HKD. Play was soft and frankly players were kinda inexperienced there.

2nd morning went to the Wynn since no action at Lisboa or Starwood and produced a 16k HKD win as players were also pretty much bad. Downside is the smoking at the Wynn was atrociously bad.

Needless to say that I will be going back asap maybe in Feb of next year.