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12-04-2022 , 10:55 PM
Planning to do a poker trip to Manila after Chinese New Year (around Jan 25). What are the best card rooms to play low stakes (1/2 to 2/5 USD)? Do the games run round the clock?

(I did search the forums and got some useful info but a lot of it may be out of date, especially after COVID.)

I'm thinking of Resorts World Manila/Newport World Resorts or Metro Card Club Manila most likely.
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12-05-2022 , 04:24 AM
You may want to have a look at the Philippines thread in the travel section. Personally, I've not been since Covid but these are two decent places to play. I liked the metro card club better, but small sample size. The RW I thought was a bit run down and not in a very interesting part of town, very generic kind of developments near the airport. IIRC neither of them were really 24/7 with the poker, at least pre-covid they wanted to, but not enough interest at off-peak times. But in the PM's and early AMs you should be able to find a game. Also note in Manila everything is further apart than it may appear on the map, cos the city is basically just one giant traffic jam everyday from like 6am to 2am or something. And a lot of smoking in the casinos. It's banned on the poker tables and a few other areas usually but that doesn't make too much difference, it just migrates from the places where they can smoke. Some places peeps just need to step 2m away from the table to smoke.
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