Back in Korea for the first time in a year so I stopped by the other night, wondering if it was still as ridiculously soft as it was the last time I went. Got in a hand where I made a pretty absurdly thin value c/r on the river with Q9 on QJ5JT after leading flop and checking turn + river and got paid off by T5o that angrily slammed his hand on the table in disgust at the unlucky river lulz.

Since this year's APPT is going to be held here soon, I'm wondering do you need to speak/understand Korean to play cash games here or is it OK with English? Would you be disadvantaged if you dont understand any Korean?

Thanks

English is fine

The game is beatable because of the big buy in caps. But now a days there are a lot of decent regs.

Definitley TH to Sunday there is good action

IMO best time to play is Sat late afternoons when all the donks bust out of the tourney.

There is no FLixed Limit played - but it is allowed if there are players. Any poker game can be played as long as there enough players.

The APPT satellites are quite easy imo. I won a main event ticket today.

Step 1 on Fridays - basically if you have played 10 hours in the last month you can play ( you need a players card from the POKER ROOM not casino) The more hours you get the more chips you start with. Typically 3 tables and 10 Step 2 seats are given out (300,00 value)

Then Sundays its 2-3 tables with every 10 players a main event package is given away. But the remaining pool turns into step 2 tickets - so its pretty much 50% you'll get a shot the next week.

^^

Thanks cjacksallin, I definitely have to check that out.

For the Walker Hill players,

I know some Blackjack players average ~20,000 won/hour (with an average 50-70,000 won avg bet), some even get 10% rebates on their losses in addition to this.

But how are the comps for playing poker (If any)? Or is it just free drinks and food only?

TIA

Thank you sir, much appreciated.

Hi, thinking about going to APPT Seoul, but was wondering if there will be any 10/20USD+ cash games during the series. Thanks!

How will the APPT Seoul(Mar 7-11) compared to Macau Red Dragon(Feb 18-26) in terms of cash action and softness of tourney field? Thanks.

Hard to guarantee 10/20 but I'd be shocked if there wasn't any game bigger than that

Probably a softer field than most Macau tournies because of the obvious fewer amount of pros in Korea but I have heard a lot of internet pros from Thailand making there way to Seoul that weekend

English is fine, but the dealer's English is generally terrible, even if a few of them are lookers. They pronounce THIRTY, FORTY and ALL IN in an almost identical sing-song "Ohh-ri!" ...this has cost me money before. >

And don't get me started on FIFTEEN vs. FIFTY!

yea seriously double check...15 vs 50 and 18 vs 80 give them tons of trouble.

It's not that hard to learn Korean counting. After a month of living in Korea I could make change pretty easily. This will help you guys from losing money in games.
This is how they sound to me.

1 ill 2 ee 3 sahm, 4 sa, 5 oh, 6 yuk, 7 chill, 8 pial, 9 gu 10 ship

So to count from 11 to 19 it's just 10 +1 or ship ill, 11
Counting by 10's is just as easy: 2 ee x 10 ship = 20
ee x ship + ill = 21
100 is beck so again, ee beck is 200,
ee beck sahm ship oh= 235.

Anyone has been playing there lately? I am in Seoul for a couple weeks an I was thinking of checking it out...

Same ol same ol. Monthly 10k best tourney to go there for and cash games usually decent on weekends

really miss walker, one of the things from korea i'm more nostalgic about. sometimes i think about leaving thailand and being online/live grinder in korea but meh. ya cause you ship it everytime if you're the josh i'm thinking of, heh.

think we played a pot together like last year in the 10k where i had like 73x and was trying to steal from EP got call by you out of the blinds, cbet, and you c-raised me allin on K92dd after i tried to give off every fake tell in the book for like 5min cause i thought at first you were going to muck, fun hand.

also as bad as the rake is for cash games i haven't seen any live tournies with lower fees than the ones at WH. the ones i saw in the states have really sick juice (like 20%+).

haha yea that was probably me i play the 10k almost every month. that and the deepstack are the only ones i go there for. the deepstack doesnt even pay that well its just fun. i cant remember that hand off the top of my head but i wonder what i had...

it was down to two tables...i was the white guy in the hoodie who was shoving a ton and called a shove with 76x where i was getting >2:1 that a bunch of people laughed at if it helps you remember your hand. whatever you had good read put me back into push/fold mode and i stopped trying to steal your blinds.

i was gonna show the 7 and say it was the highest card in my hand but it would've been really bad for my (already horrible) image.

the deepstack is OK value but it isn't really a deepstack considering how fast the levels are...it is a shovefest around final two tables. played it 2-3x final tabled each time think deepest stack was 20-30bb all of them. and yea it isn't great prizepool but it's the best of the non-big buyins. i pretty much would always play cash during the tournies stack tilted recreational donks, think hourly is higher from that.

i garuntee if i saw you i would remember for sure, especially if your white i know id remember you lol. i stay to myself at walker for the most part but know faces there for sure.

there are a handful of solid tourney regs at walker who i respect but most are recreational players and/or inexperienced. and your right about the deepstack being a donkfest. i just enjoy the first hour or so playing deep, giving a chance to build it up before it becomes all about shove/fold.

cash is only playable on the weekends after the tourney for the most part like you said. donks bust from tourney and jump on the cash tables. i just hate the high rake so bad id rather play online then make the trip out there most times.

deep stack is the worst tourney by far - it's a super turbo in disguise

All the tourneys r super turbos in disguise.

deep stack is the worst tho lol
final table chip leader is <20 bb

Are the regs here mainly ESL teachers? I was playing the other day and kept hearing conversations regarding teachers. 3 guys were 500BB deep :|

This game plays like 2/5

I'll be in Seoul visiting for two weeks beginning next week. Looking mainly for cash. Anything worth mentioning? Anywhere else in Seoul worth playing? Might play a tournament if it's decent or worth it for the cash games. Always looking to meet new people if anyone is around in the next couple of weeks.

Back from another poker weekend in Seoul. Totally with starvingwriter82 's post in this tread (page 1).

I only played the weekend: the cash games are beatable. Loads of fish, loads of fishy regs. The tourneys have a good structure. (yes, they are live: So yes, they end in a shove fest. Don't play them if you cannot live with that!). The dealers and floor are really good. Although I am comparing them to Macau. Maybe it would be nice to have the bar above the ground. The Walker hill poker room is the nuts. Easily the best run poker room in Asia. Well worth the occasional weekend trip.

I would be surprised if there are any pro's playing the low 1/2, 2/5 stakes for a living. Maybe I am wrong.

Bump, sorry.
Smiled when I saw this because theres like a 70% chance I'm gonna teach ESL there next year. Has anyone been to this room recently? How is the 2/5 game/is the rake still 15 as in the 1/2 game? Is it significantly reggier? Thanks in advance.