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05-26-2020 , 03:43 PM
uncle of Bruce Lee..
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05-28-2020 , 11:57 AM
Second cousins actually. Man's a modern day duke basically (Duchy of Macau lol).
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05-28-2020 , 01:15 PM
About 19 years ago, when I was operating an online poker business in Antigua, Dr. Ho's son-in-law was operating a live online casino on the island. As part of their operation, every three months, they would rotate in about 80 really good looking Chinese women to work in their live, online casino.

Antigua is a pretty small island. Our staff, who were Canadian guys with a lot of time on their hands between shifts, were very grateful to Dr. Ho.
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05-28-2020 , 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Gzesh
About 19 years ago, when I was operating an online poker business in Antigua, Dr. Ho's son-in-law was operating a live online casino on the island. As part of their operation, every three months, they would rotate in about 80 really good looking Chinese women to work in their live, online casino.

Antigua is a pretty small island. Our staff, who were Canadian guys with a lot of time on their hands between shifts, were very grateful to Dr. Ho.
Pics or didn´t happen
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05-28-2020 , 01:50 PM
His wikipedia page says he operated a casino in north korea. Wild.
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05-28-2020 , 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Gzesh
About 19 years ago, when I was operating an online poker business in Antigua, Dr. Ho's son-in-law was operating a live online casino on the island. As part of their operation, every three months, they would rotate in about 80 really good looking Chinese women to work in their live, online casino.

Antigua is a pretty small island. Our staff, who were Canadian guys with a lot of time on their hands between shifts, were very grateful to Dr. Ho.

Like live dealers on webcams or something?

That’s a thing?
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05-28-2020 , 07:02 PM
its been a thing for 20 years
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05-28-2020 , 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gzesh
About 19 years ago, when I was operating an online poker business in Antigua, Dr. Ho's son-in-law was operating a live online casino on the island. As part of their operation, every three months, they would rotate in about 80 really good looking Chinese women to work in their live, online casino.

Antigua is a pretty small island. Our staff, who were Canadian guys with a lot of time on their hands between shifts, were very grateful to Dr. Ho.
I worked in the EC 1986--1990 - I played in the Casino in Antigua a few times - good 7 stud games as I recall.
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05-28-2020 , 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MrFabulous
Pics or didn´t happen
Which part ?

You can google Truepoker from Antigua, starting in 2001. (When Truepoker.com domain was seized by DOJ, I bought the domain back from the government. )

DrHo888.com was run by Stanley Ho's daughter, anad her husband, Peter, out of Antigua.

http://www.gambling-pro.com/articles..._interview.php

DrHo888 went out of its way to hire attractive women for its live casino.

"8) About your beautiful dealers. When looking around the casino and the chat window, your players seem to know them well. I believe some have preferred dealers?
That is a very good observation. Yes, we do have certain players who have developed a relationship with certain dealers. However, I don't find that the players really wait for that dealer to come on shift. But I must say that we have players asking the dealers for their birthdays so they can send them gifts, and at Valentine's Day we are inundated with boxes of chocolate for the dealers. This, of course, can cause a problem as I don't want our dealers to get too fat!...Just kidding, but I do feel that the social interactivity is something that our players enjoy."

That's as much info as you get, no pics.

Last edited by Gzesh; 05-28-2020 at 10:17 PM.
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05-28-2020 , 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jrr63
I worked in the EC 1986--1990 - I played in the Casino in Antigua a few times - good 7 stud games as I recall.
I didn't get to Antigua until 10 years later.

lol, there was a game that ran sometimes at the Victor Chandler casino or at Jolley Harbor, but I never played .... (I was commuting every couple of weeks back and forth to Las Vegas.)

We did frequent Kings Casino in downtown St. Johns, because it had a decent restaurant and the most biased roulette wheel I have ever seen in my life. Highly exploitable so long as you were neither greedy or obvious.

On the other hand, the softest poker game I have ever played in in my life was spread at the Marriott's casino on St. Kitts.
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05-28-2020 , 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by LeavingLasVegas
Like live dealers on webcams or something?

That’s a thing?
Tons of them around.

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05-28-2020 , 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Gzesh
About 19 years ago, when I was operating an online poker business in Antigua, Dr. Ho's son-in-law was operating a live online casino on the island. As part of their operation, every three months, they would rotate in about 80 really good looking Chinese women to work in their live, online casino.

Antigua is a pretty small island. Our staff, who were Canadian guys with a lot of time on their hands between shifts, were very grateful to Dr. Ho.
Never been so filled with as much jealous rage in my entire life before reading this post

Last edited by ejames209; 05-28-2020 at 11:26 PM. Reason: grammar
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05-28-2020 , 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ejames209
Never been so filled with as much jealous rage in my entire life before reading this post
lol, just say while I operated from Antigua, no one ever quit to go back to Canada.

Eventually, we relocated to Costa Rica, a locale a bit more like "Runner, Runner" than like Antigua.

Last edited by Gzesh; 05-29-2020 at 12:00 AM.
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05-29-2020 , 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by jrr63
I worked in the EC 1986--1990 - I played in the Casino in Antigua a few times - good 7 stud games as I recall.
I was on Antigua for a couple of seasons from 1989-1991. At the Halcyon cove we had the only regular game on the island. The main players were Senator Abbott, Friday the guy with the stretch limo business and the local vet Dr. Tom. Then the odd tourist and a guy who used to come over from Montserrat.

Last edited by thecantonkid; 05-29-2020 at 12:48 PM. Reason: I left out a relevant sentence.
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05-29-2020 , 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ejames209
Never been so filled with as much jealous rage in my entire life before reading this post
Yeh but doesnt mean theyre going to automatically date you
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05-29-2020 , 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by thecantonkid
I was on Antigua for a couple of seasons from 1989-1991. At the Halcyon cove we had the only regular game on the island. The main players were Senator Abbott, Friday the guy with the stretch limo business and the local vet Dr. Tom. Then the odd tourist and a guy who used to come over from Montserrat.
That's the game - I remember Senator Abbott for sure.
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