Sick picture reading skills - well played

So guys, that's it! Other PLO player and me have set up in this ballin villa.



We still have a third room to rent to another poker player for mid/long term. Lots of people have shown interest but no one comited. So come on! One of you grab your balls, buy a plane ticket and I'll come get you at airport!

We are enjoying ourselves a lot. We rented a motorcycle and start to get to know the island. There are some pretty sick beaches in the south (it's like a 25min ride to get there) and some pretty nice coconuts to be eaten. Few pictures I took with my phone; def not great pics as i am a very bad fotographer, but they should do the trick

If you think these are hot chicks you should definitely come to Brazil anyways really nice place!

Damn, a grand piano? Wish I was a baller.

i messaged Kelnel, get at me ASAP second roomie as i'm more than interested and let's get this show on the roooad.

i play plo 100-2. played higher, lower, played diff games. looking for 2 months only though i have a girl at home..... could change there, but if you guys need a filler for at least a portion of the trip i will accomodate where your blank. i'd like to go asap. LETS CHILL PPL!

Damn really nice. Wish I could...

Problem is you wanted PLO players I think? If you open yourself to NLH or MTT I'm sure someone would bite.. place looks too good.

That house and location looks incredible

Why are your pants undone?

Update on how it is going? I'll be interested in something like this once FTP remissions finally finish up

+1

Firstly, great taste gentleman. The place looks fantastic; classy even. I never found the Thailand "grind-house" idea all that enticing. So many places are higher on my list (Oz, Costa, Nicaragua if you can sort out internet, Argentina, Portugal, Morocco, France, Italy, and on and on). That said, you all make a compelling argument! I have been swayed. Nice place.

Personally, I haven't played poker since BF. Been backpacking and doing god knows what since. Trying to figure out what the hell to do with life, and haven't re-considered poker until recently. Just read Insyders thread on life after poker. And now I see your thread. More confused than ever :-)

Pokerwise: how are things going? How is the schedule, how are the games, how many sites do you all play on, and is everyone doing well in the games? And so on.

Life wise: how are things going? How is the schedule and health. Is that house as nice as it looks in pics? And, are you keeping it clean?! Are you all getting along? How much degen-ing are you getting yourselves into?

And on and on and on.



As for travel:

Pai is a nice hippy town in the mountainous north. It is super crowded with tourists, but I'm sure Phuket is not much different. Its nice and cool up there if you ever want to get away from the heat. It gets too smokey/ cold starting in March/ April, when they burn the fields. Not sure what best time of year is for Pai/ north Thailand in general. You could prob grind up there, but have mobile broadband/ tethered 3g phone as backup. Always.

Laos is incredible. Get there on this trip! Either enter from Thailand's north, or else make a trip through Cambodia (obviously, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap are super degen cities, but the rest is truly unique I think. Angkor Wat is obviously incredible). I met some Frenchmen who bought a tuk-tuk in Cambodia and drove it to Laos. Great time. If you want to ride though these places (I saw you mentioned motorcycles), buy a motorcycle or scooter in Malaysia. You'll have all the necessary paperwork in your hands within the week, all legit. You should be able to cross every border. If you like trail riding, Cambodia--->Laos is heaven. Get a 250cc dirt bike and have fun. Also, the scooters go freaking everywhere, and are very reliable.

Well that's enough bad idea from this inveterate traveller. Live all kinds of dreams fellas!

came here with my gf stay with the guys for the weekend...gotta say the place is nothing short of amazing. cant believe someone hasnt jumped on this yet

e: not to mention that they are smart, fun guys

Hey guys!

To answer a few of the questions I read, we are doing great here. Quiting my job/life in europe to come here was the best decision I have made in a long time.

I completely changed my life around. I was a heavy smoker. I smoked for 10 years, and more than 1.5 pack a day for the last 2 years. I have now stopped smoking. I am sooooo ****ing proud. It helps a lot to have friends that doesn't smoke around you.

I completely changed my life around. I was a heavy drinker. I was not an addict, but I think I had some really bad habits that could have evolved in some kind of addiction with time. I was used to just put up a movie and drink a hole bottle of wine on my own; this could happen up to 4 times a week.

I completely changed my life around. I was a lazy mother****er. I did very little sports. I was not fat, but my youth abbs had completely disapeared and a beer belly was just starting to make his way into my life. I started heavy lifting and Thaï boxing. After only 3 months of it, I see tremendous changes.

So pretty happy about all this

And yes, the villa is as nice as in the pics. When there is only the 2 of us, we keep it clean quite easily. Maids come in twice a week. But when more people come (friends from europe, visiting poker players etc...) and cooking is involved, then it quickly become mayhem over here. I usually tip the maids when it is complete chaos. All in all, I think we do a good job keeping the place clean.

We bet on a lot of things. "Ouh, I bet you can't climb on that tree..." "Oh, I'll bet you that I can stay under water longer than you". That last bet came from Bartek cause he obviously knew I was a heavy smoker and he was gonna crush me. But I snapped accepted as I have no idea why but I crush at this underwater game. So I beat my own record and stayed 3min 35 ish under water. CRUSHHHEEEEEEEED THIS FOOOOL. But you have to know that this dude is a freak. He was so mad he lost the bet that he meditated in water for 30 minutes and tried again. He then stayed 4 min 30 under water!!! wtf arjesklfhasdkjfhds

We do not bet money. We bet coconuts. We have a coconut count. As for now, I am up 6 coconuts. It is an awesome feeling.

Pokerwise, well you know, standard swings I have lost a lot in my first weeks here and it took me 3 months to get out of the hole. Everything is doing pretty good at the moment, but I don't expect things to just continue like this. Poker is not that easy!

Concerning playing schedule, this might be my only regret. If you play on stars, you have no problem, as games run 24/7. But if you play on other sites, you might have trouble finding good games during day time. Sadly best games are at night. And as such you have to make a choice to either go to sleep very late or wake up ****ing early. As my old lazy habits are not completely gone I have a lot of trouble getting up very early

So that's the gist of it. As napsus said, we are still looking for someone to join us. A lot of people were interested but no one finally comited. We thought we really had found someone once or twice but then it couldn't happen for some reason. We might open this offer to Holdem players to expand our reach. He will have to be reaaaally good though.

guess a nl25(cents) holden player with a couple of millions on tha bank account wouldnt be bad?

Hey guys, will be interested in joining one month (end of feb-end of march), how much is the total rent and where is it in Phuket? You got connected to the Phuketeers?

nice to hear you're happy with your decision and all things that came as a byproduct of it!
i'm no expert, but anyone that drinks a whole bottle of wine by themselves probably has an alcohol problem. doing it up to four times a week, i would imagine, is pretty damn severe. seriously, that's ****ing hardcore! you didn't mention what your drinking habits look like now but i'm hoping you've stopped that nonsense!
major props on quitting smoking! smoking cigarettes is probably the dumbest thing anyone can do. costs tons of money, shortens your lifespan by XX years, harms people around you, ruins your dental hygiene... i don't need to tell you these things no upside whatsoever either, basically the nut low!
the most incredible thing you reported though was how long you guys can hold your breath under water. quit playing poker and freedrive spearfishing imo.
try this out then ship me some coconuts! video proof would be cool, i almost don't believe the times you've reported :P seriously incredible!

by the way, thailand isnt the safest planet on earth for foreigners.

There are nice people for sure and most of the people are great but also a couple of thivews with guns ..

we don't care about his bank account - just his drive/skills

pm for info/skype

I would happily bet quite a few coconuts that I can stay 3 min+ and upload video

I have no idea why but I have always been good at keeping my breath under water. I just need someone to push me down under water and keep me there.

Havn't seen any of that. The villa is in a secured environment with guards every 20 metres. Never had any trouble in town either. The place is too touristy; police is present everywhere.

haha, i wasn't betting. i was saying i should get a cut for coaching you (read: linking you to a website)!

i've never tried being held under water. by how much would you guess it helps your time?

at least +1 min. it helps me so that I don't have to think about standing still or wathever. It's like I can just go to sleep without worrying about not moving around

nice tr of the journey out there so far kelnel, keep the updates coming imo


more pics for us married people

or because you arent loosing oxigen.. holding yourself down costs energy

Hey Philippe, glad to hear everything is going well, I've found that anytime your life is feeling stagnant it's always time for a radical change and it seems like you made the same change I made I did in mid 2011 which turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. The pics are great and yeah I def agree that 99% of the girls working as hostesses or waitresses at Naga World are quite banging, but unfortunately I cant say the same about 99% of the Cambodian girls that don't work there. Anyway ill drop you a line on Skype, pretty sure I'm going to Phuket with some friends sometime in the near future.

Dont get me wrong here. Just want to make sure, allthough i think those people whome you are referring are way intelligenter than me and figured that out.
They just have to put that into consideration before making such a commitment.

Just looking into the bright side is not the way of making sound decisions. Most important things are the bad things. (Bad is subjective, for some tuff guys this could also be a thrill).

In euro you cant rarely find such places with guards. (president etc. exeption).
Allthough some times, gangs from other countries are visiting us. So this could change fast ..

Lmk if you one day swing by Kamala, Ill ask the wife for permission for a night out