hey can someone give me info about casino cash games in cebu? thinking of going over for a bit.. i generally would play 2/5nl... do they have casinos that accomodate such games? thanks

also info on the game itself, max buy ins, quality of card room would be great

I'm gonna throw out there that in general; when there are biggish tournaments you can almost always buy someone's ticket at a lower price than full buyin...plenty of satellite winners/VIPs/people with multiple tickets who sell them happily at 20-50% off. Just chat up regs, they'll know.

jesudason;
I would be surprised if you'll find that high games regularly in Cebu. I was there a year ago, went to Waterfront and we asked if they had a p50/100 game and they just looked at us like we were some sick degens. I might be wrong.
http://pokercebu.jigsy.com has some info and you might get an accurate answer posting in an appropriate section here at pokermanila, http://pokermanila.com/index.php/board,31.0.html

From what I hear most Cebu poker guys post at pocketfives and have their thread there (I can't navigate that site) so I wouldn't expect a great answer ITT.

Can anyone recommend the best way to fund a poker stars account from PHI? I am an American, and just have been cleared from PS.

I have an account with a local bank (RCBC), but apparently local banks cannot give checking accounts to foreigners. Any ideas? Also I have heard that in order to open a checking account with an international bank (Citi, HSBC) I need to have a savings account with them for a period of months. Can anyone comment/advise on these issues. Thank you.

how much do r u looking to deposit? i sell at 45-1.

Looks like is the best bet

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/real-money/entropay/

If your struggling to get money on through Pokerstars you should be able to get close to the exchange rate if your dealing with cold hard cash.

I'll sell at 48.

e: Eh, one of those posts above. ^^

BIG POT SIDE EVENT STRUCTURE

According to NinaC, there are at least 8 players who have signified their intention to play in the 30K buy-in Metro Big Pot Tournament on Monday, and she gave us the structure, which is as follows:

-- 8-handed table
-- 56 players maximum

starting chips -- 30,000
duration -- 40 minutes per level

Level SB BB Ante
1 50 100
2 100 200
3 150 300
4 150 300 25
5 200 400 25
6 300 600 50
7 400 800 75
8 500 1000 100
9 600 1200 100
10 800 1600 100
11 1000 2000 200
12 1200 2400 200

i'll sell at 30:1

You should go to Africa and tell the men there they got aids cause they had gaysex, and report back to us about your findings.

You can only catch it once!!

Anyone going to black eyed peas tomorrow? (if not get tickets today obv)

Having drinks at my place first (30 mins taxi from MOA), 3pm-6pm.. nice pool, wifi, and basketball court for shooting prop bets.

Can bring gf, friends or whatever.

PM me your number, if you wanna come..

I arrive on 7th of November to Paranaque city. Is there anything to do there? Any nightlife? Whats a good beach to go to?

thanks.

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With all due to respect, no matter how obvious it might be, I think people will appreciate keeping the PI thread troll free.

Spets; welcome to the country when you arrive. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you might have to travel a bit if you want to go to a nice beach. Likely Subic or Sabang/Puerto Galera or North Luzon/La Union. Those are within a few hours of travel. Not much in NCR. Cheers

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Just ship her in a different hotel.

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lol heterosexual aids

Rage much? Dude RELAX.

Probably has been answered, but can someone let me know where there is poker in Cebu? Hoping they have a room at the airport casino. Im going to Bohol for a few days too, so if anyone has any good recommendations for stuff to do please let me know.

At least these should be

ALL-IN POKER SPORTS CLUB
Address: PAGCOR Cebu, Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City
Telephone number: (032) 580-4724


METRO CARD CLUB – CEBU
Address: Bravio Sports & Resto Lounge, AS Fortuna St., Mandaue City
Telephone number: (032) 236-1800


DIAMOND POKER SPORTS CLUB
Address: The Forum, Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Cebu City
Telephone number: (032) 582-2906 / (032) 231-9382


ORIENTAL POKER SPORTS CLUB-CEBU
2ND Flr., PAGCOR Parkmall, Mandaue City.
Telephone Number: 032-2395677

There should be one in Lapu Lapu also.

I believe it's another Metro or Waterfront, don't remember which. I've never been there, but there used to be an active poker room there.

I also have never been to Oriental. I've been to all 3 of the others Killah posted.


The action is pretty good at all of them. Most of the Filipino players are pretty weak, but the biggest fish are the Koreans. Almost all of them, are super spewy, and will stack off pretty light. They like to put chips in the pot, I'll say that.

I'd say the games are better at Diamond and Metro, soft games with more chips being thrown around. Although Metro is located in a somewhat dodgy area. Mandaue is pretty much considered to be, the most likely to be dangerous, area in urban Cebu. Actually I've walked around the streets near by Metro plenty of times at all times of the middle of the night and early daylight hours without any fear or sense of danger, and nothing ever happened to me, but, in theory anyway, it's a bad idea, especially the more money you have on you.

The games are ok at the Waterfront as well, except it's a bit more made up of older nit types that aren't going to give up as many chips.


Games don't run all day though, or even most of the day. Pretty much only from early evening - early morning. Maybe 6 p.m. - 4 a.m. , somewhere in that ballpark.


There is also more 10/20 (only about U.S. .25/.50,) than 25/50 (a little over U.S. .50/1.)

50/100 (USD $1.25/$2.50) is pretty rare, to my knowledge, and any higher than that is probably only going to happen if you can get into a private home game some how.

I'm going to be in Manila from 1st - 4th of Nov, mainly to get a new visa for Thailand, but looking to go out and do stuff rather than grind while I'm there, if any of you guys want to meet up, pm me here or msg me on skype, my details are in my profile. ~