Anyone to ask about living in the Philippines? - Page 202

50-100 is the equivalent of 10-20 in Macau. I expect that's pretty soft in Macau as those are the lowest stakes they offer there, I believe.

200-400 is the equivalent of 40-80 in Macau. I don't think that runs consistently in casinos in Philippines, if it did anywhere it would be Resorts World in Manila.

wow so i miscalculated....so there arent regular equivalents of U.S 2-5 and 5-10 running in Resorts World?

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10-19-2012 , 04:10 PM

#5027

hott sweaty

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Originally Posted by nutsfl0pper

Yep a fine line indeed. Extremely fine is that line. Razor thin, some might describe how fine that fine line is...given how extraordinarily close the two are together. It's a slippery slope only separated by such a fine fine line.

wow

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10-20-2012 , 03:01 AM

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ITT666

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wow so i miscalculated....so there arent regular equivalents of U.S 2-5 and 5-10 running in Resorts World?

USD 2-5 is the equivalent of PHP 100-200. They should run that consistently and regularly at Resorts World. I believe you can find it most of the time at Metro (the other big poker room in Manila,) as well.

USD 5-10 is around the equivalent of HKD 40-80 and PHP 200-400. The do run this at Resorts World, but I'm not sure it's always running. I think it occasionally runs at Metro as well, but if you want to play this, you should definitely plan to go to Resorts World. If there is only one 200-400 game running in a casino or card room in the Philippines at any given time, it would be at Resorts World.

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10-20-2012 , 05:13 AM

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kick2dante

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the games do play super deep stacked (think its a $750 min buy in for the 2-5 equivalent game) so they probably play a lil deeper than they sound (but thats just me talkin out of my arse again)

whats the min buy in on the 50-100?

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10-20-2012 , 10:55 AM

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D.Lovelee

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Originally Posted by kick2dante

good info posted in another thread:

you cant open a peso account without an ACR.

solution: go to BDO, you can open a USD savings account(Kabayan Savings) with only a $100 initial deposit, your passport, two 1x1 photos and proof of address (lease agreement or utility bill). no ACR needed, you get a debt card(takes 7 days to arrive), online banking, you can withdraw fine from any site including stars and NT/MB work fine with this account as well. you cant deposit to stars directly with this card but you can deposit to NT/MB/Entropay and there plenty of people in the PH thread that im sure you can trade php for stars. the funny thing is you probably could have walked into a BDO and tried to open an account and they will automatically assume a php account and say you cant open one without an ACR and wouldnt even tell you about the Kabayan Savings account and send you on your way, the people that work in banks, cell stores, retail establishments are completely clueless, the more reason to do your research online before venturing out to find a product or service. so yeah just go to BDO and open that account without an ACR, ez game.

None of this is true

Daddy love me.

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10-20-2012 , 11:44 AM

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BlameUrParents

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Originally Posted by ITT666

Thank you very much...i appreciate all the feedback....one last Question....is 2 week trip enough of a probing period?

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10-20-2012 , 10:59 PM

#5032

hott sweaty

centurion

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Originally Posted by BlameUrParents

Thank you very much...i appreciate all the feedback....one last Question....is 2 week trip enough of a probing period?

depends how much you probe em

POKERHARDnFAST
thats my motto

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10-21-2012 , 12:00 AM

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nutsfl0pper

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Originally Posted by D.Lovelee

None of this is true

Daddy love me.

All of it is true except it was a little easier ime

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10-21-2012 , 05:23 AM

#5034

kick2dante

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be careful nutsflopper dlovelee is a very sensitive fella and if you tell him he is wrong one time he will never forgive you and then 3 months later will still be quoting your posts telling you are wrong (even when the information isnt yours you were just copying it from someone else and said so)

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10-21-2012 , 06:16 AM

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nutsfl0pper

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Well I'm not saying he's wrong, just saying how my experience was with bdo. Maybe they just gave him a tougher time because he's a dick

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10-21-2012 , 06:46 AM

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kick2dante

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haha probably the case

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10-21-2012 , 01:42 PM

#5037

hott sweaty

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Originally Posted by nutsfl0pper

Well I'm not saying he's wrong, just saying how my experience was with bdo. Maybe they just gave him a tougher time because he's a dick

maybe he tried to barfine the cashier and they told him no get out

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10-21-2012 , 04:03 PM

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JayPez

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Originally Posted by JayPez

Wheres the place best to buy a custom built desktop in manila? Would be for playing poker on, but want to buy a high spec machine. Also somewhere i could have warranty, not sulit or something like that.

thanks!

thanks for the input everybody! i ended up going with a sister company of PCHUB (main branch from Gilmore, QC) called EDGE which had a local shop with similar prices to the ones to the places recommended. They also stocked 2560x1440 monitors which i had been looking for years!

More details can be found with a search on http://www.tipidpc.com/

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10-22-2012 , 01:03 AM

#5039

pwntatochips

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Originally Posted by D.Lovelee

None of this is true

Daddy love me.

notsureifserious.jpg? two friends of mine arrived 1 week ago from the US and were able to open an account at BDO just fine with all the requirements i listed.

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10-22-2012 , 04:01 AM

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Pooter

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Dlovelee is famous for making rather large false statements.

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10-22-2012 , 04:16 PM

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Vucking Vish

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LOL I've just had my first 'I thought mine was different moment' and was wrong

Guess I've done pretty well to avoid it to date. Thank fk I'm a pro in this game and can control my feelings with these biatches

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10-23-2012 , 05:39 AM

#5042

kick2dante

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elaborate plz

in pm if you'd prefer

u been around for awhile makes me very curios

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10-23-2012 , 06:43 AM

#5043

Pooter

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Originally Posted by Vucking Vish

LOL I've just had my first 'I thought mine was different moment' and was wrong

Guess I've done pretty well to avoid it to date. Thank fk I'm a pro in this game and can control my feelings with these biatches

whats this about? seems a bit random

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10-23-2012 , 06:57 AM

#5044

Vucking Vish

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Originally Posted by Pooter

whats this about? seems a bit random

Nah, bird I met I Phil's when I met you mate. Spent a bit of time with her, met her family, took her to Thailand recently blah blah. Had no massive plans for her at this stage but quite liked her and thought she had potential.

Would have been hard to pick a better profile of girl too really. Worked as a housemaid in a small province in the back end of nowhere in the Phil's, real home bird type.

Spotted via one of her friends she had a second FB account, looked through list of friends, one of the guys on there had loads of pics of them together lol, gg.

Next!!!! Lol

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10-24-2012 , 04:19 AM

#5045

Pooter

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^^ oh dear.

You dont mean the one you met while we was out that night do you?

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10-24-2012 , 04:47 AM

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Dmalloy

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Originally Posted by Vucking Vish

Meh if you like her don't really see it as that big of an issue. You obviously know SEA and what happens. The girls are just playing the percentages. You can't expect them to sit at home waiting for the golden goose to come back because 99% of the time the guys are never coming back/full of ****.

If she thinks shes a good little play thing keep her around but stop sending her so much money. Or if you were never sending her any money then you should have done.

I see guys get rid of perfectly good holiday shags far too often because they find out things they didn't want to find out.

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10-24-2012 , 04:52 AM

#5047

PokerSpiv

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What Dmalloy said. Unless you had already proposed to her, she's perfectly within her rights to keep her options open. Plus I'm gonna go ahead and assume that you weren't 100% faithful to her either, amiright?

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10-24-2012 , 05:01 AM

#5048

Vucking Vish

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Originally Posted by Pooter

^^ oh dear.

You dont mean the one you met while we was out that night do you?

lol no, not a bar girl ffs.

Not really that bothered lads tbh, guess I was just a little surprised as if you were to pick a type who you thought you might actually have a shot with she would be it, and I'm certainly not green in these matters.

I think the moral of the story is if you don't live there and are considering someone for more than a holiday shag its a tough game out there. I knew that already, this was just my first personal experience.

Next!!!

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