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05-15-2017 , 08:44 AM

#12851

Bluegrassplayer

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He's saying you won't be able to beat the rake, not the players.

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05-15-2017 , 08:48 AM

#12852

kick2dante

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6,799

a pharmacy that is not watsons/mercury/manson

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05-15-2017 , 09:10 AM

#12853

Bluegrassplayer

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I've gotten prescription drugs from mercury before, no idea what that other one is.

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05-16-2017 , 02:35 AM

#12854

Going2Asia

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 321

I'm at Big Tommy's... this is unbeliavable

500 peso (10$) for a room (fan), even has a god damn fridge. Very spacious, shower works well. Thanks dante

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05-16-2017 , 03:56 AM

#12855

kick2dante

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ya i was quite surprised by it as well

if you are going to be there longer term the area by tiger hotel (actually turn right when you reach tiger and go down that road and to the left) has some pretty nice apartments that arent too costly

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05-16-2017 , 06:27 AM

#12856

Going2Asia

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 321

Apartments with a kitchen? I'd love that

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05-16-2017 , 12:02 PM

#12857

kick2dante

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yes, might take some leg work to find month to month though

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05-16-2017 , 01:46 PM

#12858

ricofanta

stranger

Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 4

ive been there 3 times and was a fantastic place, my last trip i went to manila to play the pokerstars manila megastack 6 series and placed 9th in the 3k freezeout, great food, great place, great people, very affordable accommodation and affordable cost of living, i suggest getting "grab" installed on your cell phone as its the safest and most convenient way of getting around. paranaque has some great places to stay, i particularly liked staying at shateau elysee condominiums near dona solidad ave. its safe, clean and close to the airport and the casino.

enjoy your travels there ladies and gents, if you have any questions feel free to ask me.

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05-16-2017 , 03:57 PM

#12859

DSQ2

centurion

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 181

Hi,

I plan to move to Philippines together with my girlfriend in September. My plan is to play live poker there for a living because I've heard that there are 2/4$ equivalent games running all the time which is a good limit to make a living imo.

However I have never been to Asia and I am wondering where in Philippines games are most attractive and best action? Manila? Or maybe in Cebu or Angeles City? Important for me is to have 2/4$ or higher action.

Next important point is accomidation. I guess Airbnb would be the best choice. Do you think I would find something nice for 2 persons for lets say 500-1000$ budget per month?

Thanks in advance

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05-16-2017 , 03:59 PM

#12860

Bluegrassplayer

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Currently Manila is your only option although rumor mill says Cebu might be an option later.

Accommodation budget is reasonable.

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05-16-2017 , 04:59 PM

#12861

ITT666

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,663

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Originally Posted by Bluegrassplayer

Currently Manila is your only option although rumor mill says Cebu might be an option later.

Accommodation budget is reasonable.

Are you saying live poker may be returning to Cebu? And potentially in the form of a consistently running 100-200 game?

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05-16-2017 , 05:07 PM

#12862

Bluegrassplayer

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Yeah supposedly there might be a room opening up there in the foreseeable future, but doesn't like it's soon if it's happening at all.

It's all gossip at this point.

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05-16-2017 , 11:25 PM

#12863

Going2Asia

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 321

Played in Casino Filipino and Wild Aces. Both games were dry as ****. On 10% rake, we'd need big whales to make it profitable. But Filipinos are all weak tight. Yeah maybe I can make TOPS 5bb hour? Playing aggro pre flop and winning limped pots

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05-16-2017 , 11:26 PM

#12864

Going2Asia

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 321

Has anybody ever tried Subic? I'd guess there are some foreigners in there?

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05-16-2017 , 11:37 PM

#12865

dibbla

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Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 384

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Originally Posted by DSQ2

Hi,

However I have never been to Asia and I am wondering where in Philippines games are most attractive and best action? Manila? Or maybe in Cebu or Angeles City? Important for me is to have 2/4$ or higher action.

Next important point is accomidation. I guess Airbnb would be the best choice. Do you think I would find something nice for 2 persons for lets say 500-1000$ budget per month?

Thanks in advance

Best action is generally Solaire for Higher Stakes. Often have 500/1k running.

Around the bay where all the casinos are springing up you can get accommodation cheaper than say the Fort.

Uber is way better than grab taxi btw.

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05-17-2017 , 11:05 PM

#12866

kick2dante

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pass on subic

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05-18-2017 , 08:15 PM

#12867

weewees

journeyman

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 220

Can anyone give a current rake chart and games list for Solair? Any regular 100/200nl games there?

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05-18-2017 , 08:42 PM

#12868

Killah

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Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 397

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Originally Posted by weewees

Can anyone give a current rake chart and games list for Solair? Any regular 100/200nl games there?

Yea should have 100/200 daily, for solaire and about everywhere else in Philippines rake is 10%(resort's world is only one with 5%) depending blinds, example: 25/50 max 300, 50/100 max 400 100/200 max 500 etc.

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05-22-2017 , 09:40 PM

#12869

theRealOmahaKid

adept

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 926

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Originally Posted by dibbla

500/1000 is only running during big tournament series at solaire (with macau pros) and the rake is capped at 1000 pesos.

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05-22-2017 , 10:27 PM

#12870

5 south

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Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,680

So what's the biggest regular game in manila?

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05-23-2017 , 05:09 AM

#12871

Mankiw

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 35

100/200 and its ultra nitty and quite a tough game now. Poker isn't really good in manila anymore appart for the odd tournaments running thne you have some good fish playing omaha for high stakes but its quite rare.

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05-23-2017 , 05:25 AM

#12872

5 south

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When I went to manila for a poker trip like 7 years ago I felt it was pretty nitty (same with Macau), sounds like there was only a small window of decent poker in the PI.

I'm feeling like Bangkok/pattaya actually have the best live games at the moment from what I'm hearing.

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05-24-2017 , 11:22 AM

#12873

hafnuts

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 15

oh man, martial law declared on Mindanao island, might declare throughout philippines.

Anyone over there has any first hand info?
I am supposed to go over manila for pokerstars tourney coming mon T.T

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05-24-2017 , 01:32 PM

#12874

Info Shove

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,290

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Originally Posted by hafnuts

oh man, martial law declared on Mindanao island, might declare throughout philippines.

What's the source to that please?

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05-24-2017 , 02:43 PM

#12875

LonelyBox

You call this a blog?

Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 5,263

Forgot my wallet in a Chinese restaurant run by pinoys. They managed to find my cellphone number using ID in my wallet, called me and returned my wallet with everything inside. I had around 1k usd.... is the pinoys that nice in the Philippines?

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