Anytime fitness is 24 hours and walking distance from knightsbridge.3

That's great! There's no excuse to miss a workout when I have access to that place also.

My maps tells me it's a 15 minute walk. So, maybe 20 minutes each way.

How long you staying for?

How you looking / budget? Thinking of moving to bgc at some point again. If you find a decent agent. Pm their details please

It’s like a 5 min walk really. Same time it takes to walk from Knightsbridge to top burgos street really

I'll check it out tomorrow. I assume it's the one at Jupiter? Or is that a different location?

Jupiter sounds right but its been a long time, it should show up on google maps. Like gotgot said, it is very close.

yeh jupiter.

they asked me to pay like 8k for 1 month. Like KS said. will likely need to do longterm contract

If you haven't paid for a long stay I'd move to gramercy, their free gym is a bit bigger and better than knightsbridge and open longer hours, 6am-midnight

There is a gym opening next week on J.P. Rizal Ave. called A1 Fitness. I don't know what kind of equipment they will have, though. It's 2 minutes from Knightsbridge. Anytime Fitness is ~10-15 minutes.

so both 3g/4g and the fiber connects in buildings are not good enough for mtt play?

i havent had a dc in months on pldt fibr

Hi! Based on my experience, it depends on the location. I've stayed at quite a few Air NB Rentals and hotels around the area, and it's been hit or miss.

But just because it's PLDT, does not mean it's stable necessarily.

How is live poker in the Phils?

Anyone know a gym around mango ave, mango square in cebu?

I lived in Serendra with Sky cable and had very few issues but that was maybe three years ago.

Two years in Infinity with both Sky cable and PLDT almost no issues.

Have been in Trion Tower for about a year now with PLDT. My service has dropped maybe 5 times and each time all had to do was reset router. Regularly play on stars while she is using netflix with no issues.

For money I think PLDT is better and faster.

what are the games like at wild aces in angeles city?

'Wild'... Though it has been years since i last played there... So maybe it has improved(but i doubt it)... There used to be one foreigner manager(R.I.P Dave)... Who tried to make the game more fair(He told me about marked cards and that even massage guys where signaling other hole cards for some locals)... but he just dropped it when he received threads and even punch in the face(though this didn't have probably anything to do his death).
Once they didn't let me and my friend(we were both finnish though we would not have talked in table in finnish) sit in same table claiming that we were brothers... Obv they don't have anything against locals sitting in same table talking their language(which isn't tagalog btw(once had tagalog speaking girl there and she didn't understand what they were talking about)).
I would recommed playing at Double A(located in walking street, opposite disco)... Though it doesn't have clean record either

I've only played a few sessions, so take my review with a bucket of salt, but from my modest experiences I would say that Manila has a flourishing live scene especially for us low-rollers.

So far I have played 10/20, 20/40, 25/50, and 50/100 NLHE. Of course these games are in pesos so quite low stakes. 100/200 also seems to be running regularly, and I think there may be higher stakes games but I have not inquired as even 100/200 is sadly out of my bankroll. But they have a good spread of limits, and omaha runs as well. They also have lots of low stakes live tourneys. There are also really cheap freerolls running quite often, with paid rebuys and addons (value of the freeroll is only a couple of bucks), which obviously not really worth playing unless you are trying to introduce your girlfriend to poker. You might ask yourself "who would want to play such low stakes as 10/20" but the cost of living can be so inexpensive in the Phils I could probably support myself at those limits. I have no insight into the toughness of higher stakes action, although like in any poker ecology you can expect a worsening reg/fish ratio as the stakes increase.

All of the games I have played so far have been pretty good. The 50/100 was probably the toughest, but still a decent amount of open limping and multiway limped pots. The 25/50 was just absolutely great action, lots of straddling and pots where everyone but me was in. All of the games have been very soft. Rake is reasonable. Metro Card Club caps at 300 pesos which is $6 usd. They do rake 10% which is the norm, Resorts world is 5% but I think 400 cap (not 100% on that so correct me if I am wrong). Even still I think $8 usd rake cap is quite reasonable if not ideal. So rake is maybe a bit high.

Resorts World and Metro Card Club (MCC) both seem to be very professional / well run poker rooms. They have reasonable amenities like free non-alcoholic drinks. I recommend the brown coffee, tastes just like cappuccino. I think it's Korean.

The players are very friendly. MCC has an interesting English only if foreigner is present rule that nobody seems to follow. I recommend just going with the flow, as it is their country so it seems extremely impolite to complain about them talking their language. The Philippines has a pretty rough history with colonialism and anyway I'm just as happy to not understand what people are talking about anyway. The typical Filipino jovial nature and friendliness makes playing poker with them a delight. And there are no shortages of smoking hot dealers.

Do you mean Forbeswood Heights? I'm seeing hits for Forbestown Place and Forbeswood Heights after googling the name but nothing for Forbestown Heights.

Yes. That's a nice place. I think that's my favorite area of Manila. And it's directly next door to Anytime Fitness and there are also lot of pubs nearby, also there and some parks and a running trail / golf course nearby.

Unfortunately, I was having a minor issue with disconnects in my unit (PLDT 50mbps), so I couldn't have confidence to stay there any longer cause I'm an online poker Pro. I think the internet would be fine for most purposes. But I need a very stable and solid connection obviously.

If you move there and want to play tennis, message me!

Can anyone recommend some things to do around Grammercy / Knightsbridge on a date. I mean, with my girlfriend.

Also, is anyone aware of a yoga studio nearby within walking distance.

Thanks

I have heard, that there is a VIP game going on. I don't know the details on that or if it still runs. but around 25 /50 usd levels. Curious about it.

There are also tournaments that run on the Asia Poker tours:

https://www.theasianpokertour.com/

http://www.pokerstarslivemanila.com/tournaments/

It's a close flight to Macau which might be better place to play if you want to play higher.

Just go to a restaurant and then once you are done eating ask if she wants to watch a movie at your place. For bonus points have a filipino movie already downloaded. Aside from that, there are some good live music places in Makati if your date is at night. I took my then date now gf to Strumm's which is less than half a mile away, and it was a great time. They have a decent menu too, including Sashimi. It is expensive by Manila standards but not by US, we paid like 1500 ($30) for nachos, sashimi, and two non alcoholic (fruit) drinks. Generous helpings of Sashimi too it was like ten pieces. The music was great but the place was absolutely packed; there is an upstairs which is a bit more secluded.

Other options include going to the mall, or checking out a movie. Could hit up a casino and walk around but that is kind of boring.

kripalu: try one of the room escape games.

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Rockwell is decent for dinner, a movie, and then drinks afterwards.
Little further away - bowling, laser tag, arcade etc in market, market bgc.

Walking distance -

Skybar on top of city garden grand hotel open to public
A'Toda Madre resto, Taco Tuesday promotion
Ziggurat resto, get the hanging tower of kebabylon
Avenue mall car park, the live band / street food
Dulo Art Gallery
Royal club / Time club
Pasha shisha / middle eastern food
RICH (royal indian curry house) sports bar / pool tables up the elevator
Kojax gogo bar
Horizon russian pole dancers / filipina costume cabaret
Jools filipina cabaret
Woodmans head Pub karaoke in the back room
El Chupacbra / Senor Pollo, mexican restos
Arabian nights pool tables
Hummus elijah resto