a lot of koreans like gambling

I'm in Seoul in pyeongchon. Loving it. Goingout is so sick and I would dedibetly consider playing poker here. I Got a teaching job here so I would meet people and because it's something to do but gonna get back into poker once I get Internet. Hongdae is sick

No kidding. Once some of my students found out that I played blackjack at Busan, they wanted to make various bets and play games with me. Kind of cute in a way.

What are you doing in Seoul? Isn't jamsil one of the baller areas?

I live right next to 경복궁 and 광화문. Do you know 경희궁이 아침 아파트? I was fortunate enough to get a really sick deal on this apartment. Top floor and no one ever goes on the rooftop, which has a pretty sweet view of the city.

I was told not to mention I play poker but after 8 months I decided, F it, I have enough friends I'll be honest about it.

For the most part I've been getting a lot of positive feedback. My friends/people my age have found it pretty interesting. There's only one girl I can think of who kept saying "it's just gambling" but she's pretty worthless

It's the language barrier that's hard. I have a tough enough time explaining it english.

Not only do they love gambling, we're a pretty hot tempered group of people = severe tilt issues. Heh, my old pokerself included

Oh for sure. Hongdae's an area I've only been to a few times. It's like a maze to me but the places I've been to have been pretty fun.

Have you been to the ice bar there?

I'm actually Korean. my gf is a Korean from seoul. Shes pregnant right now (due December 20th) so we're in Korea because all her family is there so shes more comfortable and everything so we moved out there. Jamsil is really nice, I like it. I live in parkrio apt, about like 15mins walk or so from lotte world ㅋㅋㅋ

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/o...l/21218286.jpg

awesome that you got a sweet deal on the apt. how many br is it?


you ever play 화투? like sotda? such a sick game

haha

you want to teach me 화투? I used to play w/my grandmother as a little kid. Is there actually skill to it?

Do you play big2 and chinese poker? (best 5card hand in the bottom, 2nd best 5 in middle, then 3 card hand on top)

haha eh for sotda theres skill to it, not so much like gostop. have you ever seen the movie Tazza The High Rollers? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONgauhR8N28 its all about sotda

and i occasionally play chinese but not really frequently.

lol, interesting thread.

its a good read for sure.

lol, interesting thread.

its a good read for sure.

My students love playing "One Card", which is basically UNO with a deck of playing cards. Not much of a gambling game. Just saying.

Had a bunch of fun playing against my students.

hey greg,
I used to live in jamsil(actually garak-dong,near jamsil) since I were 8 years old.(i am 34years now^^) Now i am in LA,it's been 6years but i am going back to korea on sep/30 for living there.
Do you play for poker as a full time job?Also are you a member of Card-gosu.com?
I am thinking i am gonna play for poker as a fulltime job in korea.
I need some infomation of playing online poker in korea.
So please give me some info,Thanks..

oh nice. I don't play poker full time at the moment, so I'm probably not the best person to ask about this.im sure Syous can provide a much better answer.

also im not a member of cardgosu.

I play full time in Korea. What goes on in cardgosu? I'm not a korean citizen so I can't sign up

You have to get a vpn when you play in Korea unless it's pokerstars. KT Telecom blocks ftp and SK prolly does too

Hey Syous
Thanks for the answer,
I mainly play FT so should i get a vpn?I've heard some korean players play FT with no problem but they just can't get to the www.fulltiltpoker.com directly(like checking ironman status or they can't download the client program)
I have no clue how i play FT in korea but i am planning to play PS also.
what about the withdraw from site?is it easy for getting money from them?

Cardgosu is group of korean poker players,they have some pros but most of them are just amateur like recreational players.
I dont think you should be korean citizen for sign up but i am not sure tho.

I tried to sign up and it asked for the id # that koreans have

like I said, I'm on KT Telecom and I have to use a vpn to play on fulltilt. Costs like $20-30 a month.

PS is fine.

I do bankwires to my american bank. I don't know anything about doing it with a korean bank

your american bank is not in korea?

that's what an american bank means :P


all kidding aside, the only "american" bank I've seen here is citibank. I use Bank of America so I'm **** out of luck if I run out of Korean cash. Takes about 3 weeks to wire money from a u.s. bank to here. Had to pay $100 fee :O

ohh that what i should do... ive been flying back every 3 months cause that how long my visa last? how long more were u planning on staying in seoul?

were u at APPT seoul last year? maybe i seen u

are you serious?

haha yeah I was at the APPT. Was in the top 10 chip leaders on Day 1 and took a brutal exit the next day. I was sitting next to a pretty cute Japanese girl...

The japanese know how to flirt man

Said girl is wearing a shirt w/the top 2 unbuttoned. On her arm and her breast are two patches w/the initials JPL. I point to her arm and ask "what's jpl?" She proceeds to point to her breast and sticks out her chest a little "this?"

dude i am on pokerstars.tv

http://www.pokerstars.tv/movies/3M7/...canonical=true

i dont know the other guy but the more he talked i gave him the dumbest look in that clip

lol u look like a giddy school girl.

I saw the sam guy but I didn't see you

how'd you get on pokerstars tv btw?

lol ya i never been on camera before... i felt nervous...

that sam guy lied to me and said he was a full time MTT player online... i looked him up...

who is he? just some guy?

btw

I'm going to be traveling around Chengdu, Beijing, and Shanghai the next few weeks. If you're there and want to get some drinks, let me know