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Originally Posted by super_shark
is there actually a poker community in Cambodia or just people doing there visa? If yes what is the pro and cons of being in Cambodia compare to Thailand?
I am not a professional poker player, but having been to both countries, here are the pros and cons of Cambodia to Thailand in my opinion:
Pros:
- food is cheaper
- legal live poker (NagaWorld), should be mentioned that home games are illegal as far as I have heard, though
- visa situation is easier / better
- more people speak English (ie: taxi drivers, etc)
- seemingly less stringently enforced prohibition laws, thus lots of happy pizza, etc
- smaller thus easy to get around the city / become familiar with the different areas
Cons:
- good accommodation is more expensive ($700 - $1500 for a nice 1BR serviced apartment in a good area in PP compared to BKK about $500 - $1000)
- girls are generally less attractive
- no gogo bars, there are hostess bars but HIV rate is 30%+ among sex workers
- less developed infrastructure
- way more "sketchy" foreigners (not to say Thailand doesn't also have its share), although you can avoid them by not frequently going to sketchy areas / places
- probably Thai is more useful than Khmer as a language
- not many good healthcare facilities
- Cambodia is not part of the "SE Asia" HON group of countries yet, so have to play on world servers with high ping
- not as many nice beaches
- domestic airlines are of dubious safety