RF, all is forgiven. I would like you to give me another chance and I will publicly apologise if you can post the numbers/anything at all backing this claim.

I'm 35. Yes I have something to come home to. I would not be stranded in a foreign land. All my family knows my plan, not necc. my itinerary but knows I'm want to enjoy life in SEA playing cards, virtual or on the felt. Thank you for the response. Nice to know there are normal people on here that share same thing and how they see the trip. Not so much going to be a poker pro. Just winging it and seeing what happens. I can go to any U.S. embassy or just use a phone and get home. Part of my 25K is an emergency flight home. I also have a skill to come back to if goes poorly. I have worked on cars for 15 years. Just did not want to do anymore. I want to do this before I hit 40 and feel like a creeper. Kudos to men who have 25 year girlfriends and wives. still rather do it while 21 girls are still fine. I started poker late. Was not in to it til I was 30 I guess. Oct. 2015 was the start of this journey. The more I played the more I wanted to learn. So been almost 5 years I want to see what it is like to grind everyday. I do not know win rate as I played mostly live before corona. I study 5 hrs a day everyday to catch up. Live I do ok. Why I was planning on moving to a country where I have live as a back up. The games in PH are their money. I hear Cambo has USD 1/2. Can survive on a good winrate there no problem. As you could do it here too. Thanks again for the message. Feel free to pm me. I'm in limbo right now do to borders. I'm working out details of my funds and when I can actually get a visa and if rules are going to change after borders open up. Hope does not take too long. My apartment lease is up at end of July. Have to figure out what to do by then. As can not sign new lease if leaving with in a month or 2 or even 6. So either room share for temp. or go home live rent free in Ohio where I am from til I can leave. Which should give me a slightly bigger roll by time I leave. However is costly to drive across U.S. I should be able to make up in rent free in just a couple months. Hoping does not take that long. As they start excepting visas soon. So I can plan the move. I will need help finding an apartment. I found 2 others that have messaged but not written back. Just let me know good spots close enough to casinos in budget I'm looking for? I do not need luxury. If wanted that I'd just stay home in Vegas and then spend all day in china town area where all the asian girls are lol. Thank you. Means alot

woah dude, the us embassy is not a plan b

they 100% will not care about you and help you out because they are deeply concerned about encouraging just this mindset

they explicitly will not pay for your hotels/flight home regardless of the situation that led to that
https://www.tripsavvy.com/services-t...-offer-3259943

here's what they will do
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ssistance.html

in other words, they will literally do nothing more than help you contact your family for help

sounds like you haven't really thought this through

I'm pretty sure No Joke Howard (youtuber but he's dead now) and possibly his mum were lent money by the US embassy in Cambo to get home or something. Obviously relying on that is a horrible strategy though, I moreso meant having friends or family he can move back temporarily with if he does go bust.

there is an "I have no family and nobody cares about me" option but it's prohibitively expensive with absurd processing fees and it's not an ordinary debt, failure to repay will be treated severely much like not paying taxes

they obviously don't post about it because it's only meant for emergencies only like you got hit by a tsunami and are a loner - not that you are broke and went on a poker adventure abroad

but bottom line is that path is not a "if something goes wrong" option you'll end up owing the government like 5k for a flight that would have cost you like $200 if you booked on travelocity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xxp...pfLIZ22R2yrv40

Found the vid, he said they bought him a ticket home and kept his passport until he repaid them basically. Talks about it at around 10 minute mark.

well he's clearly a liar and unreliable narrator starting off with "I never read the comments... but all you guys are commenting on this so I need to respond"

he does mention that it was much more expensive than if he went through normal routes - and it's a much more severe penalty than simply no more passport - it's like owing the IRS money

feel bad for the guy, must have had a horrible childhood, i can't possibly imagine being in any situation where both me and a parent are stuck in a place like Cambodia with no money - i get his issue with the drugs, but clearly his mom was part of it - otherwise how'd she get dragged along for the broke and stranded in cambodia ride?

I did not mean I would rely on embassy to get me home only to make a call. However if you can get assistance home and pay back, I do not see the big issue. Owing the government a little money for them to get you home is not the worst. Either way that is not what I meant. Yes I have family, plenty of people that can send me money to get me home no problem and plenty of places to stay. All of them want me to move home now and stay with them as I have not lived in my home state for 6 years. I will never be stranded an a foreign country.

^Not a bad idea in any case to keep an emergency fund of, say, 2-5k that you won't touch unless you want to get home. As for the games, this is all prepandemic ofc, but knowing both places I found the Phils 50/100 ('1/2') a lot easier to consistently make money with than the Phomn Penh 1/2, 1/3's due to a variety of factors. Yes, it's not USD but that's a minor inconvenience at the end of the day. You can convert to USD at very low vig in Phils. Just another data point. As for quality of living I'd choose PP over Manila every day. But you gotta have some doh to make most use of it

I assume this is directed at me? Part of my budget is an emergency fund. Always my intention to have a flight home if **** hits the fan. Busto or trouble of some other kind. You probably have more experience at the live games in those 2 countries. Not my primary to hit live games just a back up. I have played solair in Pasay. That was only time I played live there. Games were super small. Like .25/.50 or .50/1.00 equivalent. I was on list for a bigger game. However game would not go. There was 4 tables of the smaller game. I played a few hours. Made a little. Probably like 50-100 USD. Could be different at other rooms. There are plenty in Manila from what i hear. Pre pandemic. Games in PP, I have no personal experience, I'll take your word for it. I was leaning towards PP for other reasons also that trump PH. PH was a high contender tho. It all depends on borders too. If PH opens and Cambo still hard to get in. Maybe I go there. I have plenty of places to stay. Some for free. PP trump PH due to 1 never been there, also I have always wanted to go to Viet. A train or short flight to Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi. You have spent more time in those places. So I again take your word on quality of life for your money. I have looked at cost of living for months all of SEA. Seems pretty comparable to me. Now maybe in PH you get a little better apart. for the price or something? However the 4 countries I was looking at seem similar in price to me. I could be wrong. If Cambo not what I hope it is, then I will move somewhere before I sign a lease of any kind.

PH is probably the place where you get the least value when renting, at least if you wanna stay in a condo

Condo? nah sounds too luxurious. I am happy with just a low rent room. Shower, Fridge, A/C, my wifi, not going to get stabbed vibe (which I have yet to experience any foreign country, except Iraq.), and a bed. I'll be happy. If things go well then I'd upgrade lifestyle, but for now. Just a room 200-300 maybe 400 a month is good. Walking distance to a market and a bank, maybe a bar. Simple living.

Still waiting RF, I know you're a busy man though. I guess the ship has sailed in regards for me getting a job after our disagreements though ?

Try a PM. Also I have not been on here long and have only seen 1 visit from him. I assume not on here much like you say? Give it time. Most people will forgive and forget if you are genuine about it.

autozam, you really need to hit up oz and meet up with 6betme and be sure to hit up pokernoob in chiangmai while you're out there touring the pacific, see some potential for an epic spinoff thread of your own

If auto learn a trick or two from pokernoob, he can actually survive there for like a decade

Im not actually hiring for jobs, I use systems of independent contractors and at this time only bringing on models, musicians and cannabis professionals. I gave up on poker players as no longer have a position in that industry, but will still use the dozen contacts I met in person back from 2015 - 2017 from 2p2 to test some theories.

Im going to wait for nature to take its course with the links. I do have a press release coming out in a month or two and a ton of fresh media, but its doubtful 2p2 will let it stay so I guess will have to wait till they let a link through when one chump or another find my connection, or you get a PM out of the blue from someone and make that public apology. I think by end of August this shall be all wrapped up and the Im sorry RFs will be flooding in.

I usually just check my sub threads and see if a bump in my five current favorite threads.

5. Bob_124 has a dope thread Ive been following for over 5 years. I met this dude once in New Orleans, great poker journalist.

4. King Krab, hahah love this guy even though we have had some low-level words, met him once in Seattle. Id love to LOL troll him some more but he is on hard times and will be a good little fish.

3. Papi thread, Big fan of Chicago Joey, met him once in an interesting meeting back in the day, maybe this fans boy dream will come true and one day the great Papi will give him a shoutout

2. The Bilzarian thread. This is gonna be interesting as I may have gotten myself in a little trouble here. He is a stain on the cannabis industry though and looking forward to his downfall in that space.

1. The Cambo thread. This is is where it all started, love me the Cambo thread.

Im 100% down for forgiveness, but sorry to say many dont do so well in the genuine department and hedge their angle or embed unsolicited advice in the apology, making it rough to accept, but Sam is cool, I see where he is and he is a not a bad person so I feel this will be buried correctly in the near future.

So just to clarify, there is absolutely nothing you can provide in terms of proof of you owning 'a million dollar' business and we'll have to take your word for it?

I may be mistaken but wasn't one of your first bright ideas where you once tried streaming with two horrific 4/10 hookers playing poker, with you in the background? The stream seemed to go down after a week or so, bizarre as it seemed a foolproof idea at the time.

Sam you were doing so well and once again exposed what a simpleton you are.

Game on little bish...

And u are mistaken showing why you are so clueless as you have no idea what the facts are, fake news fool..

Apologies, it must not have been you... does anyone remember someone doing a stream with two LV hookers playing?

Now if you could just provide some sort of statement of your million dollar business & black out private info I can start writing up my apology.

Anyone know when Naga will open up again?

Give it up Sam. I dont need to prove chit to you, do your own homework. You are now #4 behind Poker Spiv and right in front of #6 Coinflipper. What a horrible place to be. I cant wait to take out the trash at the end of summer.

i'd like to hear more about these rankings

Life still pretty normal here. Nine new cases of Covid yesterday but all from travelers coming from abroad. Makes me glad most of you aren't here as you'll probably infect the lot of us. I don't have much experience playing live Omaha so I've been short stacking the $2-$5 game over at the Triple Seven then moving onto the holdem game as I'm involved in that table. I've been running decently, especially in the Omaha game and I'm glad to see all my recent play online has translated well to the live felt. We've been going out a lot lately as the bars are basically back open and even Pontoon is back, albeit in a limited capacity. Ran into samcx yesterday when security pulled him away from our table for no apparent reason lol. I guess his reputation follows him around . I've got some footage of the night but bigbananas got much more so I'll leave it up to him to post here or in his blog in the PG&C section.