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Just joined and posted on the same day.
Maybe, just maybe, you are running a game in Sihanoukville ????

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The interwebs in general and this fred in particular are certainly not shy of imposters and scammers and whatnot. But also good info. As always take all info with a grain of salt, yes, esp when it comes from posters with little or no forum history. But there was a story about somebody with the most extensive history here where it all fell apart...

Someone that be afraid knew very well before being part of running the game at DV?

Recently learnt that the Naga poker offer is now 8 hours of play to get the free night.

I don't think it offers good value now. Games mostly suck and are filled with Euro and Japanese regs grinding the offer. You can get some profitable tables, but only about half the hours I played were on what I would consider to be reasonable tables. That is mostly weak regs with 1 or 2 fish making big mistakes. I'd say about 10% of the time the tables were 'good' compared to EU or US games. The rake is too high to justify sitting in tables full of nitty players; its not a game where you will be put in tough spots for sure, but its hard to get blood from a stone and if you do I doubt you'll be overcoming that rake hurdle.

Well, last year I was there for 9 days when the offer was 6 hours and 18 days when it was 8 hours. Playing 8 hours when the games were dry was definitely a task and something I wouldn't do again. When games aren't great and rake relatively high, the flexibility of changing your schedule to late nights/early morning is almost essential, which I found more difficult to do, playing 8 hours. It's also tougher to take a break and make up the lost hours another day. Not taking a break if you're running bad/tired/tilted/lacking focus is far from ideal.

Completely agree. I stayed there under the 6 hour offer and would regularly show up, play an hour or two and decide there wasn't much action in the room so leave and go do other stuff. Its a lot harder to do this when you are under time pressure of 8 hours. Especially so when games aren't necessarily 24/7 and will regularly stop from 6am to 12pm (ish). Good hotel rooms can be found in PP for $20 a night and think this is probably a better option now for the flexibility.

Interesting to see your results for 2024. Thanks for sharing. Out of interest, where is 'home'? Have you thought about doing a poker trip to the US? I'm based in Asia but will likely be spending the summer in the USA for a longer poker trip. Even gave serious thought to doing a 2 - 3 week trip given the state of games in Asia.

Happy new year all. The above is the exact reason I never took a poker room rate anywhere, that's just BS. For starters casino hotels are almost always overpriced compared to the competition, you pay for the convenience, the room rate just brings it back to about level. But then you give up all your freedom. Even if it's just 5h/day, which is usually the best they will do, do you really want to do that, every day, no weekend and whatnot? F that.
As you can read somewhere above I actually just spent two weeks in PP in November. Sorry, no report, all good, but I played embarrassingly little poker, basically two APPT events and nothing else. Also didn't visit one single girly bar even though I was staying close by. So not much to report on. I was at Pontoon and Oscars and some other degen stuff, same same.
Poker room rate: Saves a few bucks and convenience
Freedom: Priceless

Especially because you can get a relatively cheap room within walking distance to Naga at Bridge Club or ibis budget hotel. My friend who started on the room deal ended up switching over to the bridge and much preferred it.

Next month is going to be interesting with WPTs extra long event. Seems a lot of old friends and new faces will be in town.

Currently we are running 5/10 Omaha everyday at 2pm still and 1/3 Omaha occasionally in the evening. We expect a second afternoon table of 10/25 Omaha during the event. Games have been pretty good with most of the old riverking bongs player consistently. Unfortunately, we haven't ran much holdem the last month or so.

I've arrived at the same conclusion if I ever return to PP (I actually enjoyed the place, irrespective of my results).

Yes, have considered a USA trip, which I've done a few times before (a while ago now). I'm based in Melbourne, where I grew up. There's a poker room 15 mins away but the rake is 10% with a $25 cap for a 2/5 game. I haven't played cash in Melbourne since the cap was raised from $15 to $25 in late 2023, so can't tell you whether one can make above minimum wage, but remain sceptical. Given my location, Asia is a better option than the USA, particularly as the accommodation is more affordable, not to the mention the airfare. As much as I enjoyed the games in Manila, I'd prefer to play in Melbourne or the USA.

Looks like the other poker club closed down so the JB club with big 5/10 game or Nagaworld only.

Likely will have a regular 1/3 Omaha in the evening after the 5/10 game coming up as well

Any poker kampot?

Having a game in kampot or siem reap is too dangerous any more as the cops are too likely to bust it. Just take the train to sihanoukville if you want to play.

Will there be any 5-card PLO cash games during the WPT at NagaWorld or will it pretty much only be 4-card PLO?

I see there are two 5-card PLO events on the schedule so I would hope at least those days will also have some 5-card PLO cash.

I'm thinking about heading over to PP from BKK for a week or 2, but it kinda hinges on how much 5-card I'd be able to play.