You got an answer to that a couple of days ago, but I guess not from a "real cambodia expert"

you gotta take into consideration that im a weird antisocial bastard that doesnt want friends or to hang out, if you want more from life than playing online all day, bangin a ho for $10-$20, and then watching some movies or tv than you would hate my current life

im slightly bored, but thats because A)i cant "banana" and B) the local tv is so bad that it cant keep me entertained while im playing

but the only time that boredom really becomes a factor is days like yesterday where i was trying to take a break from the ho's and ran bad at poker so i had 8 hours to kill without a damn thing to do

of course this is still far better than going up to the casino in vegas, getting stacked from a cooler/bad beat in the first hour and quitting at 7pm when going to bed at 6 am, and having no life there and not having the option to spend $20 or less for some quality entertainment



i have no clue about making friends as i dont try, i assume you could pretty easily make friends with some locals if you wanna buy them a 50 cent beer or two whenever you go out with them, hell maybe expats to but i dont try with them at all, the few ive met in person have been very nice, but the ones on the forum here........ lets just say they arent to fond of me so in turn im not looking to hang out with them

but as EZyano likes to say, for some reason sitting behind a keyboard brings out the a-hole in a lot of people and if i ran into them at a bar we'd likely have a friendly conversation



i wouldnt say im looking to move on, i absolutely love the location, everything within walking distance is amazing, good food all around (so much better food than what i found in angeles), best nightlife spot in the city is a 3 minute walk, i could stay here forever

i'd still rather be in PI, but there is nothing at all wrong with here

if bananas didnt cause me headaches, i got better sports coverage (ie my hotel having ASN, i asked on the forum for here what cable companies have that channel because the owner here said he would change, but as mentioned they dont like me so i got no response) and the internet was a little more reliable i would be in heaven

o ya and i guess if the power outtages didnt happen as often

the internet has been awful recently, my metfone backup stick works great for playing, but i cant download movies or tv with it, and the wifi for my hotel and the one next door have been ****

basically 75% of the time ive tried to stream a tv show it will work for 15 minutes then the internet will go out so ill have to go to the site to start the show up again, wait 20 minutes for the slow speed to build up, watch another 15 minutes of show have it go out again....... ya a real pain in the ass

because of this and not having ASN i think i might change hotels when my month here ends in a few days, but this hotels location is so perfect it makes it hard to leave




went to the market today, got some of the amazing 12.5 cents a piece waffles again, they are so good you dont even need to add syrup/butter/powdered sugar, they are sweet already

got a rechargeable fan for $11.50, think i overpaid because she originally said $12 and then gave me a 50 cent discount when i paid, but that will help with the power outtages because i may be able to sleep now if it goes out in the morning

also got some weird fruit, dont know the name, its a bunch of golf ball sized reddish/orangeish/greenish/purplish balls that you twist to peel open and it has this white fruit inside, its pretty good

bought way to much, this other guy at hotel had a huge bag and said he paid $4 for it, so i asked for a $2 bag and got one just as big

Cambodia srsly sounds fun, besides dying and ****.

How does that not answer your question? Wabby has been in Cambodia a long time and there aren't many in the thread who could answer it better.

Also, what made you think this was a thread about poker in Cambodia? This is a thread that only exists so that a socially awkward, break-even player can document which hooker he decided to pick and how worried every situation makes him.

It would be nice if there was a thread about Cambodia though.

LOL thats a bit harsh

change break even to slightly profitable and it would be pretty spot on


but yes lets get this thread back to the good ole days of sitting on page 3 or 4 of the travel forum and getting a few posts a month, that was much better

"Living in Cambodia and turning Pro" does not necessarily mean it will only document the intricacies of poker strategy, or which banks are poker friendly (though Dante has written which bank will open an account, so that was helpful if anyone's interested). It's the story of a person who's playing poker for a living in Cambodia. It seems pretty true to the title.

If K2D decides to run a bar for a living I agree it'd be an inappropriate place for his stories though.

the internet is very serious stuff, in particular threads on message boards, so i can see why ya'll continue to get so upset over this


take a peak on page 24 of this thread and see how many posts were made last october



maybe you didnt notice but ive mentioned a few times where to go to find the best waffles you will ever have for 12 cents a piece, imo that information makes my presence in this thread totally worthwhile

You'd think that he would have written that useful bit of info at some point, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Honestly, even though I was leading the charge for him to start his own thread six weeks ago, I gave up on that a long time ago. At this point, this thread is what it is, K2D's personal journal. That's not going to change, and I'm not trying to make it happen anymore. It's too late.

But in the last week, there have been a couple people who wandered into the thread hoping they might be able to find out about Cambodia. I just thought it would be a good time for me to throw in an immature, "I told you so" because this thread has become exactly what I said it would. I'm not even saying that it is a worthless thread, just that it is no longer a thread about Cambodia that anyone can expect to learn from. It's still entertaining.

As for the argument that people have made about him fitting the title of the thread, I think they are wrong for two reasons. One, you can't call yourself a pro unless you are making more than you spend. And two, I'd hardly call spending all of your time in a hotel room "living".

For some reason K2D seems to think that if a thread falls off the first page, it's not valuable. I personally found value in a less trafficked thread that had higher content/post. I know that what I want doesn't matter, but I do think from time to time, you can expect other people to open this thread for the first time and think "WTF this guy is hilarious" AND/OR "I wish there was somewhere on 2p2 where I could find out about poker in Cambodia". At this point there isn't a Cambodian thread anymore.

piss off


we like his stories

blah blah blah

internets important

blah blah blah

i told you so

blah blah blah

ive given up, yet will continue to bring it up and take shots

blah blah blah

no cambodia thread omg whatever will we do

blah blah blah



the guy asked a question, wabby gave a GREAT answer that we all saw, its not my or anyones fault that he didnt see it


if somebody has a question they ask, if someone knows they answer


you continue to overlook the fact that ive informed everyone where they can get the B E S T W A F F L E S E V E R

im not sure any info could be more valuable then that

You, sir, are a hypocritical douchebag. Before arriving in Cambodia, you peppered all of the SEA threads with as many questions as possible no matter how easily you could have found the answers with a simple google search. You were happy there was a Cambodian thread then. I, on the other hand, am a logical douchebag.

I like his stories too. He's hilarious. It's like watching a monkey pee into his own mouth. Never gets old.

where did i say anything about it being bad to ask questions?


i for one dont think there is no cambodia thread


i know there is one cuz we are in it right now, though its got a lil boring over the past few posts because some guy (not mentioning any names) has his panties in a bunch over nothing and wont quit ranting about it

k2d can u go sex some hookers for me and post a tr. i need some motivation tonight to get some more hookers. lazy atm

im sorry yank doesnt want those posts in here so i wont be sharing that info any longers since this thread needs to be exactly what yank thinks a message board thread should be and any variations to his definition are no longer allowed


(no seriously though im trying to have sundays be my "off" days because NFL is a good time filler for an off day, but i do have a headache (for third straight day sigh) so may have to go ahead and go out anyways so i can try and not feel like ish during football)


(parenthesis inside of parenthesis is pretty solid evidence of a crazy person)

sunday football starts in how many hours?

1.5, but still in an MTT with to big of a stack to blow

Lychee?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lychee

ya thats it, though it looks a lil different than those pictures, but definitely the same thing


one of the good things about the hotel im at is they let me use their refrigerator and kitchen, so i frequently buy food and store it to re-heat later at night when the restaurants are closed

but going into the kitchen can be an adventure in itself since its open air and they leave dirty dishes and food scattered around all night


one time i go in to startle a wild dog who runs right past me out the doorway, that was scary

though it didnt freak me out as much as when i saw a huge rat in there, you would think a big dog that could really do some damage should scare you more than a rat, but for whatever reason the rat has a lasting effect that seems to keep you freaked for 5-10 minutes after, or if it jumps in your bed it keeps you freaked for the rest of the night


anyways, tonight i go in, make loud noises as im approaching, turn the light on and back away so whatever creature may be scavenging can have a clear getaway, coast is clear so i put my pad thai in the microwave (pad thai reheats very well fwiw)


i start looking around at the various sauces and spices they have, not gonna use any just bored and curios, i look down at the ground and see something but am not quite sure what it is, its about the size of a baseball if you were to cut it in half, so i bend down to check it out and its a snail

the biggest snail ive ever seen in the US was maybe the size of a quarter, this thing is like 4 times that


obv i have to go get the girl that works the bar at the night and show it to her to totally freak her out


pretty sure ive already mentioned this but the girl sleeps outside behind the bar on a cot instead of driving home 20 minutes on her motorbike because she says its not safe to go out at midnight alone

she also said the owner will let her sleep in a room for free when one is open but she is afraid that a ghost will get her (not kidding) so she sleeps outside since her brother is out there


everyone knows ghosts cant come around if 2 people are in a room together, and obviously they are a much bigger threat than things like mosquitos or spiders or giant snails

People in this region take ghosts very seriously.

The Thai government used to put warning labels on the cigarette packets featuring ghosts. Not sure what it said, but I imagine it was something like "If you smoke, ghosts will get you".

I was in a remote area of China a few years ago, a girl took me for a day trip to see some farms and such. One guy standing around with his hoe dropped it and ran away. He'd never seen a white person before and thought I was a ghost.

i forgot to quote this earlier, and im not sure if its actually an upgrade or not, but it still pleases me to know that when being thought of as a monkey i am no longer compared to the one that plays with himself all day at the zoo

real **** right here, bunch of thai'z i knew were supersititious/ white lady/ ghosts/ dwendis believers and ****

i said **** that, yolo

not sure what pisses me off more:

A) the streaming of the games tonight is just awful (was perfect the first 2 weeks of the season, not sure why the internet has been so crappy all week)

B) the chiefs starting QB is still matt cassell

Fk off out of this thread.

most depressing thing i've read ITT so far..