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10-13-2012 , 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Dead Man's Hand
I asked my Thai girlfriend, "Would you still love me if I had no money?"


She replied, "Yes, but I would miss you."
rofl
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10-13-2012 , 02:20 AM
^ old classic similar to that

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10-13-2012 , 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Wabby
Good luck with that. I have an idea why there is an opening in the market. This is a couple of weeks old.

"As part of a new cyber crime bill, inhabitants of the Philippines are no longer able to take part in "the willful engagement, maintenance, control, or operation, directly or indirectly, of any lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity, with the aid of a computer system, for favor or consideration".

A prison sentence or fine could await those found guilty of breaking the law."
so thats a whole lot of big words but i THINK i get the jest of it (clearly english teaching should be in my future)

my question would be, would a girl in a thong with breasts exposed be anything you could get in trouble for? no sexual organs are shown (i dont think boobies are sexual organs) and neither is any sexual activity
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10-13-2012 , 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Dead Man's Hand
If I may, why would anyone pitch in to buy him a camera? Can K2D not buy his own camera? He does play poker online. He does earn money to live here on his own.

because they want pictures, and i dont care about pictures at all so im never gonna spend my own money on a camera


pretty simple
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10-13-2012 , 06:07 AM
you said your roll is down to about 3k. is that including the money you'll need to spend to get a plane ticket home?
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10-13-2012 , 07:11 AM
if it comes to that point..... no i would be borrowing from the 'rents

but i think i'd try getting a job as an english teacher before heading back to work in the states
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10-13-2012 , 02:26 PM
quick breakdown of poker day

since beard is gone put $50 on stars, first i play $5 rebuy, in for $15 total (won my first flip after insta rebuying obv so didnt have to rebuy again)

125-250 guy min raises utg 6k effective stacks 2 other callers i make it 1500 with KK in the bb he ships it with A2s and flops the nuts, i build my 400 back to 4k and 3bet shove on K10 open with AQ gg me i hate stars

play $33 hi low on stars 5 handed with 10 left i get A953 suited A utg has been min raising 80+% of hands since we got 6 handed and does again i have 10k and 3bet for half my stack, sb reshoves utg re-reshoves obv i pick the time he has AA92ds i have to call gg me

one day maybe ill get the chance to withdraw money from stars though i doubt it

then i feel like im never gonna win again and start to research vietnam so i am somewhat ready when time to head there and teach english

chop a small hi low tourney that i was 2nd smallest stack when we got to final table, and then get 2nd in the $5.50 hi low rebuy on party where i was the short stack 7 handed, so +$300 on the day not life changing obv but recovers half my losses from the week and just as importantly lets me know that i am still allowed to profit (just not on stars)


then the favorite comes over we go out to get food, she always looks good but when she wears either pink or blue she looks fantastic, tonight it was blue and i feel so awkward being "that guy" who is obviously with a chick he has no business being with

she really is amazing, of course the boom boom is great but what sets her so far apart above the rest (and its a huge gap to whoevers 2nd) is how much fun it is to just lay there and talk with her
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10-13-2012 , 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kick2dante
she really is amazing, of course the boom boom is great but what sets her so far apart above the rest (and its a huge gap to whoevers 2nd) is how much fun it is to just lay there and talk with her
The pillow talk part is cute. Good for you, you actually have a heart. Sometimes there is the girl that just does it for you. You cant put a connection on it you cant explain it but she just does. More often than not its because she is being herself and she was just raised a certain way, has a certain way about her. Its rare and awkward because you know its right but the next girl walking down the street is available...

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10-13-2012 , 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by spoke
real **** right here, bunch of thai'z i knew were supersititious/ white lady/ ghosts/ dwendis believers and ****

i said **** that, yolo
Yolo 2529 up, 423 down
Abbreviation for: you only live once
The dumbass's excuse for something stupid that they did

Also one of the most annoying abbreviations ever....
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10-14-2012 , 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Iao
This is my story and if anyone wants advice on joining me then let me know.
I’m originally from the UK, London and have been playing poker for around 6 years to varying success but as it was to secondary work never really committed. Then the economic down turn happened I sold business (a night club) and I thought I’d take a couple of years out in a cheap foreign country.

I live on the Cambodian coast in a place called Sihanoukville, about four hours drive from the capital Phnom Peng. It’s a beautiful little spot with 5 beaches and with the Thai border 4 hours drive to the west and Vietnam about 5 hours to the east. It has a vibrant night life, with a number of clubs, beach bars and western and local restaurants (and 3 casinos). The sex trade is a lot less prevalent than Thailand and the place has a mixture of backpackers passing through, holiday makers from Phnom Peng and a large friendly expat community.

So why Cambodia.
• It’s cheap (half the price of Thailand), I stay in a 2 bedroom western style apartment, all mod cons, 24 hour security sea views $340 a month. A one bedroom bedsit in the same building is $120 a month. A meal out varies from $3.50 – about $7 for top end, beer is 50c-$1 a glass.
• Language isn’t a problem most Cambodians in the major cities speak English.
• Visas, unlike Thailand you can extend your visa indefinitely without leaving the country $250 a year.
• Internet, now is fine, i have ½ a mega bite which is $60 a month and a 3g card for back up should either the internet go down while playing or a power occurs. Power cuts do happen infrequently but all that’s needed is a back up battery or a laptop.
• It’s safe, like any major city anywhere in the world there is crime, just don’t wonder down dark streets at 4am you wouldn’t in New York!
• The people are lovely, not yet obliterated by western values or capitalism.
• The expat community is varied and very friendly to new comers.
• The currency is the Riel but the dollar is more widely used
• No tax
• Live poker is available in casinos and a few low homegames
• The weather is hot from October to June, June to September is the wet season which while still hot it rains to varying degrees.

I think Pro maybe a little strong, I play 3 hours a day mainly in the morning (+7 GMT) and last month 90 hours made me $900, mainly I play SnG. $900 is hefty amount here, waitress earn around $100 a month and western bar managers around $400 a month. In the UK i would have to earn $3000 a month and have a fraction of the life style. I normally finish with poker by 10am and this leaves me the rest of the day to visit the beach, take a boat ride to Island, ride my bike, watch movies, study poker, or just visit friends for a beer.
I have yet to find anyone else out here who is supporting their lifestyle from internet and poker and would either like to find someone who is or encourage someone to come and join and me. I’d be happy to help anyone thinking of making the move and it would be great to have someone to speak poker with, especially if they were at a more advanced level than me
It could be ideal for someone who can make $1-2000 a month but not enough for Pro and a decent western lifestyle, or someone who has to grind silly hours to make a western style wage.
So ask me anything about me, my poker or living in Cambodia

Iao
Im currently living in Thailand but are considering to make a move to Cambodia mainly because of easier visa extensions.

Is it easy enough to open a bank account in Cambodia?

Any problems receiving cash out payments from poker sites into your account?

Thanks

Please send PM
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10-14-2012 , 08:11 AM
Dante, it's your chance to justify taking over the thread... point out to this guy where you covered bank accounts and pay outs somewhere between Page 50 and page 70
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10-14-2012 , 08:31 AM
zend that dude disappeared 2 weeks after starting this thread never to post again, so clearly you have to be out of your friggin mind to move somewhere when that was the case



yes its easy to open a bank account here, you can get an account at OSK bank right next to samudura market with just an address meaning any hotels business card and your passport

or from a better more reliable bank like acledia or canadia with either a 3 month or 6 month visa

not sure about using banks for poker but you can use moneybookers and id assume you could use that with any bank or at least one of those

Last edited by kick2dante; 10-14-2012 at 08:51 AM.
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10-14-2012 , 08:43 AM
Don't see it being a problem cashing out, gambling isn't illegal in Cambodia.
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10-14-2012 , 08:48 AM
after almost 3 months of looking i finally saw a cobra

cuz i went to the snake house, pretty cool place, $3 entry, the tuk tuk ride was more expensive ($8 because we went the long way home by the monkeys, would have been $5 for tuk tuk there and back)

pretty big variety of venomous snakes, mostly cobras but thats to be expected, they also had some puff adders which are tied for my fav with black mambas, im pretty sure puff adders arent indigenous to this region (at least any time ive googled "venomous snakes in cambodia" they havent popped up) and some vipers

saw a spitting cobra, the king cobra was hiding, an albino cobra

at first i thought there was a black mamba looked very much like one but then he stood up in the cobra stance so it wasnt

dont think there were any krates which are the most deadly snake around here, though over half of the tanks werent labeled so there might have been one and i didnt notice

cambodians certainly dont follow the "dont tap the glass" rule, makes you feel pretty bad for the snakes not only do they sit in a lil box all day long and never do a damn thing but they also have to get scared out of their minds as people walk past all the time pounding on the glass to get them to strike at it, the cobras usually gave a reaction, some did try to bite through the glass, but the puff adders just laid there and didnt move a centimeter the whole time

one thing i saw that you dont really notice when you watch a show about snakes is how heavy they start to breathe when they get excited or agitated, if you just calmly walk up they breathe normal and you cant even see it, but if you get to close, tap on the glass, or make any sort of threatening move to them every breath makes them almost double in thickness

took my fav and her kid and we head over to the crocodile section, its so not like any zoo in the US no supervision whatsoever, like a 3 or 4 foot high rail is all that separates you from a drop off down to a bunch of crocs, and right as we walk up to the biggest ones is when my fav decides she needs to go to the bathroom so can i watch her crazy rambunctious kid who likes to climb things, nice timing as we get to the most dangerous area of the place so i walk him back over to all the exotic birds

they also had a rabbit which was so out of place

there are like 3 or 4 areas with crocs, one filled with 6 or 7 of the big ones (not huge), then a couple that are filled with like 30 smaller ones

i wonder who cleans the cages and if they go around messing with all these venomous snakes and big crocs for only $3 a day

funny to hear all the cambodian superstitions about different snakes and birds, there was an owl which is like the most harmless thing there along with the rabbit and other birds yet it scared her as much as anything because "its very very bad" and if you are sick and one comes and hoots outside of your house you are probably gonna die

and when we were in the area with some fish she tells this awesome story: "i buy 5 of these to put in a tank at my house but i forget about them and they die in bag"

she also said when she was like 10 she was walking down the road and came face to face with a big cobra, she ran away and got her dad, he tried to cut its head off with a machete when it was standing tall but it dodged it but then he got it when it went back down and tried to get away, and when we got by the green pit vipers she said that she sees them frequently when farming

then we leave and go down this street where i guess a bunch of monkeys hang out (wabby can probably fill us in better on what this road is all about) right next to independence hotel which is supposedly one of the 2 nicer and more expensive hotels in the city (along with sokha hotel) but for some reason only one monkey is out i guess normally there are lots, its free to go and you can buy a bunch of bananas for a dollar to feed them, the only monkey that was there had a huge hole in his face, actually it was on both sides but only one of the sides was really open

the hole was so big that part of the banana he ate came out of it, it was disgusting, not sure if it was from a fight or if he was diseased, initially i walked right up to him like 2 feet away and he didnt care at all (sure he is used to people) but once i saw the nastiness on his mouth i definitely kept my distance

then we get back to hotel right as tourneys are starting up but since her kid is so tired and instantly goes to sleep in her room she comes over and we do some boom boom while im playing the rebuy hour (got no hands at all so was easy to just keep clicking fold)

im getting used to the fact that i can go to a bar and get whatever girl for the 2 for $20, not sure i can ever get used to a girl this awesome actually wanting to hang out with me, all im giving her is $20 a day and there is some cambodian holiday going on right now which has the city packed and the hotels charging extra, so her room costs $12 a day, after food for her and her kid she is basically profiting nothing

the last time she came down here to see me she spent more money then i paid her throughout the day on random stuff, but then after we were done she would go down to the beach and find some other customers who gave her a bunch of money (one guy gave her $100 for 1 boom boom i remember)

but this time with her kid here she never goes down to the beach or anything, im sure some roll there eys and laugh at me for believing that, but if she told me in the past no reason for her not to say now

just ate at my hotel for the first time, tried the lok lak, 2nd time ive had it, its an interesting dish, white rice with beef, chicken or pork and topped with a fried egg, it is pretty good and i think it could potentially be very good but the beef out here just isnt good and the time i had the pork it wasnt to good either (though ive heard the pork in the area is better than the beef)

could really go for a nice big juicy burger on the grill, or from the grand lux, heck a double double from in n out sounds great and is clearly better than anything ive had here
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10-14-2012 , 09:15 AM
Wow I would not like that zoo at all. The rabbit sounds nice though, maybe the exotic birds too.

Sounds like a beautiful love story you two have.

So were you really having sex while playing a tournament?
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10-14-2012 , 10:08 AM
ya, 3rd time ive done that so far, all 3 with her

not sure how i forgot to mention this but during that time my stomach got really upset, so upset that i had to stop and go unload it, thats never happened before, hope doesnt happen again



just went to the most awful "party" i think ive ever been to, one of the girls at the hotels birthday, she is a nice girl but shes not the super fun cute hotel chick from the day, but she went with us to cute hotel chicks bday party and then wants to have a party tonight while she is working

so she comes and knocks on my door and says its time, i told her i wasnt sure if i could come since i would be playing but i figure i would go down and give it a shot

the "party" is me, 4 other guests at the hotel, and one of their girlfriends, i only know 1 of them, and 3 of them are older and not people i have any reason to talk to

and the girl is working the whole time so isnt even with us

luckily i was playing online so just had head down in the laptop to avoid the awkward silence, 30 minutes in the kid i know and his girl take off so i duck out as well, got some free food out of it but totally not worth it


only went cuz the girl is pretty nice and didnt want no one showing up for her birthday party, this is 2nd birthday party for girl working here ive been to and its only been people that stay or work here attending, not that surprising for this girl since she is pretty shy and not outgoing

but cute hotel chick has great personality and it seems like she should have tons of friends yet she spends her birthday with people she has just met, i dont understands
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10-14-2012 , 12:34 PM
So, you're ****ing a prostitute with a kid? The kid is present in the room with you and the mother.

You know what her next move is, right?
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10-14-2012 , 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by kick2dante
not sure how i forgot to mention this but during that time my stomach got really upset, so upset that i had to stop and go unload it, thats never happened before, hope doesnt happen again
Just to make sure I am reading this correctly:

So, you two start to fool around and then you begin to perceive this impending intestinal requirement whose needs are going to surpass by great length anything in the sexual realm.
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10-14-2012 , 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
So, you're ****ing a prostitute with a kid? The kid is present in the room with you and the mother.

You know what her next move is, right?
I think the hooker does what all good mothers would do and leaves her child alone in a room at her hotel while she goes and visits k2d at his haha
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10-14-2012 , 03:55 PM
the kid has never been in the room when we do stuff, she has her own room at the hotel across the street, and when he falls asleep she comes over

im f'ed up, im not that f'ed up

but what was her next move going to be? call the cops or something?

tonight when we got done and went back to her hotel (i wanted to use the internet there to watch football, **** the chiefs so watching EZ's ravens get ran all over) the kid had left her room and was sitting with the guys at the front desk of the hotel, 2nd time thats happened, her parenting skills are not the best obviously

if i leave my room for 3 minutes to just go down to the hotel bar without locking my door she tells me how i should always lock it, but every time she leaves the kid alone in the room she doesnt lock it, she tries to explain to me how its better for the door to be unlocked but obv there is no way at all it is better


i just typed up some **** to respond to the "ugly as sin" comment and then realized who it was so deleting it all........


bluegrass - when you get a case of the third world ****s u cant just think well i hope this will pass so im gonna go ahead and plow through with no regard to it, we were 3/4th of the way through the process and the last thing in the world i wanted to do was stop, but there was at least a 50% chance my walls and sheets would have been painted with poo if i didnt attend to the situation at hand, not sure she would still talk to me after that


shack girl calls me tonight i explain to her that i havent called her because the crier was in town so i had to spend some time with her (i told shack girl about this girl and how she cried 3 or 4 times on her last visit so shack girl always made fun of her)

anyways i tell shack that ill give her a call after my fav leaves (and i give the lil guy a few days rest and recovery time) and then i tell my fav how "vietnam" (thats what she calls shack girl) called me tonight....... ive been trying to talk my fav into doing 2 things, boom booming on the beach and doing a 3some and she is totally against both (though read later to as why the 3some stuff is more of a joke now)


but for whatever reason tonight she said i should call shack girl and invite her over, im pretty sure she is bluffing so i give her like 17 chances to back off but she stays with it, so then i call shack girl and she says she is in phnom penh tonight (she was just calling to say hi earlier i guess....?? she did mention something during our talk about PP but i never have a clue what people who dont speak perfect english say on the phone) but would be back tomorrow and would be ok with a 3some even though in the past she hasnt wanted to either



so that might be in the plans for tomorrow, the 2 of them together may make my head explode, i dont think its really the right situation for a 3some though as im not sure how i go rubberless with one and not the other and there is no way im going rubberless with shack girl since she worked in a shack and all

i guess i could just do her in the oobies but i think that may make my fav jealous/sad

hmmmmm

Last edited by kick2dante; 10-14-2012 at 03:59 PM. Reason: editing to add good read sofocused
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10-14-2012 , 09:25 PM
I think what SUBob was getting at was your fave prolly hoping to get preggers.
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10-15-2012 , 02:41 AM
I plan to move to Cambodia in max 6 months from now. What is a good place to actually live and is safe? And the price for renting something?

And what do u spend on a monthly basis?
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10-15-2012 , 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by kick2dante
zend that dude disappeared 2 weeks after starting this thread never to post again, so clearly you have to be out of your friggin mind to move somewhere when that was the case



yes its easy to open a bank account here, you can get an account at OSK bank right next to samudura market with just an address meaning any hotels business card and your passport

or from a better more reliable bank like acledia or canadia with either a 3 month or 6 month visa

not sure about using banks for poker but you can use moneybookers and id assume you could use that with any bank or at least one of those

Thanks for the advice
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10-15-2012 , 05:31 AM
i think you might be on to something mixgame, as she tells her son to call me papa, and since like the 4th day ive known her has told me how much she wants my barang baby

ive told her many many times that im not raising anything and that she will need to get an abortion and she just says fine you dont do anything ill raise him myself, all of this was covered way before i decided to go rubberless, and she has enough money, or at least land and farms, to be able to raise the kid so i wouldnt be leaving some broke starving child behind

and if she was just gonna try and tell me that she was pregnant to get money out of me for an abortion she already could have done that because we did rubberless 2 months ago many many times and there has been no scam yet


plus i am always sure to pull out in plenty of time,,, ya yaya ya ya thats not totally reliable



kozz - all i can tell you about is sihanoukville, i enjoy it though i spend most of my time in my room and i dont think there is all that much to do here, but it definitely seems safe so far especially if you stay the heavy tourist areas where you can get a room for a month for $300ish (serendipity beach/road)


i spend $900ish a month, could pretty easily drop down to $700ish and still be pretty happy, but im uber life nit and dont drink so id say expect to spend $1200 and be happy if/when your costs go under that



im pretty sure how you all remember (its impossible to forget) how some ho stole my tape that i use to put stuff over my windows..... well i was wrong, i found it, i take back all my accusations against shack girl or m3thie or the cleaning lady
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10-15-2012 , 05:46 AM
Is there a good site to look for after appartments?

Is that 900$ u mention all inclusive with appartment and all?
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