Re: Poker In Macau
 

Before going I searched the internet about no limit holdem poker in Macau, and only found this thread.

I was in Sands, Wynn, Galaxy, Babylon and Lisboa casinos, they don't have holdem poker just yet. At Sands they have Carribean and Three card poker according to the lobby receptionist.

Right now it's all about baccarat and the chinese market I guess.

Re: Mahjong
 

Lebowski-

Mahjong is a skill game, especially the Japanese "reach" rules and there are pro's.
A league in Tokyo has about 500 members. There are about 50 pro's featured in a networked arcade game in Japan, Hong Kong and Macau.

http://reachmahjong.com/

Re: Mahjong
 

is poker available in macau yet?

Re: Mahjong
 

they have one hell of a chinese checkers room.

Re: Mahjong
 

i'll be in macau in like a month. someone please spread the poker bug before then.

Re: Mahjong
 

Possibly going to be a big Tournament in Macau in November...Matt Savage working on it.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

I just skimmed the thread; it seems nobody has yet mentioned the very good article on page 96 of the September, 2007 issue of Atlantic Monthly. It's titled "Macau's Big Gamble" and was written by the always interesting James Fallows.

Here's the link but I'm fairly certain you have to subscribe and register to get it to work.

~ Rick

Re: Poker In Macau
 

I live in mainland China and visited Macau last month. There's absolutely no poker around. You'll have to pay for drinks and food, too (as opposed to AC or Vegas). Macau is flashy but definitely not worth it unless you like blackjack or baccarat... Just a heads up!

Re: Poker In Macau
 

One of the Galaxy Casinos just installed 4 PokerPro automated tables. I hear it is doing well.....

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Would be interesting to know the rake on the Macau pokerpro tables. Probably astronomical.

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People seemed to be real uneducated and rude

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I don't want to sound racists, but Chinese people seem to be very rude, have no manners and no concern for their appearance. It's funny that most Japanese are the polar opposite of this.

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Arbitrage,

if you are an american, this might well be the funniest thing I have ever read on a message board. There is no nation on this planet more rude, devoid of manners, and care less of their apperance then the obese americans.

Thanks for making me laugh before I go to sleep.

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If you believe this about America then you seriously have not done much travelling ... The US isnt even CLOSE to the top of the list.

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really? I don't wanna sound racists but how come I always find that black Americans are the most rude, impolite, uneducated ppl in this world?
And what's the deal w/ Chinese ppl, at least most Chinese/Taiwanese/HongKongnese are bilingual, and i doubt you can speak the top two most-used languages in the world. Just admit, the US has lost its edge in terms of world trade and business, the market is merging toward Asia. So you either keep living in your closed small world or open your arms and embrace them, maybe also learn how to speak Chinese too.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

I just got back from holidaying in Macau. I played the PokerPro tables at Galaxy and can confirm the rake is pretty outrageous, varying from 5-10% of the pot. However, the standard of play is so low the games are easily beatable. Most people playing are old chinese guys who have wondered across from the casino floor and have never played before.

When i was there they had 2 tables running, $2.5/5 and $5/10
(HK dollars) hold em. There was also talk of a big buyin tourny in a couple of months, to formally open the cardroom.

The cardroom manager also informed me that the Lisboa has trained dealers, got tables etc ready for fully-live poker and is just waiting on government clarification of the legality of poker.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

Cant wait!!!11

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If they have reasonably poker room there that's +EV, I will be the first one to go back there to live.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

Sitting behind a computer is just not the same as having real cards to fumble with, but it's better than nothing. http://www.pokertek.com/table.html

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Re: Poker In Macau
 

Hey guys,

I'm living in Hong Kong until june 2008 and I'm interested in playing poker in Macau / Hong Kong!! If there's anything going on, please let me know I would be more interested to participate in any kind on event [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

Thx,

Matt

Re: Poker In Macau
 

Hey Schneids, have you seen Dave from Minn lately? I went to college with him at USD and haven;t been able to get a hold of him since his bro final tabled the turning stone event.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

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wtf is this post

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I agree

Re: Poker In Macau
 

bump cos I'm in Fuzhou atm and a 4 hour or so drive away from Macao

I want to get some gambol on, I heard about there being a 200+bb buyin 40/80 RMB game which must be pretty sweet - anyone have more info?

Re: Poker In Macau
 

Macau poker, baby!

Re: Poker In Macau
 

It seems that Macau poker is not available?

Re: Poker In Macau
 

http://www.asianpokeropen.com/

Seems Poker in Macau is coming soon

Re: Poker In Macau
 

news on poker in Macau? MGM is open already?

Re: Poker In Macau
 

Poker in Macau confirmed.

I just got back from there. The Galaxy-owned Starworld casino has a handful of Poker Pro tables. At the time, we were able to fill-up 3 tables.

The stakes were 5/10 (HK dollars) with a board for 10/20 and 15/30. I asked to be put on the higher stakes but there were no other takers.

The buy-in at the 5/10 table was 100-500. The game was pretty soft, populated by passive calling stations. I was able to come out with a 550 profit after playing for just 1.5 hrs.

The Asian poker Tour should hopefully spice up some action there.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

I just spent a day in Macau and could not find one poker game. I tried the Wynn, Crown, Venetian and Grand Lisboa. The concierge at each hotel had never heard of Texas Holdem and whenever i mentioned Poker i was ushered to the Carribean Stud Poker tables...

Seems like its a long way off yet from any average punter playing the game.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

Hello All,

Would just like to confirm that NL ring games on offer at Starworld currently range between 5/10 and 20/40 HKD. There are larger NL games (and limit) available on request. Rake is favourable to the player.

Additionally, there is now a weekly tournament structure in place:
Tuesdays 9pm: $350 ($300+$50)
Thursday 8pm: $600 ($525+$75)
Saturdays 10pm: $3300 ($3000+$300)
Sundays 1pm: $1100 ($1000+$100)

Poker has been extremely popular so far, and with the above-mentioned tournament, I'm sure this trend will continue. Enjoy!!

Re: Poker In Macau
 

hey I was in StarWorld on that Sunday. I played from @pm to 6pm and 8:30pm to 10:30pm.
The after session was 10/20 game..good action. There was a $14,000 pot and many pots above $5,000
Though the evening game was passive..it was still fun.

Re: Poker In Macau
 

Hi im travelling to Macau after new years and i plan to stay there for a couple of months, but I wonder how you do to take the possible winnings out of the country and in to my swedish bank account? Anyone knows?