[JayPez]

Woah sorry I forgot about this thread now its got millions of replies lol

I’ll try and answer what I can as best as I can…

Mephisto has got everything dead on so far.

1. internet connection. I’ve only played poker in manila so I can’t vouch for intenet elsewhere. However the hotels I’ve stayed in manila have all had very solid internet connections. blackouts very occasionally happen here but its normally just a min or to.

Elsewhere I’m sure cebu cities internet will be 100% ok.

In the more remote places, blackouts can occur frequently depending on how remote you are and I doubt the internet is stable. I think the only way is to go there and use the net for a day or so to check its reliability. Most of the visayas province capitals the internet should be fine.

The idea of living on some island playing poker for money does sound great. Does anyone know about satallite connections which you can take anywhere that provide a reliable connection?

2. my schedule

My online playing schedule varies. as an mtt pro the best time for me to start tourneys is at 1am through to 1pm. So I normally switch from working nights to working mornings. The Sunday mtts are great so by Sunday I’ve normally hit the night shift. My girlfriend also does different shift work so I try to rotate my bodyclock along with her working hours.

I could play off peak but theres probably only 10% of $100fo+ - $20rebuy+ in those hours available so it really hurts my $ per hour especially as I’m a high volume player (20-30 tourneys a session).

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cebu. I hated cebu city, but I was staying in a [censored] part, I also had trouble getting money off the net at that point so I was skint. As soon as my money came through I got the fook out and went to another island. The rest of the island probably has some good spots to stay but idk.

I found people weren’t so friendly down there.

I played a bit of poker in cebu but I think the highest game is $1/2 nl, and $20 rebuys tourneys or something.

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I didn’t make the airport casino (the biggest one), I ended up going down the regular place thinking it was a $400 tourney, but was a $20 1 rebuy 1 addon super satalitte for the appt. so I played with the intention of playing the other $400 tourney at the airport when I busted, but I came 2nd so I missed the airport casino tourney. I might go down there this Saturday if I do I’ll let u know more on the games. And yes I’m pretty sure its $10/20nl in the evenings as the highest game.


One thing to note tho, the Philippines is not Thailand. It takes some adjusting to compared to other places in asia. If you want to get something done it takes some time here and there are a few annoyances, but the people and the scenary make up for all that by far.

I’m happy here and am not looking forward to leaving, gonna miss my gf and the place…

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