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10-07-2007, 05:11 AM
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Thrilla in Manila
So where do you go when you want to play a lot of live poker and don't live in Vegas?
If you are bankrolled like a Rockefeller or can borrow as much money as the US government then of course you just jump on a plane to Vegas, Monaco or Amsterdam and have a blast. Of course in Europe, you're probably going to spend all your money on hotels, expensive drinks and rude service. Now, if you're not a poker millionaire, but enjoy a good game of "real" poker as opposed to the bore that is online, and you feel in the mood for some adventure and excitment in your vacation, then there might be a spot for you in the Far East city of Manila! Manila, as you sure know, is the capital of the Phillipines, a number of towns grown together to create a hyper-metropolis of 15 million citizens. As it happened, i found myself the last tre weeks in this crazy city, far in all meaning of the word, from the familiar experience of Thailand, Malaysia or even China. Manila is not your home town, but don't despair, the city will grow on you as it did on me and many others! Ok, you say, why should i travel across the globe to play poker in a thirld world country? The answer: Why shouldn't you? Anything you wish for you can find in Manila or around it. Do you enjoy spending the days at one of the finest beaches in the world, with a cool San Mig beer in your hand? Then the island of Boracay is just one hour and 30$ away by plane! Are you more inclined to urban exploration? How about underground [censored] fighting, shady shooting ranges with all imaginable guns or a visit to the shanty-town of Tondo. You might want to bring a bodyguard for the latter though! You just want to get party, get drunk, get friendly with the local females? That too, maybe especially so, can be had in Manila. There's countless of bars in Manila. Hip places, back alley water holes, KTV's (that's a "hostess" bar for the not so knowing), Go-go Bars galore. If you want to do nothing else than satisfy your earthly desires, the (in)famous city of Angeles is a busride away. So with that settled, where do you play poker in Manila? There's pokerrooms all about town, but you probably shouldnt drop into one of the local ones even if can find them. The main venue to play is at the Pagcor Airport Casino, which host the largest and most games in the city. There's daily and weekly tournaments ranging from rebuys of 300 Peso to freezeout tourneys with buyins of 30.000 Peso, sometimes even more. Cash games are plenty going as low as 10/20 peso, thats somthing like 0.15/0.3 $ and all the way up to real high stakes. The service here is great and the waitresses are pleasing both to talk to and look at! There's an atmosphere of fun and banter in this pokerroom, and the level of play is loose as this is a casino that attracts gamblers as well as poker players. The other venue in Manila is the Metro Card Room located at the Metrowalk Entertainment Complex. Go there a friday night to party with the young crowd of Manila. The poker room itself has a distinct poker room feel! Unlike the Airport Casino poker is the only game played here. There's a weekly 75.000 Peso Guaranteed tournament each wednesday and even a freeroll of 20.000 Peso each Tuesday. Cash game players need not to worry as there are games in the same limits as the Airport Casino every night. The overall feeling is a lot more personal, with many more regulars and the crew and waitresses seem to greet you as a long lost friend each time you enter. Overall thoughm, the games are tougher, and you might be the only westener there, any given night. There's a bar upstairs if you need refrehments. When you go to the Phillipines you will be surprised at how much your money will get you. All of the activities i mentioned above are well within reach of even a tight budget, and if you get lucky at the tables, thats just a bonus! If you would like to know more about Manila i suggest you PM me for my website. website edited out by *TT* See you at the tables! |
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10-07-2007, 11:37 AM
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Re: Thrilla in Manila
2 of my friends went to the phillipines and said it was the greatest time they have ever had, and was EXTREMLY cheap, now that i know they have poker, i may give it a try. What stakes do they have that is equal to a 2-5 or 5-10 nl USD?
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10-07-2007, 04:41 PM
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Re: Thrilla in Manila
Would you please explain detailed poker table situation in Manila, as follows? Game stake, average number of tables, etc
************************************************** ***** # of tables and stake and rake amount Whenever we fly, we look for a new place to bet. For your possible future travel, this list, collected by many 2+2 participants in many different states, can be copied by whoever contribute to this list. Any update can be reported to 2+2 open posting for common share by 2+2ers. 1. average number of tables at 9PM for last seven days. Obviously, more in weekend and less in weekdays. 2. buyin and stake 3.SB&BB 4.Limit or No-Limit 5. pot rake(preflop+postflop+jackpotdrop) or hourly time charge *)Names of cardrooms (#of poker tables, employees) are ordered from west to east coast. *)Only mid-limit games are listed, such as no-limit NLHE$200 or higher and limit LHE $5/$10 or higher. For lower limit than that, it may not be worth to play after the huge accumulated rake amount. *)'$600<buy' implies 'Initial byuins can be at least $600 or $600'. *) '($2/$5)' implies 'small blind $2 and big blind $5'. *)'$8/HH' implies '$8 mandatory collection per every half hour'. *)'NFND' implies 'No flop, no drop'. Otherwise, $1 drop at preflop dealt. Commerce(160, 2400) commercecasino.com $1 increase from January 2007 (323)721-2100 x635 5 tables of $9/$18 LHE, no free meal 5 tables of $20/$40 LHE $1+$4, free meal 4 tables of $40/$80 LHE $1+$4, free meal 8 tables of $200buy ($3/$5) NLHE $1+$3+$1, no free meal, rebuy up to $300 10 tables of $400buy ($5/$10) NLHE $1+$4+$1, free meal, rebuy up to $600 3 tables of ($600<buy) ($10/$20) NLHE $9 per HH, free meal Bicycle(110, 1700) thebicyclecasino.com (562)806-4646 x545 2 tables of $100buy ($2/$3) NLHE $4+$1, NFND, no free meal 3 tables of $200buy ($3/$5) NLHE $4+$1, NFND, free meal 2 tables of $300<buy<$500 ($5/$5) NLHE $4+$1, NFND, free meal 3 tables of $500<buy ($5/$10) NLHE $4+$1, NFND, free meal Hollywood Park(108) playhpc.com (310)330-2841 (800)888-HWP 5 tables of $100buy ($2/$3) NLHE $4+$1, NFND, no free meal 3 tables of $200buy ($3/$5) NLHE $4+$1, NFND, no free meal 3 tables of $400buy ($5/$10) NLHE $4+$1, NFND, no free meal Hawaiian Garden Hustler Phoenix, AZ NLHE prohibited by state law Venetian venetian.com 2 tables of $100<buy<$1000 ($2/$5) NLHE $1 at $10/$20/$50/$90 (up to $4) 1 tables of $800buy ($10/$20) NLHE $7/HH Bellagio bellagio.com $200-$500 ($2/$5) NLHE 10% upto$4 $800buy ($10/$20) NLHE $7/HH $500buy ($30/$60) NLHE $6/HH $800buy ($40/$80) NLHE $7/HH $1000buy ($60/$120) NLHE $7/HH Mirage Bay 101 bay101.com and Garden City gardencitycasino.com in San Jose, CA $1 + flat $3 Canterbury Park canterburypark.com/cardclub.aspx 10% up to $5 + $1 jackpot drop as high as Commerce NLHE prohibited by state law Milwaukee $4, No jackpot system Turning Stone turning-stone.com 10% up to $4 Foxwoods(100+ tables) foxwoods.com (203)885-3177 x5374 (800)48POKER 12 tables of (buy<$300) $1/$2 NLHE, $5/HH, no free meal Cheap!!! 6 tables of (buy<$500) $2/$5 NLHE, no free meal ??? of $10/$20 LHE, $0(preflop) + $2(flop) +$1(pot>$80) + $1(pot>$160), NFND 1 table of $40/$80 LHE Mohegan Sun mohegansun.com (888)226-7711 Borgata theborgata.com 15 tables of $300buy ($1/$2) NLHE, 10% up to $4, no free meal Cheap!!! 9 tables of $500buy ($2/$5) NLHE, $5/HH, no free meal Cheap!!! ??? of $1500buy ($5/$10) NLHE, $6/HH. no free meal 6 tables of $10/$20 LHE and 5 tables of $20/$40 LHE and 2 tables of $40/$80 LHE TajMahal (65+ tables) trumptaj.com (609)449-1000 x4746 2 tables of ($500<buy<$3K) $5/$10 NLHE, no free meal 3 tables of $10/$20 LHE, no free meal 3 tables of $20/$40 LHE, no free meal Trop tropicana.net (800)257-6227 Hard Rock in Tampa hardrockhotelcasinotampa.com ??? of ($2/$5) NLHE Kennel Club(22 tables) in Daytona jckcpokerroom.com (850)997-2561 Noon to Midnight, Closed on Sunday 1/2NLHE main game 4 tables of ($2/$5) NLHE, insane game Brighton Seminole seminolecasinobrighton.com 10% up to $5 + $1 jackpot Immokalee Seminole theseminolecasino.com LHE - 10% up to $5 + $1 jackpot drop. NLHE - 10% up to $6 + $1 jackpot drop. Vancouver Edgewater (15) edgewatercasino.ca (604)408-4060 cheaper than riverrock ($100<buy<$200) $1/$2 NLHE $3+$1(jackpot) ($200<buy<$1000) $2/$5 NLHE $3+$1(jackpot) Vancouver River Rock (30) riverrock.com (604)247-8983 close to airport, call to reserve the seat an hour before arrival ($40<buy<$200) $1/$2 NLHE, 10% up to $5 + $1 jackpot ($200<buy<$1000) $2/$5 NLHE, 10% up to $5 + $1 jackpot Aviation Club de France Paris EnglishSite €100buy (€2/€4) NLHE €4 for pot=€50 and €6 for pot>€100, plus jackpot drop €250buy (€5/€5) NLHE €10/HH, plus jackpot drop €500buy (€5/€10) NLHE €15/HH, without jackpot drop €200buy €10/€20 LHE €10/HH, plus jackpot drop €400buy €30/€60 LHE €15/HH, without jackpot drop SkyCity casino, Auckland NewZealand skycity.co.nz ($=NZ$) 5 tables of $200 buy ($2/$5) NLHE 10% up to $15 highest rake in the world !? Airport casino, Manila Phillipines p=Php=Phillipines Peso 6 tables of 100p/200p and 200p/400p Macau , Cambodia, Malaysia, Korea - open soon |
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10-07-2007, 05:06 PM
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Re: Thrilla in Manila
Do they have limit games there?, cuz my neighbor goes to school there, she's not filipina , she's african american who got tired of waiting for a Nursing school to open up here in US, so she's studying Nursing over there and we would like to visit here and play poker there too but were Limit players.
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10-08-2007, 01:51 AM
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Re: Thrilla in Manila
Ok, a little more info and a few links that im sure will get censored out (I hope not).
As to the games, NL holdem is the name of the game. I tried to start up a Omaha game every night but was not succesfull. They play Omaha and FL occasionally though. They have all sort of limits to play (Metro Card Club): Regular Cash Games 10/20, 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 500/1000 and higher on request. I dont have the excact rake structure and such, cause as i wrote, i play for the fun experience as much as for the winnings. Everything is REALLY cheap however. I think if you are interested you should definately go and would have a very good time. As my link to a website with info was edited (not even mine)! Do a search for MortenHS on LonelyPlanet Thorn Tree forums for the same website or follow this link: Just get yourself out of the chair and go, it will be a great experience! |
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