Poker In Macau

[isocleas2]

Any updates? I fly to Macau tomorrow and am still holding out hope either Sands or Wynn will have some Holdem tables going.

I'll give my report next week regardless.

[isocleas2]

Edit: double post, [censored] internet cafe

[two0crew]

They dont have Hold'em.. sorry man..

I've been in HK for a few months and out to Macau twice. My roomate's cousin is head of table games at Wynn and there's still no demand for Hold'em..

[isocleas2]

That sucks.

Any Holdem action in HK or mainland China? I'll be in the area for a month.

[CEE]

This is a really funny thread. I travel to China 3 or 4 times per year. Love the country, the people, the food... but I will say... standing in line is completely different protocol there... the person behind you will get up on you! and if you don't close that gap in front of you, they will suck it up in an instant. The culture has no tolerance for extra space, or wasted time, in any context.

Bummed to read that a side trip to Macau will not involve poker. But I do enjoy Pai-Gow Poker, can I get confirmation that this game is available? Or just baccarat?

Please advise.

[Bond18]

I've been living in Shanghai for 5 months now, and i think whats being talked about in this thread is sort of half correct.

The Chinese, on a personal level, are very kind and polite.

However, on the day to day impersonal level, trying to get somewhere, waiting in line, anyone you interact with that you don't know, yes they are as a whole considerably more rude than you'd be used to in the States.

There are areas full of rich people, but then there are tons of areas full of the poor/styleless, mostly because they just don't have the money.

Its more economic than cultural.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

is mah jong a skill game. what stakes? are there pros? do you have to speak chinese?

[Zeestein]

mah jong is definitely a skill game, but you might get in 10 "games" per hour, and the stakes are basically never nosebleed since the game serves mostly as a social gathering point rather than a gambol/gambol event.

All the big whales just play huge table games, poker's not at all a part of traditional Chinese culture.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

what stakes do they play? thanks.

[Zeestein]

I've never heard of any game that was ever bigger than the equivalent of something like $USD 20/point, and that'd be considered close to nosebleed by most of the population, given average incomes.