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Poker in South Korea

 
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BDups



Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Jisan, Daegu
PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:36 am    Post subject: Poker in South Korea Reply with quote
Hey Folks, I plan on heading over to Korea in early 2006 and am curious about the gambling laws. I play online poker here in Canada, but I am unsure whether I wil be able to keep this addiction going while in SOko. Also as far as casino's go...are there any?

Any info on this matter would help, though I don't think I wil base my decison to go or not on this question!

Thanks
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Cohiba



Joined: 01 Feb 2005
PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:11 pm    Post subject: Casinos Reply with quote
Yeah, there are casinos everywhere in Korea. For foreigners
only. NO Koreans allowed. They are dull, depressing places
with drunk Japs spending huge piles of coin.

Best thing to do is get some friends around and play with them.
We had a game on Saturday. We played at the "Three Alley"
pub in Itaewon.
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I play on-line poker all the time...no problem...

Also there are informal games on a lot
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sportsguy35



Joined: 27 Apr 2005
PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow, poker would be great with some real faces! If there are any games going on around the Seoul area, PM me.
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joe_doufu



Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Poke 'er? Who?
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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:07 am    Post subject: Re: Casinos Reply with quote
Cohiba wrote:
Yeah, there are casinos everywhere in Korea. For foreigners
only. NO Koreans allowed. They are dull, depressing places
with drunk Japs spending huge piles of coin.

I used to know one of those old gents at Sheraton Walkerhill. Every summer, always blackjack, always the same two tables, same scotch, same betting style. A real fixture. Once saw him playing at the 10,000 won minimum table (instead of his usual seat at the 100,000 won) and I asked if Lady Luck had been cruel. Ha!! He'd won 50 million won that weekend and just felt like changing gears.

The biggest regulars aren't the Japanese. They're the reptilian-skinned, Gucci-bag-clutching, long thin cigarette-chainsmoking, 50~60 yr old (jae-mi and jae-kanada) gyopo ajummas, like "Teri Ajumma" and... "Gloria (?) Ajumma". All the dealers know them. Go there three times a year or three times a week, and I guarantee you'll see them. They're institutions. What a life. Sad
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chest rockwell



Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Sanbon
PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I checked out the sheraton walker-hill on the Saturday night and yeah, most depressing casino Ive ever been in. No wooping allowed if you win and everythings so serious. I was at Carribbean stud (the 3 card table) and some dude got a royal flush and started wooping, like you would. And what did the cunt casino do but cut the whole table off and give this guy a stern talking to!!!! wtf?!?!?!!
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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, be quiet, no smiling and stop having fun, dammit! Mad This here's Seoul, South Korea, not Macau or Las Vegas or Monte Carlo or ...
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ForceOne



Joined: 25 Aug 2005
PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
As for playing online, I've heard of people getting busted for playing online- mostly koreans though-I would reccommend setting up all your accounts before you come.
There are regular games in Seoul-anywhere from friendly games to relatively high stakes-win or lose a couple million in a night-there should be some mid-stakes games in early September...
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babtangee



Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Where are these games; I want in (NOT the 2 million upward games, mind you Confused )
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