Please be sure to post when you get back. Good luck an have a great time. Skip
Need Philippines information
- Thread starter Williebetmore
- Start date
Please be sure to post when you get back. Good luck an have a great time. Skip
TheThaiger
Banned
How many westerners play in Manila - are there loads everywhere, or just a few?
I agree on those advices given by those guys above on me specially on Jay, those are great info when you come here in my country. Good Luck and have a safe trip.
--Al
--Al
TheThaiger
Banned
Cheers.....
Willie
What Jay have explain is probably the best!!!! Well Jay has a special heart in Phil!!!!
Well if you wanted to played at Starbilliards, since your a foreinger, you dont need to register as explained by Sygfrid, you can just come and go to the place, well its open from 4pm till 2am in the morning. They have 45 poll tables and all free to use
Clothes, well just wear something comfortable, usually in the summer months its hot
Well you'll just be staying for 16 days, what are your plans just to play pool???? Every single day????
Oneside and Pan Pacific is where some of the pros stays, just be careful with some hustlers, they will play you for some $50 race to ? But be alert that there are times if they loss they wont pay you, this happen to a pool friend of ours from Spain, at time he was always beaten in pool and pays them, but one time he played so well that the guy never pays him just an adviced, some of them are sweet talkers
Well just pm me i can give my mobile number if you're all set to go with your friends, i will make time for you, like if you wanted to play at starbilliards, i can bring you guys the watch some pool actions in different pool halls
Malate is a good place to stay, my advice
Well looking forward to see you Willie
What Jay have explain is probably the best!!!! Well Jay has a special heart in Phil!!!!
Well if you wanted to played at Starbilliards, since your a foreinger, you dont need to register as explained by Sygfrid, you can just come and go to the place, well its open from 4pm till 2am in the morning. They have 45 poll tables and all free to use
Clothes, well just wear something comfortable, usually in the summer months its hot
Well you'll just be staying for 16 days, what are your plans just to play pool???? Every single day????
Oneside and Pan Pacific is where some of the pros stays, just be careful with some hustlers, they will play you for some $50 race to ? But be alert that there are times if they loss they wont pay you, this happen to a pool friend of ours from Spain, at time he was always beaten in pool and pays them, but one time he played so well that the guy never pays him just an adviced, some of them are sweet talkers
Well just pm me i can give my mobile number if you're all set to go with your friends, i will make time for you, like if you wanted to play at starbilliards, i can bring you guys the watch some pool actions in different pool halls
Malate is a good place to stay, my advice
Well looking forward to see you Willie
Thanks so much for the offer. With the weather recommendations, I am now definitely thinking about October/November of 2012. One of my friends is a professional player who may have some exhibitions/competitions scheduled; and I will try to work around that schedule if possible.
I will post on AZB a few months before I go; I hope we do have the opportunity to meet and play.
JH,
Thanks for all of the great advice. Looking at the weather recommendations, I am now thinking October/November 2012 is going to be the time to go. One of my professional friends is desperately wanting to accompany us for some of the trip; and she may have some exhibitions or competitions there - we will try to schedule around her.
How about I treat you to a dinner at Binions at this years DCC, and we can pick your brain about plans for the trip??
TheThaiger
Banned
How does playing for no money go down in PI? Are they generally up for friendly games? I hate gambling!
Thanks again; I hadn't even thought about those things.
I have been thinking about "going bare" with no watch, no cell phone, no computer; if the pro doesn't go with us, it will just be pool/matching up all day every day; one great meal a day, subsistence eating the rest of the time. Just need an adequate place to sleep (fancier if the pro goes with us).
I'm not sure about your question, but we are planning CONTINUOUS small stakes gambling - all the pros of my acquaintance feel this is a great way to improve my game at its current level.
I have been told that most places will have "matchmakers" who will set up fair games for you, rack the balls, keep score, hold the stakes, pay the table time, and distribute the money at the end of the match. Usually there is no "woofing" and cordiality is the rule of the day win or lose - very different from the U.S. I've been told (and I HOPE its true).
Sounds good to me. I am going in three weeks and will be working at the World Pool Masters (Sept. 3-5) and the World Cup of Pool (Sept. 6-11). The Predator Ten Ball follows these two as well, so September is a great month for pool in Manila. Many of the top players will be there. These events are typically held in the center courtyard of a major mall with bleacher seating erected to accommodate the crowds. Hundreds (if not thousands) more will line the balconies, stretching three and four levels high. Biggest audiences I've ever seen for pool. Or you can sit in the comfort of your hotel room and watch LIVE coverage on TV every day. Plus follow the action by reading the sports section of one of the various English language newspapers. Pool is a big deal in the Philippines! And the top pros are celebrities over there.
In most of the small rooms around Manila, you will see few, if any, Westerners playing pool. You can get action (I have) in almost any of these rooms, but it will likely be for small stakes ($2-10 a game). In the larger rooms (One Side and Pan Pacific) where the good players hang out, you can play for as little or as much as you want. It is wise to put up the money beforehand if you are betting more than a couple of dollars. I did have one experience playing Bank Pool for 1,000p ($22) a game where I had some difficulty getting paid. Pay after every game is a Cardinal rule over there.
In the small rooms they will generally only play Rotation (a great game by the way, with their own special rules), or maybe Eight Ball. There are fairly good sized rooms all over Metro Manila, and I haven't scratched the surface yet. I wish I had started going there 25-30 years ago when I was a serious pool player. I probably would have never left.
