Casinos in Taiwan

[jeffseib]

I may be moving to Taiwan in the near future and would like to play live poker. Does anyone know whether or not poker is legal or not? And if there are any card rooms there.
Thanks

[playersare]

no (legal) gambling in taiwan. it is a very tame society over there.

only legal game in Hong Kong and Japan is horse racing.

there are casinos in Macau, South Korea and the Phillippines. I don't think they spread poker there, however.

you might be able to play this game for money:
http://home1.gte.net/res1bup4/chess_intro.htm

[jeffseib]

Thanks for the advice. I don't know how exciting playing Chinese Chess for money would be [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[csuf_gambler]

hey im taiwanese.

why you moving there?

gambling is illegal is taiwan. but you will be able to find LOTS to underground type sh1t and a lot of home games and stuff.

taiwanese play alot of poker but no hold'em. you should learn 13(literally translated means 13 cards) also called chinese poker. you should also learn this game that goes by a few different names big dick/big 2/13(don't get it confused, its a different game) literally translated the game is called "big old 2". and theres also this game which plays like hold'em but just a litte different, literally translated it means "all in".

i also suggest you watch the movie(s) "god of gamblers". its a classic. poker is pretty big over there.

theres casinos in macau which is just off the coast of taiwan. you might be able to find some poker action over there.

[jerome baker]

csuf_gambler, do you play mahjong?

let me know if you need another person (16 cards).

btw, i wanna play low stakes and i dont know how to count points.
im over here by rowland.

jerome baker

[csuf_gambler]

lol nah. i don't play but my parents do, everyday.

[jeffseib]

I lived in Taiwan 25 years ago and really loved it. My wife is getting tired of living in the States and wants to move back on a half-time basis. We have enough to retire there and I know that I can play lots of Table-tennis (my other big interest), but I wanted to make sure that I will be able to play poker as well.

Thanks for the info.