This is how Poker is done in Hong Kong. Rent a room in a Mahjong parlor (which is legal in HK), which offers poker chips ("chou ma"), cards, and dinner for additional fees. Note the fat size of the HK Do-sun chips. Unfortunately, they do not offer the plastic bricks worth $100 mn each, which you see in Do-sun. Also disappointing was not seeing any fights where mahjong tables are flipped, or gangsters with watermelon knives "chop" people.
It was also interesting that many people fold-out when they don't have to (on a check), just to prevent opponents from seeing their cards.
Some key poker words in Canto:
Fold=Tseep
Fold=Tseep
All In=Sai Lang
Put you all in=Sai le lang
Put you and your #@$! family all in=Sai le tong le gou pok gai hum ga cham
Do you have the balls to X? Do you have enough courage=Lai gou mm gou geurng?Scared=Luuuut
Pics of the poker room:
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Hi, I'm from SIngapore, currently doing some research on HK. I'm interested in finding out more about mahjong as a leisure activity. As you've mentioned, there are some legal mahjong parlours in HK. Where can I get a list of these mahjong parlours? Can you, or anyone you know, provide me with more info on mahjong as a popular leisure activity among the locals?
I'd love to hear from you, my email is geraldinephua@ochrepictures.com, hope you can answer some of my queries. Thanks!
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