Le Topic in English

[Le Cashew]

Hello guys,

Let's start with a little presentation. I'm french, 23 years old and playing poker for a living for a couple of years now. I lived in Nice, Paris and Malta before, and studied 1 year in Helsinki also for my Erasmus.
I enjoy travelling as i play poker and don't need to be in a special place. Luckily, my girlfriend is also working online, so she can move with me also :)

Long story short, Here were are in Tallinn for at least 6 months. We arrived on Thursday, and got our appartment on Suur-Ameerika.
I talked with Ranka over the last month or so, he was really nice & helpful with me, so i figured it would be nice to create a topic here where we can share valuable informations for people maybe wanting to move for a few time in Tallinn.

I'm now trying to transfer my Pokerstars account to Pokerstars.ee, but i'm in trouble verifying the account since i obviously don't have your high-tech Estonian ID :D Will see what support says!

I'm obviously OK if some of you wanna go for a few drinks/meeting in the city, would be nice to meet locals!

See you,

[hotcocacola]

Wow.

GL and keep posting!


btw, what games do you play? what limits?

[Rage]

GL in games.. see you on tables 'raisk' ;-)

[$$$]

Le soleil brille et les oiseaux chante.

[valustyng]

gl with poker and i hope you enjoy estonia:)

[Madis Very]

Wow cool,

good luck dude

[Oliverk]

Hello guys,



I'm now trying to transfer my Pokerstars account to Pokerstars.ee, but i'm in trouble verifying the account since i obviously don't have your high-tech Estonian ID :D Will see what support says!



IMHO you don't need to transfer your account because only estonians needed the transfer. If your nationality is different then you can play from .com client.

[Pahvak]

And I wonder what happens if you do transfer it and then move from Estonia?

[Rage]

Well, if you are situated in Estonia, you have to use .ee client, just you have to send copy of your ID or driver license or smthing to the support.

[Char]

IMHO you don't need to transfer your account because only estonians needed the transfer. If your nationality is different then you can play from .com client.

the nationality doesn't matter. the laws of the country you are in , apply.

[muruntau]

Sois le bienvenu, notre petit poisson!

[alaska]

Vetakaa käteen!

[Cash87]

Tell us more about yourself.

Hope you will have great time in Tallinn.

[ranka]

hehe, you surprised me again :) good luck.

[Le Cashew]

Hey,

Thanks for your messages :)

I play mainly MTT's and SNG's, low and midstakes. My GF was finishing her studies the last couple of years so i had to cashout pretty much everything i won to cover expenses/living costs :) And low-midstakes MTT's/SNG's have a pretty good ROI.
I usually 16-22 Table with 4.40 180 players and MTT's (that's my "regular speed" sessions), and 180men/45men Turbo SNG's for my turbo sessions :D

My stats for the year so far :

Cashewouten 11,528 $3 $6 35% $37,330 Super Tilt N/A PokerStars Year2010

Biggest wins were a chop Heads-up for $15K in the 55$ Daily Ninety grand and the win without deal of the $5+R 50K for 6,9K.
After mainly scores under $2K and SNG grind :)

For my background, i've been studying in a Business School in France (where i did my 3rd year abroad, in Finland), and i've been playing poker since the end of that :) I love the freedom and liberty that goes with playing poker for a living, and i'm too young yet to set up in a regular job routine i think!

I'm also doing some coaching videos, but it's in French. If some of you wanna check it's on www.bestkicker.com / Screenname here = AnthoBB.

Thanks again for your kind words, i'm amazed so far at how nice are the Estonian people i'm meeting. Definitely a fresh change from Paris :D

[Le Cashew]

hehe, you surprised me again :) good luck.

Haha, didn't knew i already surprised you that much :biggrin:

[low-flow]

Good luck at the tables and enjoy staying in Estonia. The winter will probably be a lot colder than in France, so dress wisely. :)

[oitarvi]

Hello. What are you doing in Estonia? :)

[inward]

I hope you'll have a great time in Estonia. Not only in Tallinn, since there are lot of other fun and interesting places as well. Good luck in poker and don't forget to try Estonian beer and women :heart::biggrin:


See you at the club dude. :)

[Le Cashew]

Anyone knows a good store where i can buy computer parts such as Memory ?

I need to boost the memory of my laptop (need a 2gb DDR2-667 200-Pinn)

Only shop i found so far is far away : http://www.atf.ee/computer_components/ram/kingston_sodimm_ddr2_pc5400_667mhz_1gb_nonecc_cl5/

If you have something which is closer to the center it would be great

[Kotkas1000]

http://www.ordi.ee/EPood/BrowseDocuments.aspx?DocID=43


This one is quite solid computerstore in estonia.

[rasmer]

http://arvutikeskus.ee is also a very good company.

[Le Cashew]

Thanks guys, but they didn't had the one memory i was looking for. Had to go to Oistmäe (Sorry i don't know how to make the special O :D)

Was pretty strange place :D Big buildings of houses everywhere like the suburbs in France, and then the shop in the middle of this, in a regular building on the second floor, with very little information outside. It was really like it was a drug dealer in a middle of the suburbs :D But the shop had what i wanted, and it was pretty easy to go there by bus so everything is OK :)

Looks like it's gonna take a while for Pokerstars to solve my problem, i hope it will be fast cause i need to grind soon now that i have a good setup.
I think it's the first time they're faced to this problem on Pokerstars.ee, being a foreigner and not having an Estonian ID for the Verification process must not happen a lot here !

And this morning it was snowing a little, so i'm happy!

[ESTPatrick]

Hello guys,

Let's start with a little presentation. I'm french, 23 years old and playing poker for a living for a couple of years now. I lived in Nice, Paris and Malta before, and studied 1 year in Helsinki also for my Erasmus.
I enjoy travelling as i play poker and don't need to be in a special place. Luckily, my girlfriend is also working online, so she can move with me also :)

Long story short, Here were are in Tallinn for at least 6 months. We arrived on Thursday, and got our appartment on Suur-Ameerika.
I talked with Ranka over the last month or so, he was really nice & helpful with me, so i figured it would be nice to create a topic here where we can share valuable informations for people maybe wanting to move for a few time in Tallinn.

I'm now trying to transfer my Pokerstars account to Pokerstars.ee, but i'm in trouble verifying the account since i obviously don't have your high-tech Estonian ID :D Will see what support says!

I'm obviously OK if some of you wanna go for a few drinks/meeting in the city, would be nice to meet locals!

See you,

like today? im bored, tought about goint to Live cashgame today, interested?

PS: ask from ranka my cell or msn, when interested. im also up to take on some beers at a bar somewhere close to viru keskus, as i am nearby

[Le Cashew]

Arg saw that a little late sorry.
Let's meet tomorrow or something, i'll ask your msn from Ranka!

[Rage]

And this morning it was snowing a little, so i'm happy!mhm.. you are into some kind of winter activities? Snowboarding or smthing like that?

[ranka]

like today? im bored, tought about goint to Live cashgame today, interested?

PS: ask from ranka my cell or msn, when interested. im also up to take on some beers at a bar somewhere close to viru keskus, as i am nearby

done

[MeelisV]

Looks like it's gonna take a while for Pokerstars to solve my problem, i hope it will be fast cause i need to grind soon now that i have a good setup.
I think it's the first time they're faced to this problem on Pokerstars.ee, being a foreigner and not having an Estonian ID for the Verification process must not happen a lot here !


I didnt had a ID card either, so I sent them a copy of my driving licence and they vertified me right away. But I guess, its a bit more complicated for foreign ppl.

[Le Cashew]

mhm.. you are into some kind of winter activities? Snowboarding or smthing like that?

I do a lot of skiing when i'm in France, but i think it'll be pretty difficult here considering there is no mountain :biggrin:

But i don't know, i just like the snow. I come from Nice (South of France) and it's pretty much never snowing there, so i guess that should play.

Nice to know that they can activate an account even without the digital ID, i really hope i'll be able to grind back on stars soon, can't stand Full Tilt.

[flipmachine]

I do a lot of skiing when i'm in France, but i think it'll be pretty difficult here considering there is no mountain :biggrin:

But i don't know, i just like the snow. I come from Nice (South of France) and it's pretty much never snowing there, so i guess that should play.

Nice to know that they can activate an account even without the digital ID, i really hope i'll be able to grind back on stars soon, can't stand Full Tilt.

cross-country skiing all the way :biggrin:

[Le Cashew]

Updates from PS :


Hello Anthony,

Thank you for getting back to us.

We are sincerely sorry for the inconveniences. We have requested an urgent
action for the matter and unfortunately it is not possible to speed up the
process at this stage.

We understand your situation and do our best to get it solved as soon as
possible. I am sending a new follow-up email to request a status of this
situation. Further documents are not needed at this stage.

Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

Regards,

Tarvi
PokerStars Support Team

:( :(

Don't really understand what they have to do to validate my account. Maybe have my ID validated by a local authority ? (like gambling authority or police/whatever) ?
If it has to be authentified by French authority, i'm fucked, it will take 125 months considering how slow they are in administrations.

[Helmps]

No, I believe it has nothing to do with french authority. I guess u will be able to play again soon. Btw, nice topic u have here :)
Oh, and I have been @ Nice. Great there :P

[Le Cashew]

Yeeeah! Got my PS account back on Thursday night.
First 2 sessions didn't went very well, but that's good to be back on the grind :)

If someone is up for pre-party tonight at my place then go out, shout me a PM or ask Ranka my Skype/Msn, would be a pleasure to meet some of you!

[atsetoon]

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i´m Tõnis btw :D

and fix your keyboard

[hotcocacola]

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i´m Tõnis btw :D

and fix your keyboard

talking about keyboard...

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vqV0F0Mirsk

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[Le Cashew]

here is some õ´s for u õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ õõõ


i´m Tõnis btw :D

and fix your keyboard

Haha :D

Very hard today but was a good night yesterday :biggrin:
But damn, Estonians do drink a lot. :p

[hotcocacola]

i think drinking estonians are Estionan Nokia, lol

[$$$]

i think drinking estonians are Estionan Nokia, lol

facepalm.jpg

[hotcocacola]

facepalmi ennast

[inward]

i think drinking estonians are Estionan Nokia, lol


Really bad joke if it is....
You seriously think that ? :confused:.

[hotcocacola]

te olete nagu emod, lol

[$$$]

ei sa oled lihtsalt natuke totu :) .

[Le Cashew]

"Le Topic in English"

Ban imo :p

Why is it such a bad joke ?

[qbj0hn]

Why is it such a bad joke ?

Maybe because it's not something to be proud of..

[Helmps]

Maybe because it's not something to be proud of..


...until you are under 18 years old or retarded.
Yeah I don't understand these people who are proud of their "drinking abilities" or whatever.
Alcohol is for smart people

[Le Cashew]

Yeah obviously that it's not something to be proud of, but i don't think it's something to be ashamed either or a "taboo" subject on which you can't joke.

I mean i can make a lot of jokes on french people even if i am French.

Well anyway :D

On another topic, what is your top3 things i need to see in Estonia, and why ?
Would be cool to start a list of all the places i wanna go :)

[Rage]

Kiviõli tuhamäed (ash hills of the Kiviõli): http://www.visitestonia.com/en/holiday-destinations/landscapes/hills
http://www.ida-virumaa.ee/index.php?section=0&sub=1&tab=blocks/attractions.php&mode=8&lang=eng
http://uudised.err.ee/failid/217387_01.jpg

Naissaar:
http://www.visitestonia.com/en/naissaar-museum
with museum you should ask for tour on the island, there are many buildings from soviet union times and big artillery battery... loads of disarmed sea-mines and so on..

and something beautiful - bog walks:
http://www.360.ee/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10:bog-walks&Itemid=11

[ranka]

te olete nagu emod, lol


ei sa oled lihtsalt natuke totu :) .

In this blog, only english please.


Kiviõli tuhamäed (ash hills of the Kiviõli): http://www.visitestonia.com/en/holiday-destinations/landscapes/hills
http://www.ida-virumaa.ee/index.php?section=0&sub=1&tab=blocks/attractions.php&mode=8&lang=eng
http://uudised.err.ee/failid/217387_01.jpg

Naissaar:
http://www.visitestonia.com/en/naissaar-museum
with museum you should ask for tour on the island, there are many buildings from soviet union times and big artillery battery... loads of disarmed sea-mines and so on..

and something beautiful - bog walks:
http://www.360.ee/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10:bog-walks&Itemid=11

Also ash hill of rummu is nice but little bit creepy place.

[$$$]

On another topic, what is your top3 things i need to see in Estonia, and why ?
Would be cool to start a list of all the places i wanna go :)

http://www.viinarannasta.ee/images-shop/1234873353-lauaviin50.jpg
http://www.viinarannasta.ee/images-shop/1234873353-lauaviin50.jpg
http://www.viinarannasta.ee/images-shop/1234873353-lauaviin50.jpg

GL :) .

[pwndre]

a place called VILJANDI

[soouni]

a place called VILJANDI

+5 Its my home town, very beautiful city and lots of sighseeing.

[nikitheone]

viljandi folk music festival

levist väljas

zavood

[Le Cashew]

Thanks guys for your proposals, all noted :)

Rofl@Laua Viin, was joking about that with Ranka the other day :P Used to drink that when i was a broke Erasmus Student in Finland :D

[Helmps]

One place u should go is NARVA town!
No estonian language at all, u feel like u are in Russia (not that cares you :D).
But Narva Castle is great.

[hotcocacola]

Tartu: Club Maasikas
Pärnu: In summer, u must visit Estonian biggest and hottest beach

[raunsz]

South-Estonia - beauty nature.

[soouni]

Maybe someday guys will organize again homegame at Kamikaze pub then you may take part of it and get know some of the guys better.

[IamAllin]

One place u should go is NARVA town!
No estonian language at all, u feel like u are in Russia (not that cares you :D).
But Narva Castle is great.

Going to Narva is like entering the Danger Zone :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKTIF7S1_GY

[oitarvi]

Going to Narva is like entering the Danger Zone :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKTIF7S1_GY

Wrong song, baby
cRO8nfkySBA

[rahvavaenlane]

Türi - nice village, nothing to watch

[TaistoJ]

Some places where you sould go/shouldn't go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1M-7_GhfD4

Ma ei oska youtube videot otse siia mängima panna, keegi võiks pm'ida :redface:

[fyte]

Some places where you sould go/shouldn't go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1M-7_GhfD4

FYP

f1M-7_GhfD4

[MeelisV]

Tartu: Club Maasikas
Pärnu: In summer, u must visit Estonian biggest and hottest beach

Yeah, Pärnu beach is the best in this region (Balticks/Scandinavia). I can tell you everything about that. And I think Ranka knows about the beach as well. I spend there like 50 days in a year (no joke) :D Theres great sand, no wind usually, air/water temperature is always a few degrees warmer, than anywere else, sea goes deep slowly and the bottom of the sea is sand only and also nice new promenade.

[Le Cashew]

Many thanks guys for all the tips. Keep them coming if you have some other places. I'll make a recap-list soon :)

And lol@the vids, very good, don't recommend imo

[Rage]

Yeah, Pärnu beach is the best in this region (Balticks/Scandinavia).
I have born in Pärnu, but still I think Lithuanian beach Palanga is more like vacation on the beach with tourist attractions and so on.

[ranka]

Tartu:
http://f.elu24.ee/f/2007/10/04/5174t11hfdc4.jpg
http://f.elu24.ee/f/2007/10/04/5173t11h69a7.jpg
http://f.elu24.ee/f/2007/10/04/5171t11h8dd9.jpg

Narva:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/research/apps/news/photos/large/addiction.jpg
http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/images/heroin-addict.jpg

Pärnu:
http://s.ohtuleht.ee/multimedia/images/000108/e02bfc0c-adef-4f4f-ab3c-031a3f1df284.jpg
http://f.postimees.ee/f/2008/12/31/111626t40h1f86.jpg

:)

[atsetoon]

must add

http://www.seeklogo.com/images/W/Welcome_to_Estonia-logo-5E2F5F8A8E-seeklogo.com.gif

[variatsioon]

Tartu:
http://f.elu24.ee/f/2007/10/04/5174t11hfdc4.jpg
http://f.elu24.ee/f/2007/10/04/5173t11h69a7.jpg
http://f.elu24.ee/f/2007/10/04/5171t11h8dd9.jpg

Narva:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/research/apps/news/photos/large/addiction.jpg
http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/images/heroin-addict.jpg

Pärnu:
http://s.ohtuleht.ee/multimedia/images/000108/e02bfc0c-adef-4f4f-ab3c-031a3f1df284.jpg
http://f.postimees.ee/f/2008/12/31/111626t40h1f86.jpg

:)
im proud to be from Tartu :)

but narva:
http://www.mota.ru/upload/wallpapers/towns_363-preview.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Narva_castle_2008.JPG

and pärnu:
10xhttp://f.postimees.ee/f/2009/05/28/185303t9h6932.jpg

[nikitheone]

maybe some day u'll get this one also:
f1M-7_GhfD4

[Jennifer]

If you have been here long enough, you can start saying you are true Estonian. But first, here are some tips, so you would know, when you are turning into an Estonian! :)


You know someone who knows someone. As in the saying " Eesti on liiga väike."
If you always use AGA.
Afterlong flight from uk-frankfurt-tallinn (actually no matter is it frankfurt, london, riga, paris...) you see after derarture the map in the airport where is no cities marked, nothing, just one lake, fire in the centre of the country, deer, few ducks,a windmill and trees....and y...ou undestand- you are home! why should those cities have a large political or geographical maps? our one is better, there is just written where in North, E,W,S.
When visiting friends abroad you bring along a box of Kalev chocolate.
You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20% about washing.
You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company.
You declare your taxes on the internet like all modern people.
You actually believed for a while that Latvians had 6 toes per foot when you heard that as a child.
You spent at least one midsummer in Saaremaa, Hiiumaa or one of the smaller islands.
You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck.
Words like "veoauto", "täieõiguslik" or "jää-äär" sound perfectly pronouncable to you.
There can never be too much sarcasm.
You can at times drink hot tea to hot food
You have been to Finland.
You would agree that wife-carrying is a real sport (at least as long as Estonians are winning).
Your best friend's girlfriend is your English teacher's daughter and they live next door to your grandparents, who were colleagues with your advisor, who is friends with your...
You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic.
You look in both directions before crossing the road, even if it's a one-way street.
You put ketchup inside your pasta (french-cooked gourmet faire la fine manger pasta) in order to not to get the ketchup-bowl dirty.
When someone asks you "where is Estonia?" you quickly reply that it's located in Northern Europe close to Finland...
You have ever worn or seen anyone wear "karupüksid".
When someone says "Estonians are so beautiful" you answer almost without emotions "I know.
You don't think that terviSEKS is a funny word.
You know how to end the sentence "Kui Arno isaga koolimajja jõudis..."
For you it is totally normal to eat food gone sour (hapupiim, hapukurk, hapukapsas, hapukoor).
"Ühesõnaga" means that a really long explanation is coming.
It's been years since you've seen your paper passport and paper bus pass.
And weeks since you've seen cash money.
You feel that the University of Tartu is among the top 5 best/largest/oldest universities in the world, and if you've graduated from it, all paths in life are open for you.
Swimming in +18C water is a perfectly normal summer activity for you.
Walking down Viru street, you can accurately name all the cruise ships in Tallinn harbour on that day.
You know the names of all three black people living in Estonia.
You remember the 1-kroon bill and the 5-sent coin.
A person that speaks three languages isn't the slightest bit impressive.
You know what the EURIBOR rate is right now.
If it takes more than 10 minutes to drive somewhere within the city, you are mildly annoyed because it is too far.
Your doctor prescribes a visit to a tanning salon.
First-graders with mobile phones no longer surprise you.
Buildings taller than 20 floors are sightseeing items where you bring visitors.
When you hear "Kristina", you think of Shmigun, not Aguilera.
Every year you believe, deep in your heart, that Estonia will once again win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Potato to you is the same as rice to a Japanese.
You're proud that Ernst Hemingway wrote that you can find at least one Estonian in every harbour in the world.
Ten months of the year it is too dark to be up and two months it is too light to go to bed.
You know what or where "Valli baar" is but you would not try "Millimallikas" they serve twice, unless someone else pays for it.
You are too lazy to walk.. so instead you take the tram, the bus or the trolley-bus and if you do that without a ticket you know why people call you a bunny.
You know what a "läbu" is.
You also know that if there is going to be another Ice Age the Estonian people will more likely survive better than the South or Western Europeans.
And you like the global warming but you can't imagine a Christmas without snow.
You eat everything with sidrunipipar.
You notice summer has come because "Reporter" changes name to "Suvereporter".
You prefer Pirita and Pärnu beach to Miami and Hollywood club (Tallinn) to Pacha (Ibiza).
You feel butterflies in your belly when you hear Tõnis Mägi's song "Koit".
You know that between two legs there is Rataskaevu street.
You have at least once had to explain people when being abroad that No, Estonia is not as cold as Siberia and No, ice hockey is not the most popular sport in Estonia, cause we actually do not have ice all year around.
You say to a foreigner "Sure! I'll help you learn the Estonian language!", and then you disappear...
You undress yourself as much as possible when the sun is shining.
You wonder, mis värvi on armastus?
You wear socks with sandals.
You write "fail" instead of "file".
You know everything about everything.

[Le Cashew]

Haha funny.
Well, i can't say yet that i'm Estonian :D

[soouni]

Jenny from the block +5!!!

[Le Cashew]

Who smokes here ? (Not cigarettes :D)

Shout me a PM plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Le Cashew]

As long as i'm here,

Will be in Tallinn for New year with some of my friends from France. What would you recommend us to do ?

[peete82]

money exchanges are prohibited here.

[lenC]

Yeah, sorry, we've had some issues with this and have decided to prohibit all of the exchanges making no exceptions.

[Le Cashew]

Didn't knew, sorry :)

[suitsutihane]

i lost my ID card and sent a scanned pic of my le passport and they verified me in 2 days, if it helps =P but dont send PS rigged best site for french players is frog poker

[ranka]

Yeah, sorry, we've had some issues with this and have decided to prohibit all of the exchanges making no exceptions.

Sorry my bad. I recommend him to ask in forum and I think for him we can make small exception because he is friend of mine and he don't have trustful contacts in Estonia, yet :)

But anyway problem is solved, so no worries.

[Le Cashew]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6lpqe8IhI

Thanks Tonis for the song :D