At the Riverking Poker Club in Cambodia, many professional poker players are trying to claim the life of luxury poker stereotypically provides.
While Cambodians can’t legally gamble in Cambodian casinos, after a law passed in 1996, westerners have taken to these casinos, according to Southeast Globe. Even so, there are nearly 60 licensed casinos, six of which offer ‘live’ poker games, in the region for visitors to Phnom Penh.
“Regulations in this country are pretty relaxed… But for poker, it depends,” said Vi, the general manager of Riverking, to Southeast Globe.