hey all,
Firstly a short apology on not updating lately. As prolly mentioned already, I have much more private life and havent had that much time to play online poker for last few weeks. (actually last few months i alw just played an incredibly poor 15-20k hands/month, so ntg rly to speak of too much). I am having a time of my life. I feel incredibly happy, so enjoying it in a calm, and getting back to a bit more serious now again (read lower).
Almost everything that was happening was quite far away from "peak performance poker" so I felt kinda stupid to post here. I did however work analytically on my poker almost every day, but poker theory and poker playing are 2 different things, right? a very interesting mindset link abt it
I did sport a lot, esp running, sometimes some skating or swimming or other. I still have probs w my knee, so I run just 3-5km 3-4 times/week, but i trained myself to be able to keep a 3:10-3:20/km pace for my runs without pushing myself rly to a redzone limit, so feel physically rly strong. I wanted to srsly restart my organized training, i got to know a club, the rly shitty thing is that they train in the mornings, which is my sleeping time obv, so who knows.
I also did a lot of efforts towards chess, trying to figure out if i want to return to competitive playing or not. As i mentioned before, i am being coached by a GM- a truly great person and a friend too, in an exchange for a poker coaching, and my gf is also a strong chess plr herself, which all combined contributed to such insights i never had before. However I must say that after almost 2 months of somewhat structurized training, I dont enjoy the game anywhere near as much as poker. I am thinking whether to rly start playing or just practice for the mental practice and the value of the meetings w the guy, which are rly inspiring for me in many other areas other than chess. Things i like abt chess: it's a lot of quality thinking (keeps me sharp), it's competitive, and i like the community i got to know. Things i dislike: It's rly a ton of information to save/process (= a lot of time to be any good, MUCH more than in poker), most of the games are being played during weekends/ and (or) mornings (=worst possible time for me), and i have a weird psychological issues w a chess game itself. fe: i hate ppl looking to my eyes, i hate the clock ticking next to me, i rly dislike any draw offers and it gets me to tilt and i am a rly bad team plr (i alw prefer play for a win rather than to save a team result) .. so who knows how this unveils. I think i wont take it that much srsly, but it still might change. I like to do sth different, yet challenging when not so driven for poker.
and now the rly latest stuff..
I have been playing some live games, ntg serious tho. Also Pardubice festival, 6max tourney. I played very mediocre and "deservedly" lost on a cooler. I met Matusko there and didnt have much to do there, coz the cg were too low, so coached him. Then travelled to meet Opal in Brno, also some quality analysis time there. We were supposed to go skydiving, but the weather was too bad and we couldnt find a provider. We decided to postpone for 10.8. (@Opal: we need to do it beore 11.8-going to Alps for hiking, almost forgot, np?) Anyone who wants to joing from Cz/Sk still can, it should be Matusko, Opal and me, sofar. So last 4 days or so, i have coached ~6h/day and played some 6h more and analysed some 2-3h which made it for an absorbing poker experience. I rly missed poker. 
Oh yea, i can tell..
I am so happy i took this break before, coz it opened my eyes, revealing new perspectives. I can say, today, 28.7.2011 is an incredible day. It's THE most CREATIVE day of my life prolly. I am amazed also. For 2 things: I just today got the grasp of 1 very important concept in NLHE, which poor knowledge in the past have cost me deffo several thousands of $ alone. I am sooo excited. I promised myself that i will never tell anyone abt what specifically happend coz this information is invaluable, i can just say: i will reveal it in parts to all of my students and i am excited as never to get in interesting hands to analyse. I have a pretty long waiting list on my coachings as of now, sure many of u are swearing on me right now, so am rly sorry i kept many waiting, but i needed this and now am back w rly many more concepts and a whole lot of new energy. Some ppl also pointed out my structure of packages for coachings was very unfortunate, and i realized it also, so from today, the prices are (basically stay the same compared to previous, just more flexibility = no packages): 1sth hour: 180$, 2nd-10th h: 240$/h; 11th h+:210$/h.
Second thing that was abs wonderful abt today's the most creative day in my life, is also a bit of a secret for now. I know, sorry. It's a business sort of an idea which I never rly thought i could come up with, some parts of my life exp just blended and it hapened. It has to do w poker, and if i get the fist few things sorted out, u ll hear more abt it.
Another big news is that from september my gf is moving in to live w me. Now, i do realize it's a big change for both of us, and will likely have effects on my poker development. It has its both pros and cons and i think they are kinda obvious. 1 of the bigger cons i am a bit worried abt that i am likely to lose the will to work on my game so much coz of having sb to spend a wonderful time with, right next to me, at most times. (tho she is going to go to 9-5 work or so) Alright, so in anticipation of this, I want to start scheduling my "back-to-poker-inspiration travels".
back-to-poker-inspiration travels
so, esentially the idea is to travel around mostly Europe, and meet w anyone who is serious abt poker and willing to host me for a week or two. My desire would be to study and work the game as much as we can, look for each other leaks and just overall motivate each other. I am esp looking for NL mid-high stakes plrs, but other game variants pros are also ok. As u know, i sport a lot, so we can also parry up for gym sparings or go and play some squash or football/ swim/run/skate/cycle. w/e. I can bring my own facilities. I also can party and dance till my body can handle no more, but prolly at most once/2 weeks- this is not rly my prime interest tho.
So if anyone is interested and has a place for me to stay, pls dont hesitate to let me know, we should schedule w some time ahead deffo, preferably 1 month+, coz i have other projects going on. Pls skype me. I d like to visit anyone and share all my enthusiasm/ knowledge abt the game.
As a nice start of this travelling idea, in september I meet up w 2 of my bulgarian friends for a pokerflat for 3 weeks in our favorite Golden Sands resort. Looking forw already, have been there already 3 times, and i rly like it.
gl everyone! keep it energetic and creative is the motto of my day 
anyway, it wasnt so much. Still nice ripoff line by them. gg.
its just a totally different game.
just wanted to say that your posts are always worth thinking about, dont stop please 