Making a living with STT SNGs

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Originally posted by Demonic226
Busy days, it seems you are really enjoying the CrossFit training, I hope you reach your goals with it bro!

Btw, it is almost 12 CET and I don't see you at the tables yet

About free wifi spots and grinding, that is a very very bad idea bro. If you want to get your account hacked, that is the way to go. Everyone with even a little knowledge (and there is plenty of info about it online) can "listen in" to your connection and get into your laptop so tried to avoid using public wifi, especially with playing poker and other sensitive stuff.

Yeah CrossFit is going really great, extremely happy with how I am approaching and handling it all. Will miss it very much in Montenegro. Already spoke to my trainer and he will send me training plans and while in Montenegro might actually do more FitCon which is CrossFit approach to just cardio work outs which is crazy hard. These exercises can be done in nature easily and don't need weights for it.

I am logged into the stars , saw you on some tables but lobby is totally empty. I estimate that it would take me 3 and a half hours instead of 2.7 or 2.5 when peak to play 75 games now. Sharkystrator starts to reg when there is minimum 3 people in the lobby, the way I set it. So I will rather do the grind afternoon when traffic is more effective and go now for coffee with my best friend

Regarding internet, I will grind my SNGs in the apartment and use backup USB stick for it. When out in some coffee place I will enter skype to do some video chats with family and friends. Occasionally I may enter Stars for some HU hypers but that lasts like 30-45 minutes tops.
I hear what you are saying but from my experience I haven't seen or heard that happen yet to any poker player.
Did this happen to you bro or somebody you know?

Yes traffic is a problem in the mornings/early afternoon, it actually takes me about 7-8 hrs to play 100 games. I have the same settings in Sharky but reg after the 4th guy.

Regarding the public wifi, it's just a friendly warning bro, do with it what you want.

After Partizan has been knocked out two consecutive years from the Bulgarian champion, I think it's far to say:

R.I.P Гробари

Originally posted by tonypmm
Oh, it's funny that Serbians say 'give a goal' (meaning 'score'; Russians say 'drive a goal in' like a nail ("забить гол"), btw).

GL with giving the Bulgarians a lot of goals and lessons! And of course not conceding.

"забить гол" = zabijte gol , we have something similar but not many people in Serbia say zabij its something people from Croatia would use more I assume?

We did score twice but that was not enough obviously

Originally posted by Demonic226

Yes traffic is a problem in the mornings/early afternoon, it actually takes me about 7-8 hrs to play 100 games. I have the same settings in Sharky but reg after the 4th guy.

Regarding the public wifi, it's just a friendly warning bro, do with it what you want.

How many tables are you playing ? 7-8 hours for 100 games sounds like 7 tabling or something like that - very few.
It is too long to play 100 games IMO

Thanks for the tips bro!

Originally posted by kurrkabin
After Partizan has been knocked out two consecutive years from the Bulgarian champion, I think it's far to say:

R.I.P Гробари

Congratulations, I know you supported Ludogorec last year also. This year we had more chance to beat you guys but without solid defenders you can't expect anything big yet alone to beat team that beat Lacio and other good teams.
Congrats one more time and wish you CL this year not Europe League.

As far as RIP stuff goes, I would use it for people sitting in the board of directors like president, vice presidents, people who stole money all these years from Jovetic, Ljajic, Mitrovic, Jojic, Tosic etc and didn't invest anything in the team.
One day in Serbia there might time for justice to prevail and these guys will go to jail + payback all the money they stole. Until that happens Partizan can only get worse each season. It doesn't help that whole country and politicians are behind Red Star so we are getting gang banged by our own "leaders" as well as rest of the country.

As a true fan, I can always go support the team and hope for the best. Especially in times like these when you are close but far away

I am very glad you didn't fall into the provocation as you know I am joking, but only with a good heart behind it

You took the comment like a gentleman and that speaks good about you.

Good times will come eventually and best of luck to Partizan and it's supporters

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Originally posted by Demonic226

Yes traffic is a problem in the mornings/early afternoon, it actually takes me about 7-8 hrs to play 100 games. I have the same settings in Sharky but reg after the 4th guy.

Regarding the public wifi, it's just a friendly warning bro, do with it what you want.

How many tables are you playing ? 7-8 hours for 100 games sounds like 7 tabling or something like that - very few.
It is too long to play 100 games IMO

Thanks for the tips bro!

Well my settings are set to 10-11 tables but in the mornings it's usually 7-8 tables max indeed. I can't play much in the evenings because I need to spend time w my gf as well of course

Originally posted by kurrkabin
I am very glad you didn't fall into the provocation as you know I am joking, but only with a good heart behind it

You took the comment like a gentleman and that speaks good about you.

Good times will come eventually and best of luck to Partizan and it's supporters

Of course Kurkkie , you know how we say in Serbia "Treca sreca", so next time we meet it will be the lucky time for us!

Originally posted by Demonic226

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Originally posted by Demonic226

Yes traffic is a problem in the mornings/early afternoon, it actually takes me about 7-8 hrs to play 100 games. I have the same settings in Sharky but reg after the 4th guy.

Regarding the public wifi, it's just a friendly warning bro, do with it what you want.

How many tables are you playing ? 7-8 hours for 100 games sounds like 7 tabling or something like that - very few.
It is too long to play 100 games IMO

Thanks for the tips bro!

Well my settings are set to 10-11 tables but in the mornings it's usually 7-8 tables max indeed. I can't play much in the evenings because I need to spend time w my gf as well of course

Say no more, I got your back bro !

Hope you are getting ready to become a daddy ♦

Best video ever made!
Always motivates me to work out harder every training.
Rocky in this one comes as close as possible to CrossFit

BTW, today was doing very difficult training and on top of that had a nice run of doing double unders followed by single rope jumps - literally burning me out like crazy !

Enjoy it

It's so hilariously cheesy but I totally agree. Gets me every time. ♦

Originally posted by Tim64
It's so hilariously cheesy but I totally agree. Gets me every time. ♦

There is another great one which includes all Rocky training montages! ♦

Very quick , less than 5 minute long update!

Doing tons of coaching, 10 out of 12 students playing 7s with current average ROI of 7% there. Look forward to them all continuing to study, do their homeworks, grind and great things will follow of course. Some of them are already capitalizing on their knowledge, some need to catch up but overall pace has been very solid.
With some people coaching and staking deal might be finished after this month but more on that when we get to that bridge.

My grind this month is suffering , 301 games only in 10 days! Same problem as with last month and one before. I am giving way more time to students then for my own grind.
I also feel I need to isolate, get away from my town for a while and have 10 hour a day poker related things (grinding 6 , coaching 3, working on the game 1 hour a day). This is why I can't wait to move to Montenegro in 3 weeks from now and grind 4k games a month!

My health is excellent. I feel strong, secure, very happy how my CrossFit is going. My eating habits are also great so no worries there.

Family wise, things are settling in a bit but still tons of chaotic things happening all over the place. I hope the period of me being away will settle some things for us, especially financially.

Girls are taking also too much time from me. It may sound like a cliche but seriously I believe that as a poker grinder playing 100 games a day or so, to have a girlfriend and do that something will have to suffer? If I wasn't coaching , doing CrossFit and hanging with friends, I could easily grind 4-5 hours and spend rest of the day with girls. This way things get in the way and it has gotten to the point that they are distraction.
So look forward to Montenegro where my focus will not be on girls but rather grind, coaching and working out individually. Once I meet my weekly/monthly/daily target, I can consider doing some beach stuff, relaxing and chilling etc

This is all for this update, hope your weekend is going great all.

Have a great day on and off the tables!

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Girls are taking also too much time from me. It may sound like a cliche but seriously I believe that as a poker grinder playing 100 games a day or so, to have a girlfriend and do that something will have to suffer? If I wasn't coaching , doing CrossFit and hanging with friends, I could easily grind 4-5 hours and spend rest of the day with girls. This way things get in the way and it has gotten to the point that they are distraction.
So look forward to Montenegro where my focus will not be on girls but rather grind, coaching and working out individually. Once I meet my weekly/monthly/daily target, I can consider doing some beach stuff, relaxing and chilling etc

I've read almost half of your blog and you "complain" a lot about these girls harassing you. It must be really hard being such a Casanova. ♠_love: ♠_love: ♠_love:

PS Have a great week!

Originally posted by teboxvi

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Girls are taking also too much time from me. It may sound like a cliche but seriously I believe that as a poker grinder playing 100 games a day or so, to have a girlfriend and do that something will have to suffer? If I wasn't coaching , doing CrossFit and hanging with friends, I could easily grind 4-5 hours and spend rest of the day with girls. This way things get in the way and it has gotten to the point that they are distraction.
So look forward to Montenegro where my focus will not be on girls but rather grind, coaching and working out individually. Once I meet my weekly/monthly/daily target, I can consider doing some beach stuff, relaxing and chilling etc

I've read almost half of your blog and you "complain" a lot about these girls harassing you. It must be really hard being such a Casanova. ♠_love: ♠_love: ♠_love:

PS Have a great week!

The funny part is he shares all the knowledge with his students, not girls though ♦

Originally posted by teboxvi

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Girls are taking also too much time from me. It may sound like a cliche but seriously I believe that as a poker grinder playing 100 games a day or so, to have a girlfriend and do that something will have to suffer? If I wasn't coaching , doing CrossFit and hanging with friends, I could easily grind 4-5 hours and spend rest of the day with girls. This way things get in the way and it has gotten to the point that they are distraction.
So look forward to Montenegro where my focus will not be on girls but rather grind, coaching and working out individually. Once I meet my weekly/monthly/daily target, I can consider doing some beach stuff, relaxing and chilling etc

I've read almost half of your blog and you "complain" a lot about these girls harassing you. It must be really hard being such a Casanova. ♠_love: ♠_love: ♠_love:

PS Have a great week!

It just doesn't work - full time poker pro, coaching and staking full time and having perfect relationship with any girl! They will always want more attention and time spending together. Finding girl that will accept you to play poker for a living and support you to grind 150/180+ hours a month minimum and coach another 60+ hours minimum in front of computer will be crazy. Especially good luck explaining long nights, especially weekends when tables have more recreational and fish where your ROI can skyrocket even more!

The only way this would work in my opinion is if:
a) You were married and whole family depended on that income
b) She has poker background and understands this as means of making a living
b) She doesn't care enough what and how much you do, so she just lets you do whatever you want

Again GL to all trying to balance being poker pro with some GF relationship in making!
For those that are already married its a totally different story but for guys like me who are looking for some long term commitment this is harder then beating 100s 6 max with 5% pre RB

So what is the point of all this writing?
Basically I don't see myself in the near future getting married cause it seems impossible to meet and date right girl when current conditions are very difficult to make it last.

Enjoy your day on and off the tables!

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Originally posted by teboxvi

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Girls are taking also too much time from me. It may sound like a cliche but seriously I believe that as a poker grinder playing 100 games a day or so, to have a girlfriend and do that something will have to suffer? If I wasn't coaching , doing CrossFit and hanging with friends, I could easily grind 4-5 hours and spend rest of the day with girls. This way things get in the way and it has gotten to the point that they are distraction.
So look forward to Montenegro where my focus will not be on girls but rather grind, coaching and working out individually. Once I meet my weekly/monthly/daily target, I can consider doing some beach stuff, relaxing and chilling etc

I've read almost half of your blog and you "complain" a lot about these girls harassing you. It must be really hard being such a Casanova. ♠_love: ♠_love: ♠_love:

PS Have a great week!

It just doesn't work - full time poker pro, coaching and staking full time and having perfect relationship with any girl! They will always want more attention and time spending together. Finding girl that will accept you to play poker for a living and support you to grind 150/180+ hours a month minimum and coach another 60+ hours minimum in front of computer will be crazy. Especially good luck explaining long nights, especially weekends when tables have more recreational and fish where your ROI can skyrocket even more!

The only way this would work in my opinion is if:
a) You were married and whole family depended on that income
b) She has poker background and understands this as means of making a living
b) She doesn't care enough what and how much you do, so she just lets you do whatever you want

Again GL to all trying to balance being poker pro with some GF relationship in making!
For those that are already married its a totally different story but for guys like me who are looking for some long term commitment this is harder then beating 100s 6 max with 5% pre RB

So what is the point of all this writing?
Basically I don't see myself in the near future getting married cause it seems impossible to meet and date right girl when current conditions are very difficult to make it last.

Enjoy your day on and off the tables!

If you have a "normal" job you are working from 9 to 18 from Monday to Friday. Also taking into account one hour that you loose on the way to work and back that is 10 hours a day. 10x5x4=200 hours minimum that you loose working. Not taking into account that sometimes you have to work overtime hours.

I'm sure that there are a lot of girls that can understand your job and support you. If you cannot find something like that in Serbia I'm waiting for you in Romania. (I'm sure that you've heard about how beautiful romanian girls are ♦ and if you are making $$$ they have no problem with what you are doing hahaha)

Originally posted by teboxvi

If you have a "normal" job you are working from 9 to 18 from Monday to Friday. Also taking into account one hour that you loose on the way to work and back that is 10 hours a day. 10x5x4=200 hours minimum that you loose working. Not taking into account that sometimes you have to work overtime hours.

I'm sure that there are a lot of girls that can understand your job and support you. If you cannot find something like that in Serbia I'm waiting for you in Romania. (I'm sure that you've heard about how beautiful romanian girls are ♦ and if you are making $$$ they have no problem with what you are doing hahaha)

On paper it sounds great. Normal job takes same or even longer time then poker. But poker is not normal job. You set your own hours, You are in charge of your tactical mental game, You are the driving force in poker. Regular job, at least in Serbia, you can show up and give 10-15% of your capacity, get salary from budget and you won't get fired. Poker, try to play with 10-15% of your total focus, see what happens (good luck with that! ) ♦

The point is, I can find a girl any time for fun and stuff. For long term relationship I want it to be built on trust and understanding. I also don't want the girl to ever know that I can make 3k+ a month because that drives conversation into whole other area + girl can shift focus to be interested in me for money and that is the worst possible solution.
Pretty girls exist everywhere, its no problem really to hook up with any of them but to find some that will show true interest into what you do , support you, be there with you no matter what happens - that girl is a keeper in my book. Money hungry and gold diggers are not my interest. I do not work my ass off for some girl to live easy life and take my money away !!!

I will of course come to Romania some time again in the future to visit you and hang out that time!

I have a solution for girls and relationships with them:

Get to highest limits possible, increase your hourly like a boss, decrease your expenses drastically and then you can afford to be careless whether or not you grind 50 or 180 hours every month!

Originally posted by teboxvi

If you have a "normal" job you are working from 9 to 18 from Monday to Friday. Also taking into account one hour that you loose on the way to work and back that is 10 hours a day. 10x5x4=200 hours minimum that you loose working. Not taking into account that sometimes you have to work overtime hours.

I'm sure that there are a lot of girls that can understand your job and support you. If you cannot find something like that in Serbia I'm waiting for you in Romania. (I'm sure that you've heard about how beautiful romanian girls are ♦ and if you are making $$$ they have no problem with what you are doing hahaha)

Whatever deal happens, I expect my 10% on Banco Caimans for middle man services ♦

Just a quick update with most important things

- Volume at 476 games excluding HU hypers so far. Plan to play 2k games by the end of the month resuming grind from Monday or Tuesday (guests coming for weekend).

- Coaching going really well and solid. This week will be 20 hours of coaching, previous was close to 20. By the end of the month will be 70-80 hours of coaching no doubt.

- Finished forum for students that are part of my program. It went live and all of them know what is expected of them to do there. Happy to see they already started posting and commenting on each others hands, cooperating. This will be on of the decisive factors in making a difference between 5-6-7 and 12% on 7s.

- Another video for Poker Strategy should happen in near future. Currently finishing up with some final negotiations and hopefully will have the video ready week or two after that is finished.

- CrossFit 3 to 4 trainings a week standard. It is going really well I would say. Did 15-20 trainings since 30th of June and even I am noticing huge improvement. Not just the way my body has tightened up more, got more muscle and definition but the fact that I have lot more energy and really enjoy + look forward to every training is what counts. Might have lost some weight too but didn't check weight scale - my clothes do have more space for sure.

- Montenegro move is happening with 100% certainty. The date will be between 1st and 3rd of September. Will have it finalized in the last week of August. Very much look forward to it - will help me more to focus on my grind there and have 10 hour a day poker activities.

- Some other great things happening in my life. I will write about it all if things develop further but trust me it could be a game changer.

Enjoy your weekend on and off the tables !