Originally posted by RovarTry
Don't forget not taking personally when somebody is bashing you during the play for being a retard, or an idiot... :rolleyes:,
Haha that is so true! I actually don't tilt (if I do its totally minimal compared to all the others I know) and I don't even use chat for long time.
Originally posted by krcky
No words can express my gratitude, buddy. Thank you very much for such a detailed post.
You welcome man. I am glad that all that writing helped you understand what it really means to do poker professionally. I wrote before going to bed around 5am this morning all in one go so wasn't sure how it will turn up.
Also one more thing I want to add to all that I wrote.
Now I play 22-33$ limits and to rake 200$ a day , 6000$ a month takes me on average between 4 - 5 hours a day. Before this I used to play 6,7+ hours a day in previous months (+ homeworks/assignments and sessions with our students!!!), 3 sessions. Now I play 2 sessions mostly and have tons of time for other things!
So you see, I sacrificed time with family, friends, have a real girlfriend not short term thing, sports and healthy lifestyle , in the beginning so that I can reach the level where I don't worry at all about money as in bills and all the other things. Now I cycle fitness bicycle every day 45 minutes, lost about 8kgs in 3 weeks already, if I don't cycle I play football outside 5 on 5, I also go out with my best friend for coffee or go to restaurants ("kafana"), I have changed my eating habits I make healthy meals now, I also go out with my girlfriends out for drinks , I plan my USA trip and another trip to Vienna before that, very soon I will go to Sofia to hang out with fellow Ongame grinder Gavron etc
You see, all this wouldn't be possible for me after 8 months if I was taking it easy and not working my ass off. Now I can truly enjoy freedom that poker brings and I intend to enjoy every second of it. I am 29 years old, never married, not in a long term relationship or anything, want to travel the world see places I haven't, have a lot of poker (live turneys, go to vegas and own them there etc) and music related goals (next year aim to do my 1st instrumental jazz album with professional musicians here in Europe or in USA, then send it all out for festivals and perform around the world!), also business related things (investments in some business like a cafee in my town Nis or some houses/apartments as well as of course staking money for future students and curent ones) and goals for future. I will not settle yet in marriage wife kids - maybe when I am 35 IF and only IF I find the right woman to follow my life rhythm ♦ By the way she has advantage if she is sexy Asian girl ♦
Good luck on your road and choices you make, keep in touch , let me know how everything is going!
Originally posted by Wohmfg
Wow, very inspirational post...
Glad it inspired you mate!
How is UK? I lived in London for year and a half, studied and graduated London Guitar Institute (its in Acton). Entered Themes Value University in conjunction with London Guitar Institute and after one semester I switched to Boston to Berklee College of Music.
Have lots of good memories of London. Mostly great concerts and live gigs, fantastic football matches (I am big football fan also ♦) and girls that like to drink more than guys and get down to some action 
I see you play 180s on Stars, would love to hear your experience on them, we might do some 180s coaching in near future so gathering all the information from fellow grinders
Thanks for checking out my blog and keep in touch!
Originally posted by Paluzzo
IvicaIliev77,I read your blog as well, and you are a great source of motivation.
I've a problem with population tendencies in HM2. You know how to select all the vilans and treat them as only one?
I would really appreciate your (or anybody) help.
Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it Paluzzo
I use HM1 so I am not sure where to set those general tendencies.
Have you tried asking question on 2+2 forum dedicated to HM or even official HM forum ? I am sure they would respond with much more detailed and correct answer then anybody else would.
Originally posted by bjela
Very nice post, really enjoyed reading it
Thanks my redstar friend 
How are HU hypers going? Whats new with you?
I am bad, don't follow other blogs too often but trust me I think of you and other guys on here a lot wondering what you are all up to and how high you progressed!
I will be in Belgrade for derby game in May, perhaps we can meet up in the city for some drinks and laughs ♦ We already know who will win the title and that match so don't be ashamed to pay for drinks person who supports better team
Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
Originally posted by Wohmfg
Wow, very inspirational post...Glad it inspired you mate!
How is UK? I lived in London for year and a half, studied and graduated London Guitar Institute (its in Acton). Entered Themes Value University in conjunction with London Guitar Institute and after one semester I switched to Boston to Berklee College of Music.
Have lots of good memories of London. Mostly great concerts and live gigs, fantastic football matches (I am big football fan also ♦) and girls that like to drink more than guys and get down to some action
I see you play 180s on Stars, would love to hear your experience on them, we might do some 180s coaching in near future so gathering all the information from fellow grinders
Thanks for checking out my blog and keep in touch!
Well I am probably as far from London as you can get while still being in England! I am going there in a few weeks tho cause I have a few friends down there, I've been before but only ever as a tourist. This time I will get to experience the night life 
Let's hope my roll can take the punishment of London prices.... 
As I get more experience in the 180s I will let you know, I will of course be posting it in my blog. About to do a session now, gl gl!
Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
Originally posted by Paluzzo
IvicaIliev77,I read your blog as well, and you are a great source of motivation.
I've a problem with population tendencies in HM2. You know how to select all the vilans and treat them as only one?
I would really appreciate your (or anybody) help.
Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it Paluzzo
I use HM1 so I am not sure where to set those general tendencies.
Have you tried asking question on 2+2 forum dedicated to HM or even official HM forum ? I am sure they would respond with much more detailed and correct answer then anybody else would.
IvicaIliev77,
Thanks for your quick response. I already asked on 2+2 and tried a method, but didn't work. I'll continue searching
Thank you
Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
Originally posted by bjela
Very nice post, really enjoyed reading itThanks my redstar friend
How are HU hypers going? Whats new with you?
I am bad, don't follow other blogs too often but trust me I think of you and other guys on here a lot wondering what you are all up to and how high you progressed!
I will be in Belgrade for derby game in May, perhaps we can meet up in the city for some drinks and laughs ♦ We already know who will win the title and that match so don't be ashamed to pay for drinks person who supports better team
What the hell are you talking about?! You really think you'll win the title? What a fish you are I'm in for the drinks, though
Not much new in hypers, results good, volume terrible And you're not missing anything not reading my blog, I haven't updated it in forever... I'm such a volume and blogging fish 
Originally posted by Wohmfg
Well I am probably as far from London as you can get while still being in England! I am going there in a few weeks tho cause I have a few friends down there, I've been before but only ever as a tourist. This time I will get to experience the night life
As I get more experience in the 180s I will let you know, I will of course be posting it in my blog. About to do a session now, gl gl!
How far from London, are you in Newcastle maybe? I had roommate from there and they also have great football team ♦
I heard London is not that expensive now compared to other places in Europe. I actually was planing to visit it, my neighbour from my town lives there now and all it costs is 150 euro visa + 100 euro return flight , the rest of the money is just to have fun there ♦
Keep me in the loop, good luck with 180s!
Originally posted by Paluzzo
IvicaIliev77,
Thanks for your quick response. I already asked on 2+2 and tried a method, but didn't work. I'll continue searching
Thank you
Had similar problems with their support when I tried to fix my hem, everything they said didn't make it any different. Best of luck finding the solution!
Originally posted by bjela
What the hell are you talking about?! You really think you'll win the title? What a fish you are
Not much new in hypers, results good, volume terrible
We shall see my friend, but I will end up right in the end (I hope) ♦
Keep in touch and let me know from time to time how is it going. At one point I was considering switching to hu hypers until I saw that I can make on ongame 4k+ a month
Update
Fitness
I have been cycling every day 45 minutes and played football twice since I started with the challenge. I now have 90 kg from 97 which is 7kg less within 3 and a half weeks. So far things are on tracks, should not have too much trouble reaching 80 kg by the 14th of July. Looking forward to add more football and in future gym to add some free weights with cardio to speed up the process.
USA
I was planing to go to Boston/NYC/Vegas 30th of August until 23rd of September. It was all great until I put things on paper and realized that if I do that, I will be left with very little money in my bankroll. What I decided to do instead is postpone the trip until I have at least 8k in my own roll + money invested in our students on levels 5.5 up. This can happen by the September or October but I will not worry too much about it because it really doesn't matter if I go in September or some other month - point is that I am going
The reason why I decided to do this is I would like to keep earning 4-5-6k a month instead of way less playing lower limits just because I went to USA and blew away money for entertainment and fun. Definitely want to do that too but need 2-3 regular months on 22s and 33s + stable bankroll and I will be good to go.
By the way, I found ticket Boston - Vegas for 250$ for 3 days and 350$ for 4 days. Use orbitz.com and kayak.com if you are searching for those deals
Prague
Just like USA , I will also leave Prague for some other time. If everything works out with bankroll, stable and me going to USA this year then Prague is on next year for anywhere between 30 and 90 days
Poker
There has been a lot of going on in this area and I am sure you are most interested to hear about this
Lets start with good news first and provide bad news in the end.
Good news is I know where my leaks are and know what I need to do to gain even bigger edge against my opponents. I also know that they are very good players but despite that on over 1.3k tournaments mixing 22s and 33s my ROI is ahead of most regs on Ongame (there are 2 or 3 of them that have less games then me and have winning roi now). My ROI goes anywhere from -1.5% to +1 or 2%. This sample is still not enough to be sure but I already meet variation on Ongame, swings about 900$+ within 2-3 days etc. This is another reason why I am moving USA trip because I really want to be safe when I play here with my own money!
More good news is that is very possible to rake 200$ a day, 6000$ a month playing 4.5 to 5 hours every day tops. There are exceptions to this when it comes to holiday days, or when there are some football matches (champions league for example) or for no reason at all play 6 hours and rake 130-140$!!! The flip side is there are days when I start to play and immediately I can fill 9 tables and rake that day 240+ $ easy.
My desire to improve and to earn is still there , even higher then ever, especially because end of the program is near and within those 4 following months I really want to make my own roll for those limits.
Now onto the bad news...
My coach, staker and a friend informed me the other day that he will also come to Ongame from May. This news surprised and shocked me at first I must admit but I can't influence nor tell my coach what to do Why is this bad news you may ask ? Well simply because my coach knows my leaks, knows my tendencies, knows how I approach pre and post flop , knows my heads up , in other words he can exploit me much more easier then any opponent out there. The good thing for him is that he will earn money either way , playing on his own there for him + 50/50 me playing there. Bad news is that this will probably decrease my ROI significantly which will result into less money earned per month which may jeopardize my future bankroll for those limits. My coach just mentioned something like " one more reg more or less won't make difference for you". I don't agree, one more reg that is not him will not make difference but him being in those games that is like the worse news I heard lately.
Now, for this not to sound like I am crying there is a good news in every bad news (at least I think so). I sat down , taught about it and eventually came up with those positive things:
- Playing my coach at those levels will make me work even more on my game
- Since I am competitive I may get that Serbian stubbornness ("inat") to become better then my coach in the future 4 months
- When my stake ends 14th of July I might have ended playing him anyways so why not do it now!!!
I must say I hate the fact that money will be going around or the fact that he will bust me many bubbles or I will do the same to him, this just diminishes our profit. What I can say for sure is there will not be soft plays, me and him playing other opponents because that's not the way I am taught and I play for blood always at the tables.
Now onto another development in poker...
Despite this bad news (coach moving to same limits ongame, diminishing my roi and itm, decreasing my roll by the end of stake) there is some more good news.
I may decide to move to Poker Stars after my stake is finished 14th of July to work on my 6 max hypers. Idea is to have money left from current stake, use that money for a year to survive and perhaps chase SNE with coaching and staking. I will not mention who will be the person that would coach and stake me but it is enough to say that he is one of my biggest idols besides my current coach
So that is another road to take, 6 max hypers, chase SNE , play 60s,100s , get SNE in 5-6 months tops with my volume. Hopefully this will lead me to earn eventually my current final goal of 10k $ a month. Along the way I can definitely learn new things, set new standards from me and it can also serve me well overall in life.
The only negative side of this deal would be the fact that you have to wait for money on Stars vs Ongame where I get it back every month. Also while in the coaching and staking it would be split so lets say I make 10k a month post rb reaching SNE, then I get 5k a month eventually for those months when I could have been playing Ongame on my own earning 4k+ also
That is why I am putting all my effort from today to study and grind, make a roll and make a decision after I finish my current coaching and staking deal.
Life related things
I am going out for coffee in the morning with my best friend and girlfriends, am more active in general (weather is sunny and beautiful try to go out as much as possible).
I will be going this Saturday for one day to Sofia to meet and hang with Gavron! He might be my enemy and Demonic on Ongame but in real life I consider them both great guys and am lucky to connect with them! Gavron promised some Bulgarian beer this Saturday so looking forward to that. I will try not to talk any poker with him but as we know that will be very difficult especially because we had bunch of wars BVB and him sucking my blood a lot of time ♦
That is it for this update. I will now cycle the bike, do session with student, work on my homework (have a session with my coach tomorrow!) and then play.
Best of luck to all of you reading this at the tables and life in general!
Now, what is that nonsense with me sucking blood.... I behave so nicely with all Ongame regs... 
Obviously Sofia is the best choice:) Enjoy!
Originally posted by Gavron23
Now, what is that nonsense with me sucking blood.... I behave so nicely with all Ongame regs...
Well I have about 100s of hands BVB BigPatka where you win lot more then you should thats what I meant
Don't act like you don't know what I am talking about, prepare some Bulgarian beer this Saturday and be a good host (two girls, local food and places to see) ♦ ♠_frown:
Originally posted by VaskataBuci
http://www.tmbulgaria.com/en/articles/Sofia-earned-the-title-of-Europes-most-affordable-travel-destination/3418/index.htmlObviously Sofia is the best choice:) Enjoy!
Did not know this ,thanks!
Which city are you from Vaskata? I mean where are you staying now?
Originally posted by VaskataBuci
I live in Sofia.
If you are free this Saturday and interested 3 of us can meet somewhere for beer ?
Thanks Ivica, appreciate! I'm going on Holiday tomorrow with my wife and the little one, but I'm sure you will like Sofia and will come again.
