GG 2015. GL 2016.

Apparently didn't write a single post during December. Been very busy (2 weeks in Prague~), Been somewhat ill... A lot of stuff happening work-wise, almost didn't have the time to stop and think about posting.

This year has been both the best and worst in my life. Worked my ass out, enjoyed a lot, didn't get rich...
Have a lot of positive vibes going into 2016, it will certainly bring a lot of new challenges, aside from the ongoing existing ones.
I wish all my family and friends the best times in 2016 - Ill do my best to be the best I can be, both for my self and for all of you.

Fully confident that 2016 will be great.

Happy New Year !

Saturday AM from my balcony

It's been a while since I was awake this early on a Saturday morning, after already having my night's sleep. Decided I gonna use this quiet hours, and sit for a while in my balcony, drink a cup of tea (should be warmer than normal today, but morning is pretty chilly here since balcony faces the north side, which isn't sunny), and reminisce about the times, when I loved balconies, more than any other place in a house.

Years ago, when I didn't even really know what "Grind stands for", I used to spend nights and nights at my in-laws balcony, while staying there on weekends, during the warm summer nights, grinding my shirts out...
A couple years later, when we were looking for a place to buy, I stated that I won't agree on getting a place without a balcony, since I love it too much. Right after moving in, I spent like 4, out of the first 6 days working, in my non-sunny balcony. I'm not sure I've visited it more than 4 times since.

Being ill for quite a long period of time changes my perspective about *the race*. It's not that I lost motivation - I can't, it's stronger than me. But I just have to be way smarter in the way I approach it. I know I'll sound old, but I have to say I'm definitely not getting any younger....

Just one week left before Prague, and I reckon I gonna devote this last week (before a pretty long biz-trip) mostly for some rest, quality time with Mrs Tilt and mental preparation. Oh, and if someone knows a way for me to get better quickly, that helps too.

For now Ill be seating here, drinking cup of tea, and reminisce...

{So} Sick

I'm Sick. And I'm not talking about my sick bluff couple nights ago in that Cash game...
Been not at my best for few weeks now already, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better unfortunately. Prague trip is just 2 weeks away, and I really hope it improves by that time.
I promised in my last post, I'll be writing more - but unfortunately my physical situation combined with non balanced mental state of mind - made me postpone it over and over again.

I'm not even sure what I want to write about...
I guess I wanna try and focus on Good Vibes.

So what's new?

I'll be starting a new blog soon, [in Hebrew though this time], regarding my various outdoor dining experiences. I've been thinking about that one for a long time, and I hope it'l become a social-type of blog, with various friends taking part of it, and writing their own reviews too. Should be fun!

We got few new recruits over last few days/weeks, I wish them all the best and hope they will make me a couple of bucks or so...

Got back to working on my game after a while. Missed it. I still combine sucking at poker with being the best :)

As always, 50% of shipping the Milly tomorrow, wish me luck!
Maybe I'll take 1$ from 1M ppl, and become a millionaire...

Wake me up when October ends...

Didn't write a post for over a month... said to my self I gonna write few words just before this month ends...

Might have been, mentally, the toughest month of my life yet. Feeling pretty optimistic though now it's over, with some new life resolutions (and a new car, too). November will be all grind, getting ready for Prague-EPT trip. Hope ill profit enough to play full schedule of what might be my last poker trip in a while...

I thanks all that are there for me for their support, mostly my 2 partners (in life and in business), but to all other friends too.
I wish my new recruits the best of luck, and to those that went solo the same...

Promise ill write more in November,

Wake me up.

oi

WCOOP has been mostly going like last Scoop so far... annoying... tough... expensive... ballz-breaking... Final weekend coming up. Last grind, thank might actually chill and laxx for few days for the holidays.

Gonna play the 5k ME for my first ever 5k online, and will most likely win it (I mean, as always, 50% for that). For those of you that aren't aware of the 50-50 theory, it's pretty simple, feel free practicing it... makes every probability question very ez :)

Trying to keep my self amused and optimistic, even in the toughest times. I was *oi* (google it, u "non-poker-terminology-fanatics") so many times over this month, that I think I'm getting another powerful mental lesson.

When this series is done, I'll be still gambling for a living, working hard and dreaming big. I just hope I'll be not so far from making money, that Ill be oi for real....

Every time I'm down, Ill just stick this tune again :)

Shana Tova

Last day away. Spending the holidays with Mrs Tilt and my parents in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It's my first time here, and it's pretty much amazing. Left everyone to fight WCOOP wars by them self, getting back home tomorrow to get the juice...

I have no idea how old is the world according to my religion, I know that today is September the 14th. But as many other Israelis, I'm happy to take this free of work days and spend them with my family, before getting back to almost 2 weeks of non stop action/grind. My work is never done, but a forced break is a blessing as well some times.

Last few weeks have been bit rough on me personally, but I think I'm doing a decent job, keeping my head high - It also helps when A.B, who I've mentioned recently as one of my biggest personal professional guiding achievements, just keeps crushing everything - Keep up~~~~!!!

Shana Tova Everyone :)



P,s
A.G,
Your still next baby...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going?

Barcelona was super tough and rough. Online/ongoing grind went even worse last few weeks. Business isn't going well for very long time.
Bad vibes are all around me...

Had a wisdom tooth removed yesterday morning. It went down pretty smooth, and I'm not in serious pain. I even went ahead with my Sunday session. There was much pain there tho...

So what do we do? We don't cry. Cause no one ever gives a shit. I have some new awesome bad beat stories but NO ONE GIVES A SHIT.

We fight. We fight hard. We have no other choice but to fight. This variance BS is what separate boys from the men. September, and WCOOP, is going be prob the toughest test I've had to go trough since going Pro gambling...
I believe I gonna make it. But even if I don't, I'll go down fighting.
Time to step up.

Many years from now I might look back at this period of time, and think I was young, dumb and Full of stupid optimism. But hey, I wont be thinking about it before I'm old and wise...

Work hard, get there

This post is shorter than normal, as it's 4:50 AM and I have a ME EPT to play (and win, later) in 7 hours...

Barca couldn't really started any worse for me. Nothing was going my way first few days. At the end of the day, like I always say, the good and strong must and shall prevail - The rest will fail and sometimes blame everyone else...

A.B is one of the most hard working ppl I ever met - I wish Id have half of his work ethics and his professional (sometimes over professional) approach to his job. Tonight he finally earned his long time earned big Bink. And he made us very proud on the way. His story (from being in some deep shit not that long ago) is gotta be not less than inspiring.

You should all Work Hard, Play hard

GN and GL Us!

P.s
Mrs Tilt,
I love you.

Barca timeeeeeeeeeee

Tomorrow I'm heading to my favorite place in the world, the Capital city of Catalonia, Barcelona!

Every-time I go I have the best time of my life... last time I was there I even got lucky and won my first ever poker trophy :)
Not sure yet about my plans and schedule of work there, but ill def do my best to win everything. Last few weeks were swingy overall, now it's time to join the winners circle again..

Traveling this time with a pretty big part of my poker group - Last time they were with me was in Prague, that trip ended well - Lets do this again!

Happy to see some friends I didn't see for a while - Sad Mrs Tilt isn't coming along this time around:(

Wont be able to go to Camp Nou for a game this time around (Barca is playing away in first round), unless I stay as long as next weekend (for game number 2 of La Liga) - That shall be the case only if I make a super deep run in the Main. So fingers crossed for that too :)
Lets get thereeeeeeeeeeeee

Barca, Barca, Barca!

4200$ for a bag?? Snap back to reality...

We have been home for 3 days now, think I'm even over the jet-lag thingy by now..
33 days, 4 time zones, 1 deep run in the ME of WSOP (which showed nice profit, but overall did not get me to excitement levels I was expecting to feel), lots of fun, some disappointment and a heaps to reminisce about in the future.

It is hard to balance normal day to day life, with money you spend when u travel. After the ME, I said Mrs Tilt she has a nice budget to buy herself a bag, in a fancy place, as a birthday present.
She showed me just one bag (which she didn't even like, just to teach me a lesson), while being in Hawaii, which was 4200$ (Before TAX).

I mean, if something cost that much, I could only assume some one will consider buying it, right?
Who? Why?!
What would u do with an ugly 4200$ bag? Do u get a 2100$ worth of body guard to protect it and yourself while using it?

I saw ppl gambling 5 figure bets red/black on the Roulette in Vegas. I've seen ppl begging for a piece of bread in the subway in NYC. Such a weird world we are living in sometimes...

Next adventure is already set, but till I'm back to my favorite place in the world, I'm back to full time grind and hard work. Snap back to reality.

66th

ME WSOP, biggest event of the year. My first ever 10k buy-in MTT...
Played for 6 days.
6420 started, and I got 66th. Earned some money to cover my expenses for this big trip.
Made some good plays, made some bad, happy with my professional performance overall. Learned a lot about myself and about live poker in the US.
Worked my ass off for over a week, feel super tired.
Should feel happy with my overall performance... But on our way yesterday to Hawaii (our penultimate stop of this trip), I almost started crying...

I mean, most ppl come to Vegas, lose a lot of money, and get back home super happy.
I came to Vegas for the first time, made decent money, and felt like it's the end of the world.

I imagine only poker players can understand this feeling. So close, yet so far. Feeling it but not quite getting there. It's been like 24 hours now, and I'm next to the pool laxxxing, so mood is improving slowly - guess ill feel happy and accomplished again soon ...
Within few days Ill start thinking about future plans.

I wanna thank everyone again for the support, it was amazing - I do feel blessed being surrounded by so many cool ppl/friends/colleagues.

I know I've put this song here few times before already, but it just inspires me again and again, and makes me think Ill be able to get there soon...

This might have been the longest day of my life..

All started well and amusing at the SF airport... We quickly got a car at around Noon (could have been the top story on it's own, that process, but on such a day...), and started making our way towards Highway 1... Normally this drive should take just over 1.5 hours, but apparently Americans love to drive on 4th of July weekends, so we got to Monterrey (more or less the start of the amazing pacific road) at roughly 4:30 PM...
Had a quick lunch, were told by the locals we will be driving 10~ more hours (instead of 6-7) cause of traffic, started considering our options and decided we gonna go trough with it, as it kinda sucks skipping a pre-booked hotel...

Highway 1 is AMAZING. It's perfect. I'd spend a week there ez. I might just do that before November 9 (which I'd be a part of, ofc). Also traffic got way better quickly, and by 8PM we were already out and on our way to LA with 4 hours of driving left according to our GPS.
What I didn't anticipate at this point, is not having a single gas station over the course of the next 2.5 hours...

In the middle of no where (highway 46 if anyone knows), we started running really short, and I started getting super worried... Than BAM - Gaz station shown on the GPS. Got there. Gonna laxxx now.
Shit, Card doesn't go trough and store is closed.
Panic attack (first I had since December 8th, 2011). Mrs tilt tries to calm me down. I'm already considering calling for rescue.

Couple guys drive by tell me there's another station few miles down the way. We are not sure we have couple miles left (we are at 0 a while already).
Nothing works so we decide to gamble and go for it.
We find a station and manage to fuel-up literally on the 98th minute of injury time...

We get to our hotel in LA at 1 AM.

Totals:

13 hours on the road.
425 Miles I drove in one day - That's 680 KM~. <Eilat to Metula (south point to north point of Israel) is around 520KM~>
1 Panic attack.
1. Mrs tilt who needs compensation...

Funny that this is our official US trip song...

Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!

You're gonna meet some gentle people there (and every homeless in the west coast)

*Super tired while writing this, sorry if spelling sucks*

Almost a week gone since starting our US trip.
Last 3 days we are in San Francisco. A place with a song. And hills. And a beautiful bridge. And a great bay. And delicious food. And... We wanted to run away on hour number 2.

I mean we come from a place with shit load of problems and issues... but I can't imagine we can ever meet the local reality here - Market Street (Cities main street - which goes trough the financial and hi-tech districts. Uber and Twitter HQ's are right there) is filled with endless amounts of homeless, junkies and random wierdos.... This happens apparently because SF is taking in all those ppl in need, from nearby cities/states (such as LA and Nevada). Some of them sell/buy drugs in day light. Some scream. Most of them just sit and look to get a quarter, so they can buy a beer.

U can't ignore them totally. U can do your best to look away, but there's just too many of them, at every corner of most streets. So u start thinking about it... Sometimes the pictures u see are just too much to bare.
Next week I'm going to play the ME WSOP. Makes me understand even way better how much is on stake. Those ppl might kill each other for way less than this events buy in.

We are having fun, don't get me wrong. We will be having fun till we get back. It's just that this trip goes through with so much mental weight. Gotta keep strong. We seen many flowers yesterday in local botanical gardens, and we are wearing some in our hair :)

It's not just a game, It's who I am

Scoop ended, but the hard work didn't stop for a sec. I teach, I study, I preach, I test my body (and mind) daily... Working super hard since it's just 2 weeks before we fly out, for over a month, to the other side of the world...

A few hours ago I met few friends/colleagues over for a late dinner. One of them, AKA *Da Gigit*, offered us discussing other stuff, non poker related, while we meet and eat. It didn't last for over 2 minutes...

The game we play (and hope to make a living of) is so complex that basically you can never get tired of finding new subjects and topics to discuss in regard to it. You can discuss strategy, mental issues, financial balances and social relationships. *You can find everything in the card* ;)

I found in poker (mostly live, but also in general in this world) all the things I've always missed as a chess player - Poker, just like life, can be unbalanced, not fair, not perfect, not accurate, dramatic, tragic, comic, and in so many other shapes... That's why we often use poker terminology among us even when we have a non-related conversation. Don't believe me? You can even ask Mrs. Tilt... :)

I do enjoy doing other stuff, and I miss some activities I just didn't have time for recently. I hope that once some goals will be achieved, i'll get back to them. But for now, it's full on work (well, at least for the next two weeks).

Oh Bon Jovi is coming to Israel, he can tell you all about my life...

Basically our local politics is kinda like online poker...

<Sorry guys, time to talk some politics>

Went into a loud argument with my father in law (who's by far the coolest/nicest guy on the planet) a few days ago, made me think about the following...

As I said before, no one cares about your bad beats and bad luck (in life and in poker). You should always work hard to improve (both as a professional and an individual), and the results will be there eventually. So same basically goes for my local politics... Someone needs to stop blaming everyone else, and start taking some responsibility for SHIT.

For too long now, Israeli governments have been looking for someone else to blame for their fuck-ups and problems, with decision makers mostly concerned with preserving their own political lives, and not doing anything to go trough with resolving our surrounding problems...

Stop blaming stupid ppl for being stupid. Teach them instead.
You can't solve a serious health issue with just one Aspirin every day - U need to confront those and take some serious decisions. So how come not a single action was taken here, since we left the settlements in the Gaza Strip in 2005? Ripping out so many families out of their homes and lives, not doing anything ever since to make that worth it? All that was done is building some other protection tool (*Aspirin*)... Eventually you will grow out of ideas... while the problem will just become more severe.

Time to step up. Time to say, we need a change, and we are going to do something about it.
Yep, Step up! (Taken from the best Album in history!)

It all comes down to this

Playing the best I have ever played. Crashing rough tables and top pros. Getting closer and closer. Bubbling another event... .
Didn't manage to make it to a single day 2 of Scoop so far.
Won't blame luck. No one gives a fuck.
Have just this last upcoming HUGEEEE Sunday left, with ME (and others)...
One guy shipped 2 Scoop Highs today within few hours in between.
Same goes for OMG...
No other outcome but WIN.
Not gonna break, never.
C U SOON, WATCH.

Ill get there. Keeping my head up.

Time to Shine

No bad vibes. 

No bad Karma.

Good things are coming our way.
First a watch, than a bracelet!

Scoop - Spring Championship of Online Poker.

Starting this upcoming Sunday. Biggest 2 weeks of the year in Online poker.

Time to step up. 

I'm coming sharp. I'm ready. I'm getting there. #binktimeeeeeeeee

My team is ready. I'm proud of them and sure they are going to get there toooooooo

It's all there for the taking and the making. 

Lets do this. 

Get this party started!

Swinging (Time for some self motivational BS...)

Been a while since I wrote for the last time. After a stretch of good karma and excitement over the last 48 hours, I decided to write this post:

Every swing in life has an end. Either good or bad, eventually things turn around. On the long term, the good and strong must prevail, cause believing in anything different makes u sad and miserable too often. Everyone knows me as super optimistic and positive, but...

Last few months were rough overall - I made many mistakes, with only my self to blame for, and felt unhappy too often. When I'm sad, everyone knows it.
As already mentioned before, luck (or the lack of luck) has no effect on my mood, but when I fumble, I feel like I wanna cry.

I thank mostly 2 ppl for keeping my spirit high - my 2 partners (in life and in business).
They cheer me up , they believe in me.
I believe in me, even when feel like puking...

Eventually Ill turn stuff around in all aspects, and achieve my goals. There's just no other outcome.
Big spin up coming up soon!

No need for motivational songs... so gonna put some Will Smith, since Independence Day, AKA my favorite movie of all times, announced a sequel!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

199,800

And counting.

Who's the boss?

Ever since leaving my last job as an online marketer, in order to pursue freedom and professional independence, I was always only doing stuff I decided about.
I am always happy to share ideas and learn from other, and am very proud in being surrounded by a bunch of (mostly) intelligent ppl who can spare a free/good advise in times of need - but overall I really do enjoy being called *the boss* and having the last word.

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I do have one *senior-boss* - She shares my bank account... ;)
>>

I'm considering an option involving my future, which will, again, allow some sovereignty over me to one who's not me.... this tilts the living shit out of me, but I have to consider all options, and remember that eventually the most important thing is staying strong, doing my best in every situation, and improving every day both as a professional and as an individual.

Even if ill take it, Ill take it Like a (The) Boss, till I get there on The River ....

Karma is a bitch!

While there's many different ways to define a game of live poker, it's def a combat of minds. I've met many cool/nice ppl while playing, and unfortunately I also did meet few (not many) retards... But I'm not sure any was as disgusting as the guy in the next video:

I am not sure I've ever been happier with a result in a poker hand I wasn't involved in - It's just Karma, MOFOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I play a game of skill, mastered by highly skillful ppl, experienced daily by various recreational players - Both pros and non pros are playing (working) and having fun. Don't deny it with this kind of SHIT!

It's not my fault ppl are....

It's not my fault ppl are stupid.
It's not my fault ppl can't handle shit.
It's not my fault ppl are not able to manage BRM.
It's not my fault ppl threat it as if it's gambling.
It's not my fault I win and you lose...

Now I gotta do what they told me? :\

The big 3 0

Ye, I'm 30. Sucks. FML.
30 is not the new 20. It's just a number that makes me sound old.
When I was a teenager, I was sure 30+ year old ppl are old.
Can't even say I was wrong, I do feel like reminiscing about my long lost youth...

10 years ago today, I wouldn't have guessed in million guesses what I'd be doing today, where I'd be living etc... The only thing which was expected and didn't change is my other half, who was there with me in better and worse, and I'm sure she will be there for me on my 40th and 50th Bdays too...

Nothing changes tomorrow. Same work. Same habits. Same friends. old and new dreams...

Hard way to make an EZ living

GG Malta.

Flying out in few hours home after a week full of dreams and reality...
Don't think Ill be playing any more live before ME in Vegas in July, as unfortunately so far this year wasn't able to *get there*, and it's just too expensive.

Always funny thinking of the gap between my normal work routine and type of games I'm playing daily, and the lifestyle and tournaments I'm playing when I'm away... "Micro Millions" series was promoted yesterday on flyers at the tables of the ME EPT - most of the tournaments in that series won't have a first prize big enough to cover the buy-in amount into that live event :)

Happy and proud with my overall performance, aware of all the big mistakes I've made and will do my best to avoid them in the future.

Back to work tomorrow, Working hard for the money

Tilt

First (and last?) post from Malta.

Been here for full 4 days now, and it's mostly been fun (and hard work). I'm 2/2 in cashes in tournaments, with the biggest event of all starting tomorrow.

I'm tilted.

Tilt is a mental situation discovered and practiced by all Poker players at some point of their game experience... Most of them go trough it when they get unlucky in specific spots (while normally forgetting how lucky they were just few moments ago). 

No pro should get tilted tho from that kind of S***, as it's just a part of the game you have to except as unavoidable. I only tilt when I make mistakes, and that's exactly what happened to me today, busting me out from the "Italian poker Main Event".

I def try to learn and improve from every such *incident*, but since those don't happen often as I don't play live poker much, It's hard for me no to take it personally.. I will most def have to improve that part of my mental preparation, if i'll be continuing playing those big events, and potentially making big mistakes. I'm more than happy taking tips on this subject, so please feel free commenting.

Tomorrow is a new day, and luckily I will be fresh and ready to go for our EPT-ME-Malta adventure.

Until next time... When ill start forgiving myself...

Working 9 to 5

Yesterday I booked flights for our big *2015 USA Trip*... We have been debating about this trip for many years, basically ever since coming back from our first big mutual adventure, 5 years ago, in NZ.
I dedicate this late night post to my *other half*, who's sleeping her beauty sleep right now after a hectic week, while her hubby is working and blogging ... We are 2 of the most different/opposite characters in the world, but she makes me complete.

I so often feel I live on a different planet compare to most people surrounding me. *Normal* ppl, such as my wife, go to work every day, drink their morning coffees, eat their business lunches (or crappy sandwiches), do whatever assignments they have (or postpone it as much as possible), then go back home, have dinner, watch TV and off to bed. Next day, it will all start over...
My daily routine is so mixed up, I'm not always even sure what should I call morning/day etc.. My *9 to 5* normally ends when my wife gets up for work. It was more or less the same since like long time ago, even when I was working as an ordinary employee at my last company - I just couldn't choose as randomly at what time I wanna get up.

I hate it when ppl criticize my lifestyle... I am definitely in no position of accusing anyone for being a *Slave of modern capitalism* <e.g: working many hours everyday, while earning just enough to be broke> - So why should I be judged for my somewhat unorthodox way of making a living and living in general?

Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living,..
Barely getting by, It's all taking and not giving....

When it rains, it pours

<I dedicate this short post to Pedro... Getting there soon Brother... Getting there soon...>

Making money isn't EZ. Breaking even is way better than most of the competition, but it's def not the proper way to make a living (That's why I was never playing full time).
Shortly after scoring my first real poker success, I met a very successful businessman. After hearing about my recent success, and my *poker is just for fun* plans, he shared with me a very important business tip - When *running good* in life (and in Poker, OBV), just keep going - it wont last forever. I managed to score a pretty good streak before eventually hitting my first bump (which was very painful). Than climbed back out of the hole. And repeat...

What can you do when u run bad? When u work hard and it doesn't pay off? When Shit just doesn't stick together? When your not making money for months, while doing what u do best!!??
In life, as well as in Poker, everyone has a cool bad beat story. No one cares about u and your problems. No one want's to hear you bitching, they heard it all before.
Stay strong.

I believe in the saying that good things happen to good ppl.
Some call it Karma, other call it Faith. I call it Reality.
Just keep Working Hard, and get back on it the next time around..

*W*

I used to think I could care less about winning. I mean, I was always competitive, but When u play a game for a living, u just wanna have some fun and $$$. Last summer, I went to play my first ever Live event abroad. That was fun, but not sufficient as I didn't even Cash it. But on my last night, in my favorite and most amazing city of the world, I chopped Heads-Up a side tournament - after 2 hours of playing HU I took it down, and won my first (and only, as of right now) poker trophy.

All my chess trophies are at my parents place, in my old room. Basically it's all there for my dad to look at and reminisce of the time I was going to be the next Gary Kasparov (or whatever). I keep my one Poker trophy above me here in my office, and every-time I need inspiration, I just look at it, waiting for a bigger one to follow and get friends with.

Few months after, I lost HU in a different event, while scoring a way bigger prize. With many of my friends there, happy for me, (as well as my Wife) - I felt kinda crushed. I'm not sure this is the right way to approach that occasion, as I did have an awesome payday - But while all were drinking (with the Funny Luxembourgian guy that beat me), I was thinking mostly about a missed opportunity.
In Online poker, it's all about numbers. In Live Poker, from a Pro point of view, I believe it's the same. But Scoring that *W* makes u feel alive. A good friend of mine, who has nothing to do with any sort of gambling, who told me what he thinks of me and live poker (after hearing my story from my first ever poker-trip) - It sounds like it makes me feel alive.
Oh, and *Talkative*... ;)

In less than 2 weeks Ill be on it again - driven, motivated and more experienced. Hope the cards will be on my side, and that Ill get thereeeeeeeeeeeee.....................................

Maybe in like 20, Ill be also a part of the Hall Of Fame :)

"Thinking of life it self"

Wont talk Poker tonight, since Sunday went exactly as discussed in my previous post - Dreams, and Reality :)
So tonight I'll be writing about friends and nuclear threats...

The Israeli Prime Minister just finished addressing the American Congress an hour ago, talking about the Iranian nuclear threat, and the Israeli-American Friendship/Relationship.
Just few days ago, after being accused of responsibility for various internal (Israeli) illnesses (economical, mostly), he explained that even in rough times he "thinks of life itself, and the Nuclear danger called Iran". Basically, the head of my state admits he has no solutions to internal shit, and just thinks of ways to unite his ppl/voters around him, towards upcoming elections (two weeks exactly from today). This is a std way of politicians to approach un-resolvable criticism, practiced by US presidents (for example) as well in the past (latest was: Bush>>Iraq).

Over the last 20 years, I've traveled quite a lot, mostly thanks to my various occupations (Chess, Business, Poker). I've met Christians, Muslims, American and European Jews (and non Jews), Arabs, South Americans, Aussies etc... Some were nice, some weren't. Some liked me, some didn't (when I was 13, I was verbally abused for the only time in my life for being Jewish, by a stupid Ukrainian kid who had no idea I speak Russian. On the bright side, he got snap-bitch-slept in the face by his Chess coach, BTW). That's all normal...
Among the ppl I met were few Iranian (Chess Players) and Lebanese guys (Poker) too. All of them were super nice and friendly, happy to discuss whatever and share (while obv knowing my nationality) - They all could care less about Politics. So how come Politicians make war, while ppl are usually happy to live in Peace? I won't discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict, as it's too complicated, and I'm not even sure it's resolvable - but those guys should be my enemies, so how come we became friends? Maybe life itself might be ok, and it's the big guys which make it crappy and complicated?

I am thinking of life itself, daily. It's my hope for a bright future, for my self and my family (current, and also future - to make my Polish Mom happy).
Actually, that's the main reason why I do what I do for a living -  That hope, those dreams (practically un-achievable in any other way).
But *life itself*, in Israel in 2015, isn't war, nor BS Nuclear threats. It's about being able to afford buying your self a house, a car. It's about having a sustainable life style.

Fuck Politics

I welcome my self back

This is my first Blog post in almost 3 years. My latest blogging period didn't last too long, as it was too un-realistic. I was planning, at that time, of making 154 Million USD before I turn 30 – My 30^th Birthday is exactly one month away today, and I'm still looking for *Million N'1*… Ill be talking about life, love, work, politics and whatever I feel like it. Since I don't share an office with no one anymore nowadays, this will be my sharing window… English isn't my first language so sorry in advance for having multiple spelling/grammar mistakes.

Currently, I mainly play Poker for a living. Some, including my Accountant and my Wife, call me a Professional Gambler.

I used to play Chess full time (which is 100% Skill game) - while there's an ongoing debate on luck factor in Poker. When I did quit Pro-chess, my chess club owner/boss said I'm making a big mistake, as I have such a bright future…  funny… on one side you can play a game, be *OK* at it, and make a lot of money. On the other, u can play a different game, be Super good at it, and most likely never make a single dollar in your life… So who's gambling, the old me, or the new one?

Today is Sunday (AKA biggest poker night of the week in Online poker), and I was just planning on taking a nap now before starting my Sunday Poker Grind. Insomnia made me get out of bed, and write this first post. Sundays are our *Dream day of every week*. Its the night we dream of making so much money, it'll change one's life. Every single poker player hopes of a big Bink, the time he will become the new Chris MoneyMaker (or at least *Maratik*)…  In reality most of us lose money every Sunday. Then you get back on it again the next week. GL tonight to Me, Friends, Colleagues and horses (ill discuss the latest at later posts - I'm not referring to those that eat straw/hay).

Will be def posting few times a week to start. Happy to take comments/notes and requests. Do subscribe if u liked it!
Will always be finishing with a song J

Dreams - happy times and a flashback...:)