My journey of playing MTT poker for a living.

My journey of playing MTT poker for a living.

Yooo!

I'm Tim, from Ljubljana, Slovenia, currently playing poker full time for around 2years. Till now I reached the point to be able
to make some monthly money with pokerinho and start living a bit better more chill life then I was before with my previous shity
job and lifestyle in general.
But now I came to the point where I want to take my game to the next level, to get better in the game, play a bit higher
stakes, be able to earn more money and become more solid poker player in general,
which would alow me to easier achieve my goals and live even more fulfilled life in incoming years.

My year couldn't start any better, since I was accepted into BitB poker team and will now put all my time and focus required to reach
goals that I/we have set.

While on that yourney and further on, I really wanna share publicly my weekly thoughts, experiences, good/bad events, on and off the tables
that happen to me on daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Why I'm doing that, tbh I have multiple reasons. One of them is that being consistent with writting all this down and sharing with others,
keeps me extra motivated, helps me to sustain my consistency in all aspects of life and helps me to be consistently GRATEFUL
for the awesome life that I live.
Other reasons are aswell getting feedback (both positive and negative), suggestions from others, different ways of thinking and in general
being engaged with other people and other minds.
I think having some kind of journaling or writting down thoughts in general helps every human being and this blog is gonna be one part
of journaling of my life/career.

What I'l usually do is post every monday kind of "weekly review" and try to talk about things that happen in previous week.
Obviously its gonna be quite poker related, but since I talk poker already everywhere else and discuss all the strategies and approaches etc,
I'll try to make it as much "lifestyle" kind of blog here.
I'll do my best to review most important things that happened in a week, talk about weekly poker goals, weekly sports goals, relationship goals,
things I could do better, things I did very good at etc etc.

I hope if you do spend time to read my weekly posts, that you find it interesting and easy to read.

Next time I'll post, will be on monday. Till then I wish you all the best and goodluck on/off the tables.

Tim

Upcoming week goals:

Poker/study goals:
- Play 5 days
- Attend all scheduled coachings (if I can't for some reason, make sure to watch the recording's)

Other goals:
- 10 minute strecthing after every session
- Go on night hike with friends on friday
- 3 times gym this week (being careful with exercises cuz of hand "semi" injury)
- Eat a lot of protein and a bit more fruits
- Post more on IG, just daily stuff of livin life and sharing good/bad xp that happens to me.

Optional:
- Go to sauna once this week
- Lower back massage once this week

Review of the goals:

Poker/study review:

Other goals review:

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Hope you have a great time there! I'm not sure what your plans are as far as exploring Mexico or how long you are staying, but if you need some tips fossilkid had a really interesting and informative thread in the Travel section. It's titled "Mexico City...", but if I remember correctly he ends up going all over the country.

mexico-city-underrated-thread


by marknfw k

Hope you have a great time there! I'm not sure what your plans are as far as exploring Mexico or how long you are staying, but if you need some tips fossilkid had a really interesting and informative thread in the Travel section. It's titled "Mexico City...", but if I remember correctly he ends up going all over the country.

mexico-city-underrated-thread

Hey bro! Thank you sooo much for the information. I will deffinetly check it!
Hope you are well. All the best <3


Quee passso amigos.

Writting this weeks blog on beautiful island Muheres.

Office for today πŸ˜ƒ


First week in Mexico is behind me. What a blast I had.

We mostly traveled around and played tourists. We spend 2 nights in Cancun hotel area to just chill and rest a bit and then moved to Cancun city to explore a bit rougher streets of Mexico.

We ate alot, drink some cervezasss and just spend time exploring.

We visited the city of Valladolid and so far this was my favourite part of the trip. The city is just pure Mexico vibe, so lovely, so many little shops, caffetarias, taco places etc, and in general
just so colourfull and full of live. We both loved it muucho muchooo.

After that we went to see Mayan pyramids and citx of Chichen Itza. This place is so sick and "powerfull", we also got Shamanized on the way there πŸ˜ƒ Loved the experience and was so nice to have a guide and he explained me everything about it since I'm very uneducated about history and now I actually know smth about it and it felt awesome.

After that we went back to city of Cancun since I needed apartment with good internet because I wanted to play on saturday and sunday.
So this two days we both woke up early, went for coffee and breakfast and then I started playing and played basicly entire day.

I've setup a nice spot for playing and I also somehow connected Anjas Imac to my laptop for second screen and I was able to play 9 tables haha. A bit tiny tables and everything a bit messy,
but I had lots of fun and played some decent pokerinho and aaabsoletuly enjoyed it.

Now we are on Island Muheres, 20 mins with boat from cancun, and here we just chill and will spend christmas time here. After that we will still play tourist a bit till end of the year, go visit some other cities around here and then on 3rd January we both start working hard.

I'm really really enjoying my time off and to spend time away from screens, so Im very grateful for that. At the same time I'm already sososoooo excited to start playing again and to hit the series in early January. Pokerstars, wmax both have some series going on so Im really excited for that.

I'll post now here some results from this year, but since I only have laptop with me I cand share PT4 hud stats with you guys because I have it backhome on my PC.

Overall this year was my best year so far results wise, 2nd year of full time poker career and I ABSOLUUUTELY ****IN LOVE IT!

I developed a lot as a player and as a human being. I started the year playing 17€ avg ish and now I'm at 25€ ish. Most of that credit goes to the best coaches and mentors and coostudents in the world, BitB team, I'm IN LOVE WITH THIS FAMILY trully. Thanks for everyhting guys.

Second best credit goes to Anja my gf, you are the best, you rock and you are an ABSOLUTAMENTE LEHENDAA!

Third big credit goes to my therapist Gordana. You helped me achieve and unlock sooo much of my potential that Its hard to describe in words and part of my success is for sure in your hands.
Thank you for that, I'm so GRATEFUL to have you <3

Now enough tears and sweet words, here are some numbers from this year.

Since I cant put GG results in sharkscope anymore here are numbers I calculated:

Tournaments played: 5950 (plus 20 live mtt's ish)
Profit: 45551€

I for sure improved a lot as a player, im much more confident, much better stats in comparison with other months and years before and I absolutely see and feel the difference from now and before I joined Bitb, its insane, and its getting better and better, I love it every day more!

Plans for next year are obv big, but I'll just put some most important here:

Poker goals:

- Play 30€ avg buyins tottaly on my own bankroll
- Continue improving stats and getting better in general
- Start playing 10 tables comfortably (12 tables peak session, 9 tables most of the session)
- Attack all series as hardcore as possible
- Go to Vegas WSOP for first time (if possible, don't force it)
- Go to 1 EPT series in EUROPE

Other then that, basicly approach same as this year. Spend entire year for playing and studying poker as in 2024, but just go further and harder!
Only goals is that at the end of the year I can say " I GAVE IT MY ABSOLUTE BEST"

Other goals:

- Continue practising tennis
- Play amateur summer/winter league of tennis in Slovenia
- Start working out a bit more (that my rest days become semi rest days, from no exercise on free day to light exercise on rest day)
becoming a bit more "tough" in general
- Go on 1 longer (10 days ish) vacation with Eva ( the rest vacations or days off I mostly wont plan, but will take time when/if needed)
- Continue with eating food as I'm doing now. Prioritize lots of protein and try to eat as much home made good quality foods as possible
- Start saving account
- Get better with life bankroll managment and start learning about investments etc..

This year will be very very similar for me as 2024, but just with next steps and taking it to the next level.
My life was pretty rough till few years ago and now I've build it to the degree that I can work and develop in safe and peacefull enviroment

Now its time for next chapter, which is building my life further and taking it to next level. Building total financial freedom and building my life for the future.
Step by step of course, working hard and giving it my best every day, but not rushing anything since its a MARATHON and not a SPRINT!

For 2024 I can say that I DEFFINITELY GAVE IT MY BEST and I'm very happy and proud of what I've achieved in 2024. My best year so far, IM HAPPY AND GRATEFUL for myself.

Lets do even better in 2025 and with only goal to be able to say same words and the end of 2025.

I wish you guys amazing end of the year and THANK YOU ALL soooo much to reading my blog and being so nice to me anywhere we met, both live and online.

I wish you happy holidays and a happy new year <3

I'll writte here next time in the starting days of January 2025.

Till then, here are some pictures from this week and talk to you soon <3

Beautiful city of Valladolid:




Some amazing and cheap (22$ tips included) breakfast and coffee in valladolid:


Got blessed by a Mayan shaman (imagine the Mexico IP rungood that I'll have now, ayayayyyy papiiii)


Amazing Chichen Itza



Dreamy Carribiean seaside in Cancun ( I dreamt of this beaches when I was young, I always thought that only in the movies this is possible)


And my "office" in Cancun πŸ˜ƒ ( my posture here is v v v bad, will work on this in the future for sure πŸ˜ƒ )


Enjoy guys, love yalll <3

Tim


Maybe a suggestion.

Just put some cardboard boxes or books under your laptop so it comes at eye level/height. Much better for your back but especially neck.
Also put your screen further away so it sits close(r) to the wall, your body closer to the table so that your mouse arm can rest comfertable/more on the table better to prevent against shoulder tension.

Also best of luck in Mexico. You seem like a chill guy seizing the opportunities he gets at this young age and your girlfriend seems amazing with the level of support she provides to you.
Best of luck in 2025. Go get them!


by Demagnet1zer k

Maybe a suggestion.

Just put some cardboard boxes or books under your laptop so it comes at eye level/height. Much better for your back but especially neck.
Also put your screen further away so it sits close(r) to the wall, your body closer to the table so that your mouse arm can rest comfertable/more on the table better to prevent against shoulder tension.

Also best of luck in Mexico. You seem like a chill guy seizing the opportunities he gets at this young age and your girlfriend seems amazing

Hey man.

Thank you so much for your nice comment and help. I indeed had very very bad postinion those 2 days πŸ˜ƒ

All tho I never seat like this haha, all that you mention I always follow, but this 2 days on that tiny desk and not much gear, I said, it is what it is, for 2 days noting too abd can happen haha.

But I agree on all that you said!
Next Monday I'll post a picture from new office from new apartment where Ill be staying for longer period and play almost every day, here the positions and everything should be much better haha πŸ˜ƒ

And thanks again for nice words man, Anja indeed is a true blessing. Best of luck to you 2.

Love <3


Hollaa amigoos.

I hope you all had amazing holidays and new years eve. Me and Anja sure did our best to enjoy this years holidays as much as possible.

I have no words for the great time I have here in Mexico. Its just so amazing being in summer time and escaping winter in Slovenia. I'm so happy that I came here and
I really enjoyed traveling Yucatan so far. Seen many nice places, ate many nice foods, drank quite few coronas and spend a lot of time outside exploring!

One of many taqueria places we went. Cheap and v v goood.


Attending live coachings anywhere anytime πŸ˜ƒ This time on bus station waiting for a bus to Tulum New Years partyy time.


When you have all your life in 2 bags πŸ˜ƒ


I'm now already for 5 days in our apartment where we are staying till March. Played few sessions already and I feel great. The apartment is nice and spaceous, we have everything that we need.
internet works MUYBUEEENO so far, so nothing to complain. The neighbors are a bit loud, but also that is managable.
We also have a gym in our building so that is so ****inn nice because I dont need to spend extra time walking somewhere to the gym.

My routine atm is waking up at 8.30 am ish, going for a swim in the pool on the top of the building, then staying 20 minutes on sunlight and meditating, straight after that gym and then I eat and
prepare for the session.

Usually I will start my session at around 10.00 - 11.00 am. Then play most of the day and then just relax and wind down before sleep.

I really enjoy my routine and will keep it going that way. Its so good this timezone, so I'm really enjoying every second of the day.

This week I dont really have many pictures for you guys, since I only stayed at computer and played poker haha. But here is few pictures of our new place and my (and Anjas) working space.

Terrace pool:



Small gymskii:


Office:




Cozy and everything we need plus more, so I am really really grateful. Next week I'll show you the apartment as well and a picture of me while playing with better posture and seating position πŸ˜ƒ

In the mean time I also wrote down my S.M.A.R.T. Goals for poker for year 2025, here they are:

Poker playing/studying

- Play 6500 MTT's minimum
- Play 8-10 tables comfortably (12 peak)
- play avg 35€ on your own bankroll
- attack all series with aiming to play everyday plus 2 months in Vegas in summer. Other months/weeks, work normaly (at least 6/7 days)
- Continue working with BitB
- Continue improving your stats and maintaining them
- Work 6/7 days on avg (series more) (Playing online/live or studying all day counts as work)

And here are also other goals:

Health and fitness:

- Exercise at least 5 days per week (minimum exercise is 30mins running + stretching + warmup/ walking 1,5 hours)
all other exercises like tennis or full gym session work as exercise
- Learn serving in tennis (that you can put every time over the net in the field, even if its not a strong serve)
- 95% or better sleep performance in WHOOP avg for 2025

Vacation:

- 1 longer vacation with Eva (10 days ish)
- 1 longer vacation with Anja (7 days ish)
- Other trips orient around live series alone or with BitB guys or with Luka, Miha, Reddy, BlaΕΎ, etc...
- 1 trip with the boys (5 days max) With Gal/Gapi.

Wellbeing and daily routines:

- Morning and sleeping routine every day (6 min diary + other parts of the routine) (necessary on all working and normal days, errors available only on
vacations days if not possible) (330 days at least)
- Not a single cigarette (around 60 of them in 2024, in 2025 none!)

With that being said, I'm more then ready to start 2025.

As said in previous blog already, 2024 I kinda brought everything together and start it going really, and now in 2025 I'm ready to push things to higher levels and GIVE IT MY ABSOLUTE BEST!!

I will also post my weekly pokertracker stats here, just for fun.

I'll also try to post them every 3 months and kinda do quick summary of what I coould do better etc (bc of bigger sample).

Here is my weekly PT graph:


And here are my results from this week:


I'll post next time next monday.

Till then I wish you all the best and to have a great and awesome weekend!

Love <3


Hi guys.

The winter series are over. Soon some other will start probbly haha, but lets do a quick review of last week and overall review of series.

In January I played almost every day, except for 1 day off and 1 day forcefuly off since I got food poisoning here in Mexico (finally haha).

Was so funny as well cuz we traveled around first 2 weeks and ate outside all the time also in all the sketchy places and nothing happened, but then
we cooked at home for 5 days and both got sick haha. I guess its just some bacteria that you get sooner or later that your body is not used too and then you
are fine.

Was legit torture for 24 hours, I was in bed all day, Anja needed to help me go to toilet cuz I couldnt stand by myself, was crazy.
The next morning I woke up totally fresh like nothing happened. So when the devil left my body I was again ready to work.


Its crazy how we quickyl forget the basic, to eb GRATEFUL WHEN WE ARE HEALTHY haha. So I think its nice and important here and there to have this kinda setbacks, that just makes you realize
once again, that you really need to be bleesed and grateful for when things are going great.

Other than that most of the days are very very enjoyable, I still have same routine, morning sunlight and swim and then coffee and then start firing tournaments slowly.


Overall I was down around 2.5k this series, which is obv not great, but not terrible as well. I think I performed great and I had a great approach.

I learned a lot again and most important stuff I learned is that I found my sweet spot table count for my A game and best performance possible.
I'll just tick to 6-8 tournaments for now, even tho its hard not to open other tourneys and fomo is big specially on Sundays, its just nooot comparable
how much better I play with less tables, its insane plus I enjoy it much more.



Here actually 9 tables, was a bad boy πŸ˜ƒ

Im also currently studying alot and aplying new stuff, so i think 6-8 tables will be my max for some time.
So now that Im getting used to this less tables and not looking into lobbies at all, its just soo much better and more fun.
I enjoy more, i can think more, I find all the plays Im happy with and its just generaly much more pleasant experience.

Other than that I played quite well, improved with stats as well. I like my approach, to go chill and funny into the session, not taking things too seriously,
every time I had bad day performance vice, was always because I got into the session like too seriously or too hard on myself etc… So I'll just continue to practice
presence in session and work as much as possible on that.

Obv when not at the tables and when in study mode I go fuul analitical approach and go as much in deepth as possible, but when Playing I wanna be present and chill and just have fun.
When Im able to do that, I really in such a good mood and play rlly rlly good pokerinho.
Samuel ( €urop€an ) sums this things very very nicely in this podcast ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFBOx9kt... . I think thats why he is the GREATEST to ever do it,
such an inspiration and such an amazing human being.

This is a picture that I look at every time ebfore session, really helps me understand the difference and I think both approaches are very very important:


Other then playing I didnt do much more stuff. Watched some netflix after session, talked with Anja and had some tacos and went for some walks.


Oh and I had my first hour of Spanish πŸ˜ƒ


I went for ice bath on the beach on a sunday morning. That was such a nice experience and preparation for the grind. I loved it. Will do the same this sunday.


I also went for a lunch with my Mentor, his brother and their friend plus Anja joined also. Had some nice food and was v v lovely hanging out with them.

I love everything about my current routines, flow, life, training, and everything in general so I'll just continue in same manner.



My cooworker πŸ˜ƒ


Next few days I'll play a bit less poker and spend more time to study, to review some things I wanna review and to get even more sharper.

Here are daily profits/losses from last time I posted:



Here are my PokerTracker stats from start till end of series:


Next time I'll play on sunday (writting this on thursday) and after that play like 4-5 times per week and the rest just study and do other stuff for
well being.

I hope you guys are having a great start of the year and that you are healthy and happy as much as it is possible.

Will update next Monday.

Seeyaaa amigoos <3


Hi guys.

Another week behind me, and this one was quite a tough one. Mentaly wise some emotions got into me and I struggled a lot. I wanna talk a bit today about this, since it really helps me
putting the words out "on paper". Also, I think in poker this is really not spoken enough off, or at least I dont see it too often with other players etc..

But before that here are some numbers from previous 7 days.

I played 5 days, almost entire day (11 hours on avg), spend 1 entire day to study and on saturday I took totally off to chill and do some other fun stuff, like tennis and we did ice bath
on the beach with Anja again, and then walked alot and explored the city and the beach of Playa Del Carmen.

Here are profit/loses from this week:


PokerTracker stats from this week:


here I must say it feels preety discusting, I made a big blunder from BB for like 200bb, which hurt my graph and stats alot :ROFL But thats nerd in me being un sattisfied haha, but also, not good
to make 200bb blunder ayyayayy . anyway, I learned, so next time will do it better πŸ˜€

And pictures from Saturday when I took day off:



This time we did also deep breathing. was a magical experience, I always get dizzy and trippy and I cry for some reason haha. So powerfull this breathing exercises, would recommend 10/10.


I also continue to learn spanish



Busy day studying, I think it was wednesday:




and ofc, couldnt ho through week without one taco date πŸ˜€ We ate like crazy, and payed again some bizzare price of 21 dollars, for like 6 quessadilas, 2 tacos and some faahitas, plus drinks etc..
Muyyy buenooo,



Random statue at the beach, but it looks awesome.

As said above I wanna write a bit about my thoughts this past 7 days, and to be honest it happened before that as well, and I think will happen again in the future, so I wanna talk about this
to keep things under control and to better understand my mind and emotions. I do therapies regulary I mentioned this already, and there I talk a lot about this stuff as well, I talk a lot
with Anja as well and I talk with lots of friends as well, but also I wanna write it down here, to see maybe some of your thoughts, or if nothing else, just to have this written somewhere πŸ˜€

Lately I'm feeling so many different emotions, every day I wakeup soo happy, so motivated, so hungry to work, all feels soo good, enjoying the process, but at same time, I feel so much
"Injustice" and anger, two very "dangerous" thought/emotions to feel when playing poker. Why I say dangerous, its because I believe this mindset is really not "correct", and not good
to feel this things while playing, with all the obvious answers ofc. Playing tournaments profesionally, means you are gonna be DAILY in spots and situations which will feel "unfair", we dont
play a FAIR game to start haha, so this feelings are not gonna be great obv.

I'm aware of all that, and most of time, I don't feel this, but when things are not "going as I want", even tho I'm aware this feelings are not ok, they still appear, I can feel them, mentaly and
sometimes its so draining that I feel it physicaly as well, I become angry, I dont feel any "emphaty" for others, I feel like everybody is trying to explain me something but they are not in
my shoes so, "how can they be saying something to me if they dont know my path, my situation, my pain, my past, etc…".

And where I struggle the most is, because I HATE this thoughts, I don't like them, I don't wanna feel them, its almost like they are not part of me, but they still apear. And then I always end up
in an inner war inside me saying "Timi, this thoughts are bad, you MUST NOT FEEL THEM, you MUST NOT FEEL THAT WAY, you are a GOOD PERSON, GOOD PERSON DOESNT FEEL LIKE THAT, good person has
EMPHATY, and this thoughts are opposite off that, STOP THINKING THAT, thats not you", and the other part of mind goes "But Timi how can you not feel this emotions, nobody knows what you have
been throught, nobody knows your past, nobody knows how much you suffered, from where you came, nobody knows that you were ALWAYS ALONE FOR EVERYTHING, nobody knows what all you need to do
to even come to this point, nobody knows and they still try to tell you things and are smart about this and that blabla".

And then this two thoughts kinda are in war between each other. I'm nontheless happy, because I understand what is going on, I know that no matter how much you know about life, how much you
know about yourself, and no matter how much you understand emotions, and know what is GOOD and what is NOT GOOD, no matter all that, you cannot escape what you feel. And the most important lesson
I learned so far in my life is, that if you wanna feel better/good, you NEVER WANT TO ESCAPE YOUR THOUGHTS, you always wanna FEEL THEM, ACCEPT THEM and WORK WITH THEM, meaning that you dont
ignore them and do stuff that they go away, but rather think "Ok, what I can do to accept this?", because when you do it this way, its like a paradox, they dissapear (not a word I like to use, but
at least it feels that way).

Its so funny, because nothing too crazy happened at all, yeah I'm a bit in a downswing and not winning much, but nothing crazy, I had bigger swings before as well, and its not even that. And thats
why I'm so "confused" and angry with myself, cuz I don't wanna feel this emotions, but I still feel them. Its like if my body has both HARDWARE and SOFTWARE, and harware is totally aware of things,
doing everything as it should, understand stuf etc…, but at same time SOFTWARE is putting this ERROR out saying all this stuff haha, and since they cooperate, you can not do anything else but to
dive deep into it and UNDERSTAND IT FULLY that you then REPAIR the malware.

My understanding so far is that, because off my upbringing was so hard and I needed to go through hell and back, my mind becomes sometimes angry and jelous when I see all the people around me,
having all this binks, having all their plans working out for them, planning big things for future, having all the freedom etc.. My mind starts to compare my life with life of other people around me,
and then all this thoughts appear "you work so hard, Timi, you work more then most, and why always bad things happen to you ?, why do you deserve this, when you work so hard ?". And the real struggle for me is
exactly here. Because I'm totally aware what game I play, I'm totally aware that in this career you don't get immidietly what you work so hard for, and the things is, I even LIKE AND ENJOY this part of the job, because it thought me PATIENCE, it thought me to ACCEPT rather then escape, it thought me so many great things, from which I and my mind have benefited soooo much, but yet still this emotions appear.

Also, I know that I'm not alone in this, in fact, I know many other friends in poker and also outside of poker, that are sucessfull, and that they suffered when younger and had to also go thorough hell and back
to get where they are, the fact is, everybody has to fight their own war to get to the point where they feel SAFE/AT PEACE/SUCESFULL, whatever word suits you, but the point is, that all of this DOESNT REALLY MATTER, because YOU DIDNT FIGHT WAR FOR OTHERS,
and THEY DIDNT FIGHT WARS FOR YOU. Yes you helped them and it was easier for them, and yes they helped you and made your suffering a bit easier, but throught MOST OF BULLLSHIITT you went alone, you were the
one feeling all the negative/positive, things, you were the one doing the job etc… And they did the same, THEY HAD TO FEEL LIKE ****, on their own, THEY SUFFERED ALONE, maybe not same as you, maybe more, maybe less, the truth I feel is that it doesnt matter,
because NON OF THIS changes your feeling, none of this. And also, I DONT WANT ANYTHING OF THIS to change my emotions, I think its correct that you go throught this, I think this makes you BETTER HUMAN BEING, I think this is WHERE I GROW, I feel that I'm GROWING IN THIS SITUATION,
I think this is where I start feeling emphaty for others, this is WERE A SAMURAI IS IN THE MAKING, I feel I'm becoming stronger and stronger and better and better HUMAN BEING in general. But at same time, when all this thoughts from above are on battelground with each other, I feel the weakest, I feel
at the bottom, i feel like im dissapointing everybody, firstly myself and everybody around me.

So yeah, I wanted just to share how I feel sometimes, how some days look like, that its not always just sunshine and games and fun. Sometimes its like that. I would still not change any of this for anything else. I love my life, I love my career, I love everything bout it and around it.
I love all the people in my life, and someone might now say "wtf, you just said you feel injustice, jelousy etc…", yes I said that, but being surrounded by this AMAZING and succesfull people makes me wanna thrive more then ever, and THEY ARE ONE OF THE REASONS why I'm achiving everything, they are the reason
for all my happy days as well, they are my motivation, my teachers, my guides, my INSPIRATION, so thats why emotions above feel even more discusting when I feel them, cuz I love people around me, and it doesnt feel fair to feel that way.

Anyway, a bit longer and "emotionally" driven post. But life is like that, I believe we are not robots, at least speaking for myself, so emotions are part of human being. I wish more people (man mostly), would be more open to talk about similar stuff, in and outside of poker.
Maybe some day will be like that, after all, EXPOSING YOUR "WEAKNESS" should be a SING OF STRENGHT, not a sing of weakness. I believe for most people its harder to speak then to be silent, but I also believe we are in times when this is finally slowly changing, so THATS GOOD! <3

So to summarize all this "madness" from above:

- Its ok to feel what I feel
- You are not a bad person if some emotions that are "bad" arrive
- Don't hide from thoughts, think of them, speak of them, write them down
- Don't compare your life with others, because everybody has different paths and you cannot know what is behind
- Compare yourself with yourself
- Continue being surrounded with amazing people
- Continue being TOTALLY HONEST with yourself and with others around you
- Continue everything that you are doing because you are doing GREAT
- You have your own PATH and PLAN so STICK TO IT!
- Its ok to sometimes feel bad and have bad days, thats how CHAMPIONS ARE MADE!
- You are a good person, you are doing everything in your power to become even better
- You can ONLY GIVE IT YOUR BEST, the rest is up to "uncontrolled energy"

With that being said, I'll finish my monologue here.

I love my life and I love people around me <3
I'm doing my best to be best version of me, and believe me, I'M DOING MY BEST EVERYDAY!

Love <3


Mamma mia nice post. it's totally okay to feel that way. It's completely normal for us as humans to go through ups and downs. Life's a lot like poker. On the tough days, just remember that this too shall pass. And when the good days come, embrace them, because they too will pass. Sending you a big hug bro, and thanks for sharing <3 We love you for who you are, not for what you achieve. Everything will pass, so don't take life too seriously. Enjoy it, and I’m looking forward to beating you in tennis again soon.


Great thread bud!

Best of luck !


by roky k

Mamma mia nice post. it's totally okay to feel that way. It's completely normal for us as humans to go through ups and downs. Life's a lot like poker. On the tough days, just remember that this too shall pass. And when the good days come, embrace them, because they too will pass. Sending you a big hug bro, and thanks for sharing <3 We love you for who you are, not for what you achieve. Everything will pass, so don't take life too seriously. Enjoy it, and I’m looking forward to beating you in te

Broski so good to hear this from you. Thank you for nice words and I totally agree with everything you said. It means a lot hearing this from anybody, specially when its somebody close. It really is a privilege knowing you and it warms my heart reading this kind of msgs.

I'm looking forwad for tennis as well, seeing you sweating your ass off to barely beat me always makes my day.

Sending hugs back <3



Your SharkScope stats look solidβ€”there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. If your bankroll ever gets tight, you can comfortably drop down to the $5–$27 games, where you can still expect a strong 20–30% ROI and rebuild efficiently.

Stay focused, trust your game, and keep grinding. You’ve got this! 💪🔥 GL!


i really enjoy to read your blog <3 i have been following your progress for some time now and look forward to seeing how you are doing and what you are doing at the poker tables. i played a lot with you in 2020/2021/2022! Keep going and crush. Also really nice pictures. Bonne Chance bro


update? :(


by AtaTheGreat k

Your SharkScope stats look solidβ€”there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. If your bankroll ever gets tight, you can comfortably drop down to the $5–$27 games, where you can still expect a strong 20–30% ROI and rebuild efficiently.

Stay focused, trust your game, and keep grinding. You’ve got this! 💪🔥 GL!

Thank you for kind words brotherman. It already warms my heart to see you've read my long monolouges haha, but when you reply in such honest and direct opinion it just reminds me how grateful I need/want to be to know people like you and how priviliged I am to call you a friend!

I agree with all you said, and thank you again! <3


by unbesiegter k

i really enjoy to read your blog <3 i have been following your progress for some time now and look forward to seeing how you are doing and what you are doing at the poker tables. i played a lot with you in 2020/2021/2022! Keep going and crush. Also really nice pictures. Bonne Chance bro

Hey man! Thanks soo much for taking time and effort to read and follow my blog. Now that you mentioned and pointed out specific time we palyed together, Im really reeealllyy curious, who you were on tables. I imagine we played on "morning" schedule at those times ? so, its a bit easier to guess, give me few hints and I'll try to figure out πŸ˜ƒ

Also, I can send DM, if you don't wanna tell yoour nickname "out loud", and I obv understand even if you dont wanna tell me haha, im just a curious man, even my stats can confirm that :ROFL πŸ˜ƒ

Anyway, thanks for kind words! Gl sir ! <3


by DrJuanGonzalez k

update? :(

"Patience is the companion of wisdom" :p


Great thread, love all the pics! Enjoy!


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Hollaa.

Since I just arrived back to hometown Ljubljana, I thought its now perfect time to make a summary and some takeaways from my 3 month experience in Mexico. Still got few things to do in following days, but other than that, I'm really happy to be back home, and to implement all things I learned in last 3 months and continue with my daily routines and habits.

First I'll share here some numbers and then talk a bit about it.


This is sharkscope with GG and WPT missing. On GG I played 856 MTT's in that time and on WPT probbly around 50.
All together I played around 1800 tournaments throughout 47 working days, which is 38mtt's per day. I'm really really happy
with the volume I've put in, but I'll talk a bit about that later, since I think I should approach a bit different given the situation.



Lost 7700€ (with december days included). Obviously not happy with how the year started results wise, but its still many working days ahead this year, so
lets see what future holds.



This are my PT4 lines for that period. I'm OK with it, but not too happy, will tell you more about it in a minute.

So to summarize above pictures and results I want to speak about 2 major things, first one being:

Things I think I did wrong:

- Played TOO many tables and REGISTRING MTT's TOO LONG
- Under estimating power of variance on evening schedule
- Buyiing in and rebuying too aggresively
- Wanting too much immidietly not being patient (forgot sometimes that its a MARATHON and NOT a SPRINT!)
- Comparing myself with others too much
- Few hours less playing and few hours more studying.
- Focusing too much on volume and not enough on QUALITY of my game

Things I did good:

- Sticked to my routines and put sleep/health on first place
- Daily reflections what I could do better and what I did great on/off tables
- Showed my weaknesess to coaches/mentors and was eager to grow and learn from mistakes
- Had great organisations and plans for schedule on daily and weekly basis
- Prioritized and sticked to goals I've set

I lost big portion of my BR in last 3 months, plus I had some financial setbacks away from tables, but still overall, I'm really really happy with past 3 months. I feel like I learned a lot, specially because I had rough times poker wise. I feel so much growth and I feel and see sooooo much room and improvements to make and I'm already v v happy with process, but I still think its sooo much more for me in future if I keep working in same manner.
In same manner I mean, if I keep trusting myself, keep exposing my weakneses and mistakes, and KEEP LEARNING FROM THEM and being so hungry and motivated, yet still having fun while doing everything, I think thats keey for success for me.

I see nothing but great scenarios for the future. I think as long as I keep doing what "needs" to be done, I have nothing to fear for. I have the best team in the world behind me, I have great poker friends from whom I learn a lot, I learned to be critical and not naive, yet still listen do adviced, and I think in general I'm in great enviroment to GROW and HAVE FUN at the same time.

I'm really happy to be back, and eager to continue in same manner.

In next days/weeks my plan is to:

- Have call with mentors and make a plan for further on
- Make solid plan to approach sessions better and to repair mistakes I did in past 3 months
- Play 4 (max 5) days per week. Till scoop focus more on study, scoop and summer I'll play more, so NO FOMO now!
- Attend BitB bootcamp in March
- Focus more on QUALITY over volume
- Keep prioritizing sleep/health, since therefor I can perform insanely better and feel happier in general
- Keep trusting yourself and the process and good things will happen
- Prioritize tennis over gym but continue being sportly active 5times per week minimun
- Continue with same eating habbits since they suit you ****inn great!

In general, I want to continue in my way. Trusting my routines since they make me feel GREAT, continue asking questions and seeking knowladge on all fronts and working on mistakes, continue growing on all fronts and being GRATEFUL for the process.

With that being said, I'll post here few pictures from Cuba trip which I did after Mexico. It was 8 days vacation, I wanted a place that is cheap, yet nice sunny to relax, that I recharge my baterries before going back home where lots of playing/studying/doing sports awaits me.
Cheap it was indeed, however, it wasnt as relaxed as I thought πŸ˜ƒ

I won't go too deep into Cuba topic but I'll say that:
I loved nature in Cuba and some poeples hospitality, but in general I don't understand how they call it a country even. Nothing works, no basics. Water/food, electricity and garbage sistem are biggest problems, not even thinking about health sistem, probbly even smallest health issues can be v v v dangerous situation for human being. And currency... That you need to experience... I can not even describe the shadynes of that haha.
I felt bad for people living there, I think no human being deserves life like this. It really reminded me to stay v v grateful for all things I have and all the great things we have here in Europe.

I'm very happy for my adventure in Cuba, I still enjoyed it because it was so unique in its own way, but I didnt get much relaxation thats for sure.

Here are some pictures:











Most streets in Havana are like this.
Some are nicer and more touristic, but Its quite intense everywhere. Repairing a car infront of somebodies badroom opposite to vegetables market under the balcony from which water is leaking. Not clean, not my vibe for sure πŸ˜ƒ But interesting to experience.



some parts of Havana are more chill, here was a nice sunset with some interesting cars and a big fort behind.



Vinales was cool and chill. Its 3 hours with intense taxi drive (old cars and people driving like they don't want to live anymore) from Havana. More like country village.



that was view from our terrace, the host was also super nice, we saw how people live without electricity and food shortage, yet still try to stay positive and nice.



Every morning we had breakfast and then coffee together with Anja. With our busy lifes, thats quite rare, but here in Cuba it happened everyday, with great chill views and nowhere to rush. Im very grateful for that <3



shoping in Cuba you do mainly on peoples poarches and at their homes. No big markets really, quite unique. Also, if they dont remember you, water might cost 1 dollar on monday and 2 dollars on thursday, depends how much you smille as well, depends also on weather, and probbly the colour of your shoes as well, god knows on what else πŸ˜ƒ




Nature in this village was incredible. Yet, still every little lake and all the fields are full of plastic and trash, since there is no such thing as trash bins etc... Very sad.



First time riding horse as you can see, very very relaxing and peacefull experience, even tho when Coco Loco jumped and started running, I saw I have zero control over him and over my life as well, scary at moments like this, but mostly fun and relaxing.


Anja on other hand is an expert. Her Mojito was totally under control and she was the happiest to be reunited with horses again.





This day was probbly highlight of the trip.
We rode horses for 6 hours almost, went very far way into hills to get edjucated about tobbaco production and famous Cuban ciggars and Rum.



This farm in middle of nowhere was something so special. Straight from the movies.


We now know how to plant, produce and even roll tobbaco.




Made some new friends.





Next day we went 2 hours away on bumpy roads to very remote beach. Since its so hard to get there, the beach is from the movies as well. I also went snorkling and saw some amazing underwater life. Corals, different type of fish, and no sharks thank god.


That was the ride tho, quite crowdy as well, 9 of us in the car, quite hot and stinky.


Felt like a victory, seeing views that I thought are only possible in movies when i was younger.
Didnt felt like victory when I run out of sunscreen tho. Was painful, and cancerous, will not do it again in future, deffo buying loads of sunscreen next time!


Water was so pure mama mia.


Ended the day with some big ass lobsterinho. Destroyed him easy, 10dolls for him. Was the most expensive dish in Cuba. far away from civilization and freshly cought.
didnt feel like a lot for all things considered. Other meals were usually like 5dolls for chicken, potato, rice and salad. very afordabable obv. Nothing like back in Eu.

Me: Do you have pizza to go ?
Them: Yes of course
Pizza to go:



I foolishly expected something else than plastic bag but sure, for 1 dollar pizza to go was more than good. And quite surprisingly, was very delicious as well.



Ended the day with cigar and a glass of rum. First time smoking a cigar as well, felt as the right place to do it in Cuba.

Statue of naked, bald lady with big boobs and big heels. Holding a big fork on a big chicken ? idk what is going on, you tell me..




Another cigar and glass of rum above the chaotic streets of Havana and then we went back home the next day.

I'M VERY VERY VERY GRATEFUL for my time in Mexico and Cuba. Truth is, I learned a lot, I came back better person and as well better poker player. I'm very happy and GRATEFUL to be back home and to continue to grow and develop both as player and human being.

I will probbly go back to Mexico, Playa del Carmen every winter for few months, because its so much better to work and live there when it becomes cold and dark in Slovenia.
Cuba was nice, but I will most likely never again go back there.

I hope you enjoyed, and thank you all for reading! It pumps me with additional energy and motivation when i see so many of you reading and commenting.

I hope you all had great start of the year and that you are doing well.

I wish everybody a great week and talk to you next time next week.

Love,

Tim


Missed you buddy! Thanks for the update. I'll be watching my mailbox for one of those Cuban cigars...


by BojLee k

Hey man! Thanks soo much for taking time and effort to read and follow my blog. Now that you mentioned and pointed out specific time we palyed together, Im really reeealllyy curious, who you were on tables. I imagine we played on "morning" schedule at those times ? so, its a bit easier to guess, give me few hints and I'll try to figure out πŸ˜ƒ

Also, I can send DM, if you don't wanna tell yoour nickname "out loud", and I obv understand even if you dont wanna tell me haha, im just a curious man, ev

Okay, how nice πŸ˜€ I have a tip for you: a morning grinder from Germany, and I think it was around 2021/2022, maybe even 2023. Do you have any ideas? Maybe you know TeamDome?

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