Life changes

Ok so far this year has been worse then expected.

So finally my Girl and me quit our relationship. it was because of many different factors but in the end we want different things in life...
well as far as poker goes my stats since meetin sngprotege are pretty good i think...entim is great, i learned alot from him.
now i need to go from here and see what the future has for me.

But I think these are the spots where I show the world my best.....that i never give up and from now on i work at least twice as hard!!!! gl at the tables and before I forget:

here is a pic that made me laugh today. i shoved this hand and the next 4 hands and the guys always folded except one time where the shorty was forced allin in the bigblind...fold your way into the money till u loose the chance to win is their philosophy i guess

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Have a plan and stick to it

hi guys, i really hope this helps you guys as this is basically what i did before i started to play online.
i decided that i dont want to tilt, ever!! so thats what i did.

I wrote down what limits i wanted to play and what games exactly, then i searched for the 20 best players in that game and took their winrates and took 50% off.
lets say i play 12$ 180s and the average roi of the best 20 players is 25% i said to myself: ok i want to reach 12% roi, that equals about 1,2$/game.ok? to keep it simple lets say that i want to make 1$/game. Its crucial that you write down the exact amount!!!
next step is: how many games do you play per day/week/month?
lets say you play 100games/day and play 20 days/month. so that means you play 2000 games /month. so all you need to do is get to 2000$ at the end of a month.
As i am a longterm thinker and i understand variance, i (we) know that 2000 games is a small sample, so i decided that the only number that is important to me is: 6 months or 12000 games. if i do not make 12000$ after 12000 games then i can start to tilt infront of my computer if i played totally perfect and am still loosing and cry at home ;).
But before i reach that point i will not shout at my computer and cry because my aces got cracked the 10th time this day or i got one outered the 5th time today and so on. That happens, and we want it to happen. Why do we want it?Well thats simple, as variance is what keeps the fish in the game, they have to win sometimes, but in the end they will loose..
what this means, why it helps and what you need to do next is:
we do not look at daily stats, we do not look at weekly stats, we write them down, but they are of no importance to us exept that its important to play our 100 games/day. its only important that we get to 12k games after 6 months and 12k profit after 6 months.
that doesnt mean that we dont review handhistories, or talk about pokerstrategy till then, it only means that we dont allow shortterm variance to control our life.
and we avoid it by haveing a plan and following it.

For me there is no upswing and there is no downswing, there are only swings on my way to 12000 $.
Dont look at your bankroll, keep playing/working. you cant do anything except playing your 100games the next day...

It all adds up

Hey guys,
before i start i need to tell you guys about a situation that i had a few weeks ago with my son.
I was on my way home with him and we talked about what he did the last week, what he played , who he met and so on. Then i asked him about what he had eaten that day before i brought him to my house and he said that he had eaten a burger and salad.... Hmm, i couldnt believe it as he was in kindergarden that day and they dont eat anything that has so much fat. so i asked him again: are you really sure you have eaten burger in your kindergarden? and after me asking 3 times he admitted that he did not eat a burger there but salad and potatoes.
while this little story does not look like anything that could affect your life, i assure you it is and it will...as it all adds up:
children try things out and when they notice that they can lie to you, even little meaningless lies, they will lie and invent stories, and:  it all adds up!!! there will be a point later in life when they start to tell bigger more important lies and if WE stop them NOW and make it clear to them that they should not lie, those huge lies that will cause harm to them and others will never ever become reality.
Why do I tell you this and why is that important?
Well as i said before: it all adds up.
If you dont eat healthy , you will become fat or sick or both.
If you lie: people will notice it and you will loose your friends.
If you sit on your couch and dont go to work, you will get lazy and be poor and will never know how beatifull life can be, but we need to work first before life reveals its beauty to us.
If you dont do sports or go to a gym and stop walking for at least an hr/day you will become fat eventually and you destroy your body, as your body needs and wants to walk. Our body was created in a way that it needs movement, every single day.
It all adds up guys...
And here is the best part of this:
If you keep walking, running every day, eating healthy, speaking the truth, going to work, helping friends, family, and do the right things day in and out....
IT ALL ADDS UP... and you will become happier then you could ever imagine,you will NOT get poor, you will NOT get sick.
SO dont  forget: It all adds up...
good luck everyone

more things to be concerned

Ok guys,
you ve written down what your goals are, you have thought about what you need to do to get there,and....
But damn you now notice: that shit is killing me, lots of work ( yes poker is hard pure work!!! ) , lots of suckouts , variance to deal with, friends calling and all you can say is: dude i am on my way to make 60k this year call me in december!!! and every time you finish a loosing session you think: is all this really worth it, why dont i play less, spend more time with my girl, friends and things i like???
well to be honest i cant answer that for YOU, but i can answer it for me and my answer is:
Real friends will always be there for you, and you will also have time after working(not grinding, WORKING) for ten hrs/day. And your friends will not pay your flight to brasil to make holidays, they will not give you money to go out and party, they will not give you money to get a helicopter flight around sao paulo!!!! BUT, you will and thats why you have to concentrate and get your ass up and WORK!!!
And you will be amazed how much more you will get out of that.

Next thing is:
Visualize yourself sitting in the plane to brasil, to Mexico or whatever country you want to visit and KNOWING: I did this, and I will be the one to get me the best time of my life and no one else...

Bad thoughts:
Yes I started bad into the year.
Yes my gf left me.
Yes i am broke.
Yes i have Problems

Good thoughts:
Ma life is great, my friends are great, i have something to eat every day, i am healthy, i am happy
if thats not the case, then get to WORK and change it.

the bad thoughts above dont exist by themselves.

Do me a favor!!!
Look outside your window and tell me what you see, i ll tell you what i see:
some cars, some houses, people walking, children, some bikes, trees ....
but man as hard as i am looking for problems i cant find any...do it yourself, do you see problems? i bet not...
Realize man, problems die with you...so they only exist if you want to...
And to tell you the truth I DO NOT WANT PROBLEMS TO EXIST...
Life will always challenge you and you decide:
will you raise your hands and and cry: I am a victim, dont kill me , let me live?
or will you man up and grab every single challenge (erase the word problem from your vocabulary)  you get and solve it!!!
will your problems disappear if you cry? NO!!!
will your problems disapper if you dont do anything? NO!!!
will your problems disappear if you close your eyes and wait? NO!!!
will your problems disappear if you pray and do NOT do anything but that? NO!!!NO!!!NO!!!

will your problems disappear if you find a solution and work to make it real? YES!!!
You chose!!!! You choose and dont stop till its done!!
Good luck out there