I dont know where to start on this one.I gotta say when I started out working for leggo, it was like a dream come true, since its been my favourite site and it had a few of my favourite video producers.I was very enthousiastic about getting involved in the community and hopefully helping out most of the members with my videos and posts.

What I was most looking forward to, was the interaction between the members and the coach, same as getting to know some of the other coaches on the site, and getting to exchange different strategies and bounce off ideas as far as video making goes.

Sadly , it doesnt seem like that has been the case as far as the 1st part goes. I dont know what the lack of exchange is due to, since it can only be benefitial for both sides to discuss certain spots back and forth, even if both parties end up disagreeing, I feel like this is the way to go in order to create a stronger community. Its up to us to revive the forums again, it wont happen by itself.

However, this is where the whole poker community seems to have lost its way , if u take a look at all the berating , name calling, cheating scandals, it seems like poker is associated to only negative things these days. I mean I dont pretend to be anything special , but if everyone would quit making pointless attacks towards others, and focus on trying to contribute in a positive manner to the community, that person and all of us would be better off.I'm all for constructive critique, and if u can help me become a better instructor/player/coach I' m more than fucking open to listen to it,
I know as I'm writing this , there will be some heat I'm gonna get by certain people, yet I still hope and believe in the end , we can all find a way to make this a better site , and strenghen its community . I would obviously find it sick to get a guy like phil galfond or dr giggy on here, but in the mean time, there s definitely other ways to make the best out of the situation.


If there s one thing we all agree on, its that we dont want to get to the level where every 2nd post on here is gonna be some kind of douchebag comment in the likes of what 2p2 has become over the years. I get it this is the internet, free speech but if everyone would quit being negative and actually try to give something positive and proactive , it would benefit everyone more than any of the pointless agressions ive seen here in the past.

Lastly I will say , to all the people i've seen comment negatively on me or other coaches , I dont pretend to be some kind of sicko or anything else, I do see members appreciate my videos for the most part, and I hope I've played a small role in teaching them something valuable.


On another note, even though I wanted to end on a positive note, Ive been disapointed that not more of u guys have gotten involved in this last series of Xhristos and mine, he has been working hard to prepare himself and has done a tremenduous job as far as making the most out of the videos imo, and I would have thought that this would been the series alot of u grinders could identify themselfs with, and create more of a link between eachother.

We will make the transition to nl200 by the end of the series I hope, which I'm very excited for , and I truly hope Chris makes it.

Wanted to give him a shout out and props, and ask for any feedback as far as the concept of the Mentoring series goes, u guys might have , since the end of the series hasnt been made yet.
Additionally I'm definitely planning on making a 2nd season of Mentoring in future so any suggestions , wether we should have another student every week or stick to one and hopefully see em move up through the stakes as the series moves along is what u prefer.

I dont even know where I started but I think this is a pretty good spot to end this entry, so good luck to everyone
and PEACE OUT playyaaaasss.

Zaza

So , I havent really updated my blog at all here, not that it surprises me , I never really was the blogger.
I usually get to let of steam or my frustration or excitement in the moment and I'm definitely not good at organising all my thoughts in order to make a clear cut essai out of it right here.

Anyway , Poker has been like a rollercoaster this year it had its big ups and big downs, so nothing new there, to really talk about. I have been trying to think about what I really wanna do in future, lately, and how I see myself in a few years or even at the end of this year. The same questions always circle around my mind. Where will I be in a few years?Will I still be able to successfully grind? Will I finally make the move to another country ? What will I do once this eventful and stressful journey, that poker has been, ends? What would I enjoy doing besides Poker?

I dont really have an answer to any of those questions to be honest.
What I do know though is that no matter how much I would curse, yell, throw mice, keyboards around, in the end I'm still passionate about this game and willing to do the necessary work and grind it out.

I've been talking to alot of different people about moving away and taking a bit more advantage of this favourable situation I find myself in at the moment.I still have mixed feelings about it, as I got all my roots here, my family and my girlfriend. It's hard to make such a decision since it means cutting those big parts out of ur life for an extended period of time. On the other hand , u dont wanna be 30 and regret that u never went for any of those experiences , so it's a continuing struggle, if u can even call it that, since it's not really something , one would categorize as a problem.

I don't really think I would be able to formulate a plan for what comes after poker since I havent really thought about one yet, but I'm definitely gonna be trying to invest more time in myself as I like to call it.

On another side note I got a very exciting new series coming up soon which is gonna involve another leggo member, I wont talk too much about it but lets just say that it has been a blast working with him and I'm looking forward to get more work done in future.I thought it would be a good change to the solo thing and it has definitely been very productive so far, so another big thank and shout out to him.


Just when I was gonna say that I was finally on a healthy sleep schedule again and have been for a few weeks now, it seems like I'm heading into the wrong direction again, as it's 4am here in this ice cold freaking Luxembourg.

So I'm a leave u guys at that!!!
peaceeeee and gl to all of ya.

Yo ,
thought I'd update my blog a bit since its been awhile since the last real update.
I would talk about some personal life shit, but since it's all been poker poker poker since december for me, I dont have much to talk about that aspect.

I think I'm playing my best in these last couple of weeks and have grinded my stars roll so I can slowly dabble in some nl400 games.I ve had alot of tiltissues in the past, which resulted in openshoving and alot of spite calling , but I can proudly say I havent openshoved (unless it was a fake tilt jam ) in awhile now.Mostly I'm happy about having hung in there even tho I was running horribly, in the abouts of 9k under ev since december, to be exact. My volume in december wasn't the best , whch was partly due to getting to supernova in the middle/end of december, and having started grinding on another site on the side.I found that to be the best way for me to control my tilt issues and keep my emotions in check.
So whenever I feel sick of stars I just play a session on the other site, and all is well usually.

I'm still unsure what goals I have for 2012, all I really want is to finally grind it out for a whole year and have consistent months where I play around 100-120 hrs, as I think the rest will come by itself if I keep putting the work in.

I found a new elan lately , work ethic wise, Im not reallly sure what it was, since back in the day i woulda played 1/3 of the hours I played since december if I woulda been on that big of a downswing.But something has just made click that enables me to keep going for it, its almost like I found that inner hunger again , that I used to have when I was competing in my younger years.

Turns out I do have a nonpoker related theme , my sleep schedule has been a mess lately, I think the average of hours a week Ive slept in the last couple of weeks must be around 4hrs , which is obviously has had a really bad impact on my overall wellbeing.Some days I feel like im just about to collapse. The biggest has been that every time I recharge the batteries, say sleep for 10hrs or more I tend to not have a normal night of sleep(or afternoon) after that. Its like i recharge my batteries every time until I basically crash, and recharge a bit and do the same all over again.¨

That is probably my toughest problem to resolve , especially when my girl-friend is sleeping over a couple of days a week i try to stay on her schedule but maintain mine as well ,which always ends up being , me going to bed around 6-8 am and wake up with her around 10-12am .U can see how thats just a recipe for a disaster.

But hey this is a new year where we all get to start fresh or try to keep ourselves on the right track for those who already have been.I dont know even though I dont exactly feel great at the moment, I feel like its gonna be a good year and am overly excited about what it has in store for me.

Anyway i'm off on this one , gl every one.

Peeeaccceeeeee

HappY new year mofos!! Thx for all the love and hopefully we can get keep this bitchin sick site getting better and better!!!
Its all in the game yo^^


Peace brothers

Yooooo , my fellow leggo maniacs!!!
So here I sit at 8am after playing through most of the night , in my car ,
In a fucking queue to get my car through the technical
Control.
When I earlier said ''the other side'' i was talking about this kind of shit.obviously its my own fault cos i had an appointment a month and as usually forgot to go.So yeah basically this a reminder of how bad i suck at real life, just the other day i was on my way to pick up my sister when i got a call from 2 buddies , whom i then picked up on my way to my sis to only totally forget about her and end up in town.I mean u wouldnt believe this shit, it gets worse and worse.

Especially after reading robbyd's blog entry i was once again feeling pretty shitty about the whole lack of order in my every day life.if it werent for my g-f I probably wouldnt leave the room at all besides for the occassionnal grocery shopping or regular drunk nite out , depending on how motivated i feel it varies from 4 times a month to once every 2 or 3 months.

I dont think anyth will change any time soon tho, i gave that up some time ago.

As far as grinding goes , Ive been playing regularly in the 200 games on stars throughout this month. Things have been ok, kinda lost my temper and desire to play at times due to the sickening shortstackers(pls stars min50bbs tables), if fkin scummy ipoker can have that option so should u.i mean those guys are everywhere u cant play 4 tables and not have at least one of em around, and yes i know mso cliche , i hate shorties and rant about it, but fuckkkk me, it cost me another mouse but more importantly made me go back a few steps in terms of self control((

Since it doesnt look like this shit is movin i lll continue writing, bad beat i guess^^.

I will be finishing my nl200 9tabling series this week which with some luck should be 2 more videos if i dont run out of footage.Once Im done with it i dont really know what i ll do next.
Im definitely open for any suggestions what some of u may or may not want to see.
Id like to do sth that hasnt been done before so maybe ill have a go with a 9 tabling live video to give some tips on multitabling or go with a hhs review, we shall see. As u see Im not sure what I feel like doing.

P.s. Tytyty poker for not having to deal with this shit of going to work every morning for some moronic boss i might end up saying go fuck urself at some point anyway, soooo
Yeeee thank youuuu.


Not really sure where this entry started and ended im really tired and cannot wait to finish this shit and feel some kind of pride for my accomplishment and hit the bed, so
Singing along to my bud stephen ward(check it out, its awesome) i say
PEAAAAACCCCEEEEEE

So I was thinking about going for supernova elite for a month now and still havent made my mind up yet.I have moved officially made my move to stars now and am probably done playing on ipoker for some time , anb feel quite good about it, for now anyway.

3 weeks ago, I decided to deposit some money on stars and actually wanted to donk around in some heads up a bit, mainly to get a change of scenery.I need that from time to time, I guess thats just how I work.

I have been playing from 12 to 16 tables to start with after playing some heads up at first.I dont think I've ever put in so many hours as in the last 3 weeks, which is more then I would play in 3 months at times, so definitely happy about that improvement.It seems like the change had definitely something to do with it , and I'll keep the prgress steady from now on, to finally put it the kind of hrs I should be over months without burning out.

To come back to the games, I was quite surprised how good the games have been at 100( like ridiculous) and have build a 200 roll now from that lil' deposit i made a few weeks back so definitely looking forward to go at it at 200 now aswell.

I've played a couple of sessions and I dont really know how to assess it to be honest as Im pretty much readless on all the players and dont have any sort of handsample but I guess within a few weeks that shouldnt be too much of a problem.

I have been going back and forth when it comes to 4-6 tabling or 12-16 tabling.In my experience and from talking and watching some of these guys play , it seems they all have the same thing in common, they have some kind of pretty solid set system withalot of standard lines but profitable vs alot of ur average small stakes players, and they dont overcomplicate things.

This is probably where I'm making my life hell in terms of masstabling by trying to do too much at the same time, basically playing a 6 tabling style when 16 tabling, which is a recipe for disaster or hugeeee swings u could call it.
I'm still unsure which route I am going to take as they both have their perks when mastered.
I mean this isnt anything that isnt obvious if u really think about it, but I had this Aha-moment while reviewing a friends 4tabling vid and going through some of the interesting hands.

I mean as I'm writing this I still feel torn wether I am gonna go for the strict 6tabling with intensive note taking or try to work on working on my 12 to 16 tabling game .

For now though, the next 2 weeks Im gonna go the 6tabling route and see how that goes.I'm prolly the most undisciplined guy ever, but I'm definitely gonna give it all this time.

Resultswise things have been going great over the last couple of months, which is definitely relieving after my 50 BI downswing, but I really worked through it this time.
Here s a snap shot of my recent results.



Peace and GL guys.

So I haven’t updated my blog in some time now and thought this would be a good time
to do so. Poker wise I’ve been doing pretty well in the last couple of months and I’m
finally starting to put the hands in lately as well.


Last month was pretty good, so even though I’m stuck some this month I m still pretty
with the way things are going and developing I've been making some changes to my game
lately or more so over the last month or so and it finally seems to click like it’s supposed
to.


As far as the games go I thought they have been really good in the couple of weeks or so but
are starting to become worse and worse each day lately, at 200 that is, I have been playing in
the early afternoons and it has been mostly a reg on reg war. Seems like the action is much better
in the evenings though , but I really find it hard to motivate myself to grind in the evening or during
the nights so I always try to play at least one session before dinner.

On a more important note, I’ve starting reading Jared Tendlers The mental game of poker and can only recommend it to everyone. It’s by far the best psychology book I’ve read poker wise so far. It’s not even close between this one and the Poker Mindset which I thought was incredibly overrated. The whole approach it takes to making u understand what’s really going on and the tools he s sharing to work on surpassing allot of ur mental problems is definitely by far the most advanced piece of poker literature I had the pleasure to read in awhile.


I mean with all the shit out there, videos , forums , and some other tools we all have at our disposal I feel like it’s becoming one of the most important parts of one’s game and probably the most underrated and undervalued one by allot of regulars, so if u were to gain a big edge in this area, its only gonna profit u.

Its 4am while I’m writing this and I’ve played 8 hrs so I'm a leave it to this and might add some more strategy/hhs in my next one. I'll try my best to keep it more updated in future.


Anyway I'm off , gl everyone.

Peace Zaza

Hey, guys
so I finallly got to writing a lil' in here.As u know I just starting working as a leggo instructor and have been pumped about joining the leggo crew and being a bigger part of the community.
Poker has been going very well lately, as I seem to be out my downswing and getting things rolling again.Other than that lifes been good, I spent an awesome vacation in turkey in august, and I seem to be motivated to get on the grind again.I guess this was a short intro and there will be more to come depending on how busy donking around on and off the tables I am.

Peace