How often have you heard about how you should find “balance” in life ?

Well, in my opinion balance is for losers and i am going to prove it to you. Answer the next questions HONESTLY without scrolling down.

1a) Who are the 5 people you admire/like most in world history?

2a) Who are the 5 people that you think had the biggest impact in the world in the last 100 years?

3a) If you had any success at anything in life, how dedicated have you been doing it compared to everything else you are doing?

4a) Who are the most balanced and zen-like people that you know or have heard of in the media?

1b) Would you consider any of them as having lived a “balanced” life ?

2b) Was any of these guys NOT obsessed in some way about something?

3b) You were likely as “unbalanced” in your most successful moments than anywhere else

4b) I guarantee you that NONE of these people is actually “balanced” at all.  Even the Dalai Lama by definition is a tough mofo and obsessed about the topic of balance, which ironically makes him not “balanced” at all.

Look at the answers and you know why this was an easy case to prove for me. The truth is that some broke assholes have fed you some bs on how you should live your life (take many breaks, don’t play too much poker). Since you have not achieved many great things, you might like the idea of  “Zen” or “balance” , because well, you would continue to do what you are doing now, which is NOTHING.

However, you would feel better about yourself and some f***ers exploit this fact. Some of you might be offended, and some will have already closed the article. You can dismiss me as some arrogant pr1ck and say stuff like  “i might be poor, but i’m at least a good person”.

So unless you want to end your life, career or poker career being completely insignificant, you should be everything, but you should NOT be balanced.

No matter what you think of me as a person, we can find some common ground and agree that balance is NOT the way to achieve great things in your (poker)life and (poker)career.

All the people that you admire, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, Barack Obama, Mother Theresa, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Bush (ok, just kidding!!!)… they’re everything, but NOT BALANCED.

Understanding REAL balance:

Resting and recovering is VERY important. And having a little bit of “balance” actually is as well. However, you need to relax from SOMETHING that is exhausting and not relaxing from doing nothing (=YOU).

Many students in our CFP program complained about some requirements to join the elite group (the advanced group inside the CFP program). They said they needed more rest and i just laughed because i couldn’t believe they were serious.

Unless you work a 70hour+ week, you DO NOT NEED ANY REST OR BALANCE. You’re a lazy fck (and sometimes i do work less than 70hours/week as well… it’s called VACATION!!!).
You are already relaxing most of the time unless you put in 70hours + each week.

So please, when you listen to some Google, Facebook or Goldman Sachs executive talking about balance, it is because they work 120hours EACH WEEK. Of course they need some “balance” here and there – but not as much as you think!!! 

You have no idea how good you can be.

A huge part of our job at BPC in the CFP program is to show people that they can be 30x better than THEY think they can be. One of our most lazy people in the group played 256 hours last month. I asked him whether he was “tired” or “stressed” and he said “actually I did not know that I was capable of playing so much”. It actually was not stressful at all. Oh, he also had a record profit month.

This was a guy who would play 18 hours per week and constantly “be stressed” (LOL!).

It’s all in your mind! If you decide that playing 70hours+ per week is doable, you will do it. And you will feel less stressed than usual, because you have a PURPOSE/GOAL.

The real reason for stress is doing things without purpose. But that’s a post for another day.

Another truth is that YOU are NOT BUSY. You are watching pr0n and surfing random websites (been there, done that).
Unless you’re the Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Christiano Ronaldo type of guy… you are doing random things.

The hard truth is that you don’t even do anything meaningful with your time when you’re not playing poker. If you at least did something else with a clear purpose (learning a language, sports, fun events… aka anything that will give you good memories), then at least you would not be wasting time.

“Chilling with friends” (drinking, smoking etc) is NOT meaningful, unless you previously worked 14hours and need a little “time out”.

The worst part is that you’re wasting your time. You’re wasting your life in the name of balance. And you even pay some stupid people money for their books, which tell you that what you’re doing is alright by giving it some elevated spiritual name !!!

If you do want to spend some of your time reading, I suggest you rather download a free chapter of my book, and get some REAL wisdom.

DOWNLOAD HERE >>

If you want to be brutally honest with yourself, do the following:

1) Go to http://www.toggle.com and download the program (free)

2) Track EVERY hour of your life and insert it into the list. Create categories etc

3) After one week, look at the TRUTH

If you do this and you’re wasting less than 20hours each week, then send me your toggl report, promise me that you are NOT lying, and I will give you $100 in credits that you can use for products on our site.

(People making $5k+/month are excluded)

SUMMARY:

Enough said. Deep down you knew all the way that balance is bullshit. Sometimes you need somebody like myself to tell you the obvious and wake you up.

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GTO is the holy grail of poker these days…

In reality, it’s a simple math concept, that’s been around for ages.

Let’s take a look at GTO in practice. A good training ground for it are 3-bet pots, since many players seem to get confused when you 3-bet them (this guy was so aggressive, I had to fight back!).

So – what can GTO tell us about 3-bet pots, and what can 3-bet pots tell us about GTO?

First of all, I assume everybody knows what 3-bet pots are, so let’s start on the other end. What is GTO? 

Most of you know it by now, or have heard the term before, at least. GTO means »game theory optimal«. If that phrase still doesn’t tell you much, you’re not alone.

You might have watched the Beautiful mind with Russel Crowe and you know of John Forbes Nash that way, or perhaps you are a SNG player using Nash charts daily.

What does Nash have to do with GTO poker? It doesn’t matter, really. He was the guy who came up with significant contributions to game theory, and more you can read on wikipedia, if you really want to know.

If you are interested in history of GTO in poker, this is not the right piece of content for you to read.

I’m only interested in showing how GTO can be used, in a simple, straight-forward way. If it sounds daunting to think about GTO, read on. Things are actually very simple.

In fact, if you know your basic pot odds, you already know much of the deal. Surprised? Did you think GTO is super-advanced? It isn’t.

So, let’s take a look at an example.

Let’s say you are playing Heads-Up. You are on the button, you minraise preflop, and villain 3-bets you. Now what?

You probably have some standard ranges against unknown villains – and if you don’t, this is as good of a time and methodology to construct them, as any.

So, let’s dive in.

We will assume you raised to 2bb, and villain 3-bet to 7bb.

So, what do these numbers tell us? Or, to put it more trendy: What can GTO tell you about this situation?

Most importantly for you, it can tell you how often you have to call, to protect from being exploited by villain.

You see, GTO is all about being exploited. Or, in the words of Sun Tsu:

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

So, this is what you are trying to do, basically.

In this specific situation, it means you do not want to be exploited by your opponent 3-betting you and making automatic profit.

And what is automatic profit? Let’s go back to the basic pot odds, to find out.

He is risking 6bb when he makes the 3-bet (1bb he already had invested as the big blind).

The pot is 3bb before he makes the 3-bet, meaning he has to win around 67% to make an automatic profit: 6/(6+3) = 66.6%

In other words, you have to defend 100-67 = 33% of your opening range, and you will be just fine.

These are basic poker calculations, nothing advanced going on here.

What this calculation tells us, is that if you fold to this 3-bet more than 67%, he will be very interested in 3-betting you every hand, since he will make automatic profit every time he does it, regardless of his hand.

Simple, right? So, where does GTO come into play here? Well, that is GTO.

There is more to it, for sure – but this part is also GTO:

You have to defend 67%, and you are un-exploitable. So, whatever your opening range is, if you defend 67% of that range, nobody will be able to exploit you.

So, let’s say you are opening a 100% range from the SB. That is 1326 combinations.

According to the calculation we just made, you need to defend 33%, or 438 combinations of hands, when you get 3-bet by your opponent.

So, pick 438 combinations, defend against the 3B with them, and that’s it.

That’s how you solve 3-bet pots, or for that matter, any other situation in poker, if you are concerned that you will be exploited.

And that is all GTO is. Nothing much more fancy than that. Simple, right?

Well, in theory it is, at least…

See, the principle is simple, but the application in practice is much harder. Not that it get’s much more complicated – it’s just that you have to do it VERY often for a long period of time, to cover enough situations…

Even then, the question becomes – how many is “enough” situations?

Let’s look in practice, how things start to get a lot more complicated fast.

The main issue is, there is just too damn many of possible outcomes in poker to count them all up and make a plan for all of them.

Let me demonstrate.

Like we saw above, if you want to defend GTO against the 3B, you will have to defend 438 combinations – assuming villain 3-bets to 7bb.

If he 3-bets to 6bb, the numbers change. If he 3-bets to 9bb, numbers change. If you raise to 3bb preflop, the numbers change…

For every factor that changes, the numbers change.

You could easily come up with 20 different numbers of how many combinations you have to defend, depending on different bet sizings involved by you and the villain.

And that’s just preflop.

Let’s take a quick glance at what happens postflop.

It’s not that much different – it’s basically just more of the same. A lot more.

We will take the same numbers, and say you raise to 2bb preflop, and villain 3-bets to 7bb. Now you call.

The pot will be 14bb on the flop.

If he makes a CB of 7bb, a basic poker calculation will tell you that you have to defend 67% of your range.

So assuming you came to the flop with 438 combinations, that’s  293 combinations you will have to defend with.

So, you simply pick the 293 combos, and defend. And you are GTO un-exploitable again.

On the turn and river you repeat the process.

If villain bet’s 50% of the pot on flop, turn, and river, you will in end up defending with about 132 combinations on the river.

And that’s your GTO defense right there.

The principle is not complicated. It’s the sheer number of possibilities that make it daunting.

Like I indicated above, there are many different variations even for preflop, and you could easily come up with 20 different ranges for yourself, depending on the sizings used by both you and villain, and on your ranges when you were using those sizings.

That’s just preflop, and you are taking all those ranges to the flop now.

For every postflop bet you face, the process is the same, and the number of ranges is multiplying street by street.

So by the river, depending on how many different betsizings villain (and yourself) is using, you could have a ton of potential defending ranges to remember.

And we didn’t even touch on the topic of different board textures (which affect the number of combos in your range), defending by raising, or what to do if he checks.

Or the fact that these numbers are just an approximation in the first place. 

Villain’s bluffs always have equity on further streets, so you have to take that into account, and defend more. How much more? Well, depends on the bluffs he is choosing, which in turn depends both on board texture, his overall tendencies, and so on, and so on…

The No-Limit Holdem tree is enormous. There is no way you will EVER figure out perfect ranges for all situations, or even close to it.

You will have to make approximations, and “guestimations”.

The question is then, what kind of approximations will you take.

GTO is not complicated at all.

As you have seen above, when broken down to simple parts, it’s very basic stuff, nothing you probably are not already doing, to some extent.

There are seemingly countless little calculations to be done, and countless little factors to consider, and in the end you can get there. Or, you can get close enough.

And here is the most important part: close enough. What is close enough? How far into GTO (or any poker math, for that matter) should you go?

Obviously, this is not a question that can be answered in a vacuum. It depends on your opponents. It also depends on your goals in poker.

Of course, you could say that the closer you get, the better, since it will make you a better player, and better players make more money, right?

Well, no.

Or – depends, how you define a “better” player. 

Somebody who is better at theory? Or somebody who makes more money? These will not always be the same people.

You can spend 40 hours at the computer, doing:

a) GTO range calculations

b) grinding and making money

What is more +EV? That is a long topic in itself, and definitely has to be answered, one way or another.

You need to know why you are doing things, before you go and do them.

Don’t go building GTO ranges if you want to make more money. Go and play more, it will likely get you closer to that goal.

Get basic standard lines that work, and play focuses, avoiding stupid moves. That right there will get you above 90% of poker players.

If you don’t know what the standard line is for a certain situation, ask your coach. If you are not in CFP and can’t ask our coaches, what are you waiting for …;) 

On the serious note, we have courses in our shop, that will give you proven systems on how to play, no-bullshit standard lines, for all levels. Stick to them, polish a few details here and there, and you will do fine.

As you know by now, BPC is all about results. We care about the bottom line.

And the best thing for your bottom line might be to forget about GTO, and focus on the “low-hanging fruits”, and get as many as them as you can.

That could your best strategy, if you want money in poker. I wrote about that in my bumhunting article – it’s a must read, if you haven’t seen it yet, and want to jump into some GTO.

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This is some of what happened in 2015 in BPC…

Rylan finished CFP as the first of the “new generation” of CFP students

He finished the 60k EUR in 7 months and something, which is still the record time for any Heads-up student. 

On the way, he also set a daily record for any CFP student, which still holds at $8979.

BPC organized a poker/business seminar for our CFP students in Dubrovnik, Croatia

For several days in the hot summer, the BPC inner crew – the CFP students and coaches – splashed and crashed at the Croatian coast, catching up with each other and doing some fun (borderline crazy) activities. On top of that, we all suited up every day to be at the main point of the event, the daily poker/business lectures by BPC founder Gordon BPC.

We launched the first round of PLO 6-max CFP programs, with Kasino Krime as the head coach

John is giving our PLO guys the ride of their lives, who have plenty of materials to keep them busy throughout 2016, and even more motivational stories in the form on John’s beats and brags from his current high-stake games.

We launched the CFP SNG Grinder program, with world’s best SNG player in 2015, Ben “bencb789”.

Ben coaches his students with great care and attention, giving them probably the most personal time of any other coach in the BPC at the moment. His work is starting to bear fruits, as current monthly rankings leader is from the SNG program (only 4 days into the month, buy hey, it the first place that matters!)

@vars become the record CFP overall finisher

Atvars finished the 60k program in 5 months and something, pushing the standard higher for all the next generations. 

We reopened our 6-max Crusher program to huge excitement and many players sick and tired of waiting for the door to finally open again, jumped in and are still jumping (hurry up if you want a place before the door closes again!)

We opened a more recreational and beginner-friendly CFP program in our CFP NL 6-max Micro, allowing many players who cannot play full time, or do not have the bankrolls or experience yet for the full-power grind at this point to nevertheless join and get coaching from the best, building solid foundations and making perhaps their first real money at the poker tables ever.

M1ndCrtl became our main Heads Up coach, making him the first CFP student to make the transition from student to Head Coach at BPC.  He is followed closely by our other successful students-turned-coaches in, JurrasicDaniel, Ilidek, Nubson, Somebody and Kanelbullar.

Many new guys completed the 60k CFP programs, making them eligible for the next award ceremony…

Steezy won 30k EUR in 1 month! 

Awesome, man!

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BPC Player of the month is without a doubt Tomas “Maestro”.

Maestro comfortably won the CFP monthly rankings in December, and pushed for his record month of 11k.

After some struggles and a low score in November, which was one of the lowest months in his CFP project, December was his break-through month into the $10k+ club. 

Here are Maestro’s graphs for December:

He did not forget to give thanks to people that helped him on his way:

Today I just want to thanks everybody who read my blog(even if you watch it only because of chicks), to my coaches who teach me the important stuff and push me when results weren’t very good, also to my students because you learn most by teaching others.

Special thanks go for Gordon for accepting me into CFP and gave me the opportunity to start making some real money. Oskar who was my first coach and also because of him I had the breaking month in August when we make 300 hours challenge. SO I spent the hottest month in 150 years only infront of my computer. And Mindnctrl who pushed me through when I was doubting about myself because of my results.

You can read more about Maestro on his blog, and in particular about his goals for the this year –  like hitting 40k in a month at the tables (gogogogooo!), investing 100k,  and, of course, have a threesome, while learning Spanish on the way…

It won’t be a boring year for him, that’s for sure, so be sure to check out and follow his rise to the top on his blog.

(Tomas on the right)

His next mission is of course the HU CFP record set by Goodfake with 14.5k a couple of months ago, and since Tomas is aiming high, that will probably happen soon.

Not bad for a somebody who was a broke NL20 player a bit over a year ago, and joined the  coaching for profits program in February!

Congratz to Maestro, CFP player of the month for December 2015!

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Whatever your next step in poker is, ask yourself…

Why are you not there yet, today?

Most people – in all areas of life – have beliefs, habits, perceptions… That limit their life in profound ways.

You might not realize it fully, but ask yourself honestly – are you doing ALL that you could be doing to push yourself to the next level in life? Whether it be in poker, maybe fitness (lots of those resolutions in the air this time of year…) or some other thing you are passionate about.

Chances are, you will have no problem admitting that, yes, you could be doing more.

Why is that?

Why is it, that so many people would fit into this category, and perhaps more importantly – why is it so easily accepted that this is the norm?

The simple answer is, because it’s so widespread. The standards in today’s world are very low, for the most part. Without getting into a huge debate into the social nihilism or something like that, let’s just say that people these days are not very often working very hard towards their goals.

Not saying that nobody does it, far from it. But generally speaking, percentage-wise, that’s a really small number of people.

Now in a society so used to low standards, it can be very hard for YOU to raise yourself above the average (which, as I’ve said, is pretty damn poor in most areas of life).

First, there’s the social pressure of »the tall nail getting hammered down«, or »the tall tree breaks first in the storm«… In other words, people don’t like other people standing out – or more accurately, raising above them.

And they will let you know, one way or another. The eye-rolling, the high noses, there are all sorts of social sanctions to let people know »where their place is«.

But more important than that – in an environment like this, the SKILLS needed to rise are not that easily available. If most people around us are, let’s say, not high-achievers, well… Where will you learn the skills needed to get to levels higher than that?

And, there is no doubt about it, you need skills for that. You can’t just say, »now I will give it all I’ve got!« Well, good for you – but to what are you giving it? What PRACTICAL steps are you going to take?

And how do you know they will work?

As some of you know, or were lucky to even be there, we at BPC organised a poker/business seminar this past summer, to help our CFP students precisely with these sort of questions.

Now, of course we deal with these issues all the time, and teach the skills for poker success through our CFP programs, but we felt it was necessary to have a special event just for that.

To focus on the skill of high-performance.

Over the course of 4 action-packed days in beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia, Gordon – the founder, CEO and Head Coach of BPC – delivered a series of presentations that left a big impact on those present.

In fact, some – like Steezy, or Goodfake – had huge »aha moments« that completely transformed their (poker) life.

Here at BPC, we realize it takes more to succeed in poker, than just knowing which hands to 3B with (although that helps).

In poker, as in other areas life, if you really want to fly high, a no-bullshit approach to your non-poker environment will be a must.

You need to know how to set up and take practical steps towards your goals, how to create and implement your vision, how to organize your environment, how to create a dream team around yourself that will support and push you (hint: join BPC!), how to adopt the correct mindset, what are the habits that increase your productivity, and so on, and so on.

One of the most annoying and time-consuming things for me during my time in the CFP, was computer issues.

Within weeks of moving to Malta, we had a power-outage in our building, that crashed my computer. The damned “blue screen of death” appeared…

I spent two days reinstalling windows, all the poker rooms, adjusting the settings back to how I had them, all the poker software, replacing files and documents I had lost… It took two days of hard work just to get all functioning, so I could play again.

And it took a week more to get it all running smoothly, the way I had it before the crash.

How much money had I lost because of this?

Hundreds of euros.

I couldn’t play for 2 days, and I couldn’t play optimally for days after that, always dealing with another little thing to reinstall and readjust.

And – that was just to get back to the set up I already had figured out, and knew by heart. Imagine how much time somebody would need to get the set up in the first place, starting from scratch? How much money could you win during that time, if you could just snap your fingers and play, having all set up already?

That’s just one example. And a small one, at that.

Things matter – things that are not connected to on-table strategy.

Another example I can give is sleep patterns. I didn’t have a losing session every time I slept badly. But most losing sessions happened on days where I didn’t sleep well.

Is it connected?

Well, why do you think they don’t let truck drivers drive for 20 hours? Why are they required by law to take rests?

As a poker player, you have to think about your environment outside the actual Pokerstars table, or whatever table you are playing now that Stars shafted everybody…

If you have problems with your girlfriend – guess what, it is costing you money at the tables. If you have a messy room, more money lost. Sleeping badly, eating badly? Money lost.

Poker, in itself, is not that hard. Life is much harder, at least in the world that we live in. If you suck at life, you won’t be very good in poker. Sure, there might be exceptions to the rule, but don’t count on being one.

There’s always the 95 year old guy who smoked his whole life. That doesn’t mean you can smoke and expect to live a long and healthy life.

You might suck-out even if your life is not optimized for high-performance, but in the long run, the expected value will catch up with you, and your game will suffer.

So make sure to take the »simple« lessons of the poker millionaire to heart, and see your winrate go up. Not just in poker, but in other areas of life as well.

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So, we have another online poker boycott announced.

This time, it’s the Portuguese players, angry at being ring-fenced by the regulations, which – deja vu – came as a surprise announcement a bit over month ago.

What happened, in a nutshell, is the Portugese government announced new gaming laws almost a year ago, requiring poker rooms to get licences from the government, which – I’m going to make a wild guess here – will in one way or another nicely fill the pockets of certain government officials.

It’s just my guess, I didn’t actually research where the money will go or how much the new licence would cost certain rooms, because… Well, because there is no need for it. It’s just common sense, really.

But the interesting part, and the part that reminded me to the recent Pokerstars changes, is the “small” addition that came out last month. 

You see, originally the Portuguese government said that there will be no ring-fencing.

“Thank god!”, probably thought all the poker players in Portugal, “We dodged the bullet on this one…”

And, since governments are institutions one can always trust and have faith in… Oh, wait.

In December the Portuguese government, with the new laws now around the corner, had another announcement, saying:

“Hi, as you know, soon the announced changes take place, and by the way, the part about not ring-fencing players, well… We lied. We totally WILL ring-fence everybody. Thanks, and bye-bye.”

And the explanation for this was something along the lines of:

Shared liquidity was the ultimate goal, but as a first step, Portugal would adopt the French ‘semi-open’ model where foreign players can play on poker sites licensed in Portugal, but Portuguese players are restricted to SRIJ licensed sites. (Pokerfuse)

So, as a first step to having a free market, we are going to have a closed market.

That’s like saying, ok, I will quit smoking, and my first step is going to be to smoke a cigarette.

Beyond this point, there’s no point listening to what they say. The Portugese players realized that, and so are announcing a boycott of whatever rooms will get the licence to operate in Portugal.

We have seen this just recently with the Pokerstars boycott. 

But what fascinates me the most, is the amount of spin-stories and BS that goes on in these situations. From all sides.

Take a look, for example, of Lee Jones spitting BS on his Pokernews interview, and observe how sympathetic and understanding the journalist is to his story. Lot’s of smiling and nodding, as fitting to somebody getting nicely paid to tell a nice story from the sponsor, of course.

Lee here explains how the whole Pokerstars issue was just a matter of bad communication, and how the poker ecosystem will now be taken care of, and blablabla.

As if the players were unhappy about the way they got screwed, and not about the fact that they got screwed. 

It was not a matter of bad communication at all. It was perfectly done. If you tell the players sooner, well, they won’t grind their asses off for 1 year to get to Supernova Elite. And you don’t get the rake.

So, what you have to do, you wait until the last moment, when it’s no longer profitable for the SNE chasers to quit the hunt, despite the changes. They had too much invested already. Pokerstars pulled it off perfectly.

Lee would tell a different story to his buddies, and it would be more like this guys told it…

It’s a fight for resources.

And, as they say, all is fair in love and war.

Does Pokerstars have the right to screw their customers? Think about it.

If you answered NO, you are wrong.

If you answered YES, you are also wrong.

The correct answer is – who cares! They do it, because they CAN. It’s not about who is right or wrong. It’s about what they can do, and still get away with it, and make more MONEY for themselves.

And part of getting away with it, is to distract the community with smoke and mirrors.

They are in the same game as poker players. However, they are, the “big boys”. Same as the Portuguese government. 

Did the government do the “right” thing? Will that make any difference to the outcome? 

But people of course get upset. It’s wrong! Bastards! Liars!

One famous player even semi-offered a reward to anybody who would kick Lee Jones in the nuts.

Now others will of course get upset at this statement, and so on…

Don’t fall for the bullshit. It’s a fight for resources, nothing else. It’s not a moral debate, it’s not about who has the right to do what. It’s about understanding what things change, and adapt to it.

Now the Portuguese players are organizing a boycott. So that’s their adaptation. Is it the correct one? I don’t know, who does? 

Some guys would prefer to move to a more poker-friendly environment (BPC organizes Poker houses for CFP members, don’t forget).

Some may find a “normal” job.

And the world will keep on spinning. And people of the world will fight for resources.

My advice is, don’t lose sleep over it. Things always change. BPC is positive about the future of online poker, in fact very positive. Check out the video below to understand why.

Yes, there will always be changes and fluctuations, and sometimes they benefit you, and other times they don’t. But as long as you are not the shark in this game – and you are not, unless you are the boss of Lee Jones – you will just have to adapt to their rhythm.

The faster you are able to do it, with the better.

Money is plentiful for those who understand the laws of it’s acquisition, said George Clason.

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Know yourself, know your place in the poker economy, and make rational, not emotion-based decisions, when it comes to money.

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A few days ago I introduced Michael from Canada, who is running away with the rankings this month.

Today, it’s time to meet Danel from Estonia, who is on the up in the 6-max Crusher program.

Danel joined CFP in December, after 2 years of averaging around 1.5k per month, and getting tired of slow progression. He decided to give it a real try, joined BPC, and the rest will be history! History is already in the making, as he is, in his second month at BPC, already on the way to smash his personal best month ever of 5k, and looks like he will get there by the end of the month. 

He is currently 4,7k up, and the month is not over yet. Not a bad start to his CFP project, and we can expect more from him in the future, I am sure. 

Danel comes from Pärnu, a colorful beach tow which is a summer capital of Estonia.

He says there’s lots of things to do in the summer and many tourist and different events, making the place a fun summer spot. But the winter is pretty boring – making it an ideal place for grinders!

Good luck, man: this month your personal record, in the next months the Crusher record!

P.S.: Update your blog once in a while, people are curious…

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As announced, today we will learn more about Alex.

Alex is a student in our CFP 6-max Micro program, and has been helping out his fellow students pretty much since he joined the CFP in December.

In the last few days, he has taken a more active role and became our forum moderator, as well as, you could say the “official” all-round helping hand for his fellow students in the program.

So now it’s time to find out more about the cheerful guy always happy to help out.

Alex started playing poker around 5 years ago, after watching a poker TV show and googling more on the topic. It’s funny, I myself started playing around the same time, also because of a poker TV show, which I was translating for a TV network.

While I started playing SNGs on Party poker because the show was sponsored by Party poker, Alex joined Pokerstrategy, took their $50 freebie and started grinding full ring cash tables.

He tried to switch to 6-max cash games a few times, but always got his ass kicked by the faster-paced action. Fast forward a few years, one day in December he saw a Facebook ad about BPC, and realized it’s his best chance to finally get it right. The rest, as they say, will soon be history!

He says he likes BPC for its professional attitude and a welcoming community, the way we constantly improve and search for new ways to help the students. And he decided to step in as well.

Alex comes from Romania, and is grinding in the awesome city of Piatra-Neamt.

With these very nice surroundings, he of course likes to swim in the lake during the summer, takes boat rides, kayaks and in general does all the cool stuff you would expect gets done if you live next to a nice lake.

The next thing that stands our from the photos, are the hills, and Alex likes to ride the mountain bike in them, take hikes and enjoys the outdoors.

He worked at a gas station before joining BPC, and now his plan is to finish the program and start crushing. 

In the meantime, he will be helping out his fellow students and the BPC community in general on the forums and (if you are a CFP student, also via skype and our CFP Facebook group).

So, if you have any question, go to the forums, there is a special thread for getting help in each subforum, or go to our CFP Facebook group and get help there.

You are welcome to ask him anything about poker or BPC, and he will do his best to help out. And if he can’t, he can refer you to the person who will have the answer. (Again, ask first in the forums, in the thread Questions and Answers).

Welcome to the team Alex, and thanks for helping out!

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