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I hate inefficient systems. In my job in education I see a lot of these on a daily basis. Double marking, needless costs and time wasting tests all lead to extra work, extra cost and little benefit and it drives me mad. I see it on a day to day basis in my non-work life too.

Read more » Inefficiency

Hello fellow mobsters, westside writing. Another month has passed and, as always, it's time to take a look at the numbers.

My excel worksheet shows me a profit of 280€ and a 9% ROI , so taking into a consideration that I had a big downswing at the beggining of the month - I'm satisfied with my April results.

Read more » Genious or gambler?

Admit it. All of you who have spent at least one or two hours a day playing poker have wondered, at least one time, what it would be like if you were able to make a living out of it.

Read more » A poker fan's wet dream

It really insults my intelligence and annoys me greatly when people try and tell me something is free. It is not. Nothing in this world is free and there is always a catch.

Read more » It is NOT free!!!!

Hello fellow mobsters, westside writing. Just like life has its ups and downs, same thing can be said for poker. 

Last month ended with that really nice 600$ spin&go win I wrote about in my last blog post, but this month is a whole different story, for now.

Read more » Up and down

It has been a very long month. I have had almost no internet service to speak of and it has been hard to take not having access. I have also been having a lot of health problems over the last month. The pain throughout my body has been nearly unbearable at times.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 43)

They catch up on you eventually. I want to tell you a story that happened to me recently. My other half is away for a few days on business and so I had my little one to myself for a while.

Read more » Lies.

Hello mobsters, westside1950 writing.  I hope you had a succesfull previous week, I didn't play much of my HU SNGs, still made some small profit though. I ended the month with around 400€ profit (mostly on Pokerstars, less on some other sites I play), so I'm pretty satisfied with my month.

Read more » Get lucky

Hello mobsters, this is your blogger westside1950 writing (dknight217 on Pokerstars), I hope you all had good and successful week. I wrote about a week ago about my plan to go and play Spin&Go's on Pokerstars.

Read more » ''Accept rematch?''

Hello everyone, this is your blogger westside1950 writing, HU SNG player on Pokerstars (nickname: dknight217)

I didn't play much for the last couple of days, traffic on normal speed Heads-Up tables is rapidly going down, so if you want to play a decent session you must really be patient in waiting for your opponents.

Read more » Spin or go?

Bullying in poker has two meanings and sadly, both are prevalent. You will likely see it on tables and forums on a daily basis. The first kind of bullying is the ‘at the table bullying', using your stack to build more of a stack. This is part of poker and I won't be discussing this, mainly because I am not qualified to do so, not being a good enough player.

Read more » Bullying

Hi guys, this is your newest blogger westside1950 writing.
I'm flattered by the interest you've shown for my first post, so I'm really looking forward to writing this new blog of mine. I play 3.5€ and 7€ heads-up SNGs on Pokerstars and my nickname there is dknight217.

Read more » A chip and a chair

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 42)

Hi guys and welcome to my blog. I'm westside1950, 25 year old student and poker player from Croatia and I hope you'll enjoy reading about both my poker and non-poker observations, stories and adventures.

I play regular speed heads-up SNG's on pokerstars(3.5€ /7€) with tendency to move up the stakes and play heads-up cash games. Well, someday :)

Read more » Please Welcome New Blogger "westside1950"

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest. 

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 41)

Hello Yall been on a bit of a poker break these last few months, Been hectic for me at the moment trying to move and pack and clean... god i got a lot of cleaning to do. For my first post back in a while i figure ill do part 3 of tao of gus first then a wee outro.

Read more » THE TAO OF GUS (PART 3)

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 40)

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 39)

I have just been reading in the news that in secondary schools, 50% of boys and 66% of girls do not have a shower after P.E. Children from deprived backgrounds are 40% less likely to shower. The worry is that these children are not exerting themselves enough as they don't want to sweat and then smell after P.E.

Read more » You Stink!

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a published author and I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 38)

It has been a strange 2014, with some good and some bad. Let's start with the bad for poker and I couldn't write a blog without mentioning Dan Blizerian, alleged cheater.

Read more » A strange year

And so it becomes. That time of the year I really hate. Christmas.

That magical time, when we all celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, God's son who gave his life to save us all. That is how it started anyway. These days it is nothing but a commercial party lasting months in which we are all strongly encouraged to waste our money on over-extravagance.

Read more » Bah Humbug

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 37)

My last blog post had me still going up but getting a lot of bad beats and giving me the feeling that I was swimming against the current. Right after that blog post things started to change and with my roll at $1125 I sat down at a NL50 table and started to feel my way around. At first not much was happening but after a while I hit on this hand:

Read more » Time To Go Food Shopping

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 36)

Sometimes in poker as in life you have a ‘what if' moment. A moment when your life changes direction based on something that may or may not have happened. Based on luck.

Read more » What if?

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 35)

Some people have asked me why I do the Mahdrof Dollars tournaments, and the reasons are simple: I like you guys, I have gained a lot from participating on this forum, and it has been hard for me to participate in the BRM tourneys so by organizing it myself I get to play.

Read more » Mahdrof Dollars and a Detour

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 34)