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IvicaIliev77
Joined: 31.05.2012

February

This month was one of the most amazing months in my life and poker career. In almost impossible conditions I played over 120 hours of poker, worked on my game, Twitched, coached, taught guitar lessons!!! Besides this, I was attending excursions to Phi Phi Island and James Bond, went out super often to Bangla Road in Patong, got girlfriend, visited Rawai on 2 occasions (3 days total), went to Bangkok for 5 days total and had a friend visit me from 5th to 20th of February!
So like I said, one of the most amazing months for me when it comes to productivity.

I mentioned how I was down for most of the month. My month started terrible, after 2 days I was down a lot of buy ins. I kept my cool, I worked on the game and leak fixing, I seek help and advice that helped me and to the end of the month I made very nice profit from my grind.
I very much look forward to March.

What's ahead?
Tomorrow I go to Bangkok until Monday 5th of March. I will go to JJ market to shop clothes for Tokyo trip as well as bunch of souvenirs and gifts for back home. I will also go out a ton and grind steady, coach and Twitch while there.

My goal in this month is to play 150 hours of poker, coach, teach and Twitch. This is poker related. Life related is to spend time with my gf, work out a ton (get back into it steady - return my habit!) and keep my other habits the way they are because I keep increasing my skill, knowledge and value in all areas of my life.

That is all for this update - I hope you had a kick ass February and wish you amazing March.

See you on Twitch from Bangkok in next couple of days :)


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IvicaIliev77
Joined: 31.05.2012

Hey Hey Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Super quick update.
March going great. Grinding, coaching a lot, working on my game a lot.
Bangkok trip was awesome, got a new gf now.
My initial laptops charged stopped working hence no Twitching till I discovered problem. Also, stepped on my laptop when getting out of hotel bed so now laptop screen is half way cracked. Will change the screen as soon as I go back home.

Business wise, passive income streams developing very nice. Started with website business the other day. Have lots of plans for that as passive income stream and plan to dump a lot of poker winnings into it. Expect very good things to come of it as well.

Going to airport in 30 minutes. Flying to Tokyo, will be there from 13.3-20.3. Super excited about it. Its always been my dream to visit Japan and Tokyo and now at age 34 I am going to make that long life dream come true!!!

After Tokyo trip, got another 12 days in Thailand and then back to Serbia flying on 1st of April (not a joke :).
Strong goals and habits for March. Heading into even stronger ones for April!!!

Expect Twitching as soon as I fix the issue with laptop screen - I feel it can crack or crash any moment so don't want to risk it further while Twitching with it!

Results wise this month is going good, probably on the way to become top 5 most profitable months for me.

Enjoy your March and crush it!


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villijmeen99
Joined: 04.11.2016

Hello mate!
I am feeling bad that I haven't recognized your blog so far as I can say you are kind of my idol because you started your poker life with 6max turbo STT and that is what I am doing right now. And yeah nice video about 3.5-7$ stake @ 6max turbos, that is how I actually found your blog. Also I have a few questions - 1) which room do you play now, is it still stars and you still play sng's especially 6max turbo stt? 2) What you think about SnG's coming more and more dead? Is it true or you can still make a huge profit on these games? 3) Your video I mentioned before is made in 2014, is the game still the same at those type tournaments or it has changed a lot? 4) What is your advice for moving up the stakes? I am currently playing on 1.50$ and totally crushing it, one day tried 3.50$ and it ended up as a disaster.

I actually have tons of questions for you but don't want to terrorize you. :f_biggrin:

P.S. I guess I could find all those answers in your blog but you have blog with 233 pages... :f_biggrin: However I already started to read it from the first post and will slowly continue to read as I see it a way to motivate myself and also it is just very interesting. :f_thumbsup:

And of course subscribed. Gl mate! :f_drink:


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IvicaIliev77
Joined: 31.05.2012

Back in Serbia Gang!

Asia trip was unbelievable.
I have found so much energy and motivation coming back to Serbia to keep pushing myself make more money and go there for even longer periods of time. My next trip I plan minimum 3 months like this one but I am strongly considering 6 to 12 months stay. It all depends on financial situation by then (January next year likely!) and if I will need to be physically invested here in some business in Serbia or not. I will update on this in future updates.

So I am back, missing Asia/Thailand/Japan a ton but I am not slacking. I am working my ass off grinding and coaching. Even getting back into working out. Today I made a challenge in next 60 days to drop 6.1kgs. I offered to pay 100 eur to 5 people (2 are my students, 1 is my brother and 2 are my best friends) if I don't accomplish it. Of course, I will do my absolute best to do so. Today I ran on treadmill in the gym. It was my 1st run since 2nd of August 2017!!! My foot injury and therapy allowed me to do rope jumps (easy with small pressure) but no running. After all this time I tested it and I will push myself in training sessions now to do both running and rope jumping.

I bought a head set in Tokyo just for Twitch so expect in near future update in regards to Twitch.

How have you been? How was your quarter in 2018?

Crush it on and off the tables gang - speak soon!


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BadHabit1989
Joined: 14.07.2016

should rather lose some fix % of bodyfat.
everyone can drop 6-7 kg of water within days if he knows what hes doing
so if you struggle and need some help last week, just hit me!


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SiKWiThIt
Joined: 21.06.2009

Just stumbled onto your blog by chance and read your last couple of pages and I have to say WOW!!

Thanks for taking the time in sharing all this great knowledge on passive income with all of us. Your hard work and motivation is inspiring!

I have just recently moved to SE Asia to give my best effort at making income from Poker while living cheap in amazing countries. Arrived in Phuket a few days ago, Such a shame that you are no longer here, would have been great to meet you!

Will definitely be following your blog from now on! Wish you all the best


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MJQuads
Joined: 27.01.2008

Hey Ivica. Missing your updates, have been following your blog regurarly (and I don't even play Spins!!!). All good?


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Ramble
Joined: 17.11.2008

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
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I bought a head set in Tokyo just for Twitch so expect in near future update in regards to Twitch.

How have you been? How was your quarter in 2018?

Crush it on and off the tables gang - speak soon!

3 months no updates? Haven't seen you on Twitch... Where did you go?


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KaiLee
Joined: 26.06.2018

It's not so easy to create content after poker games)
good luck)


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Mystt
Joined: 06.10.2011

Hey guys!! I am here to tell you that unfortunately this blog is done...

Haha, just kidding! :) IvicaIlliev77 is sending his regards! Told me to update you a bit. I know we were all waiting eagerly for the next update, but he has some technical difficulties, can't access the site+email, as his laptop stayed at home etc., but let's hope all gets solved fast.

So here I bring Pedja's words :
He is now chilling and grinding in Bangkok and doing great. Started training Muay Thai and plans to stay in Thailand for a minimum of 10 more months :f_cool: I think training Muay Thai will last 10 months as well, so definitely becoming a lethal weapon.

On the other front the passive income is also building up nicely and has surpassed 1k€, crushing everywhere.

If anyone has intention to write him, you can contact him on Instagram so make sure to follow him there!

Good luck guys!!


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vuciitis
Joined: 19.02.2011

HEY! Long time no update. Doing so great that dont have a time for a quick recap? :))


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Hey hey heeeeey !

Guess who is back?

Hi Gang!

Long time no see! I had (and still had) trouble retrieving my original Poker Strategy login/password info. The email associated with my account I stopped using couple of years ago and can't enter it to retrieve actual password for PS! So I decided to create a new account all together and post in the blog with it.
It ain't the most creative account but it does the job for now (although better tittle would have been IvicaIliev77from2019on)

We missed each other a lot I am sure. I see You have been wondering what I have been up to. I was in contact with Mysst via my Instagram while I was in Thailand. He already told you gang about my Muay Thai training there (in Bangkok mostly although was in Phuket at Tiger Muay Thai on several occasions also!). I actually acquired student visa for Muay Thai which is still active for my studies btw.
I am currently however in Serbia, solving some family important matters. Once I finish with this, I will consider returning to Thailand as soon as I surpass my fear of flying! That's right, after 50-100 flights in my life, it happened that my last flight was very bad landing with plane swinging like stacks in Spins playing as 4:1 favorite :) So after that landing experience I told myself I will not fly ever again unless: 1) I go when weather in Europe is warm which matches with Thailand weather conditions so less likely to have turbulence 2) When they invent some injection that can put me to sleep and then give me another one to wake up when the plane lands. Since the weather conditions back home are not ideal (last night 2 degrees celzius with raining) it seems like I won't be going to Thailand for at least a month IMO.

What happened in the meantime besides Muay Thai You may wonder?
Well, I was expending my sources of income, improving my skills and knowledge on money (making, saving, investing) as well as taxes and businesses.
If You recall in some of the past updates, I did mention towards what direction I was going and what my goals were. Since most of You that follow the blog know that I come with major music background education and work experience, one of the passive income sources I developed through my students who pay me % for the students that they got through me. This is just one source of the income that is on auto pilot. Another one is poker deals. If You followed me on Twitch You have seen that I became affiliate and offer awesome deals for different sites/networks to players. So far I haven't had a single complain from anyone who signed up through me and that is a good thing in my book. With affiliate deals You know how it works, I offer best deal and then whatever % is left on top is left to me, so even if 1 player comes to me and makes say 1000 eur in rake and I have 1% affiliate commission for me, well that's 10 euro extra for me - mobile phone bill monthly covered. Other things I am involved with passive income are with saving accounts in bank (high interest ones) and real estate. Very soon I will start gaining some capital on my real estate investment which again can and will be auto pilot profit. Other things I am investigating and working hard on is investing in my friends businesses that are profitable or that books shows enough cash flow that leaves place for another employee (me/boss/investor). So basically looking for business ventures and opportunities which are already profitable and for certain amount of xy I get % of that investment back in a year. Trick is of course to find profitable businesses that are willing to let You in on it and then of course to see risk vs rewards. Example: If Bank gives You 4% interest to save Your money, You obviously want to find businesses that bring you more then 4% of interest per year for your money - otherwise You might as well keep Your money in the bank. In the meantime I have spent and still do invest hours every day studying money in and out, cash flow, how to read and set up businesses, how to save on taxes, what are best options with certain levels of risk/age etc. On top of all this, I have returned to one of my old loves which is betting on football where I have developed several successful (so far) trading strategies!
So all these things have made me enough passive income that I can afford to go to Thailand, study Muay Thai and not stress about money for living expenses - which was always my dream. If You recall in the past, I talked about hourly, working vs making money (investments) work for You. This was always ultimate goal for me, get to the point where passive income gets me freedom to do things I absolutely love to do and enjoy.
Most that follow blog know that I am family oriented person who will do anything for family and friends, enjoy Asian girls, poker, sports betting, investing and improving every day while aiming to help and reach as many people as possible.

So, some May wonder why am I back now ?
Well as I said, I have important business to finish in next month or so and also need time for nice weather to kick in before I potentially return to Thailand to finish my Muay Thai studies - that is IF I OVERCOME FEAR OF FLYING! (big IF).

So what will I do in the meantime?
I retrieved my log in info for Stars and Twitch and deposited some money to Twitch for fun. I was thinking nl10 zoom 4 tabling with or without a hud and even doing some spins with or without a hud.
So if that sounds interesting for You to watch and feel like You can learn something or simply reconnect with me - let me know!

That is all for this 1st post after a long dry no posting season.
Feel free to ask questions, share Your thoughts - I look forward hearing from You!

IvicaIliev77 or IvicaIliev77in2019


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Originally posted by BadHabit1989
should rather lose some fix % of bodyfat.
everyone can drop 6-7 kg of water within days if he knows what hes doing
so if you struggle and need some help last week, just hit me!

Thanks for the advice!

I tend to be up and down a lot. When I am back home my weight is shitty but when I am in Thailand I am much more focused on nutrition and workouts + hot weather helps a ton to sweat and loose weight.
Just as an example, I gained easily 4kgs while back home within a month. Of course my nutrition back home is shit also :)


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Originally posted by SiKWiThIt
Just stumbled onto your blog by chance and read your last couple of pages and I have to say WOW!!

Thanks for taking the time in sharing all this great knowledge on passive income with all of us. Your hard work and motivation is inspiring!

I have just recently moved to SE Asia to give my best effort at making income from Poker while living cheap in amazing countries. Arrived in Phuket a few days ago, Such a shame that you are no longer here, would have been great to meet you!

Will definitely be following your blog from now on! Wish you all the best

You welcome and I am happy to hear You enjoy the blog!

I hope You are having fun in SE Asia. It has a lot of advantages for sure living there but IMO it ain't for everyone. Some people could not adapt to way of life there. Example somebody used to living in chaos and action all the time probably won't do as well as Thailand for example is very chill place to be at. Woman - whole other topic

Wish You all the best as well!


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Originally posted by MJQuads
Hey Ivica. Missing your updates, have been following your blog regurarly (and I don't even play Spins!!!). All good?

Hey MjQuads!
Nice to see familiar face :)
All is good except this fear of flying and the fact that I regained 4kgs in short time here back home
Let's make some money playing poker for fun on Twitch


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Originally posted by Ramble

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
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I bought a head set in Tokyo just for Twitch so expect in near future update in regards to Twitch.

How have you been? How was your quarter in 2018?

Crush it on and off the tables gang - speak soon!

3 months no updates? Haven't seen you on Twitch... Where did you go?

Here , There, Everywhere - The Beatles

:)
Mostly Thailand and back home with several Europe things if I recall.
Nice to see You around Ramble!


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Originally posted by KaiLee
It's not so easy to create content after poker games)
good luck)

True but I always updated regularly no matter how good or session was. It's part of habit and priorities really.


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Originally posted by Mystt
Hey guys!! I am here to tell you that unfortunately this blog is done...

Haha, just kidding! :) IvicaIlliev77 is sending his regards! Told me to update you a bit. I know we were all waiting eagerly for the next update, but he has some technical difficulties, can't access the site+email, as his laptop stayed at home etc., but let's hope all gets solved fast.

So here I bring Pedja's words :
He is now chilling and grinding in Bangkok and doing great. Started training Muay Thai and plans to stay in Thailand for a minimum of 10 more months :f_cool: I think training Muay Thai will last 10 months as well, so definitely becoming a lethal weapon.

On the other front the passive income is also building up nicely and has surpassed 1k€, crushing everywhere.

If anyone has intention to write him, you can contact him on Instagram so make sure to follow him there!

Good luck guys!!

You are fucking Rock Star for posting things - I can't Thank You enough for it!

Hope things are going great :)


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Originally posted by vuciitis
HEY! Long time no update. Doing so great that dont have a time for a quick recap? :))

Hey !
Doing good, can always be better :) Recap, honestly, I was too lazy to open a new account and give up the old one. I pulled the cord and did it today so updates should be flowing smoother from now on :)


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Primrose6789
Joined: 01.07.2016

Nice to see you again, Pedja! I don´t know if I´m allowed to post this but Lorazepam helps with fear of flying. It´s great against anxiety and panic. :f_thumbsup:

If it´s not okay to post this, just delete it, mods!


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