http://makan18.liquidpoker.net en-us Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:24:22 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1154300 makan18 'In life, if you don't wanna get caught by sharks, you gotta be a shark yourself.' The quote from one of the greatest pictures in the history of Polish film seems to perfectly fit the situation in the world of poker. A tiny slump is enough for the opponents to sense that your game is way worse than what you're capable of when you're totally in shape. The beginning of October was not very goo... Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:23:58 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1154300 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1153940 makan18 For years, especially at the beginning of my venture into the world of poker, the trip to Las Vegas, Nevada and the participation in the World Series of Poker were the dreams which pushed me to becoming better and better. Even though I haven't been exactly following poker tournaments since forever, I used to count down days remaining to new episodes from WSOP. On July 2 after packing my bag (... Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:07:56 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1153940 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1152138 makan18 I`ve finally decided to `get along` with social media and I created a funpage. I blog on various websites so even adding new post takes considerable amount of time. I am still learning how to use facebook, hopefully in the near future I will figure out how to post in 2 languages:D https://www.facebook.com/lifeontherush/ The first week playing after getting back from the Asian trip was r... Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:34:33 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1152138 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1149997 makan18 If I have to choose only one word, to describe what kind of a country Japan is, "specific" seems to be a suitable one. No other place that I`ve visited in the past, differed so much from the "Western World" than Japan - at least in terms of mentality. A country of a spectacular Skyscrapers, although You would find it difficult to comunitacte in English, even in hotels or re... Thu, 04 May 2017 21:20:19 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1149997 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1148401 makan18 February was kind of symbolic for many reasons. I played 90 hours in the shortest month of the year! I've spent 20 days at tables, so the average session lasted 4,5 hours. If I remember correctly, also the Post-Rakeback EV result was the best I have ever had. I'm very satisfied with my gameplay, I don't feel any pressure playing NL2k. Of course, as usual I had random speews, according to my cal... Tue, 14 Mar 2017 01:51:47 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1148401 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1147984 makan18 [b]Staying Grounded in Reality[/b] I think this is a very important subject, with which I've been struggling for many years. In the past, I've often caught myself on changing my goals based on the heater I was experiencing at the time. I've had a pretty sick beginning of February, made shitload of money within the first 3 days (10% of yearly goals in 3 days? Huh.. that's not bad, isn't it?... Sat, 25 Feb 2017 02:04:27 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1147984 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1147821 makan18 The current year didn't commence in a grand fashion. Possibly due to exhaustion caused by going nuts in the motherland, I caught an unpleasant cold. I felt so bad that I had to postpone my return to the UK by 5 days, which obviously resulted in a need to buy a new ticket (#Polish_badluck). I have a strong impression that 2017 is going to be the best in my poker career. Even though the past two... Sun, 19 Feb 2017 02:49:01 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1147821 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1147487 makan18 This blog post is going to be much more personal than the previous ones. I've decided to change the way I do my blogging - I will write a lot more about things which inspire me, and those which are of great importance to me. 2016 turned out to be quite crucial for a variety of reasons. Finally, I emigrated to the UK, which I believe is an optimal solution for a guy like me, a professional poker... Sun, 05 Feb 2017 17:47:45 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1147487 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1144563 makan18 Unfortunately, my break from blogging was longer than I initially anticipated. In the early March I got pretty bad cold, 2 weeks completely taken out of my life. The game during that period was a total disaster, I broke even at best. I felt terrible physically, which in turn led to horrid concentration, despite regularly performing my start-up routine. Add the DS period to the equation, and we ... Thu, 06 Oct 2016 20:23:54 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1144563 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1137934 makan18 I`m very pleased with my poker form in February. I managed to play 85 hours, and achieved nice profit. The First half of the month was one of the best periods in my poker career and for sure the best period within the last few months. I`m pretty sure I`ve played 8bb/100 hand Adjusted Winrate poker. I practically didn`t tilt, I was starting evey session with a great focus, 5 hour sessions seemed... Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:04:51 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1137934 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1136987 makan18 Welcome back everyone, I’ve shared my monthly charts on several occasions, and so I chose to include my yearly graph in here as well. As shown, I’ve played 173 days last year, which translates to roughly 800 hours. The goal for this year is 200 days of grind, which will hopefully result in over 1000 hours. I was hoping that maybe I could play even 1200 hours, however this would require f... Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:50:11 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1136987 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1136159 makan18 The end of the year usually is the time for the review and summing things up. Taking into consideration my goals as I saw them before this year started, I should regard 2015 as a failure. However, many events took place which were completely beyond my control and, in turn, these occurrences often resulted in huge lack of concentration, which is why ultimately I believe this year was a success. ... Sat, 09 Jan 2016 19:10:57 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1136159 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1135483 makan18 November was another month when my volume wasn’t really up to par. Once again I had only 60 hours of play, although I’m still very satisfied with the work I’ve done over that period. I’ve spent a lot of time analyzing and working on my game and my mindset. It wasn’t until now that I fully realized how much I needed it. At the beginning of last month I had huge problems with achieving... Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:45:23 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1135483 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1132756 makan18 I’m pretty sure that every one of you had to go through periods of emotional burnout. The sense of dissatisfaction with your efficiency, concentration problems, lack of motivation to do your work. While it is not exactly a pleasurable and desirable condition, if it’s approached from the proper angle, such upset mental state may allow us to look back and observe which decisions have driven u... Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:31:40 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1132756 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1132418 makan18 Being a professional poker player is a career path, a life path even. The road towards being successful in poker, is not much different than a path to success in other areas of life. You need to gain theoretical knowledge, and most importantly put your knowledge into action every day, ceaselessly trying to do your best. Honestly, the knowledge without application is not worth much. I`ve been... Fri, 25 Sep 2015 01:57:49 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1132418