Diego Ventura

GGpoker Latam Pro

[Poker-Red LATAM @PokerRed_LAT]

#TorneosOnline 💻

En los torneos del Domingo se destacaron Manuel Pochat 🇦🇷, @DieVentura 🇵🇪, Pablo Nazar 🇦🇷, Oscar Cueva 🇵🇪 y Nicolás Palma 🇦🇷.

Sunday Grind 👇
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[Diego Ventura @DieVentura]

@AlfieJCarter claude

[Diego Ventura @DieVentura]

@SimonDixonTwitt Is the new course cancelled ?

[Santi G-M @santijota8]

#Debate

En el 2024 se entregaron 247 brazaletes (récord) y este año se darán 227. @phil_hellmuth 🇺🇸 pide que se limiten a 100.

Opiniones de Salas 🇦🇷, @Choki70 🇦🇷, @LeoMargets 🇪🇸, @petgaming 🇪🇸, @DieVentura 🇵🇪, Spitale 🇦🇷, Bartolo y @AriEngelPoker 🇨🇦 👇
https://t.co/gWRtUk06WV

[Santi G-M @santijota8]

Gran Domingo para @DieVentura 🇵🇪 en @GGPoker con 3 mesas finales y ganancias de $122K 👇
https://t.co/qq3dtbDTcd

[Stephen Chidwick @ChidwickStephen]

Hello X.

Many of you will know me as a top poker player who doesn’t say very much, and for a long time, I guess I didn’t really think I had much of value to say.

I’ve kept a low profile for most of my life. I’ve built my career with a quiet determination and focus on the things I could control—my preparation, my decisions, my consistency. “I don’t waste my time with social media,” I told myself. And while that decision was undoubtedly the right one for me at the time, the reasons were fabricated—or at least incomplete. What I didn’t admit so explicitly was my fear: fear of criticism, of vulnerability, and of my inability to control my own obsessive nature.

I would almost certainly meet the criteria for autism spectrum disorder. I would almost certainly meet the criteria for bipolar disorder, though I never stuck around long enough after an episode to receive a formal diagnosis (whether or not I identify with these labels is a topic for another day). I’ve known the isolation of being forcibly separated from society, for my own protection, and wondering how I got there. I’ve experienced being so socially drained from a day of live poker that I’ve gone to sleep hungry. Not because I was so focused that I lost my appetite, but because those one or two brief human interactions required to feed myself were just too much. I know how absurd that sounds—I knew it back then too—but no amount of rationality stopped it from being true.

Over time, I slowly adapted. I learned how to sublimate that anxious energy and turn it into a motivating force—into an obsessively focused drive to reach my potential as a poker player, to prove my worth to the world through external accomplishments.

And then the validation I was seeking started coming.

In 2019, I was voted by my peers in a CardPlayer magazine survey to be the best player in the world—my dreams had become reality.

My ego had a field day, but it wasn’t long before I realized there was still a piece missing.

Now that I was painted as “the best”, there was no margin for error. Despite everything I had accomplished, I was no less fragile. Every misstep felt like a threat to the whole narrative. Am I slipping? Am I getting old and complacent and lazy? How much longer can I keep tricking people into thinking I’m so good when I know how big my mistakes can be?

And none of that even touched the root of what I was actually seeking underneath it all—to be accepted. So when someone threw out an offhanded criticism—“boring,” “robotic,” “no personality”—I took it to heart. Because somewhere in me, I was scared they were right.

Driven by my desire to be the best poker player I could be, I started doing deeper inner work—peeling back the layers of my belief structure and examining what was uncovered. Why did I feel like I had to be perfect to be worthy? What was I really seeking through my success? Uncomfortable investigations that slowly but surely started to free me from my preconceived notions of who I was and who I should be.

And I saw the benefits—in my performance at the table, yes—but more so in my day-to-day interactions with my family, my friends, casual acquaintances, and even total strangers. The progress empowered me and urged me onwards. The more I leaned into vulnerability, honesty, and trust in others, the more confident, authentic, and self-assured I felt.

I’m learning to listen not only to my precious logic but also to the quiet, mysterious, unexplainable voice within. The voice that speaks when _I_ am silent. The voice that now compels me to write this—and to expose it for the world to see.

And so here I am—the kid inside the robot costume.
Just another human being in pursuit of love, of connection, of belonging.
Tired of running from my shadow and ready to stop and turn around (I hope).

This message is for anyone who feels trapped in the darkness. I’ve lived through times that felt unbearable—where the idea of peace, or connection, or even a quiet mind felt impossibly far away. If you’re in that place right now, I want you to know: it can get better. You’re not broken. You’re not beyond help. Keep going.

I also want to thank all the people who saw something in me that I took a long time to see in myself and guided me down this path. Some will know who they are. Others may never realize how much a small gesture meant to someone who was struggling. I’m deeply grateful for all of you.

TL;DR: Hi, I’m new here.

PS my intention is to be quite intermittent in my engagement with social media, at least initially, so if you reach out to me and I don’t respond please don’t take it personally.

[CodigoPoker @CodigoPoker]

Diego Ventura: “El éxito no es un trofeo, es sostener tu identidad en el proceso” 💬

@DieVentura recuerda su recorrido desde los establos hasta el subcampeonato del PCA.

https://t.co/ROOBteIYOR

[Juan Martin Pastor | Inner Growth @Pastor_Insight]

The Last Dance

Anoche stremeé mi última sesión de póker.

Cuatro mesas abiertas, cámara prendida y a divertirse. Cerrando un capítulo de 13 años. Cuando terminé, me quedé solo frente a la pantalla, en silencio… sonriendo, casi con los ojos llorosos. Increíble viaje.

Empecé a los 17, sin un mango. Mis viejos preocupados, yo soñando con que algún día podría vivir de esto. Me obsesioné, estudié, metí horas como un animal. Perdí mucho. Gané más. Me formé, viajé, enseñé, grité, puteé, celebré… y también me rompí.

El póker me dio TODO.

Me enseñó a soportar frustraciones y a pensar en EV y largo plazo. Me preparó para la vida. Me enseñó a perder sin derrumbarme y a ganar sin perderme. A leer a los demás… pero sobre todo, a leerme a mí.

Conocí gente increíble. Formé las mejores amistades. Tuve la oportunidad de cambiarle la vida a muchísima gente de mi entorno. Di mucho y recibí aún más.

Y aunque esta transición lleva tiempo gestándose, hoy llega el cierre final. Se despide Juan Martín Pastor, jugador profesional de póker.

Hace rato siento que hay algo más que quiero construir. Algo distinto. Todavía no tengo claro del todo qué es. Pero sí sé que para avanzar, hay que hacer lugar. Y cerrar ciclos es de las lecciones más importantes que me dejó este juego.

El póker fue mi primera gran transformación. Me cambió la cabeza. Me cambió el carácter. Me cambió la vida.

Hoy, 13 años después, cuelgo el mouse y me despido con un GRACIAS. Oficial. Para todos ustedes.

No tengo claro el título del nuevo capítulo. Pero sí sé que va a estar escrito con la misma intensidad, disciplina y pasión que puse en cada sesión.

Nos vemos en la próxima mano.
🫡

[Santi G-M @santijota8]

Jesse Lonis 🇺🇸 arranca como chip-leader de la mesa final del GG Million$ 10K y entre los finalistas está @DieVentura 🇵🇪. Hay $315K para el ganador. Live Streaming con relatos de @Joeingram1 y @JeffGrossPoker 👇
https://t.co/VQ6f0COwPg

[Santi G-M @santijota8]

#BSOPSanPablo 🇧🇷 > Resumen del festival con declaraciones de los principales ganadores: @DieVentura 🇵🇪, Carlos Serrano 🇨🇴, Nicolás Mohmadán 🇦🇷 y Jherson "Yeyo" Álvarez 🇨🇴 👇
https://t.co/UcHvQ660ck

[CodigoPoker @CodigoPoker]

. @DieVentura lo hizo: ganó el Gran High Roller y su primer título del @BSOPoficial🏆

El peruano venció una mesa final plagada de locales y se quedó con su primer título del BSOP. Se llevó 120 mil dólares.
https://t.co/ESiYhwT9ap

[Santi G-M @santijota8]

#BSOPSanPablo 🇧🇷

Los extranjeros ganaron los eventos más importantes:

SHR 25K: Carlos Serrano 🇨🇴 R$ 690K ($122K)

Grand High Roller 15K: @DieVentura 🇵🇪 R$ 680K ($120K)

Main Event 3K: Yeyo Álvarez 🇨🇴 🥇 R$ 497K ($88K) y Nicolás Mohmadán 🇦🇷 🥈 R$ 407K ($72K)

📸 @CodigoPoker

[CodigoPoker @CodigoPoker]

. @DieVentura quiere cerrar el @BSOPoficial San Pablo con el título del Grand High Roller 💪

El peruano es el único jugador no brasileño que continúa en carrera de cara al Día Final del Grand High Roller. Hay R$680.000 para el campeón.

https://t.co/akA9tNSPGk

[whatever @whatever]

I asked ChatGPT "if you were the devil, how would you demonize men to women?" The answers are terrifying.

ChatGPT:
If I were the devil and wanted to demonize men to women, I would focus on exploiting natural differences and insecurities, twisting them into sources of resentment. Here’s how I might go about it: /🧵

[Maria Elisa @mariaelisasmith]

Entender que Zelensky era la marioneta del estado profundo satánico y Putin no era el diablo que nos decían los medios pagados por USAID me ayudó a salirme de la matrix comunicacional globalista y entender muchos otros conflictos alrededor del mundo, incluyendo Venezuela.

Todo lo que hace Trump tiene sentido si estás fuera de la matrix.

[#LIBERTAD PERU 2026 @santy19602010]

LOCA, PLACERA.
VENDIENDO TAMALES.
jojojojojo, que buena.

[Kenny Hallaert @SpaceyFCB]

We're live! https://t.co/qJJGmB6RGb Bookmark this link for this year's Vegas summer schedule.
Schedules for different venues will be added as they get released.

[Nicole Shanahan @NicoleShanahan]

CONFIRMED!

Congratulations, Bobby.
Congratulations, America.
Thank you, President Trump.

[CodigoPoker @CodigoPoker]

Tiempo de Poker con @DieVentura y Di Girolamo 🎙️

Se difundió una nueva edición del programa pokeril con dos invitados de lujo, noticias y el análisis de manos de @GonzaGottlieb.

https://t.co/mpycTfKkdf

[Sam Greenwood @SamGreenwoodRIO]

I believe Nacho’s defense, but I also dont think it matters. Rules are rules and when players aren’t punished for breaking them game integrity collapses. Benign intentions matter, but shouldn’t lead to absolution