iamSakis

My music teacher said I had to learn how to play an instrument if I wanted to become a rockstar. That was a lie ♠️

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@Roothlus @TeamEvilLeft Hopefully next time you flop top sets every hand so you can see turn and river safely if board doesnt bring straights, flushes or higher set possibilities

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@ricardogorski All these idiots writing negative about you having your base in Cyprus probably never visited Cyprus or any other countries in their lives to be able to see that there is no comparison. I like your content and thanks for your words about our beautiful island, keep it up 💪🏻

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@bobby_mf_jr @HCLPokerShow @rampagepoker Took me 90 minutes to get over it and hop into the next game. See you on the next stream this week 😉

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@gukstrat_poker Hi @gukstrat_poker . Can you please send me the email of the relevant manager for KYC verification at your casino before visiting.

[Kelly Lucas @The_Illest]

A decade in poker taught me something I didn’t expect: The real value of the game isn’t the money. It’s the skill. Decision-making under pressure with equanimity. Strategic thinking with incomplete information. Agility in ever changing conditions. Asymmetric risks with huge upside.

Tournament poker is basically founder training. Maybe only 10% cash. And within that 10%, only a small fraction hit significant wins. But we chase the top spot anyway. For the love of the game.

As @demishassabis recently said, games like poker are microcosms of life. The advantage is that in poker, you get to run the simulation thousands of times. That’s iterative compounding.

Look at @BenbaLamb, who hit 10-figures of volume on his crypto casino, @yeet. @PrimordialAA went from online poker to founding LayerZero, now a multi-billion dollar protocol. Or @catehall, who founded Alvea during peak COVID and brought a vaccine candidate to clinical trials faster than any startup in history.

Poker is zero-sum.
But we can and should play positive-sum infinite games with those same skills. (Nod to @komorama + the resonant computing manifesto)

Your time in poker isn’t a sunk cost. It’s an investment in who you become. And (hopefully) what you build.

The 2026 tax change makes professional gambling impractical (sorry @Erik_Seidel). Combine that with what AI makes possible, the only real fence left is the one you build around yourself.

Take the biggest asymmetric risk you can make.

Bet on yourself.

And bet big.

[Bob Mather Poker @BobMatherPoker]

A poker boom is never coming back until televised poker makes one simple change.

Hear me out.

Show the turn and river on every hand. Yes, even the folds.

If we want new players, we need them to actually understand the game. Right now poker on TV is built for people who already play thousands of hands. New players have no clue what the odds are, what “could” have happened, or why a fold was smart or terrible. They definitely don’t learn pot odds by listening to GTO hypotheticals.

That makes televised poker boring. The announcers fill dead air with “maybe this” and “maybe that” because they don’t know how the hand would’ve played out either.

But if you show the turn and river every time, you give the audience the full story. The woulda coulda shoulda. The actual odds. The pain. The relief. The surprise. The swings that made poker famous in the first place.

Do that, and after a few hours on TV even a brand-new player understands the game. The annpouncers have more to talk about.
And if people understand the game, they get hooked on the game we all love ( and hate).

And when that happens, the boom comes back.
That’s the change. Show the damn cards.

[Kevin Dahlstrom @Camp4]

Today I turn 55.

I’m the fittest, sharpest, and happiest I’ve ever been.

If I’m an outlier, it’s not because I’m built different or discovered a secret formula. The truth is far less glamorous:

It’s a million tiny choices, compounded over decades.

Here are 55 of them:

1. Walk 15+ miles a week, even if you do other exercise. Humans are uniquely made to move slowly over long distances—it’s critical to longevity.

2. Develop a writing practice. It’s the single best way to sharpen your mind. And remember, you don’t have to be a good writer to write. Start with 10 minutes a day.

3. Swap out your toothpaste, deodorant, lotions, soap, shampoo, and other personal care products for natural versions. Here’s a rule of thumb: Don’t put anything on your skin that you couldn’t safely eat.

4. If you have a positive thought about someone, don’t keep it to yourself—share it immediately. Encouragement defies the laws of physics: When you give energy, you also receive it.

5. Wear shoes with a wide forefoot (I like Topo Athletic) and wear toe spreaders around the house (search “yoga toes” on Amazon). Spine health begins with the feet.

6. Get sunlight regularly. Moderate sun exposure (without sunscreen) is hugely important for overall health.

7. Do a 3-minute deep (“ass to grass”) squat every morning. Deep squats are often called the anti-aging exercise. It’s been said that, “It’s not that you can’t do deep squats because you’re old, it’s that you’re old because you can’t do deep squats.”

8. Explore minimalism (it’s not what you think it is).

9. Set boundaries on toxic relationships. We tend to cling to relationships past their expiration date, and it takes a bigger toll on our health than we recognize.

10. Eat real food. Not too much. Don’t eat garbage. Binge occasionally. Fast occasionally. That’s the diet.

11. Learn about FIRE. It’s a great framework for financial success.

12. Don’t take antibiotics except in emergency situations. They’re massively over-prescribed and aren’t needed in most cases. Antibiotics have done untold damage to our guts, which is where health begins. Great natural alternatives are out there.

13. Get 8 hours of quality sleep each night. To optimize sleep:
—Don’t eat after 6pm
—Get blackout shades and cover LEDs with black tape
—No screens 2 hours before bed
—Try ashwagandha (an herb) to calm the nervous system

14. Stop drinking, even in moderation. People find all sorts of ways to justify drinking, but there’s no escaping the simple fact that alcohol is a toxin and it limits your potential.

15. Travel as much as possible. Nothing expands the mind like seeing the world. And travel doesn’t have to be expensive—the best experiences happen outside of fancy resorts, when you live like a local.

16. Let go of resentment. When you forgive someone, you release the prisoner, and the prisoner isn’t them… it’s you.

17. Show up on time, every time. Poor time management limits success more than most people realize. If you struggle with punctuality, stop everything else and fix that first.

18. Spend lots of time in nature and touch the earth. Humans evolved over 300k years to live in harmony with nature, and only recently have we retreated indoors. If you don’t spend time outside, you’re fighting biology (hint: You won’t win.)

19. Stop doing dumb things. As Leo Tolstoy said, “People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.”

20. Find your happy place and (eventually) move there. Most people live where they live because... that's where they live. We are products of our environment—choose yours carefully.

21. Find a hobby and pursue mastery. You can’t have a happy life without a passionate pursuit that isn’t your vocation. Your work—even if you enjoy it—isn’t enough.

22. Avoid mainstream medicine except as a last resort. The results are in—our healthcare (or more appropriately, sick care) system is badly broken and only makes people sicker.

23. Have a mindset of abundance. There is no advantage to being a pessimist—even if you’re right, it’s a miserable way to live. In a very real way… whatever you believe, you’re right!

24. Do hard things. Choose courage over comfort. Everything you want is on the other side of fear and hard work. As Jerzy Gregorik said, “Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.”

25. Ignore haters. Hurt people hurt people. Negative/toxic people live in a prison of their own design. Don’t join them!

26. Say no. Protect your time and energy like it’s your most precious asset… because it is.

27. Become a water snob. As an alien said on Star Trek, humans are “ugly bags of mostly water.” You are what you drink—literally! We have Mountain Valley Spring water delivered in glass 5-gallon jugs and also have whole-house water filter (Aquasana Rhino).

28. Stop drinking sodas and sugary energy drinks. After a few weeks you won’t miss them, and a few months later they’ll seem disgusting. Refined sugar causes inflammation, which is the root of most disease.

29. If you’re over 35, find a good functional/longevity medicine doctor and start tracking your hormones. Modern life is hell on the endocrine system and restoring healthy hormone levels can change your life. As we get older, we either accept a slow decline in performance or we do something about it—choose the latter!

30. Develop a morning routine and follow it faithfully. Win the morning, win the day!

31. Invest in experiences, not things. People frequently regret buying things, but rarely regret investing in great experiences (especially when shared with loved ones). Remember, there’s nothing you can buy in a mall that you’ll remember in ten years.

32. Explore spirituality. It’s arrogant and small-minded to believe there’s nothing going on in our universe that is beyond our comprehension. We know less about our universe than an ant meandering on a sidewalk understands about this planet.

33. Have a strong bias toward action—doing rather than talking. If you ask a bunch of old people about their regrets, they’ll talk about the things they *didn't* do—the shots they didn’t take—more than the things they did do (even if it went wrong). As Wayne Gretzky famously said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Most people don’t take enough shots.

34. Stay lean. Men in particular are obsessed with muscle mass these days, but bulk doesn’t age well. The goal is to be strong but lean. The fittest guys in their 50s and beyond aren’t meatheads, they’re lean guys who are serious about a sport.

35. Curate your inner circle carefully. Surround yourself with people you admire and who challenge you to grow. Remember, we’re the average of our 5 closest relationships.

36. Be the fittest version of yourself. Your body is your only vessel for experiencing life—so treat it as such. Fitness isn’t working out a few times a week, it’s a lifestyle. The older you get, the more time you need to devote to your health.

37. Take the time to appreciate art and beauty in all its forms.

38. Think globally, but act locally. Too many people put their energy into far-away problems they don’t understand and can’t impact, while ignoring problems right under their nose. Want to change the world? Start at home.

39. Try psychedelics. It’s one of those things everyone should do at least once, and it might be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for.

40. Limit bad habits, including unhealthy thought patterns. We all have them—practice avoidance and find substitutes. Get professional help if needed.

41. Be a lifelong learner. Your brain is just like a muscle—if you don’t feed and flex it regularly, it will atrophy.

42. Find your purpose. People with a strong sense of purpose are happier and live longer. Lack of purpose sucks energy and magnifies depression.

43. Only take advice from people who embody the traits you want to have. Talk is cheap—emulate those who have DONE it.

44. The goal is not to retire and do nothing, it’s to build a great day-to-day life that you don’t need to escape. A life of leisure is a slow death. Happiness isn’t possible without a little struggle, uncertainty, and skin in the game.

45. Have fun! Do frivolous and silly things that make you smile. As George Bernard Shaw famously said, “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

46. Whatever you want to do or achieve in life, start NOW. Don’t fall victim to “someday thinking” because someday never comes.

47. Accumulate assets—things that grow in value over time. It’s the #1 habit of rich people, and it can be done in tiny chunks. Instead of spending $100 on an impulse purchase that has no lasting value, put that money into an index fund or Bitcoin. It becomes addictive (in a good way).

48. Don’t ignore the big 3 canaries in the coal mine for health:
—Low libido (and ED)
—Frequent sinus & respiratory issues
—Depression
These usually aren’t medical conditions in themselves, they’re symptoms of an underlying problem. Find a good doc (outside of the mainstream) and figure out the root cause.

49. Have a clear vision for your future. How can you decide which direction to go if you haven’t clearly defined the destination? It sounds obvious, but 95% of people haven’t defined their “Ideal End State” in detail and in writing. (Check out my thread on this topic.)

50. Make your own decisions. We live in an era where most of what society tells us is wrong. Don’t be afraid to break from societal norms—if people say you’re crazy, it’s a sign that you’re doing something right.

51. Get hardcore about mobility exercise. As you age, it’s usually the knees, hips, and lower back that limit physical performance. 30 min a couple times a week can spare you a lifetime of pain. YouTube is a great resource.

52. Go all in on family. Get married, stay married, have kids. Burn the boats. In the end, family is all that matters.

53. Be ruthless with your time. Money comes and goes. Time only goes. Audit your calendar ruthlessly—cut the trivial, double down on the meaningful, and spend your hours like your life depends on it. (Because it does.)

54. Have a strong bias toward action. Be curious, try things, meet people—it’s how you increase your surface area for serendipity, the most powerful unseen force in our lives.

55. Reinvent yourself every decade. Over time, we slowly drift off course from our priorities, values, and true identity. Take stock and don’t be afraid to hit the reset button. Bold, calculated moves made for the right reasons almost always pay off—usually even more than you can imagine.

🎁 P.S. If you enjoyed this post, would you give me a birthday gift? Repost or comment with the item number(s) you liked best?

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@UriPelegPoker Is that even a real threat..have you ever played live poker?

[hungryhorsepoker @hungryhorsepokr]

i printed over a million dollars in live cash games while 99% of the player pool thought i was a tight ABC nit

they had no idea i was bluffing like a maniac for years
the secret wasn't balance or blockers

it was knowing ONE thing about their range...👇

[hungryhorsepoker @hungryhorsepokr]

took me 5+ years to earn my first million playing live poker.

if i had to start from scratch today, i’d get there way faster.

not because the games are easier, but because i finally learned what actually moves the needle.

here are the 9 lessons that would’ve saved me years of spinning my wheels: 👇

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@MattBlagg You are just a fish fornnot realizing it. Whoops" should make your life very easy and save your tournament life.

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@bencb789 What does exactly malakastyle represents with that line that makes OOP call so hard..? Oh yeah he could have played KK and 66 the same way

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@LampovicPoker @daraokearney So if you are betting polarized he should never change that by leading with anything. Gets max value by checking when he does have a flush (or good bluff catcher.)

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@LampovicPoker @daraokearney Even flushes should be checking river. You betting 2 streets on that board with range advantage while he is totally capped is polarized, you are not betting weak A or K or underpair for 2 streets. So on the river you should keep betting your polarized range a lot.

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@LampovicPoker @daraokearney P.S. Merry Christmas to you 💰💰

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@LampovicPoker Exciting post, would love to follow your journey keep it up 💪🏻🏆

[Ejaz Bashir @Ejaz_bashir1]

American richest People don’t care about trends, crypto, or AI.

They get rich from businesses nobody brags about.

Here are 10 businesses that are cash cows🧵👇

[iamSakis @sakispoker]

@JNandezPoker @TeamYouTube @TeamYouTube Jnandez is a legitimate poker coach and has helped thousands of players including myself to become v successful in poker and reach financial freedom and have a happier life. His Youtube channel is part of his great business, please let him continue his great work.

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