Poker History blogs

61,258 reasons to quit drinking

eriksmith — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:30:01 +0000

Back by popular demand! Haha I always wanted to say that and due to recent requests from friends and followers I am finally taking my time write this blog that explains why I am giving up drinking for a while. Life is wonderful and full of excitement so I don’t want unnecessary distractions making me feel otherwise. Last month I went to Malta to attend a crazy bachelor party and an amazing wedding. My old friend Jens Boye got married to his love of his life Jade.

Achieving My Goals in 2013

eriksmith — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:00:42 +0000

I have set ten goals to achieve this year. This is an exercise I began last year on my holiday to Odessa, Ukraine. I was reading Brian Tracy’s book “Goals” and got inspired to systematically achieve my ‘near future’ goals in life. When I started practicing this routine and during the following six month a lot of changes happened in my life. I have transformed from being a passionate poker pro & entrepreneur to a dedicated entrepreneur & copywriter.

Motivation Video : Fighting Cancer for 8 Years

eriksmith — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:48:00 +0000

Inspired by a YouTube video and the book by Dick Tracy “Goals” I wrote my goals for 2013 in honor to my dad Paul Smith who have been fighting cancer since 2004-2005, yet he never complains about it.

Poker Pro Living Abroad

eriksmith — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:38:15 +0000

When you tell people that you are a poker pro many tend to doubt you. I have in this blog post come to the conclusion that certain aspects of life is easier as a poker pro when you live abroad.

Follow your dreams and make it happen!

eriksmith — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:22:45 +0000

I have been going back and forth the past two months about what to do in my career. I finally decided to follow my dreams literally speaking. There is a saying “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance”.

The Battle Against Grinders

eriksmith — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:09:28 +0000

iPoker has with its recent network split significantly changed how player liquidity is valued. The drastic decision to split the network in two has raised many questions. In this article I will look into similar events on various networks and compare the different strategies used by networks to maintain its poker ecology. Lastly I will discuss how it has affected the poker players and changed online poker overall.

Goodbye iPoker after 350k hands

eriksmith — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:42:42 +0000

In the light of recent events on iPoker I have decided to write a blog to clear my head and discuss my future in online poker. Pardon any spelling and grammar mistakes - English is not my first language.

How bad do you want it!?

eriksmith — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:00:18 +0000

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breath then you will be successful. Most of you say you want to be successful but you don't want it bad. You just kind of want it. You don't want it as bad as you want to party or be cool.

Poker in Odessa

eriksmith — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:33:08 +0000

June was an eventful month. It started out in Twin Peaks which was incredible, followed by eating amazing food in Seattle, then Copenhagen and ended in Odessa, Ukraine, which I have enjoyed very much! I thought I would slow down on the traveling this year but my destiny had different plans.

Cable Company Cuts All Wires

eriksmith — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:15:22 +0000

I rarely tell bad beat stories but here is one from Denmark. A few weeks ago TDC (my ISP) cut ALL wires on my building incl. my internet cable. After 4 days I managed to talk to the guys who said they been hired to cut all wires on my building.