1000 Hours in 95 Days and other challenges by FatSushi
08-31-2021
, 10:56 AM
Hello!
My name is Alexander, I am 26 years old poker player and streamer from Lithuania!
From September 1st, I will stream 1000 hours of poker in 95 days!
From now on I will be streaming and writing my blog here in English.
I will post my first entry today, and for the challenge, I will aim to update at least every 10 days.
https://www.twitch.tv/fatsushipoker
Follow and gl gl!!
My name is Alexander, I am 26 years old poker player and streamer from Lithuania!
From September 1st, I will stream 1000 hours of poker in 95 days!
From now on I will be streaming and writing my blog here in English.
I will post my first entry today, and for the challenge, I will aim to update at least every 10 days.
https://www.twitch.tv/fatsushipoker
Follow and gl gl!!
08-31-2021
, 01:06 PM
From 1’st September. Alexander "StorasSushis" Januškevič will aim to break the "world record" by playing + streaming his poker game for 1,000 hours over 95 days on Twitch.tv. : )
We'll create some action, folks. The current record is 1000 hours in 100 days. We will not embarrass ourself and instead of the (originally planned) one day, we will make life quite difficult for the next person after me. That's 10.5 hours a day, if we play without days-off. I think one or two unplanned days off could happen, so I'll have to try 11-12 hours of streaming whenever possible. In the last 9 wonderful months I've streamed about 150 times, and only 5 times more than 10.5 hours, also only 800 hours in total : )))
I'm doing this for a few reasons: basically, it's obvious, because I just freaking love playing poker and streaming it. Also, for several years in a row now, Alexander has had the annual urge to prove to himself that he is not just an idiot - 10 d. "Silent Retreat" a few years ago, the 42 km marathon a year later, and now here we are. Oh, and the last reason is the geopolitical situation of our country, because will be streaming, obviously, in English. I would love to be able to try to do such a challenge in my mother tongue, but it just "doesn't pay" (because the fourth reason, as always, is money). When I changed the language of the stream a few months ago, as expected, I got a lot of backlash, a big drop in viewership and a lot of painful darts to my ego's heart for my weak English language skills. As much as I enjoy a pretty solid community of loyal viewers, it would be insanely difficult to continue streaming with less than 50 avg viewers now and compete against the other whales on the Twitch charts. So let's shorten this vegetation period from 15 months to a good 3 months and quickly find out whether there is something for us to do here or not.
Emotionally I've been preparing for this for a very long time, I knew I'd be trying since probably January, and the practical preparation has been and will continue to be there, but it's mostly about mindset and getting the practical day to day stuff + just the streaming stuff fixed. In the tentative plan we will play from 8am to 7pm, go for a 30 min walk or light exercise every day, meet with a psychologist once a week and eat a bit healthier. If won't study anypoker, there won't be any energy left for that. Eat, play/stream, sports and family time -> repeat. My parents are also ready to not see me anymore for a while and are prepared to be more supportive. I don't know what else I can prepare for, I feel quite scared but also very excited. The current break has really allowed me to rethink a lot of things, put priorities in drawers and clear my head. I really miss poker and streaming, and I wish I could get the same kind of community and action in English as I did in the winter. I really feel like this is my thing and my personal path to becoming a poker pro. So I'm really looking forward to your support and refraining for a few months from spilling your inner problems and self-reflections on my stream chat : ) <3
And well, I had to take the current break because in the last two months I've had definitely the saddest and hardest day of my life, and the most beautiful and happy one.
The saddest to guess probably won't need many reads, the only person who really loved me unconditionally died in July. My grandfather Juzefas Januškevič. Although it was announced in the winter that he had about 6 months to live, I kept hoping that there was at least one live card or 0.3 per cent left for him to live, even though I saw my grandfather's weakening in front of my eyes. The last visits were the hardest, as he did not always recognise me and was very difficult to communicate with. I am glad that I have such a memory and I cry every time I think about it, because during our very last meeting he did not recognise me at all, but just before I left he said his last words to me: "Sasha, my loved one". My percent and faith plummeted when it was announced that Grandpa had been rushed to hospital, and the next morning, while filling in the paperwork to visit him, I phoned my mother to find out Grandpa's personal identification number, and I heard the worst news of my life. I have never shouted the word "NO" so loudly and painfully. The rest of the process was also insanely painful and sad. And I do not even need to mention my grandmother, who was due to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary in a month's time, or my Dad, who lost his father. This is the first such 'experience' for me, and immediately one of the most painful, because, as I said, Granddad was the only person who loved me absolutely unconditionally throughout my childhood and adolescence. Parents, teachers, friends, uncles, aunts and other acquaintances and strangers usually had at least one other requirement or condition before they could give me their warmth and love, but Grandpa was always the one who, even after I had received four bad class grades in a row, after I had broken both arms or after I had stolen my bicycle tire from a neighbour, did not take away his pure love for me, not even one single crumb. And that **** hits hard.
But when one of those kind of people leave your life, another one comes. The more I go on, the more I believe that everything in life happens the way it should. Because it is meant to be.
Just like the last paragraph, this one is insanely hard to write, because both feelings (from the furthest corners of the prism) cannot be described in words and we won't try to replace all the world's most famous artists here... but I knew it was her from the very first hug, which was sent by my Grandpa together with her dad Saulius. Already during the second meeting, when I realised that I could open my heart fully and when I received the same response back, I felt one of the most beautiful feelings of my life, the crazy desire to hug and protect another person forever. Goda, like me, has suffered a great loss, which unfortunately was necessary for us to connect on a level that I did not really believe existed.
If you know, you know. I can and want to tell and even shout the story of this wonderful film that I have lived through and continue to live through every day, but since we are still sort of trying to play the role of a tough guy who has his own goals and a poker career, I won't go overboard with details and stories that are only interesting to my mother. However, when I think back, when I discuss life goals and priorities/values with my psychologist, love and family always came first. And poker is and will be just one of the tools to perhaps find that. So I want to write about something completely different. I am very lucky to have found that person now who makes the bad beats of poker and the vicissitudes of life seem so unintimidating and insignificant, because I know that I have found the soul with whom I can build a family of my own, and with whom I can feel loved unconditionally. Finally, poker and all other personal goals take a back seat to everything.
In general, on this blog on average I am 90% completely honest, and most of the rest has always been romantic relationships, which I didn't really want to share, because I always knew deep down that they wouldn't last. And for past/present and future partners to read what I feel now is probably not +EV, but it's clear now - who cares. I know that inside, even you, you will be one percent happier for me. Of course, you'll be at least as right and you won't believe it when you see the post on Facebook that we got engaged after 4 months and 10 days of friendship. a.k.a. Sushis has sold 50% of his shares for life. For me, even Luke's wedding ~years ago seemed crazy, and while I could see that they were really right for each other and seemed very happy, the event itself always seemed like one of the biggest and most important things in life, so you have to be completely confident, ready for WW3, winning two lotteries and being blessed by all the grannies before falling on your left knee. But when you meet THE person with whom you want to build a bold future with, you will feel madly loved and safe and fully understood, finally accepted unconditionally, you will just want to celebrate Love and you will look for every opportunity to show it. Goda and I even talked about this event + all the ones that will follow it at least a dozen times in the first month (which hadn't even crossed our minds for a second in a years before) and the phrase that I think or feel the same way was repeated a comically large number of times, so the question was only when, not will it happen?
So, a month ago I just thought that a story half a century later would just make it sound funnier that we got engaged in a few months rather than a year and decided to fulfil the one and only promise I had made to her - to surprise her. I googled which knee to kneel on and what speach to write, how to get the ring through the airport, etc.
I rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed a ridiculous amount + spent half a week in Greece walking around like a fool with an empty backpack (except for the sock ball inside which I hid the ring) looking for the right spot. Although in the end I had to take the classic "I planned your day" line with a semi-hidden photographer on the beach, everything worked out perfectly. So as much as I do know, I am 100% relaxed, I coud write at least four more paragraphs about this, I'm just happy, man. The most wonderful, sweetest, purest and most beautiful creature in the world feels the same as me and wants to spend a lifetime together.
And while it may sound counterintuitive, from now on the reverse is true, poker and other personal goals only become easier and even more meaningful. It takes away some self-imposed burden of time or rush to get it all done and get it done as quickly as possible (which in my case was just a stumbling block), in order to increase your chances of finding "it".
Well, back to poker, I was playing very well before the break. Finally, I'm in a Skype/Discord study group with the future of Lithuanian poker, as Kęstutis says, and other Poker Essence teachers. Seeing a bunch of kids studying for 6 hours a day after every other session and knowing that you can't beat them is very frustrating. But it is even more fun just to watch people who put in the hard work get rewarded accordingly. And, strangely enough, I believe as strongly as ever in the future of poker and its vibrancy. Seeing such hardworkers grow and rise trough the limits with your own eyes in such a short time is very inspiring and motivating + the growing number of success stories from our school is very encouraging.
The school itself is, let's not hide it, a bit disappointing, although we are putting in a lot of work, strengthening the team both in the coaching and administration departments, the results are mediocre. I don't know if it's just marketing fails on our side or if it's the lack of a more familiar face in front of us (I was holding my nose when I parting with Benny and I thought I was already more famous than him, etc.), The value we provide, I think, is very good for the price (again, Kęstutis's one lesson a week, for any player not yet playing BB530, every day, pays off instantly), and there are more and more success stories of micro-limit players starting to beat the higher limit and running away to play full-time. However, neither the regs nor the recreationals are being attracted. I may be crying as if we had 8 members, although that number hasn't dropped to less than 35, but the market, and the examples of pokeriomokykla.com, show that there is still room for improvement. So, we are investing now in a new website that will finally be a pleasure to use and hopefully with the return of the poker season we will be moving forward even more.
So, I look forward to seeing everyone from tomorrow morning! My heart is racing as I write and think about the challenge. Very excited, but also very scared. As always I won't promise, but I'll try to write at least a short update on how I'm feeling, once a week or every 10 days, here or on discord. You all know the links, I'll post them somewhere else if there's anything else! Advice, wishes and angry comments are welcome here, in private or on Twitch chat as always!
GL GL!
One Love <3
Yours, Sushi (from now on FatSushi xd)
Stream link - https://www.twitch.tv/fatsushipoker
New discord only for stream related stuff - https://discord.gg/rMKDJEdsUa
We'll create some action, folks. The current record is 1000 hours in 100 days. We will not embarrass ourself and instead of the (originally planned) one day, we will make life quite difficult for the next person after me. That's 10.5 hours a day, if we play without days-off. I think one or two unplanned days off could happen, so I'll have to try 11-12 hours of streaming whenever possible. In the last 9 wonderful months I've streamed about 150 times, and only 5 times more than 10.5 hours, also only 800 hours in total : )))
I'm doing this for a few reasons: basically, it's obvious, because I just freaking love playing poker and streaming it. Also, for several years in a row now, Alexander has had the annual urge to prove to himself that he is not just an idiot - 10 d. "Silent Retreat" a few years ago, the 42 km marathon a year later, and now here we are. Oh, and the last reason is the geopolitical situation of our country, because will be streaming, obviously, in English. I would love to be able to try to do such a challenge in my mother tongue, but it just "doesn't pay" (because the fourth reason, as always, is money). When I changed the language of the stream a few months ago, as expected, I got a lot of backlash, a big drop in viewership and a lot of painful darts to my ego's heart for my weak English language skills. As much as I enjoy a pretty solid community of loyal viewers, it would be insanely difficult to continue streaming with less than 50 avg viewers now and compete against the other whales on the Twitch charts. So let's shorten this vegetation period from 15 months to a good 3 months and quickly find out whether there is something for us to do here or not.
Emotionally I've been preparing for this for a very long time, I knew I'd be trying since probably January, and the practical preparation has been and will continue to be there, but it's mostly about mindset and getting the practical day to day stuff + just the streaming stuff fixed. In the tentative plan we will play from 8am to 7pm, go for a 30 min walk or light exercise every day, meet with a psychologist once a week and eat a bit healthier. If won't study anypoker, there won't be any energy left for that. Eat, play/stream, sports and family time -> repeat. My parents are also ready to not see me anymore for a while and are prepared to be more supportive. I don't know what else I can prepare for, I feel quite scared but also very excited. The current break has really allowed me to rethink a lot of things, put priorities in drawers and clear my head. I really miss poker and streaming, and I wish I could get the same kind of community and action in English as I did in the winter. I really feel like this is my thing and my personal path to becoming a poker pro. So I'm really looking forward to your support and refraining for a few months from spilling your inner problems and self-reflections on my stream chat : ) <3
And well, I had to take the current break because in the last two months I've had definitely the saddest and hardest day of my life, and the most beautiful and happy one.
The saddest to guess probably won't need many reads, the only person who really loved me unconditionally died in July. My grandfather Juzefas Januškevič. Although it was announced in the winter that he had about 6 months to live, I kept hoping that there was at least one live card or 0.3 per cent left for him to live, even though I saw my grandfather's weakening in front of my eyes. The last visits were the hardest, as he did not always recognise me and was very difficult to communicate with. I am glad that I have such a memory and I cry every time I think about it, because during our very last meeting he did not recognise me at all, but just before I left he said his last words to me: "Sasha, my loved one". My percent and faith plummeted when it was announced that Grandpa had been rushed to hospital, and the next morning, while filling in the paperwork to visit him, I phoned my mother to find out Grandpa's personal identification number, and I heard the worst news of my life. I have never shouted the word "NO" so loudly and painfully. The rest of the process was also insanely painful and sad. And I do not even need to mention my grandmother, who was due to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary in a month's time, or my Dad, who lost his father. This is the first such 'experience' for me, and immediately one of the most painful, because, as I said, Granddad was the only person who loved me absolutely unconditionally throughout my childhood and adolescence. Parents, teachers, friends, uncles, aunts and other acquaintances and strangers usually had at least one other requirement or condition before they could give me their warmth and love, but Grandpa was always the one who, even after I had received four bad class grades in a row, after I had broken both arms or after I had stolen my bicycle tire from a neighbour, did not take away his pure love for me, not even one single crumb. And that **** hits hard.
But when one of those kind of people leave your life, another one comes. The more I go on, the more I believe that everything in life happens the way it should. Because it is meant to be.
Just like the last paragraph, this one is insanely hard to write, because both feelings (from the furthest corners of the prism) cannot be described in words and we won't try to replace all the world's most famous artists here... but I knew it was her from the very first hug, which was sent by my Grandpa together with her dad Saulius. Already during the second meeting, when I realised that I could open my heart fully and when I received the same response back, I felt one of the most beautiful feelings of my life, the crazy desire to hug and protect another person forever. Goda, like me, has suffered a great loss, which unfortunately was necessary for us to connect on a level that I did not really believe existed.
If you know, you know. I can and want to tell and even shout the story of this wonderful film that I have lived through and continue to live through every day, but since we are still sort of trying to play the role of a tough guy who has his own goals and a poker career, I won't go overboard with details and stories that are only interesting to my mother. However, when I think back, when I discuss life goals and priorities/values with my psychologist, love and family always came first. And poker is and will be just one of the tools to perhaps find that. So I want to write about something completely different. I am very lucky to have found that person now who makes the bad beats of poker and the vicissitudes of life seem so unintimidating and insignificant, because I know that I have found the soul with whom I can build a family of my own, and with whom I can feel loved unconditionally. Finally, poker and all other personal goals take a back seat to everything.
In general, on this blog on average I am 90% completely honest, and most of the rest has always been romantic relationships, which I didn't really want to share, because I always knew deep down that they wouldn't last. And for past/present and future partners to read what I feel now is probably not +EV, but it's clear now - who cares. I know that inside, even you, you will be one percent happier for me. Of course, you'll be at least as right and you won't believe it when you see the post on Facebook that we got engaged after 4 months and 10 days of friendship. a.k.a. Sushis has sold 50% of his shares for life. For me, even Luke's wedding ~years ago seemed crazy, and while I could see that they were really right for each other and seemed very happy, the event itself always seemed like one of the biggest and most important things in life, so you have to be completely confident, ready for WW3, winning two lotteries and being blessed by all the grannies before falling on your left knee. But when you meet THE person with whom you want to build a bold future with, you will feel madly loved and safe and fully understood, finally accepted unconditionally, you will just want to celebrate Love and you will look for every opportunity to show it. Goda and I even talked about this event + all the ones that will follow it at least a dozen times in the first month (which hadn't even crossed our minds for a second in a years before) and the phrase that I think or feel the same way was repeated a comically large number of times, so the question was only when, not will it happen?
So, a month ago I just thought that a story half a century later would just make it sound funnier that we got engaged in a few months rather than a year and decided to fulfil the one and only promise I had made to her - to surprise her. I googled which knee to kneel on and what speach to write, how to get the ring through the airport, etc.
I rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed a ridiculous amount + spent half a week in Greece walking around like a fool with an empty backpack (except for the sock ball inside which I hid the ring) looking for the right spot. Although in the end I had to take the classic "I planned your day" line with a semi-hidden photographer on the beach, everything worked out perfectly. So as much as I do know, I am 100% relaxed, I coud write at least four more paragraphs about this, I'm just happy, man. The most wonderful, sweetest, purest and most beautiful creature in the world feels the same as me and wants to spend a lifetime together.And while it may sound counterintuitive, from now on the reverse is true, poker and other personal goals only become easier and even more meaningful. It takes away some self-imposed burden of time or rush to get it all done and get it done as quickly as possible (which in my case was just a stumbling block), in order to increase your chances of finding "it".
Well, back to poker, I was playing very well before the break. Finally, I'm in a Skype/Discord study group with the future of Lithuanian poker, as Kęstutis says, and other Poker Essence teachers. Seeing a bunch of kids studying for 6 hours a day after every other session and knowing that you can't beat them is very frustrating. But it is even more fun just to watch people who put in the hard work get rewarded accordingly. And, strangely enough, I believe as strongly as ever in the future of poker and its vibrancy. Seeing such hardworkers grow and rise trough the limits with your own eyes in such a short time is very inspiring and motivating + the growing number of success stories from our school is very encouraging.
The school itself is, let's not hide it, a bit disappointing, although we are putting in a lot of work, strengthening the team both in the coaching and administration departments, the results are mediocre. I don't know if it's just marketing fails on our side or if it's the lack of a more familiar face in front of us (I was holding my nose when I parting with Benny and I thought I was already more famous than him, etc.), The value we provide, I think, is very good for the price (again, Kęstutis's one lesson a week, for any player not yet playing BB530, every day, pays off instantly), and there are more and more success stories of micro-limit players starting to beat the higher limit and running away to play full-time. However, neither the regs nor the recreationals are being attracted. I may be crying as if we had 8 members, although that number hasn't dropped to less than 35, but the market, and the examples of pokeriomokykla.com, show that there is still room for improvement. So, we are investing now in a new website that will finally be a pleasure to use and hopefully with the return of the poker season we will be moving forward even more.
So, I look forward to seeing everyone from tomorrow morning! My heart is racing as I write and think about the challenge. Very excited, but also very scared. As always I won't promise, but I'll try to write at least a short update on how I'm feeling, once a week or every 10 days, here or on discord. You all know the links, I'll post them somewhere else if there's anything else! Advice, wishes and angry comments are welcome here, in private or on Twitch chat as always!
GL GL!
One Love <3
Yours, Sushi (from now on FatSushi xd)
Stream link - https://www.twitch.tv/fatsushipoker
New discord only for stream related stuff - https://discord.gg/rMKDJEdsUa
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, 02:09 PM
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, 12:59 AM
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, 12:49 AM
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, 12:49 AM
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, 04:22 AM
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, 01:03 AM
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, 12:59 AM
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, 01:00 AM
09-09-2021
, 12:57 AM
I have probably bottom 5% work ethic of all poker players Just once a year, after slacking for 9 to 15 months I either go into little depression mode and quit playing for 3 months or do something challenging like this to prove to myself that I am not useless human being that still has some self worth. : )
DAY9 IS HERE THOUGH! GL
https://www.twitch.tv/fatsushipoker
Just once a year, after slacking for 9 to 15 months I either go into little depression mode and quit playing for 3 months or do something challenging like this to prove to myself that I am not useless human being that still has some self worth. : )DAY9 IS HERE THOUGH! GL
https://www.twitch.tv/fatsushipoker
09-10-2021
, 12:47 AM
