<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Blog of Alec Torelli</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog</link>
	<description>The Philosophy and Journey of the Man</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:13:56 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	
		<item>
		<title>No Game For Robots</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/no-game-for-robots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/no-game-for-robots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Routines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Owais Ahmed, who, after a successful year, has lost all motivation for playing poker,  wrote: &#8220;Its like I&#8217;ve hit the ceiling &#8211; all I can accomplish at a poker table is doing more of what I&#8217;ve already done. Looking forward to a future where I should grind cash daily or a few nights a week doesn&#8217;t seem that fun. When is enough enough?&#8221; A PERSONAL STORY: A Grande Vanilla Latte On a hot summer morning in Laguna Beach, California I stopped to relax at Laguna Beach Coffee. I love the sensation of caffeine on an empty stomach and basking in the Orange County sun. There I could get both for $2. The cute Polish barista who knows my drink order of choice, a grande iced vanilla latte, wasn&#8217;t working that day. In her place was Bridget, another equally inviting woman with shoulder length blonde hair and bright green eyes. She<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/no-game-for-robots/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/no-game-for-robots/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Playing Too High</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/playing-too-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/playing-too-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankroll Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poker has afforded me so much, it&#8217;s only fair I give something back to the community. In this mini series I will share the knowledge and skills I have acquired from years of playing, traveling and talking to the world&#8217;s best players. Following each post, I will be offering further advice and answering any questions on the subject. Today&#8217;s topic: PLAYING WITHIN OUR MEANS. We&#8217;ve all done it and we all know we shouldn&#8217;t, so I&#8217;ll skip the lecture. Instead, I&#8217;ll focus on how to change the behavior. 1) SET GOALS The purposes of goal setting are plentiful: provide motivation for playing our best, make the game more fun and stimulating, track progress and liberate us from the burden of choice. The lure of a big game is that one can win a lot of money in one session. But if I know that this month I want to play 100<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/playing-too-high/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/playing-too-high/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Travel Video</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/a-travel-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/a-travel-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 03:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All credit to Russell Ford for making this montage of travel highlights. Enjoy. &#160; My 2011 Travels from Alec Torelli on Vimeo.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/a-travel-video/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>On Risk: A Magic Ninja</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/risk-poker-music-success-alexeimartov/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/risk-poker-music-success-alexeimartov/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alexeimartov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Variance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You say I&#8217;m washed up but you never learned to swim/ If I drown beneath the ocean, its cos I didn&#8217;t save anything / for the way back&#8221; - Alexei Martov It began with a dream. At 6:30 a.m., after another all night poker session, the sun shined in through the window. Martin &#8220;MagicNinja&#8221; Bradstreet got into bed, and turned on the TV. A Muse concert was airing. &#8220;I remember thinking how playing on stage would probably be the most awesome thing in the world,&#8221; Martin, aka &#8220;alexeimartov&#8220;, recalls in his post  &#8221;Chasin shootin stars&#8221; on the website TwoPlusTwo. It was then that he had an epiphany. &#8220;There was no fundamental difference between the person on the stage and myself. If I wanted it bad enough, I could do that.&#8221; There was only one problem. Martin couldn&#8217;t sing or play the guitar. Some would call him an over confident 20 year old with delusions<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/risk-poker-music-success-alexeimartov/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/risk-poker-music-success-alexeimartov/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Arabian Nights</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/burj-khalifa-dubai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/burj-khalifa-dubai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bateel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burj Khalifa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai Mall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Show]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI: BY THE NUMBERS Ranked 18th in the world in most competitive tourist destinations Near the bottom of historic sites and natural beauty 3rd in friendliness to international tourists 10th in public safety 1st in marketing Everyone speaks English Dubai is surprisingly affordable 75 degrees: the average high in winter. In summer, it exceeds 120. 22,000 gallons: The amount of water the fountains of the Burj Kaliffa spray simultaneously 4 Dirham ~ $1 I would be lying if I said I wasn&#8217;t scared. There was something uneasy about him; the slow, calibrated movements, the feigned understanding, the quick responses. It was as if I was already guilty. The truth is I didn&#8217;t have much to hide. The man in the green uniform &#8211; dark hair, unshaven beard, and colored skin &#8211; sifted through my backpack, examining each item one at a time. When he found something suspicious, lipstick or a notebook,<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/burj-khalifa-dubai/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/burj-khalifa-dubai/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Passion for Poker</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/passion-for-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/passion-for-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PartyPoker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A PERSONAL STORY: Now and Then Two events significantly changed poker: UIGEA and Black Friday. When an industry suffers two asteroid impacts, only the strongest survive. Thus, it&#8217;s no surprise that the games have got a lot tougher to beat. Old school pros have been run down by a new breed of internet wizards; ones who have done the work, know the numbers and are hungry to be the best. Last week I played the PartyPoker Big Game in Vienna. I had the unfortunate challenge of playing with some of those players. Sam Trickett, Phil Laak, JP Kelly, Daniel &#8220;Jungleman&#8221; Cates and Andy Moseley. It was the toughest line up I&#8217;d ever faced and I often felt outclassed. Many times I shook my head or tapped the table and thought, &#8220;they&#8217;re simply too good.&#8221; While playing in those line ups is tough, one learns a lot about the game and themselves. Here is<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/passion-for-poker/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/passion-for-poker/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Know When To Fold&#8217;Em</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/know-when-to-foldem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/know-when-to-foldem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Losing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After part One, Know When to Hold&#8217;Em, this is the conclusion of a series on learning when to quit. Last week we discussed various options when deciding when to quit and the reasons why we love to pull those marathon sessions. In this blog, it&#8217;s more thoughts on knowing when to stop and learning to take control of our game. 3) WHEN TIRED: I often quit when I&#8217;m tired. Since there are varying degrees of lethargy determining when to quit is difficult. If I&#8217;m feeling a little lethargic, I&#8217;ll usually have a tea or espresso and see how I feel in a half hour. If nothing changes, I take a walk. If that doesn&#8217;t work, if the game is nothing special, I&#8217;ll quit. Then there is the other extreme, when it feels like I will miss a wedding to stay in the game. It&#8217;s easy to get caught up in<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/know-when-to-foldem/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/know-when-to-foldem/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Know When to Hold&#8217;em</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/we-love-to-gamble-and-hate-to-lose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/we-love-to-gamble-and-hate-to-lose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Losing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quitting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A two part article on knowing when to walk away.  Part Two: &#8220;Know When To Fold&#8217;em&#8221; will be online on Friday, April 13th. A PERSONAL STORY: The Never Ending Session It was Sunday afternoon when I finally quit. Sixty eight hours ago, when I started playing, I never dreamed that I could win more than a thousand dollars in a single session. I also never thought it was possible to feel that tired, exhausted to the point of delusion. I simply could not continue. When I walked out of the poker room, I looked back at the table. They were still playing. What I was attempting is impossible. I had tried to beat a game which cannot be beaten. I learned something that day. You can win money at poker, but you can&#8217;t beat poker. Winning means to leave with more money than you started with. Beating the game implies<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/we-love-to-gamble-and-hate-to-lose/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/we-love-to-gamble-and-hate-to-lose/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Counting Every Moment</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/counting-every-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/counting-every-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mistakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A PERSONAL STORY: Counting Every Moment The &#8220;Economist&#8221; just released an article titled Counting Every Moment in which people tabulate various activities in their lives. Coincidentally, I began doing this last year to keep track of my habits. How many books I read, how many movies I watched, how much alcohol I drank, how many times I worked out, etc. Aside from learning the facts, what I noticed was the simple act of recording made me more conscious about the activities I do. If I had a drink, I had to mark it down. I couldn&#8217;t lie to myself. My iPhone notepad was constantly hovering over me. The result? The things I wanted to eliminate: drinking alcohol and watching TV, were reduced immensely. Likewise, activities I tried to improve: working out, reading, writing, were done more frequently. The process is awesome. Whenever I develop a new habit I want to break,<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/counting-every-moment/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/counting-every-moment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Game of the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/the-game-of-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/the-game-of-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/?p=1126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As discussed in Part 1, poker needs to be rebranded. But dressing well is just the beginning. In order to effectively implement change, we are going to need help from the rest of the world. The Problem: The Stereotype 1) More on Perception First impressions are huge. The reason poker players are perceived as degenerate gamblers is we act like it. We show up to televised events and make our statement to the world by saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m too lazy to shave or dress up.&#8221; Just because we can stroll into the Bellagio in sweats doesn&#8217;t mean we should. Nowhere else in the Casino do people dress like they are homeless. It&#8217;s not professional and it&#8217;s not classy. Behaving in public means treating yourself like a famous athlete, an ambassador for our sport. Kobe Bryant and Roger Federer don&#8217;t walk around town acting like children, because it&#8217;s bad for their image,<a href="http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/the-game-of-the-future/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alectorelli.com/blog/the-game-of-the-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

 Served from: www.alectorelli.com @ 2013-05-25 23:50:52 by W3 Total Cache -->