- 1988: Born in Botoșani, Romania
- 2003-2007: High school in the same city
- 2005-2013: Football referee in lower leagues in Romania
- 2007-2011: Batchelor Degree in Electronics and Telecomunications at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
2011-2013: Masters in Applied Electronics at the same university
2012: I gave up pursuing a career in engineering and dedicated myself to playing full time poker.
2012: I learned and played online poker, starting from $50 and playing $2 buy in cash games, I made $10000 in 6 months while moving up in stakes up to $200 buy in
2013: I realized I could do this for a living and doubled down on it by becoming a coach on PokerStrategy.com
2015: I decided to move in Thailand after a break up. At the same time changed the type of poker I was playing. Big mistake! 3 months later I had to come back home and rebuild my Bank Roll.
2016: I moved to Bucharest to play live poker in a local casino. For the next 2 years I focused on growing my Bankroll to be able to play higher games.
2017: I started to travel internationally with the most notable trip being the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas!
It was a dream came true!
2017-2018 were filled with different poker destinations: Los Angeles, Macao, Prague, Rozvadov, London, Las Vegas!
2018: my girlfriend quit her job and we started to travel indefinately living a few months at a time in different locations with the most notable beeing 1 year in Macau in 2019!
I documented this part of the poker journey on a
YouTube Vlog.
In 2020 and 2021 we returned home during the pandemic.
In 2021 we started travelling again: Las Vegas, Miami, Las Vegas again, Manila, Monaco, Belgium, Manila again, Phnom Penh.
As of now, December 2024 we are enjoying winter in Florida!
However, my interests extend far beyond the world of cards. In 2017 I did an experiment by starting my own podcast, called
Heads Up Podcast
My interests extend to other areas as well, including astrophysics and philosophy.
I am a competitive person and enjoy a good challange whether it's in life or sports that I like to play: Billiard, Squash or others.
I am also dedicated to self-improvement and continuous learning.
I am always seeking new ways to be more productive and efficient, and I enjoy creating systems and processes to help me achieve my goals.