Andras Nemeth

@ChidwickStephen The perfect first tweet doesnt exi- oh wait. Wow. Incredible poker player and even better human. Mad respect for posting this. Much love, Stevie!

Hello X. Many of you will know me as a top poker player who doesn’t say very much, and for a long time, I guess I didn’t really think I had much of value to say. I’ve kept a low profile for most of my life. I’ve built my career with a quiet determination and focus on the things I could control—my preparation, my decisions, my consistency. “I don’t waste my time with social media,” I told myself. And while that decision was undoubtedly the right one for me at the time, the reasons were fabricated—or at least incomplete. What I didn’t admit so explicitly was my fear: fear of criticism, of vulnerability, and of my inability to control my own obsessive nature. I would almost certainly meet the criteria for autism spectrum disorder. I would almost certainly meet the criteria for bipolar disorder, though I never stuck around long enough after an episode to receive a formal diagnosis (whether or not I identify with these labels is a topic for another day). I’ve known the isolation of being forcibly separated from society, for my own protection, and wondering how I got there. I’ve experienced being so socially drained from a day of live poker that I’ve gone to sleep hungry. Not because I was so focused that I lost my appetite, but because those one or two brief human interactions required to feed myself were just too much. I know how absurd that sounds—I knew it back then too—but no amount of rationality stopped it from being true. Over time, I slowly adapted. I learned how to sublimate that anxious energy and turn it into a motivating force—into an obsessively focused drive to reach my potential as a poker player, to prove my worth to the world through external accomplishments. And then the validation I was seeking started coming. In 2019, I was voted by my peers in a CardPlayer magazine survey to be the best player in the world—my dreams had become reality. My ego had a field day, but it wasn’t long before I realized there was still a piece missing. Now that I was painted as “the best”, there was no margin for error. Despite everything I had accomplished, I was no less fragile. Every misstep felt like a threat to the whole narrative. Am I slipping? Am I getting old and complacent and lazy? How much longer can I keep tricking people into thinking I’m so good when I know how big my mistakes can be? And none of that even touched the root of what I was actually seeking underneath it all—to be accepted. So when someone threw out an offhanded criticism—“boring,” “robotic,” “no personality”—I took it to heart. Because somewhere in me, I was scared they were right. Driven by my desire to be the best poker player I could be, I started doing deeper inner work—peeling back the layers of my belief structure and examining what was uncovered. Why did I feel like I had to be perfect to be worthy? What was I really seeking through my success? Uncomfortable investigations that slowly but surely started to free me from my preconceived notions of who I was and who I should be. And I saw the benefits—in my performance at the table, yes—but more so in my day-to-day interactions with my family, my friends, casual acquaintances, and even total strangers. The progress empowered me and urged me onwards. The more I leaned into vulnerability, honesty, and trust in others, the more confident, authentic, and self-assured I felt. I’m learning to listen not only to my precious logic but also to the quiet, mysterious, unexplainable voice within. The voice that speaks when _I_ am silent. The voice that now compels me to write this—and to expose it for the world to see. And so here I am—the kid inside the robot costume. Just another human being in pursuit of love, of connection, of belonging. Tired of running from my shadow and ready to stop and turn around (I hope). This message is for anyone who feels trapped in the darkness. I’ve lived through times that felt unbearable—where the idea of peace, or connection, or even a quiet mind felt impossibly far away. If you’re in that place right now, I want you to know: it can get better. You’re not broken. You’re not beyond help. Keep going. I also want to thank all the people who saw something in me that I took a long time to see in myself and guided me down this path. Some will know who they are. Others may never realize how much a small gesture meant to someone who was struggling. I’m deeply grateful for all of you. TL;DR: Hi, I’m new here. PS my intention is to be quite intermittent in my engagement with social media, at least initially, so if you reach out to me and I don’t respond please don’t take it personally.

And the award for the most friendly table goes to… We are playing today the €10k WSOP Europe Main event day 1b 🙌🏻 @FelipeMojave @BandikaBirs

@SnakeJazz5 @PokerStars @WushuTM @SquidPoker Was a pleasure even if u have 3bet 80% of my opens 😂

For me, one of the best perks of being a "poker pro" (still a ridiculous concept to me) is getting to compete with the elites. Then improve An absolute thrill battling w/ the legends at the @PokerStars $10k Main yesterday I want to get there @BandikaBirs @WushuTM @SquidPoker

@dankness3 One of your best

Enough is enough man

@KayhanMok My assassin

@BandikaBirs Welcome to the cashout-spesialist game 🤝

Obv fishy to take cashout option but had a bad feeling. Piece of art.

@BenWilinofsky I did 1 out him for 80k pot once and ran it once obv. Will nevet forget

@BandikaBirs Classic Ronny

@danskelton1 They take 1% i think.

@BandikaBirs If they don't take extra rake from cash out it's equal EV (neutral) and zero variance, not fishy at all

@MFontbona @VctorPrior Haha had to play a couple of spins to unlock some promotion. :)

@VctorPrior Se terminaron las vacaciones. Mira quien se pasó a echar un par de ruletitas... @BandikaBirs how was the experience?

Muy tildante que 100 .com un viernes a las 8pm de Europa esté el tráfico seco 😡😤

@BenWilinofsky King of 5c

Not to go chicken-counting or anything but I have pulled out of the biggest downswing of my life for the second time in 8 months. Please clap.

@EugeneKatchalov Happy you made it. Welcome! 🇭🇺sent u a pm

Hello Hungary 🙏🏻

@padspoker @haralabob Haha that could have been worse :)

@BandikaBirs @haralabob Great pic bro 🤩 do we get your betfair picks too?

@birs320 @padspoker Shame on you

@padspoker France vs Hungary at 1.54 seems as good as this one

We won’t get a better bet than that this euros. They went as high as 2.16.

send cute puppy pics... awful fuckin day so far

@SamGreenwoodRIO Remember when I started playing cash games on stars I used to join long waitlists of higher stakes games just so ppl see my name there and I wouldnt be treated as a rookie when I actually get in the mix.

Love when there are 18 person wait lists for a rec in an online cash game. Once the list is 3 deep you're only getting a seat if several people's internet goes out.

@rob_yong_ @WPT @partypoker K8

RE: Win 5% Competition Guess my first 2 hole cards (suits irrelevant) in @WPT SHR $25K tonight @partypoker & you win 5% of my action (obv if > 20 correct guesses then we divide 100% up by X so I play for 0% 😩) RT, add guess on thread (eg. AA) BEFORE 8pm UK KTF Rob 💪

@padspoker @mewnimo Recreationals arent always action junkies. Sometimes its pretty nice to see your AA win against 75o in peace witout getting a heart attack

@mewnimo its a lot more entertaining for recreationals both in hands and those at the table observing and ofc those sweating / railing.

If a poker site "rigged" the RNG so there was on average a lot more action ONCE ALL IN, but the hands won at the right frequency/% but not random distribution of run outs. Is this ok/good/bad in your opinion?

@ikepoker @NeelJoshi23 Good example of a “good night shove”

Voted for lena900. Plays like 400 days a year, crushes every stake and every kind of field for the last decade and more. Inventor of “good night shove”. In my eyes by far the best MTTer ever.

@NeelJoshi23 Basically when someone tries to make a play on you and send them back to sleep in bed with a final counter move. Can be preflop or postflop too. Oldschool swedish maffia cowboy shit but im sure he could explain better.

@BandikaBirs Whats the good night shove?