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Ran into Mirko Stojkov at the PokerStars poker room at Okada Manila and asked him a quick question.

But before the question, he brought up about how he couldn't share in social media about what we wrote about him busting out at the bubble in one of the earlier events.

"Site problems. Bug fixes," I excused.

He appreciated what SMP wrote.

"I wanted to share the link, but it said - restricted access - so I took a screenshot instead and sent it out to my friends," Mirko explained in thick Australian.

Then, we chatted more about poker - that particular moment in the bubble.

Mirkov man-splained...

"What are you going to do with Kings at that stage? with the blinds and all?"

"If it didn't happen before the flop, it would've happened at the river."

"There was no ace on the board."

"It's a classic... aces vs kings."

"It could've been Ace-King and I still lose if the ace hits.. but yeah, aces vs kings"

Then, the quick question: "So, is this what you do now? All poker?"

He explained he was a retired veteran and uses the generous pension he gets as a veteran to travel and. play poker. Second time in the Philippines, but first time to play poker. He likes the affordability and the quality of play and the chance to get those experience minutes..

"... sitting on the felt, and facing down your opponent, and asking them 'Have you go it?"

He plans on playing in Paris. There's something happening there. Maybe earn enough of a bankroll to try Las Vegas in this lifetime.

"It's pretty expensive with the hotels and all the food. The $10,000 main event buy-in could be a lot of buy-ins in a lot of places."

I taught him a new concept: "Move committed."

Cheers, Mirko!