About

Hi! My name is Jose Luis Villadiego Diaz aka Villa or Villadiego in the poker world and I am from Barranquilla, Colombia. This is my blog where I write mainly about poker (Here is a link of a guest pots I did last year for Full Tilt Poker blog Poker from the rail – You can read the post HERE -), both on and offline, Soccer – I am a huge fan of AC Milan, and well… life. If you enjoy my blogs, please subscribe to my feed!

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Welcome to my world! Want to know a lil about me? Well keep reading my blog and you will find out what Im about LOL. In the mean time I will leave you with an Interview a did for www.thepokerpod.com as member of Team Pod.

Name: Jose Luis Villadiego Diaz.
Age: 26 years old.
Location: Bogota, Colombia.
Fav Quote: No risk, No profit.

1. Do you have pets? No. I dont.

2. What is your favorite color? Blue.

3. What kind of music do you like? Everything unless Ranchera (Mexican music) or Champeta (Local rythim that sucks azz).

4. What do you do on your free time besides playing poker? I like to watch Movies, go out with friends, partaaaaaayyyy and play poker lol.

5. What are your goals/dreams in life? Be the best person I can be and yes rock da house in a wsop!

6. What got you involved in poker? A friend sent me an email with a download link to a poker site and thats how everything started.

7. Who are your favourite poker players and why? My favorite pro by far is John Juanda! I just admire the way he handles himself at the tables, pure class, what a legend, always cashing withouth making any noice, If i had one word to describe him is concistence. I also Like Phil Ivey (Because of his sickness that never stops) and recently Michael “TheGrinder” Mizrachi, what a guy, read a lot about of him this past wsop and he is really an interesting player to follow so def *Team Mizrachi*. Will stop here because I dont wanna bored you with a long list ;) .

8. Are you into sports?  If so which ones? Yeah! Love sports and used to be a sport junkey! I was a professional swimmer for almost 10 years and traveled around almost all the swimming pools in Colombia and went to Cuba 4 times (1996,1997,1998,1999) for an International swimming competition. Played football or soccer in highscool, striker position, and practice tennis as well since my dad was a semipro. Today I dont practice any but I follow almost every sport out there when I get the chance.

9. What is your dream job? One that I dont have to work for someone else, Poker pro?

10. What was your first screenname? villadiego @Full Tilt Poker.

11. Do you have any piercings? No. I dont.

12. Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous? Righty.

13. Do you have any tattoo’s?  If not do you wish/plan to get one? Nope and you never know ;)

14. What is your favorite poker room (online)? Full Tilt Poker because I get to play with lots of friends and people I know and yes Its my biggest bankroll lol
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15. What is your favorite website? Tough one but lets say Thepokerpod.com to make Koda’s ego bigger lol

16. Do you play computer games?  If so which ones? No, I dont.

17. Do you play video game consoles?  Which ones?
No, I dont.

18. Are you married or planing to get married? No, Im not and not planning to in a near future.

19. How many languages do you speak?  Which ones? I speak 2. Spanish and English and will start French classes at the end of this year.

20. Do you drink? Of course who doesnt?

21. Do you smoke? Smoke free for almost 5 years now and planing to continue that way.

22. Do you have a license to drive? Yes, I do.

a. Do you own a car? No. I dont but my sis has lol.

b. Have you ever been stopped for speeding? No. I havent.

23. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily? Yes. From 6 to 8 hours during the week. On the weekends is a different story if you all know what i mean!

24. How do you sleep? Lets say I started with the Freefaller position and always end up in foetus.

25. Have you ever been on an airplane? Several times and YES Koda we have those here in third world!

26. Have you ever broken a bone? No. I havent

27. Do you wear jewelry?  If so what jewelry do you wear? When I was a pimp back in the days I used to…… Nope, I dont lol.

28. How do you dress? Formal from monday to friday most of the time I wear a suit and informal on the weekends.

29. How many keys are on your keyring? One.

30. What time do you go to bed?  What time do you wake up? I go to bed around 10-11pm and wake up around 5:30am.

31. What’s the freakiest thing you have done? Showed my azz to more than 200 people in swimming competition thanks to a prop bet (I wasnt even playing poker at that time but I was allready making them LOL)

32. Do you live alone? Nope. I live with my sister and her husband.

33. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer? @ work 8 hours and @ home 3 hours during the week. On weekends A LOT!

34. How many hours a day do you spend playing poker? during the week 2 or 3 hours a night, it depends on how im feelin. During the weekends over 6 hours for sure but again it depends.

35. How about What is your favorite beverage? Coffee, Tea, Soda, Beer, other? I dont drink coffee at all, I like Ice Tea and my weapon of choice is beer, breakfast of champions baby.

36. What do you hate? Politicians.

37. What do you love? Poker and Food!

38. What is your hair color? I have dark hair.

39. How tall are you? 1m68cm. Sorry you will have to convert them on inches :P .

40. Any words of wisdom?
What easy comes, easy goes! Dont let the donks get the best of your game, remember is all about the long run in poker ;)

2 Comments

  1. 22 December 10, 3:02pm

    Carajo esto es un buen comienzo, siempre es algo lento, pero resulta interesante…

  2. 22 December 10, 3:05pm

    Gracias cacha! Si eso veo, no es nada facil pero bueno veamos hasta donde llegamos con esto :)

    Saludos

    Villa

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