January 3, 2010
- A good start to 2010
It’s only January 3rd and already I am having second thoughts about my New Years resolution not to play PLO. A close friend of mine and someone who I can trust with all things poker reckons that I must be out of my mind to ditch PLO this year. He reckons that I should be [...]
October 16, 2009
- The Future of Online Poker
Just where is online poker heading, is it heading the same way as casino blackjack where technology prevents any sort of meaningful edge from being obtained? Then you have to resort to imagination to get the job done but even then, the amount of potential profit is small.
The UB cheating scandal has rocked the online [...]
October 12, 2009
- Poker…..what poker
Well its official, I now have not played any poker for two whole months and that I think is my record since I started playing online in around 2000 ish. The transformation in my week has been nothing short of remarkable. I guess “The Dean” has never been so well known
In fact apart [...]
July 19, 2009
- Playing tournament poker part 2
The Dean can be contacted at Carl@Pokerquest.f9.co.uk for all poker, gambling and coaching related matters.
Yesterday I gave my quick over view of why I dont play tournament poker and how a player who basically did nothing wrong stood no chance of winning a particular tournament. It is the same with the main event at [...]
July 15, 2008
- Well its over at last
We have finally seen the back of the 2008 World Series of Poker…..or have we. Well not quite actually as we still have nine players left with each one coming back in November to play for the title. These people have become known as the “November nine”. I am not overly sure that I like [...]
March 18, 2008
- Turning to Jesus
Did you seriously think that I was turning to god?? Er….well….no….I pray often enough whenever I am in a big PLO pot and am ahead on the turn to do any further praying thankyou very much.
No, the Jesus that I am referring to just happens to be the second most famous Jesus and by that [...]
March 4, 2008
- A change of scenery
Well I did not play any poker at all last month. This is the first time that this has happened since 2002…..an entire month without poker. Oh….nearly forgot….last year with the floods and my internet connection was down for several weeks but I was still getting online even then.
To be honest I havent missed it [...]
February 14, 2008
- Whats bankroll management?
I have read this week that Phil Ivey, one of the true poker superstars around today was witnessed discussing how broke he was in an online game. I don’t know why so many people find this so shocking. There was a thread on it on the Hendon Mob forum amongst others. People would be staggered [...]
