May 10, 2008
- Project Pokerquest looming
With Project Pokerquest only three weeks away, I have decided to reduce the numbers of people participating. What I dont want to happen is to end up not having the time to help people properly by taking on too much which is certainly in danger of happening. A few people have dropped out of their [...]
April 30, 2008
- Dusk Till Dawn…..wow
I had to travel down to Nottingham on business yesterday which involved me going into the new poker room Dusk Till Dawn for the very first time. All I can say is WOW….WOW….WOW! That place is amazing and they have done a fantastic job,never having been to LV, it is certainly the largest cardoom that [...]
April 26, 2008
- World Series Non Starter
Well we are rapidly approaching that time of the year again where many tens of thousands of poker players go absolutely potty and head off to good old LV for the annual jamboree that is the WSOP. Heaven only knows how many people will come back with a bracelet and a title of "world champion [...]
April 22, 2008
- The end of the road
Well my latest book….WINNING CASH GAME POKER is almost finished. The dialogue is actually done and all I have to do now is to proof read it….I really hate that job. Just watching the Champions League semi between Liverpool and Chelsea and its half time so I thought that I would squeeze this blog in [...]
April 18, 2008
- Book Appeal
Over the years I would say that I have read more poker books than most of the people out there. In fact there are certain poker books that I have read 20/30 times and that really takes some doing. But I revisited a fairly old classic recently and was amazed that I actually picked up [...]
April 15, 2008
- Pot Limit Omahaaaargggh
I have been away for a couple of days or so which was something that I really didn’t want to do at this moment in time simply becasue I have loads of work that needs doing that cannot wait but unfortunately it could not be avoided. But I have been making preparations for my Bankroll [...]
April 12, 2008
- A big thankyou
Just like to say thankyou for all of the people who have contacted me about being a part of PROJECT POKERQUEST. I have not had the time to reply to everyone but you have all been considered. I have also had a few people from The Hendon Mob site which has been great also. But [...]
April 8, 2008
- Its not just poker
Well I have been watching the Champions League quarter final between Liverpool and Arsenal and I have only three words to say….WOW…..WOW….WOW!!!
How often do you see a game like that? Oh sorry, this is supposed to be a poker blog but being as football is as big a passion in my life as poker then [...]
April 5, 2008
- D-DAY The 1st of June
I have finally arrived at a start date for PROJECT POKERQUEST and I am also upping the number of recruits from 5 to 10 as I think that I can handle 10. I just need to get my book finished (Winning Cash Game Poker) ASAP. My deadline isnt until the 31st of May but I [...]
March 29, 2008
- The Dean vs Polaris Round 3
Well I played another round of hands against Polaris again yesterday and I must say that it wasnt even a contest. At $10-$20 limit hold’em I was over $1000 ahead after 100 hands. I just have its play totally sussed after only 300 hands of play. In fact I have been so dominant against this [...]
March 26, 2008
- Project Pokerquest
I had to think of a name for my new mentorship scheme and "Project Pokerquest" fitted the bill just nicely. This is because this is exactly what it is…..a quest!
A quest to take half a dozen keen and eager novices and turn them into poker playing machines. Ideally people who are already versed in my [...]
March 23, 2008
- Proud…..damn proud
I was taking a look at my website over the past few hours and it suddenly hit me how well it looked. It has come on a tremendous long way since its inception in October 2006 although not as far as I had hoped as myself and my partner Gavin are so busy with various [...]
March 21, 2008
- Pulling A Rabbit out of the Hat
Well it is easter and easter is a time for easter bunnies, well speaking of rabbits I certainly pulled one out of the hat last night in a private cash game. We were only playing £1 blinds but the game was one of the wildest games that I have ever played in. At one stage [...]
March 1, 2008
- Playing Other Forms of Poker
I have long argued that any new player wishing to make themselves into a winning poker player as quickly as possible simply has to specialise on one game and one game only. Otherwise you just end up being a jack of all trades master of none. I still believe this to be true but the [...]
February 28, 2008
- The Dean vs POLARIS Round 2
Well here I am again in my man vs machine encounter. I played another session of 100 hands yesterday against Polaris. Time is not really on my side these days as I would like to play a much longer series of hands but playing 500-1000 hands takes up a fair amount of time.
Well I started [...]
February 26, 2008
- The Dean vs Polaris : Round 1
Well forget about Hatton vs Mayweather, I wanted to take on the famous Polaris limit hold’em bot that fared so well against Laak and Eslami last year. Well today was my first proper session although it only lasted 100 hands….well 102 actually as I was trying to figure out how to sit out and wasted [...]
February 23, 2008
- Bot Buster
Well after a series of short sessions playing the various bots on Poker Academy both at NLH and Limit, apart from Sparbot that I played heads up at limit hold’em, I easily defeated all the NLH bots in heads up scenarios. I didn’t rate their play at all although I did lose a few times [...]
February 20, 2008
- Robo-Carl
This week I have been hard at it playing poker…..not live poker but I have been doing some serious research regarding one of my opponents in limit hold’em……BOTS!! I have downloaded the latest version of Poker Academy this week and been trying out their highly rated "Sparbot" programme in heads up play.
I must say that [...]
February 17, 2008
- Book me in for that
Just like to explain to readers about my new forthcoming poker book. It will primarily be about cash games and will be my overall approach to the game and also will include many of my methods.
I am debating whether or not to write a certain chapter called "how to earn full time money playing part [...]
February 6, 2008
- Poker Chip Sets
I played in a very funny live game a few nights ago where we used all sorts of stuff for poker chips, we even used Backgammon chips. It was a crazy evening and I managed to win a few hundred quid playing 1-2 NL but the action was something else. So what is on my [...]
