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 [...]
January 31, 2008
- Nailed Him
I dont know how many of you are aware but I have been after someone online now for some considerable time in the 25-50. A very rude player who vastly overated his own skill. He has largely escaped me so far and he has rubbished me something rotton in the chat box but last night [...]
January 29, 2008
- What no poker
Just like to say welcome again to Barry Carter and a great couple of blogs by the way Barry…well done mate. Myself and Barry have an awful lot in common, we come from the same city for a start and also write for the WPT and Pokerpro as well as the very popular Hendon Mob [...]
January 23, 2008
- Omaha Oh My
After plugging away playing more and more PLO recently, I think that I have finally cracked these six handed games. I have not been doing too great in them over the past year and in fact, going back through my records, my earn rate is pathetic.
But it is definitely the game to play for serious [...]
January 21, 2008
- Stepping Up
Well I have finally started playing at 3-6 and an extra table in the 100K challenge. Hearing that I should be at around the 30k mark by now has done nothing for my confidence.
Well I had a nice pick up in my first session of $1139!! This makes my bankroll now $11,848!! Somehow this feels [...]
January 17, 2008
- Changes in the wind
Starting on the 1st Feb, I will be having a change of direction with my poker. I am being sponsored by PokerHeaven (www.pokerheaven.com) and will be playing all of my poker exclusively on that site from now on.
Although my non poker playing workload seems to be building and building so just how much time I [...]
January 7, 2008
- I was getting worried
Well the 100K challenge got a whole lot worse as I actually dipped under 5k yesterday and was considering dropping levels. But I recovered slightly to finish on a total of $6222!! which is slightly down on last time.
Damn if I havent had yet another bad session at PLO, lost over $2000 over the weekend [...]
