February 1, 2010
- The Jackal Day #1
Here we go then on my biggest adventure of the year and I am not even playing……how about that. The Jackal road test starts today and I haven’t been in touch with my guinea pig yet so I don’t know if he has started or not. The test involves four tabling NL50 six max and [...]
December 23, 2009
- Christmas gifts……but not for me
Been a while since I posted but you know how it is this time of year. I have been playing some online poker due to having more down time and I have to confess that I have been making some people very happy this Christmas. I lost $1100 playing $2-$4 PLO, $1600 playing heads up [...]
December 17, 2009
- Starting to hit a good run
Played some more poker this week, I am starting to find some more time although Christmas is going to get in the way so last night may have been my last session for a while. I was playing heads at NL400 which is about the lowest level that motivates me when heads up.
I had been [...]
December 15, 2009
- My new poker book is out
Just wanted to say that I received my new poker book yesterday “Winning Cash Game Poker” and it fills me with pride to have written a book on poker. The book is basically about my thoughts on poker but I dare say that it will get knocked in a few quarters. The book has [...]
December 13, 2009
- It felt good to tilt someone
I played my first online poker in a while yesterday and played heads up at NL400. I knew that this player was good and probably better than me but I just fancied taking him on……yes yes I know.
Anyway we had been playing for about 30 hands or so and I am ahead by about $100 [...]
December 10, 2009
- Expected value is key
I had an e-mail a few days ago from someone who was confused about the Isaac Haxton video and my comments about it. Simply it is to do with various factors and the main one being how expected value is more important as the field size shrinks.
Let us look at a six handed example, you [...]
December 7, 2009
- Poker is like trading
I did promise another Vince Stanzione video and here it is. Once again I want to underline how these two fields are not just similar but they are frighteningly similar. Listen to how this guy speaks and imagine that he is talking about online poker. The very start of the video where he speaks about [...]
November 29, 2009
- A quick word from a World Class player
Online poker has changed…….I mean seriously changed. A few years ago you could look at the players who were considered “World Class” and they are far different to the players who are considered “World Class” today. Its like the old series of Late Night Poker on Channel 4, I remember those shows and the players [...]
November 28, 2009
- This is why we play poker
Today’s video shows a confrontation during the final table of this years WSOP main event won by Joe Cada. It is the thrill of poker and the adrenalin surges that are created when players are all-in and meaningful money is at stake that makes the game what it is. This is where some of the [...]
November 17, 2009
- Winning Cash Game Poker
Well it is finally here, my first poker book is about to go to the printers and it is called “Winning Cash Game Poker“. I actually wrote this book some time ago but it has been delayed for various reasons.
It is basically my take and views on poker and although it is a relatively short [...]
November 16, 2009
- Patriotic…..not when it comes to money
I have always been very patriotic, this is why the young lad who urinated on a monument in the memory of our brave soldiers should be punished. Actually I blame the system, today’s young kids need to be made aware at school level of just what exactly happened and why.
Anyway enough of that……so I am [...]
November 14, 2009
- Tom Dwan Finally Signs for Full Tilt
Looks like Full Tilt Poker finally got their man in Tom Dwan alias “durrrr” as he became their newest red pro. One can only imagine just what sort of financial package that he will be on given the level of interest that he generates on the site. Maybe though he might just need the money [...]
September 26, 2008
- A look at coaching
It wasn’t long ago that poker coaching involved sitting around a table with some novice and then showing them the rudimentary principles of certain games along with the rules. But with the advent of the internet has come more sophisticated ways of getting information across to the individual. In years gone [...]
February 12, 2008
- Playing on TV
I was crapping myself as I headed down the A1 to London for my TV heat last week. It was a nervousness I haven’t felt for a very long time as a player. When you play poker for a living you often will feel like a fraud; a bad session and you question your own [...]
February 4, 2008
- Poker Blankets
I was scouring online the other day and found a website that was selling Poker Blankets, yes thats right POKER BLANKETS!!
These were duvet covers with poker tables on and chips. Well what next…..personally I think that the best poker blanket out there would be one with my face on it. HEY!!! Someone has to love [...] - Londons Calling
I’ve just awoken from one hell of a good sleep and feel like I’ve been reborn. This is largely because I had next to no sleep over the weekend after an exhausting stint at the tables again at Dusk Till Dawn. This was for their monthly £300 deep stack event, which I made the 2nd [...]
February 2, 2008
- Interview by an online Pro
It is my pleasure to tell you that I have managed to interview one of the best low stakes online cash game players in the country for our "Poker Star Corner" on Pokersharkpool. Stuart Menzies has been playing in the regular 2-4 and 3-6 online games for a good few years playing as many as [...]
January 28, 2008
- Donk Till Dawn
I’d love to be posting a bad beat story about my very early exit from last night’s freeze out at Dusk Till Dawn, but the truth is I married pocket Queens a little too early and paid off Aces. Played the hand very badly and got all my money in when the only realistic hand [...]
January 27, 2008
- Hello
I’d like to thank Carl for letting me be a part of a blog people actually read (as opposed to my standalone blog). For those that don’t know me, I am Barry Carter and I’m in a similar boat to Carl – online poker pro from Sheffield who writes for every poker magazine under the [...]
December 5, 2007
- Simply the best
I know that I only write my blog on a two daily basis and was not due to write another until tomorrow but I am afraid that it cannot wait. Most of you who read this blog will have already heard the sad news but perhaps the greatest poker player on the planet passed on [...]
