Author Archives: The Dean

About The Dean

A full-time professional poker player, coach and backer

The SNIPER in Live Cash Games

Posted on August 26, 2016 by The Dean

I have to give a big apology to regular readers of my blog for not posting for a full two months. Well there has certainly been a reason for it and it has absolutely nothing to do with being in Vegas … Continue reading →

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Making Your Own Future

Posted on June 24, 2016 by The Dean

I spent all last night watching the EU results come in until around 4am when it was obvious that the “leave” vote had won. I am not going to enter into political debate here as I never mix politics with … Continue reading →

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SNIPER: Winning the Battle of Decisions

Posted on June 18, 2016 by The Dean

Poker is all about making decisions….we literally live and die so to speak at the poker table by not only the quality of our decisions but the quality of those decisions when pitched against the quality of the decisions from … Continue reading →

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The Future is SNIPER….Make it Happen!

Posted on June 9, 2016 by The Dean

There is no doubt that poker changed my life and there is no doubt that it can change yours too. Back in 2014 when I first devised the SNIPER system I was acutely aware of just how flawed modern poker … Continue reading →

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The Evolving Poker Player

Posted on January 31, 2016 by The Dean

There have been periods of my poker career where I was a full time pro. There were also periods where I was a part-time player and periods where I didn’t play poker at all. The times when I wasn’t playing … Continue reading →

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Know the Basics

Posted on January 31, 2016 by The Dean

It may seem very trivial to many people but simply knowing the rules of the game is an area that many poker players don’t even bother with at sites like 888 for example. The rules of poker differ somewhat and … Continue reading →

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Taking Your Game to the Next Level

Posted on January 4, 2016 by The Dean

I have often read poker books in the past that have talked about the number of reasons that you have to place money into the pot by either betting or raising. The reasons that I have seen quoted have numbered … Continue reading →

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How Poker Strategy Evolves

Posted on January 4, 2016 by The Dean

Over time then strategies evolve in poker and one strategy that has certainly evolved is pot control. Firstly I have never liked the term “pot control” because it implies that you can actually control something that cannot actually be controlled. … Continue reading →

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Knowing Why You Bet

Posted on January 4, 2016 by The Dean

Some years ago when I first started reading poker books (too many to remember) then I would often see passages that discussed the reasons as to why we bet or raised in poker. Depending on which book you read then … Continue reading →

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Are you really a poker player?

Posted on November 30, 2015 by The Dean

It is a fallacy that all players can be good poker players but yet millions of people all over the world flock into poker for the entertainment value, excitement value and also profit potential. However poker exposes your very personality … Continue reading →

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