http://TheDean.liquidpoker.net en-us Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:42:23 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1124242 The Dean Its always worth a chuckle reading some of your comments on here to my blog. If it was spam I would do it more often....think about it guys.....anyway... let us look at the three main online poker tracker metrics of VPIP/PFR/AF stats. These stand for “Voluntarily put $ into the pot” (VPIP)….. “Pre-flop raise percentage” (PFR) and “aggression factor” (AF). The VPIP stat measures ho... Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:42:23 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1124242 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1123673 The Dean Let us start this post off by looking at a very common example taken from a $0.50-$1.00 game that I play in. It had been folded around to the cut-off player who raised to $3.50. Now in online poker you need to have as much information as is possible to form your decisions but in this hand then my opponent was new to me. I held the Qc-Jd on the button which was clearly a hand that I would have r... Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:29:25 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1123673 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1113761 The Dean This is a question that I have asked myself many times and the fact that I am asking the question at all would confuse an awful lot of people. I play poker so I must be a “poker player” would be many peoples reply. Of course there is some truth to that as anyone that plays poker is technically a poker player but that isn’t what I was referring to. When I say “poker player” then I am r... Wed, 27 Aug 2014 05:16:37 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1113761 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1101182 The Dean I would now like to announce a project that I have been working on for quite some time in connection with Poker Pro Europe and Online Poker Pro magazines that I currently write for. This is “Project Poker Pro” or in other words, a coaching program that is designed by me to try and bring as many players as possible into being winning poker players using the very same system that I use and ha... Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:01:04 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1101182 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1093827 The Dean I was having a discussion with someone yesterday about the profitability of online poker games. I started playing full time in 2002 and I have steadily reduced my stake levels over the years as on a level by level basis the games became far tougher. These days I play NL100 on fairly easy sites like 888poker and that is fine by me to be honest. I also play full ring where I think the average... Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:34:47 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1093827 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1087726 The Dean There are many hands in no limit Texas hold’em that can be defined as trouble hands for all sorts of reasons. In his great book “SuperSystem” the great Doyle Brunson once remarked on how hands like K-J and A-10 were “trouble” hands. Well it really all depends on how you play them I suppose but it is certainly true that they have to be played carefully. For example if a middle position... Sun, 28 Jul 2013 07:20:00 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1087726 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1059449 The Dean In poker then there is a reality that dictates that you are either ahead or behind your opponent at any one given time. If the flop is 10c-8d-2h and you have Ac-9c and your opponent has Ad-3d then you are ahead……if they have Qc-10d then you are behind. Taking away the rare times when you are tied with your opponent then you are other ahead or behind. If you are ahead of your opponent th... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:00:55 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1059449 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1056649 The Dean Its been a while since I posted my last blog entry and so have to apologise for that. Been busy grinding the NL50 levels on Stars and I seem to have found my optimal earning level. I can only describe my game as "automated" for want of a better description. Many people would say "ABC" but that is just another way to say the same thing. Over the years I have practiced m... Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:49:30 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1056649 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1053317 The Dean One of the biggest leaks (perhaps the biggest) in losing and break even poker players cash games is having a poor non-showdown win total. Most decent online grinders do well at showdown because they usually have a playable hand. However it is the non-showdown winnings that often cause the problem and this highlights what has become known as the “red line”. This is the line in PokerTracker a... Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:38:41 +0000 https://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=1053317