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Carl 'The Dean' Sampson

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Welcome to Carl 'The Dean' Sampson's Poker Page!
Carl "The Dean" Sampson, one of Europe's most successful sit-and-go poker players, is revealing the secrets to his resounding gambling success. His new ebook, "Crushing Online Single Table Tournaments: Sit and Go Power Strategy," blows the lid on his poker-winning strategies.

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Cheating Techniques
Best hand play is perhaps one of the more subtle methods of cheating in the poker world today and when performed well, it is very difficult to detect even for experienced players. It involves two or more players communicating their hand values to each other and the other weaker hands who would have otherwise played then drop out and just let the best hand play. Read More...
Watch Out The Screen Has Ears!
Any successful pro will tell you that a large part of their game is picking up on and then exploiting tells and other bits and pieces of information that players give off around a poker table. In fact players who are very adept at this can even achieve success in poker despite some of them having serious technical flaws in their games. But what happens when they then transfer to online play, surely you cannot pick up tells and such in this kind of environment right......wrong!! Read More...
The Road to Webville
The beautifully lithe sun-kissed female bodies strolled past me one after the other, their bikinis barely covering their assets. The beach was as golden as the sun and so was the company, oh god....this is what heaven must be like. The life of a poker pro feels good as each passing lovely gave me the eye as well as an obvious come on.Read More..
Dirty Poker - Part 1
It was around the middle of November 2003 as I recall when I received my first invite into “big Mik’s” cash game that was being run in a quiet suburb of Birmingham at the time. My good friend Andy called me one evening to inform me of the game and ask me if I was interested in playing. For Andy to call me like this probably meant that the game was good. “What do they play” was my first question, “dealers choice pot-limit, mainly Omaha and Stud” said Andy “and its £1000 (about $1800) minimum buy-in with 10-20 blinds“. Read More....
How to Spot a Weak Player
A “fish” in poker is a polite term for a weak player, a losing player or a beginner. In poker games the world over, weak players are known by various names and many of them are not pleasant. Be it “rabbit, fish, mug, live one, sucker, chip dumper, greenhorn” or any other of the numerous descriptions that abound, it amounts to one thing.....a person who the pro’s and superior players expect to take money from.
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My Blog

Pros Dont Always Play For Highstakes

I don't usually crow about the money that I win at poker but this after this week, I am going to make an exception. Anyone who has read my interview with Hendon Mobster Joe Beevers will be only too aw...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Fri, 11 May 2007 03:29:00 PST

Technology can be such a pain at times

OK so I have only got myself to blame, yeah yeah I already know that. I have had this laptop since last August and I did not get an instruction manual with it so I never learned out how to figure how ...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Fri, 11 May 2007 03:24:00 PST

30 bucks to 3700

DAMN is about all I can say. I bought into Sportsbook Poker a week ago Friday and today I just withdrew 2700 leaving 1000 in my account. All from 30 bucks!!! My high point was 5800 when I was playing ...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:42:00 PST

Trying a New Game in Different Casino

Decided to go to a new casino that's around 100 miles from where live and currently play. I haven't been doing good in my local hangouts lately and after several sessions came to the conclusion a lot...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:58:00 PST

Who plays stud?

This is my fav game even though I spend most my days on a holdem game.Stud is where I started and will always be near and dear to my heart. Started dealing the game at 18 and played it exclusively for...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:44:00 PST

Do You Play Omaha?

I like this game but for it's a difficult game. It changes so much so many times the turn and river can be unreal.I never read any books on it or taken it real serious. At most I played at .5 - 1 game...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:50:00 PST

12% rakeback at Full Tilt Poker

Got some good news. The Chip Leaders Forum is now offering a 12% rake back at Full Tilt. This is just the start. I spoke with Full tilt rep and basically the more players that join up the bigger rake ...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:46:00 PST

Your Best Poker Hand

What's been your best poker hand? What brought you the biggest pot, most excitement you ever had? A tourney win? Massive pot? Where was it? Online? Live casino? game?Click on link below and post your...
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:59:00 PST

Putting together a Freeroll. Need your input

Hi,I am looking at putting together some freerolls for my friends. But I need your help on chosing the right poker room to use. US PLAYERS are accepted on following casinos so joining is no problem....
Posted by The Chip Leaders on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:05:00 PST