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I first met Simon Deadman three years or so ago, when updating DTD Deepstacks

A cherubic looking twenty-something, who routinely would amass huge stacks, his boyish good looks seemingly luring gnarled old veterans into giving him chips, and creating an image completely at odds with the laggy lunatic they were in fact playing. Or might have been playing. If anyone ever got to showdown with him, which they rarely did such was the pressure he applied.

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More often than not, back in those formative days, the stack would be distributed to all and sundry mid way through the final day and though he was in my "one to watch" notebook the big breakthrough was proving elusive. Through to mid 2011 there were six top fifteen finishes in DTD Deepstacks and Monte Carlos, DTD being his main venue for playing live, but no big scoop

This changed with his Deepstack victory in March 2011 followed by 3rd at GUKPT Walsall two months later and a 4th in the Goliath at Coventry after he returned from Vegas.

One good judge, who watches a lot of the DTD Deepstacks, says that the March 2011 Deepstack  win was really Simon's "lightbulb" moment. It just so happened that he finalled alongside two good friends, Tom High and Tom Kugelstadt and, in this judge's opinion, Simon knuckled down on that final table, was determined not to spew off and face the wrath of his peers afterwards. Knuckle down he did, and the rest is geography.

Here Simon is, with his poker mentors

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and here he is, with some randoms found at the leisure centre

(http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/images/dtd-football-team.jpg)

However it was the second half of 2012 that Simon has really come to the fore, with a second place finish at GPS Stoke and successive final tables at GUKPTs Coventry and London before, on his fifth GUKPT final table in just over a year, his win in Blackpool in November and then a cash in the GUKPT Grand Final, to continue the fantastic run

To start 2013 Simon then won WPT Dublin.

(http://www.ptprpoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/simon-deadman-wpt-470x260.jpg)

Now settled in Leeds, with his partner Shola Akindele, 2013 is set to be another big year for Simon

Simon, recently back from EPT Deaville, has kindly agreed to answer questions from posters for the next week or so.

Any subject....Simon will answer those he wants to answer....


So, questions please....

OK Simon's back, away we go....

Hi Simon :hello:

I have a question.  You went from being a decent player and then over a period of six months or so I noticed that your game improved considerably, making you a very decent player.  What would you say happened to make that improvement?  Was it anything in particular you did or just the natural progression of your game?

Also, do you think you'll ever get a sponsorship deal from M&S to wear their knitwear?

Which is best Leeds or Nottingham and why?


Favourite Subway order?


Toughest oppo in former stable K & K?

Is A8 your favourite hand?

Simon a couple of years ago you amassed big stacks and often didn't convert

What changed in your game in 2012 that changed this?

You seem to play more "smallball" and probably tighter than back then, is this a fair assessment?

Are these two questions connected?

Do you currently just play live mtts?

Would you rather encounter ten duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck?

And when was the last time you had a proper belly laugh at a table and why?

Where in Leeds are you? How do you like it so far

Guy (drinks in chapel A?)

Would you rather win a wsop braclet or see Shola win the braclet?

Do you believe you could make a solid career at £500 below tournaments in the UK? Could anyone? (Can change figure around if you want)

We've played a microscopic amount of cash together, do you still play cash at all? I mean obviously it'd be hard in the last three months when your fting everything but what did you do in Deauville for example?

Who was ur toughest opponent u played against ?

Standard nandos order?

Does shola still. Coach you?

What's ur goals for this year?

I remember u kinda complimented me once, did u mean it or was it a bluff?

Have you thought about playing the gala £20 fo I hear its good value!!


Brown or red sauce with a bacon butty?

You mind think I hate you for some reason, but genuinely thnk you're a v nice guy. No hating from my side <3

Great question for the well this one.

Kylie
Beyoncé
Mila Kunis

Slowroll, Value Town, chop?

well this was fun.

who would you fancy in a fight between Keys and Gorr? what about Keith and Mitch?

do you think playing live poker tournaments is a sustainable living? after poker expenses what do you think your EV is?

Top 3 FT tips??

How do you call down with underpairs?

Biggest improvement in your game?

mtt vs cash?? How? Why?

Do you have a sister? (im thinking poker genes...)

favourite weather?

Have you tried Cinabon's? (you should)

Other than once, many years ago, on a 50/1 cash table, you've avoided being on my table, do you think this has contributed more to your success than it has to my, somewhat more limited achievements?

How much time do you spend studying the game? What form does that study take? Do you and Shola study together and does it help to have a partner who is also good at the game?

Do you know that you are meant to answer some of these questions?

No question in particular.
When I re-started playing a couple of years ago, in my first tournament back at DTD I was in seat 1 and in seat 7 sat Simon.
As in the OP, I was fooled by the innocent look and pegged him as a young internet novice.
Made the mistake of playing a couple of pots out of position to him and got the shit kicked out of me.
Never got to showdown with him and never won a chip off him.
Snapped me back to reality quickly.

Good to see him doing well in the big games, and it wasn't just because I was rubbish (although they're not mutually exclusive obviously)

Phil Hellmuth invites you to whitemagic.com to become a video maker/ his protégée. Both require you to wear huge Team White Magic NFL Jerseys for a multitude of photos?

Accept or decline to both? How much do the jerseys matter?

Lol Keys & Herbie gimme a chance :-)

Ok going to attempt to answer questions today, only just got to them because I was travelling home from Deauville all day yesterday and slept forever when I got back.

One favour to ask, don't really know everyones knicknames so if I do know you could you put your name down with the question, will be easier to answer if I know who i'm talking to. tyty.

Ok here goes...

;popcorn;

Great to see the "In the Well" back :)

I think I just grew up a bit to be honest, stopped trying to be the hero and get the 4bet shove with J8s through and concentrate on what was the best decision each hand. Tournaments are about getting the money, sounds obvious I know but so many really good players make such high variance decisions when they're deep in comps and miss out on the money. When actually if they just play ABC and use they're natural edge they will do loads better and win more money as a result.

ROFL.. I'll give them a call

I don't get it ;-)

Yeah a lot more pot control in my game these days... pretty much the same applies as my reply to Kinboshi.

mainly yes...but play a bit of online cash during the week to make some more pennies and pass the time while Shola is at work.

Mr Deadman, we've played many times at DTD and spoke on occasion but don't think you are actually aware of who I am on blonde. I'm the very good looking 20 something stone guy who often wears black caps at DTD and puts you in all sorts of difficult spots at the table.

If poker was outlawed tomorrow what would you do for a living?

If you had to give a player one single bit of poker advice what would it be?

Dublin WPT, about 13 players left. On a table of real characters. Dan hardy, Fintan gavin, Chris Kiefert, Sean(funny Irish guy) Ben Carpenter and myself. It is actually are massive part of the tournament but everyone was just having a good laugh and enjoying the game. No real reason just quality banter and a good group of guys.

Churwell Morley, not far from footy stadium. Do not know where any where is yet! except IKEA. <3 IKEA

Depends who had sold the most action ;-)

What is the most effective way for yourself, personally, to study the game?

Wp on recent wins btw, all thoroughly deserved. There are two key pieces of advice that you have given me that I expect will stick with me for a long time, even if it wasn't intended as advice.

Sean the goat Prendiville was the funny guy in the Wpt.

I play cash online during the week now and then, but not massive volume..just a couple of tables with Friends on in the background. Generally try relax in tyhe week so i'm really fresh for weekend tournaments. Preperation for tourneys is huge in my oppionion.
Play the odd live cash game here and there if games look good. Didn't play any cash in Deauville, Rake was 5% un capped! So I just grinded sides, one cash, came 13th in 300 FPS side. had 25k so pretty annoying but played fine.

good question. I don't think you hate me, you just seem to take little digs at me here and there. So I thought maybe i'd upset you. Anyway no big deal, <3 u 2!

Are you glad that your poker skills are better than your quoting skills on here?

:D

U crack me up Tal.... Kylie. Beyonce. Mila Kunis.

Oh....am I doing it wrong? I'm just a massive computer fish.

Good question

Welcome to Team Leeds!

Sykes and Mason out, Deadman in - loving it.

you'd chop Mila Kunis? Is that what they call it these days?

I'd do literally anything i'd be allowed moraley annd legally to do to Mila Kunis.

hey tosser. If you've turn your back on Sykes now you've become Mr Big Time then you are dead to me.

Keys vs Kieth and Mitch vs Gorr would be a fairer match up.

I really don't know, so many people ask me this question and I can say is thats all I do for now, its going really well and I really enjoy it....I don't know what my EV is, I just turn up to each comp and try to play my best. And i always enjoy it too, I grinded online comps for a while but I really didn't enjoy it at all, so I stopped. Don't really see the point in doing something you don't enjoy.

He's leaving! Without even consulting me.

Oh, and I was already big time :P

yeah but you still never got invited to the Sky cash game. :)

He's leaving ?  That's like splitting up Bevis and ButtHead

^^^

Old skool references ftw

Not played much at same table as you, but when I have you always came across as friendly and relaxed and I can't ever remember seeing you have a row at the table.

Is there anything in live poker that angers you?


How do you cope with bad beats ?

I never study any books or on the internet or anything. i learn from studying good players and asking good players about hands. I also just learn from myself, if somethings not going well with my game I try to figure out why and make it better.

Without Shola I wouldn't of had this success. we talk about hands all the time and learn from each other, funnily enough we don't always agree about hands, but thats good beacuse it means we have long discussions about it. But besides that she helps me when i'm playing too, there's time in comps where i lose my way a bit and spew a few chips. I usually take a break, text her or call and she always helps me chill out and get my head back in the game. It happened in Dublin, I felt myself tilting after I played a hand badly so i took 2 minutes to call her and came back feeling back in the zone. She also does all the admin stuff for me. She books hotels, flights, sorts my money out etc. So i'm never having to worry about anything other than just concentrating on the Tournament.

If (big if) you ever were to pull the trigger on a big bluff and the villain is tanking for eternity over whether to call, do you ever think "how am I going to explain this to Shola?"

Yes I know you. :-)
I would have no idea if i'm honest. I guess that is something I should think about though.
Enjoy the game....you will play better if your enjoying it.

By talking to other good players.
No idea what I said but you are very welcome :-)

Slowrolls are tilting. Had to get used to it in Deauville! But mainly the people who moan at dealers, tilts me pretty hard.

I cope with bad beats fine, doesn't effect me at all really. The only times I get frustrated is when I do something bad myself or do the opposite to me read.

No, we are play our own games. Never get mad at each other for anything we do when were playing.
I'm defo going to have to run some big bluffs vs any blonde who has read this now!

I'm a station. Just saying :)

Hi simon,
ive played with you twice at dtd, i saw this posted on facebook and thought id ask you a few questions cos you have had great success and seem like a nice bloke :) .
i play poker alot and love the LIVE game too but not had any massive success (yet lol).
1) whats been your longest period 'running bad'? roughly
2) did you think of quitting poker at any point?
3) has it had any effects of your life/relationship with family?( if too personal i understand), i just wana ask a question thats kinda not directly about the game but what the game might have had a effect on?
4) and last of all, do you manage your winnings well, or go on spending spree once won?lol

regards,

Ross

it wont work on any blondes mate, you can't bluff idiots.

I do remember talking to you about folding AK pre in tourneys and i was like, woah i never fold AK pre. you was like easy fold mate ur such a fish.

the compliment i was talking about was in a £100 ar dtd. When we was heads up i had 2-1 chip lead and u offered me a even chop

:)

Questions via text message from chinese Franky
1) Have you ever bluffed me in tournaments or cash game?     Yes ofcourse, we've played loads of hands together!
2) Who Is you favourite chinese person in poker?              Some guy from DTD who says ISIT a lot!
3) What have you done to improve your game lately?         Nothing inparticular, just learning more and getting better everytime I play.

1) probably about 4/5 months, got in a bit of make up, but was out it after stoke GPS.
2) No, I love the game...if I ever started struggling i'd just play lower stakes.
3) Nope, I started with nothing before poker so my family are happy, its not like i'm playing with life savings or anything. All my money is from poker. My family are always on the Online rail when i make an FT, they love it.
4) We manage our money well but we do always make sure we treat ourselves when one of us has binked something.

where do you think you would be in poker if DTD had never opened?

that's a great question!

Best question yet. I dont think I would be anywhere near where I am today, I don't know if i'd even be doing this for a living. I mean I found live poker at DTD and I played there solid for like 3 years, Shola was at uni in notts and I went in and grinded £50 comps and 50/1 cash games and I have learnt day by day from then. if I wasn't playing everyday for those 3 years I probably wouldn't have had the success I have had recently. I picked up so much experience. I learnt player tendacies, the way they react with all types of hands in all types of spots and those reads I have now are why I'm doing well today.

Long story short I love DTD, Thanks ROB!

What did you do before poker? Do you think you will still be playing poker in 10 yrs?

What's been your best moment in poker thus far?
What's been your worst moment in poker so far ?
Short & long term aspirations in poker ?

Lets see if anyone can guess my job before poker? No one post if you already know though!

I don't have a 10 year plan, here and now things are great. for 10 years time, Que Sera, Sera.

Are u and Shola planning to get married?

Are u gonna have a stag do? Can I come?

Who would be your best man? Do I have a shot at it?

Plans for Vegas? Will you be selling action via certain staking boards?

Undertaker?

Paperboy?

What made you pick there? near work? or friends etc?

1) Winning in Blackpool, had been knocking on the door for GUKPT's all year, felt sooo good to get the win under my belt.
2) Busting my first ever WSOP main with around 200 left
3) Just keep playing well and see what happens

Yes we were actually taling about it recently, probably next summer we think. Ofcourse you can come!!
Best man is an interesting question? Would have to think about that one.
going to book vegas as soon as as schedule is out. probably go for 4 weeks again. Will be selling action i'm sure, will see if I can reach 300 post by then! Its really hard!!!!

Shola can walk to work...its 2 mins down the road. Thats main reason really.

Thread blatant set-up to get you to 300 posts ;)

Hi Simon,

To put a face to screenname, we met in Dublin (the Scottish guy you bust from 1a), hopefully that clarifies:

I don't know if you are comfortable sharing your thoughts about specific hands in a public forum, but if you are you should discuss the 4 bet pot you played against Sean from Ireland on Day 1a of the WPT, because that is definitely one of the more interesting spots I have witnessed/discussed recently.

Going back to not grinding online tournaments, regardless of your previous lack of enjoyment, do you not feel that you might be sacrificing a serious source of potential earnings and crucially a way to significantly reduce variance, especially because of the resources you have in terms of friends of yours who are good online regulars?

More general question: As someone whose main game is live tournaments, what do you think some of the biggest mistakes people who play primarily online make when they play live?

Yes I remember, we shared a beer and pizzza after too. Well Bobbafett ate most of it tbf ;-)

1) This hand your talking about is probably the most complicated hand I played of the whole tourney. So many different thoughts/levels throughout the hand it would take me forever to discuss it on here. Maybe one for the PHA?

2) Maybe, yes. But I really don't enjoy sitting on the computer grinding, also I feel my edge live is being able to see me opponent and I rely so much on my live reads I don't even know if I'd do any good online. I was probably break even when online when I was playing before. I still play the odd sunday schedule if i'm home though.

3) Concentration. I see so many really good online players who just get bored playing live, they have their heads in their Ipads all day then it comes to a spot where they have no info on villain because they haven't been paying any attention. I don't even listen to Music at the table because I don't want to miss that 1 bit of information that may be crucial to me making a big call/fold.

Hi Simon, thanks for doing this. Very interesting read.

My question:

Do you think our recent run of success is a true reflection of your ability or do you think you've run incredibly well?

let me have your pass word for the day and I will get you over 300 before midnight

Yeah but its no good of he has a ban at the end of it

Oh ofcourse my wins have been down to loads of run-good. But having said that I keep putting myself in the spots to win. For a while I was making FT's but not running good on them, in February I made back to back FT's in DTD 770 and GUKPT walsall. Came 8th and 9th for not very much money. The 770 I lost chiplead pot AA v KK in pre to bust. TL900 can confirm vfhqbwrfhbwerbf!!!!!!!
But I don't know really, obviously I am running good but it can't be pure run good that I keep going deep, the run-good comes when u win the crucial flip with 13 left or something like I did in Dublin, 1010 vs KQs.
I guess we'll see if i'm still doing well this time next year, I feel like there's more to come but obviously confidence is sky high at the moment.

:)   True

 ;hide;

No real question but just chiming in to say it's always been fun playing against you at the tables, congrats on your recent run and best of luck in 2013!

-ben dobson

I won a flip against you once

/endbrag

(1) I think it would be a really interesting hand to post, put it this way, usually when I bust a tournament I am not that interested in talking about hands other people played (as people I know can attest), whereas with that one I could have talked about it for longer than we did

(2) It has always been fascinating to me the way that these different perspectives exist because of the different ways people have come into poker.

I find your reference to enjoyment regarding online poker really interesting, while obviously on some level everybody that plays the game for a living started out because they enjoyed the game and its intricacies, I am not sure the extent to which anybody 'enjoys' the day in and day out of grinding online tournaments.

Clearly I can only speak for myself, I enjoy the freedom poker has given me in life, I obviously still enjoy the feeling of getting deep in a tournament but the everyday experience of playing, people don't call it grinding for no reason.

Anyway obviously you have had alot of success doing what you are doing so why change it

(3) I am definitely guilty of this, and I think it just stems from being used to playing lots of tables and making lots of decisions in quick succession, and basically having to re-train your brain for live poker where so much of the time you are not personally involved in hands.

I realise that this is does not really contain questions but just wanted to respond

Nice to see you've adopted Simon's quoting style.

:)

Refreshing to hear a young pro talk about learning and improving in a natural way by just watching people and talking to people about hands, kinda old school approach. Thread has potential.

Hello Simon,

Its Mitch here, sometimes I hide behind my screen name of 'Mitch' to stay anonymous, but I feel its time to come out of the shadows.

Enjoying reading your answers so far, my questions are as follows.

1) Can I arrange the stag do? (Don't tell Shola obv)

2) In any of the comps you have done well in lately, how many times do you think you have been all in for your tournament life with a total bluff. More of a post flop bluff where u have jammed turn with no hand because of a read or whatever, not 4betting all In pre with A4s etc.

3) Who have you got the most reliable tell on in poker?

4) Why do you feel you haven't really put much time into bigger live cash when you were grinding the lower limits for so long?

5) Can you come back for football more often, weve been losing.


Kthnxbai.

Great thread - deadman diary imminent ?

Ah the large ginger one...I remember you.

1) a Mitch run stag do could be absolute carnage! I'll ask Shola.
2) for tourney life with no pair or draw. not that I can remember. Man people are going to start realising how much of a massive nit I really am. I need tighty to keep telling everyone one i'm an aggressive Lag player. ty tighty.
3) Shola, I can have not watched the hand at all, walk over while some guy is thinking of calling her on river and know whether she wants a call or not, and it annoys her that i'm almost always right and most people find shola pretty tough to read. but she is the same with me. Thinks its because we know each others game inside out.
4) fear of you taking all my tourney winnings from me.
5) I really miss football, just been away all the time recently. :-(

I'm not sure I have enough interesting things to say. mind you JB has a diary so who knows.

jb has the best diary atm
ainec

Very interesting read, you come across very well and appreciate you taking the time.

At the C o C final, you were probably the best looking guy at the table. Where would you rank Celtic out of the 9 ?

Simon do you think you recent huge improvement is down to sitting for a whole day on my right in Blackpool??

You sure seem to have added aggression to your game since


;)

He'd definately make the top 9.

Yes, I learnt that day from you. I learnt how to play 72o from the cut off in a 4bet pot oop. Not joking people this happened. he rivered trip 2's as well.

Would you say that making a flush every hand has contributed in any way to your recent success?

What would you swap all of your poker successes for?

Hi Simon, in MTTs to what extent does the mix of players at the table affect your strategy? Are there certain types of players you'll deliberately avoid getting involved with, barring a premium holding or good price for your drawing/set mining type hands? How much importance do you place on the player(s) in the hand in relation to your position/starting hands?

Cheers!

16th imo.

really nice to see you doing so well & finally closing them out simon,

i know sponsorship deals are very thin on the ground these days but have you considered sniffing around or looking at one of those sites that claim to represent players?

pretty sure you'd be a great asset to somebody & it's worth striking whilst the iron is hot

Pfft I only had 3 slices, I didn't touch that veg pizza :p

2 questions - now that you're not backed, have you noticed a difference when playing than to when you were backed? Any added pressure or whatever?

How did it feel to beat out Pleno for the blonde Calendar? :D

Who is the worst player on the DTD Degens side?


Why does Cambridge Al not make the starting team?


Aside from Mitch's dinner flip what is the biggest extravagance you have bought after a bink?

10% please

What price round you bet yourself at in a Countdown
Challenge v Stato?

Having just met you a couple of times, you seem a really nice guy and pretty balanced. Do you ever degen? What's your worst every degeneracy incident?

Cos he's the answer to the first question!!

Oi this is Deadman's well, ship an EPT or ANOTHER Monty and you can have one as well  ;)

Um to be honest I wouldn't know where to start or who to ask Julian.. Maybe you can put a word in at sky ;-) haha

Guys I will get to the rest of the questions later tonight or over the weekend. I'm playin 1b of the GPS today and like I said before I don't play about on my phone when I'm playing so I'll get to them as soon as I can. Some really good questions to answer as well.

^^^^^^

Love that post, the one big thing I have learned from Mr Deadman is his concentration at the table. I can not remember who used this as an example of 'being at work, and all business head' but it is soo true.

Good luck today, although I doubt you need it. Fan boy, betts x

I agree, it's without doubt a key reason to his success. It's so hard to just sit and watch every hand and not go on your phone / ipad / even listening to music like Simon says you can miss that one key bit of information that leads to a great call/fold. Pretty amazing how he can do it even in small tournaments.

What rating out of ten would you give the Jim Jarmusch directed movie 'Dead Man'?

When faced woth big decisions, How much do you apply to studying/ discussing poker theory? Bad equilibrium, implied/reverse implied odds, bubble factors that are discussed in many books/ on forums/ training sites?

Or for example do you tend to stick to the pot odds, and reads only like many other live players?

I don't really have much of a analytical mathematic approach to my live game other than the basics, my live success is mainly due to my live reads and my feel for the general game Flow and dynamics of all the different situations you come across when playing live poker.
Hope this answers your question. If I'm honest I didn't really understand a lot of the words you said. ;-)

Good answer Simon :)

Errr no idea.. Lots of stuff I guess. Poker isn't everything. Lots of more important things in life.

Very good question. Yes, it's so important to know ur opponents when your playing, and know who to play which type of hands against. For example when someone really good 3bets you don't set mine unless really deep because u know they won't stack off even when u make a set. Yesterday I peeled a 4x 3bet oop against a guy because I would fairly confident if I made a set he would put 500bb's in with his obvious big pair, I missed my set (I know hard to believe right?) they guy then stacked off in similar spot vs someone else a little while later.
If I have a soft table and one good player I generally just avoid them where I can, so many players let their ego take over and try to prove they are better. I like to think I'm quite good at keeping my ego out of the equation. People often gift me chips trying to prove that they can outplay me, not that I'm complaining ;-)

No I haven't even noticed the difference. Maybe if I go on a downswing I will notice it more.

Pleno should post more, then he would stand a chance of making the cut.

1) I wouldn't like to say.. We are all pretty bad tho.
2) squad rotation.
3) just booked a long weekend in lanzarote with shola for valentines. Leave on Thursday, so if say that. Don't usually slash out too much to be honest.

         Simon  great to see you doing so well. What I see is the point I think I made on a previous thread when Jason was asking for advice.When Simon plays a comp he is 100% going to 'work' . He prepares well, he is focussed,observant and has a high level of concentration. He understands the emotional dynamics on deep stack competitions and is both patient and aggressive. I had the pleasure of taking a walk on the prom in Blackpool with him,sharing a table in Blackpool as well as having the misfortune of having him on my table in Deauville. He has a great attitude to the game,money and life. He would be a great catch for any company looking to back someone and good luck on that score.
           As for a question? Well how is it that on 50:50 flips your results are 95:5. Is this part of your game you have worked on? :-)

Takes lots of skill and practice to run this good.

There is no price. He is so ridiculous.

I can't even think of one. I don't really spew ever, I don't gamble on anything either. Just a life nit as well as a poker nit.

Not seen it.. It sounds good tho so a 10.

I suspect that you don't tilt, is that true?

If you feel yourself getting close to it, what do you do?

20 or 40 stacks?

No I do tilt. Used to tilt really bad. Have controlled it loads better in last year though. Don't do anything inparyicular now, just if I feel like I'm spewing I'm tighten my range and try not to make mistakes.

40 if I have enough. Love building intimidating towers.

Yeah it's a massive skill to possess for sure.

Congrats on the last 6-12 months Simon  ;hattip;

Guess I should ask a couple of questions...

How long before you expect to join us true sicko's and reach the Blonde Hall of Fame ?

Do you think I have a drink problem ? :P

Catch up soon, I expect you to have won at least two more biggies by that time.

Nash equilibrium d'oh

Bad equilibrium is having Dirty Diana on the same album as Liberian Girl

Brilliant.

Tal delivers, and delivers, and delivers.

I remember a hand we once played at Dtd on a cash game. Ray came in steaming drunk, rambling about something I couldn't really understand. He sat down on my left and started to play. A short while after that we got into a hand. Now i can't remember the exact hands but basically I'd raised pre and he had called. HU to the flop is when he decided to double check his cards, at which point he held them up way to high and I saw them both clearly. So I said 'ray I've seen your cards'! To which he replys 'na ya didn't, get on with it'! So I told him again and then I said look I've got the best hand(which i did have) but this isn't right so I'll just check. He then fires out a bet! I say what you doing ray I've got you beat and I can see your cards! 'Na ya didn't, get on with it'! So I say fine I call then, but I've tried to tell you. This goes on the same on the turn. I'm ahead still and it goes check-bet-call again. The pots getting quite big now. Then ray someone rivers his miracle gutshot and I had to check-fold the river.
So... Do you have a drink problem? Very possibly! ;-)

Lol story checks out!

Lolmondatooaments

 rotflmfao

I had forgot about that actually, lolol.

Do they still have those 50p chips  ;)

What got you into poker in the first place? What was your starting bankroll.

Do you and Shola come to DTD in seperate cars so you have plenty of boot space to put all the money in?

Just started playing with friends and brothers. My starting bankroll was zero, I FT'd an online comp and shipped a DTD nightly comp for like 4.5k and 2k and then I think I won something else. When I decided to start playing for a living I had like 10k and in my first month as a pro I chopped the deepstack for like 11k I think. No idea how because I was terrible, was just instantly golden I guess.

ROFL! No I was in birmingham the day before and Shola had her Uni course in Notts so we had to take both cars. Then we decided to go DTD sat night.

Simon is going away very shortly, so am going to draw this to a close

I wanted to thank him for doing a well on here, much appreciated

the thread can still be live of course, just don't expect him on here daily to answer!

Interesting stuff and thanks a lot for doing this Simon.

I haven't got any questions for you but I'd just like to say well done for all your recent successes particularly securing Shola.

Good luck to both of you for the future.

Matt

Great answers and all the best in the future.

Great read Simon.  Congratulations on your successes and long may they continue for you.

Just seen this. Gutted I didnt get in with a question but thanks for posting mate. Congrats on all the success!

Yeah Simon was  a great read

If you fancy a beer in Leeds get in touch

This sounds way dodgier than I suspect it is.

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Same as a few others, didn't have any questions myself. Really enjoyed reading this though, it was very interesting.

Congrats and all the best for the future!

Ditto....thanks Simon, very interesting, congrats on those great results and good luck at the tables.

Is he taking a new job up in the Vatican City? #Mergethreads4thewin

haha

Sounds good. um did you tell me who you are though? lol

Thanks guys. enjoyed answring all your questions. Also got a few more posts in, will be at 300 in no time :-)

5% if you're selling at spot :-)

Does that mean, we are as close as you are with Shola, because you walked over midway through a hand I played at ukipt Edinburgh and while the villain was tanking my bet on the river you texted me my hand and you was 1 off the kicker haha.

We have spoken about how you have changed your game and I took onboard your advice and it is already paying off, getting me deep in every tournament I've played this year except one ( and to be honest I played the opposite of what you told me in that one haha) so your advice has been like the proverbial light switch in my head.

My question is what made you realise this yourself, was it what somebody told you or did you figure it out yourself through self reflection after another near miss in a tournament?

Also....if you or Shola had a chance to play durrr heads up for £1,000,000 in a free roll. Who would you decide to play him and why?

Sorry Liam, only just seen this.

Glad to have helped but i'm sure I didn't say much that you didn't already know. Glad you've been doing well since.

I got some advice a while ago that stuck with me, the advice was that when your deep in a tournanment its not always about making the mathematically  correct decsions with your hands. It's all about getting the money.

Excellent thread

Thanks to Simon for some brilliant answers and to all the posters for the great questions!

All these great players in Leeds, where do i have to go for a game of live pokerz....ummmm Leeds

Damn!

1/9 GUKPT gl.

Anyone else have to double check when this was posted because they have seen this so often? :D

Oh captain, my captain!

VBOL, sir.

good luck Simon, another second place locked up!
off point Tal, what a fine fine film that quote is from!

Just sticky the thread.

He's too good

That final table isn't going to be easy with Floppinhel and Karl there.  Good luck

GukPT Manchester
£1000 NLHE Main Event
Entries:192
1st – £42,000 – Rhys Jones
2nd – £40,000 – Simon Deadman
3rd – £39,000 – Steve Warburton
4th – £15,000 – Richard Kellett
5th – £11,500 – Nathan Jackson
6th – £9,500 – Dahe Liu
7th – £7,500 – Karl Mahrenholz
8th – £5,500 – Graeme Crozier
9th – £4,000 – Mark Harding
10th – £3,500 – Ish Patel
11th – £3,000 – Nigel Wong
12th – £2,500 – Ian Simpson
13th – £2,500 – Dat Chen
14th – £2,500 – Terry Owens
15th – £2,000 – Chun Man
16th – £2,000 – Guy Johnson
17th – £2,000 – Mark Lane
18th – £2,000 – Mo Qureshi
19th – £2,000 – Adam Piotrowski
20th – £2,000 – Mark Whitney
Prizepool – £200,000


Many congratulations. Again.

1/3 GUKPT gl.

GUKPT Walsall

Simon Deadman & Ben Winsor now heads up!

deal done, playing for trophy and added value

So standard.

Congrats to Ben Winsor, winner of the @GUKPT_Updates Walsall ME for £24,500.

 Simon Deadman finishes 2nd for the 65th time this year.

well played Simon, and all that after getting knocked out in the 8th round last night too

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 GukPT Walsall
£500 NLHE F/O
Entries: 196

1st - £24,500 - Ben Winsor
2nd - £23,500 - Simon Deadman
3rd - £11,900 - Maz Bako
4th - £7,800 - Tony Harman
5th - £5,400 - Michael Hart
6th - £3,900 - Don Jones
7th - £3,200 - Andy Garland
8th - £2,700 - John Eames
9th - £2,300 - Mo Qureshi
10th - £1,900 - Ian Bradley
11th - £1,600 - George Lakin
12th - £1,600 - Andrew Probyn
13th - £1,400 - Rob Quinn
14th - £1,400 - Jonathan Gill
15th - £1,200 - Leo McClean
16th - £1,200 - Tina Bandyle
17th - £1,200 - Ellie Biessek
18th - £1,100 - Stefano Rossomando
19th - £1,100 - Brian Yates
20th - £1,100 - Ben Jackson

Prizepool - £100,000

Second, twice in 24 hours.  Got to hurt - but definitely some sort of freak to reach all these final tables/heads up battles.

;hattip;

Great year Simon.

Does it ever get old?

One of our best wells IMO.

Any heard how Simon is doing these days?

I bumped into both Simon & Shola whilst in Vegas, & I gather they now live there.

Simon is as gracious, polite & good-mannered as ever. He was playing a big ($5,000) WSOP Event when I happened to spot him at the table, so I initially kept my distance, but he saw me, & then got up & came across & we chatted for a while. He told me the WSOP was not going great, results wise, but, typically, he omitted to even mention this;


http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=444383#


Wonderfully modest & self-effacing.

What a perfect couple he & Shola make, too, she is just such a lovely girl.

They are living the dream out there. Hard to think of a nicer bloke in high level poker, (maybe a dead heat with Posh Alex?), but neither of them have an ounce of misplaced arrogance.

I'll see if I can find the photo I took.

Nice to know that he's doing OK and that Shola and he are still together.

I was surprised to learn that he's living in Vegas now. (come to think of it you might have reported it in your diary and I've missed it while skimming through)

Did he marry Shola for you know? It seems likely, I think she is a US citizen.

Eh?

You "skim" through my Diary?

No excuse for that, none at all. I'm insulted, grievously so.  

I honestly can't remember if they got married. I have to say, I did wonder how they had managed to move to Vegas, what with Green Cards & all that malarky, but I had not realised that Shola was a US citizen. Posh Alex got married, if it helps. Just in case, you know, you "skimmed" through his Diary.

Pretty sure they did...