Raising with a Drawing Hand

Your average, run-of-the-mill poker strategy suggests that you see cards as cheaply as possible with drawing hands. The obvious thinking behind this strategy is that you don’t want to waste money on a non-made hand. But if you’ve ever seen some of the aggressive  high stakes players like Viktor “Isildur1” Blom  and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies [...]

Betting for Value vs. Protecting Hands

Two of the most intertwined and oft-confused concepts in poker are betting for value and betting to protect hands. However, there is a slight difference between the two, and knowing this can help you out in different situations. So to start breaking these concepts down further, let’s begin with basic definitions: Betting for Value – [...]

When to Multi-Table

If you’ve ever seen videos or heard stories about poker pros multi-tabling 15 or 20 tables at once, you may wonder how you can accomplish the same feat – or at least multi-table two or three tables. So in order to satisfy this curiosity, let’s look at some of the signs that prove you’re ready [...]

Realex Payments add Another Major Operator to their Online Gaming Portfolio

Realex Payments have established themselves as the payment provider of choice for major gaming brands over the last number of years, and this week they announced a new partnership with Betsafe which strengthens their ties with the industry. “We are delighted to welcome Betsafe on board” said Mark Johnson of Realex Payments. “We have built [...]

Tricky Omaha Hands

Those going from Hold’em to Omaha often find it difficult to lay decent hands down postflop. After all, the extra options you have when going from 2 to 4 hole cards is ridiculous. Of course, this is the same mentality that gets a lot of Omaha players into trouble because they get trapped postflop by [...]