The semi-bluff is one of the four main bluffs that is used in online poker along with the “pure bluff”, the “continuation bet” and the “post-oak” bluff. In terms of what a semi-bluff is, it’s when you make a bet into a pot when you think you’re behind, but crucially you still have some “equity” [...]

It’s no secret that online poker is getting tougher these days. As a recreational/semi-professional poker player for the last 5 years I’ve noticed that the NL25 and NL50 games in particular are nothing like they used to be. It used to be the case that anything below NL100 at a soft network such as Merge [...]

With the growth of the smart phone market and the development of basic WAP-friendly phones into more advanced Smart Java-friendly phones, the mobile gambling market has boomed in the last few years. The first mobile casinos were launched in the late 1990s and very extremely basic to say the least. I’m talking the most basic [...]

Bingo is the most popular group leisure game played by females aged 20-25 in the UK and the online bingo industry is booming. It now estimated that online bingo in the UK alone is worth more than £1 billion as an industry. There are now dozens of online bingo networks and operators such as Virgin, [...]

    There’s nothing a tournament player loves more than action; loads of buy-ins, lots of chips, lots of play, all the elements of a huge tournament affair that action junkies love. With the inception of the increasingly popular “Action Hour” rebuy tournaments, there’s a lot of reason to gamble and a lot of reason to enjoy one [...]

It’s the gambler’s ultimate dream and the nit’s nightmare; playing hyper turbo tournaments –  an increasingly popular format at online gambling sites with real money poker games –  where you start with few, if any chips, 3 minute blind increases, and players constantly and consistently making all their decisions preflop, seemingly taking all the skill [...]

    You hear the lament of the beaten just as soon as the river card hits the felt; “How do they ALWAYS flop a set every time I have aces? I don’t get it!” Time and time again, players get dealt a premium hand, make a big pot with it, and find themselves in second [...]