Blackjack Tips, how to play your soft hands

You get dealt an Ace and a 5… dealer shows a 6. What are you doing? Most players freeze up right there and that’s exactly where the casino makes its money. Soft hands are where you either play smart… or give the house the edge. And don’t even get me started on a soft 18. […]

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Phil Hellmuth Signs Partnership With Octopi Poker

Pro poker player Phil Hellmuth is no stranger to paid-for endorsements having previously promoted a diverse array of products, like Milwaukee Best Light beer, fast-food hamburgers, and controversial crypto-currency Bitcoin Latinum. But the “Poker Brat’s” latest partnership indicates he might be tired of such fripperies and is instead happy to refocus on the game that […]

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Spain Penalizes Firm Over Illegal Gambling Promotion

Spain’s gambling regulator has fined a media production company for promoting an unlicensed betting operator, marking one of several enforcement actions taken during the first quarter of 2026. The penalty forms part of a broader campaign led by the Directorate General for Gambling Regulation (DGOJ), which issued more than €10 million in fines across multiple […]

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Live Variance – Podcast S8E9

The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive at all, since without it donators would quickly drop the game. Appreciating how extreme poker variance can be is important […]

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Spain Penalizes Firm Over Illegal Gambling Promotion

Spain’s gambling regulator has fined a media production company for promoting an unlicensed betting operator, marking one of several enforcement actions taken during the first quarter of 2026. The penalty forms part of a broader campaign led by the Directorate General for Gambling Regulation (DGOJ), which issued more than €10 million in fines across multiple […]

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