The first time I heard about someone 6-tabling online, it blew my mind. How on earth do you play six games at once? At the time, when I played online, I played either one or two games only. Then people were 8-tabling. Then 12-tabling. Now some people use simple, specialized Q&A #102: Online Poker Multitabling [...]

This post is crossposted from the Stoxpoker blog. If you aren’t a regular at Stoxpoker, you should definitely head over there because it’s a real bonanza of high-quality poker discussion.
I’ve got some blog posts lined up that are about things I see some online players do wrong. It’s Avoiding Multitabling Syndrome|405|3.95|USD|| not technical [...]

When No Limit Hold ‘em: Theory and Practice first came out, there was a lot of hubbub about a very simple idea. We suggested that it makes sense to vary your preflop raise sizes based on the situation: your Q&A #100: Variable Preflop Raise Sizing In Microstakes Online Games|401|3.95|USD|| opponents, your hand, the [...]

You’re playing 6-max and your under the gun. You just got dealt one of your opening-quality hands, and you pot it. Everyone folds to the button… who calls. Hrmm. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? It could be either. And whether it’s good or not, there’s a Q&A #98: Talking 6-Max No-Limit [...]

Many players who play primarily online occasionally go in for a live game or two in a cardroom. While ostensibly the games are the same, online players need to learn some live game Four Quick Live Game Tips For Online Players|385|3.95|USD|| “street smarts” to avoid getting taken advantage of. (This works in reverse [...]

For those US customers (still) waiting to withdraw their money from Neteller, the company claims they are coming up with a deal to release the funds. [Emphasis added.]
NETELLER is continuing to cooperate with the investigation being conducted by the United States Attorney’s …Login/Register for more.

There’s some excellent software out there to help you with your poker game. Probably the most popular tool is PokerTracker, a full-featured database for your online poker hands. You probably already knew about PokerTracker. (If you didn’t, visit that link now!) Here 6 Must-Have and Mostly Free Poker Tools You May Not Know About|217|3.95|USD|| [...]

Greg Raymer said something else interesting this morning about account hacking. (Read the initial episode about Raymer.)
There are two major types of hackers, referred to by PS security as malicious and joy-rider. The malicious types do what this jerk did, they try to get all of your …Login/Register for more.

I just read a thread on 2+2 where it looks like Greg Raymer’s Stars account got hacked. Here’s two hands the suspicious FossilMan played in a 2k headsup tournament.
FossilMan: calls 10
Ikeyrson: raises 1380 to 1400
FossilMan: calls 1380
*** FLOP *** [8h 7d Th]
Ikeyrson: checks
FossilMan: folds
Ikeyrson collected 2800 from …Login/Register for more.

I’ve been something of a broken record in the past about the fact(s) that:

Gambling income is taxable in the US
Lots of people aren’t declaring poker income on their returns
The transactions are all logged, so there’s no plausible deniability if they look into your stuff
They will start …Login/Register for more.