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The vast majority of online poker players start with the lowest stakes, the so-called “microstakes”, where the entries are smaller and the fields gigantic. One of the main players in this segment is the Canadian Nathan Williams, known by the nickname “BlackRain79”. This Thursday (9), the so-called “King of the Microstakes” took to social media to pass on valuable advice to his followers.

“The key to all poker success: Make fundamentally sound, high-quality decisions at the poker tables over and over again and let the math do the rest”, wrote the player who has also been considered 3 times the best-selling author of books related to the sport of the mind. Another segment he works on is YouTube, where he has a channel with nearly 70,000 subscribers.

Born in Vancouver, Canada, he studied philosophy and history, he thought he would be a lawyer, but when he discovered online poker his life was transformed. “I was absolutely obsessed with the game from the start and literally crashed the poker tables day and night. Some people asked me if I was sleeping!writes the player in his biography published on the blog which bears the name of the nickname he pilots.

Playing online poker for over 10 years, he currently lives in Southeast Asia. “I can make a living anywhere in the world with my laptop thanks to this silly little card game”, wrote Nathan Williams. During these trips around the world, the professional even met Jared Tandler, author of the book “The Mental Side of Poker”, and guarantees that this work is a turning point.

Born in Sorocaba, but living in São Paulo since childhood, he started journalism in 2000. Graduated from Faculdade Cásper Líbero where he also completed a lato sensu postgraduate course in Social Communication. He has had appearances on Jornal Lance!, TV Cultura, TV Gazeta, ESPN Brasil and TV Globo. Recreational poker player and creator of the Mountain of Letters blog. Experienced in international coverage involving mind sport, such as PSPC 2019 in the Bahamas and EPT Barcelona 2022.