BlackRain79

BlackRain79
Nathan "BlackRain79" Williams is a professional poker player, author and blogger from Canada. He is known as the "king of the micros" as he has some of the highest winnings in history at these stakes. He is also a popular video producer on the training site DragTheBar as well as a blogger and two-time author.

Playing Career
Williams is best known for mass multi-tabling the micro stakes cash games on PokerStars under the screen name "BlackRain79". He is well known for having played millions of hands at these stakes with some of the highest winnings and win-rates ever recorded.

He is known for popularizing several over-betting strategies against the weaker players at these stakes and playing monster sessions at the table limit of 24 on Pokerstars.

Writing Career
Williams rose to prominence as a poker author in late 2011 with the release of his popular first book, Crushing the Microstakes. This is the only book of it's kind to ever focus specifically on the very lowest limits of online poker.

He followed this up in 2014 with the release of Modern Small Stakes. Aimed at higher stakes, this book has also received wide praise within the poker community.

He also is a regular contributor now at pokernews.com, produces training videos for dragthebar.com and runs a popular blog about the micros at www.blackrain79.com