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Poker pro and WSOP bracelet winner David Williams offers up some betting advice for No Limit games. (Bodog Beat Image)

Bodog poker pro David Williams understands the power of betting in No Limit Holdem and he shares some of his insight in his latest poker advice article Bet Good, Run Good.

"Bet for value. Bet for information. Bet for protection. Bet to block. Bet to bluff.

There are many different reasons to bet and many different factors that go into figuring out how much to bet, but there should always be a plan and purpose for what you're betting.

Some poker players advocate betting the same amount every time; they say it is the only true way to not give away too much information. Other players contend that your bet amounts should be based on the strength of your hand and whether or not you want to get called, which is where the term 'betting for value' originates from. While each of these strategies tends to lean towards one extreme or the other, there can be merit to each. However, as always, in the game of poker, No Limit Holdem in particular, it's never good to do one thing always because that puts your game "inside a box," and No Limit Holdem is an 'outside the box' type of game."

Read the rest of Williams' poker advice article on betting in No Limit Holdem in Bodog Nation.