Isolation

  Lions don't play poker (a pretty good argument could be made that they don't play football either), but if they did, their experience out on the Savannah gives them a bit of strategic edge. You will never see a lion attacking a group of angry water buffalo, the cat will more then likely isolate the weakest one, and go in for the kill, preferably bringing a number of friends along to finish off the delicious yet dangerous beast.  Isolating a player is never a bad idea when playing poker. Let's face it: unless you have the nuts, there is simply too much uncertainty in a multi-way pot to make attacking a group of other players an attractive prospect.  If you are seated somewhere in the middle of the table and a player in an early position, who you have a strong suspicion is working with a drawing hand, bets - a good move for you is to raise.  What this will do is force the players behind you to not only call the original bet, but also match your raise. Instead of having to make the decision of investing one bet in their hole cards' potential, they suddenly have to throw in two bets. This act will probably drive the people behind you out of the hand, and send a bit of a shudder through the player who threw in the original bet. There is no way this can be a bad thing.  Essentially this helps you to isolate your opponent and ideally will create a situation where you are heads up against the person who originally bet.  Good Luck!