Poker training online

[blueday]

I decided to compile a list of learning/help/training that is available at various sites.  The help available is generally designed for new players but some sites do offer advanced poker play help.

This will be an ongoing thread and sites will be added continuously.

I'm going to start this thread off with:

Blackchip Poker (USA OK).  This site offers training videos and you will find the link to these videos at the bottom of their poker home page.  Some of the subjects covered are

Stretch Your Poker Dollar
Fold Equity
Low Stakes SitnGos Part 1
Multitabling

888 Poker (NO USA) offer some very basic instructions on the following:

Ring Games
Texas Holdem
Seven Card Stud
Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
Omaha Hi
Omaha Hi/Lo
No Limit & Pot Limit Games
Face2Face

In each section they explain the rules of each type of game, how to join them and how to play in each game.  It is quite a useful tool if you are looking to learn the rules of poker, the betting, showdown etc.  

Underneath the list of games, you can find the heading "Poker Tips".  Click on that and you will find some fantastic tips including:

Mental Preparation & Hand Selection
The Art of Bluffing
The Dos and Don'ts
Sizing up the opposition
Knowing When to Fold and When To Hold
Location, Location, Location

These are just a few of the 44 available tips. 

Of course, I can't bypass the fact that this site is offering £5/$8 absolutely FREE when you sign up.

[kattboots]

What a wonderful idea! Thanks blue...I for one will be glued to this thread...
Thanks again!!!!


katt

[blueday]

All In Poker (USA OK) offer assistance by "finding your leak".  Basically this means their built in system (Excel boy) will find the errors in your play. 

The only let down with this is that you have to play 1000 hands before it will kick in.   Ideal for seasoned players, Excel boy will send you an email after you have played those 1000 required hands and tell you your biggest error in your play, how much it cost you, the pertinent hands and so on.  For beginners, there are likely to be more mistakes and therefore, the advice will not be as "targeted" as it would be for a seasoned player.  Nonetheless, this is a fantastic tool and could prove extremely useful.

Again, it would be remiss of me not to tell you that you can receive 5 free gold chips as a new player.

...to be continued

[kattboots]

What a wonderful idea! Thanks blue...I for one will be glued to this thread...

After I said the words in red above, I started thinking what that would look like... Katt glued to a thread... hmmm Perhaps one of these would fit...

[Rosebud]

Katt,those are sooooooo cute....love it!!

[blueday]

Very apt Katt and cute of course.

The next site that offers limited but useful help is 1bet2bet (USA OK).

Click on Tournament Rules and this will explain how to register, the waiting list, "hand on hand" play and so much more.  Very useful for new tournament players.  This site also explains the rules for all these games:

    7 cards stud
    Omaha Poker
    Omaha high-low
    Poker Stud Caribbean
    Poker 2-7 – three exchanges
    Soko
    Texas Hold'em
    Telcine

blue

[blueday]

The next site which has some very useful tips and is available for everyone to view is 32Red Poker who offer some great tips from their poker pro Angust Dunnington.

To find these great tips just find these links Angus Dunnington> News> Poker News> Poker School

Some of the great topics covered are:

No Limit: The semi-bluff
No Limit: The Check Raise
No Limit: Slowplaying a strong hand
No Limit: Manipulative Poker
Discipline

These are some really useful tips and the above is just a few of them.

blue

[blueday]

Poker Player Cafe (USA OK) also offer "find your leak" and it is identical to All In Poker however, they also have available, "Be a Better Player".

Under this heading on their website you will find the "Find your Leak" details but you will also find "Ten Commandments of Poker".  The ten commandments of poker is built around ten different areas in the game and rules on how to handle them.  Some of the areas covered:

Selecting your Starting Hands
Large Bets
Continuation Betting
Bluffing

The final area of help is tracks. This gives specific help to:

Beginners
Future Tournament Champion
Highrollers Club

This basically tells you which tournaments, freerolls etc are suitable to your current level of play.

blue

[blueday]

Bet365 (no USA) have a "poker university" and at the end of each group of learning, you can take a quiz. 

The sections covered:

Holdem Basics which covers:
     Game Rules
     Hand Rankings
     Game Types
     Tournaments

Beginner strategy which covers:
     Position
     Starting Hands by Positions
     Profiling your Opponents
     Considering Opponent Actions and Game Style
     Common Mistakes

Advanced strategy which covers:
     Outs and Their Importance
     Pot Odds
     Blind Stealing
     Bankroll Management
     Bluffing

At the end of each of these sections there is a quiz to test your learning but you will need to sign up to be able to enter your username in the quiz sections.  If you are USA or any other precluded country for this site, you can still watch and listen to the training videos.

You can find this useful tool via "Poker Toolbox".  A pop-up window will appear (you will need to allow this if you have them blocked).  Under poker toolbox on the popup, you will see "Poker University".  Click on poker university and then you should be able to see the "Enrol Now" tab near the middle of the page.   Click on Enrol Now and a new window will pop up which looks like a laptop.  From there, you will be able to choose which section (as outlined above) you would like to look at.

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[blueday]

Adameve Poker cover help for beginners and experts along with rules on the different types of poker.  Click on the "How to Play Poker" tab and you will see the below options down the right hand side of the page.

The help for beginners:

        Hand Rankings
        Basic Poker Rules
        Position in poker
        Beginner’s mistakes
        Starting Hands
        Statistics
        Glossary
   
Help for experts

        Poker Mathematics
        Pot Odds
        Implied odds
        Bankroll management
   

Rules on types of Poker
       
Seven Card Stud
Omaha
Omaha Hi/Lo

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[blueday]

There are some really helpful tips at  Bodog Poker (USA OK) where they have a staggering 244 poker tips plus there is a new poker tip every day.

On the Bodog site, you will see a tab headed "learn to play".  Click that tab to see a list of categories or select "Show All tips (244)".

Some of the categories covered include: (the figure in brackets is the number of tips for each category)

Betting Strategy (48)
Online Poker (47)
Texas Holdem (43)
Beginner Strategies (40)
Tournaments (32)
Hand Selection (30)
Multi Table Tournaments (28)
Observing Opponents (18)
No Limit Poker (16)
Bluffing (16)
Bankroll (14)
Table Position (13)
Mental Factors and Tilt (13)
7 Card Stud (12)
Fixed Limit Poker (12)
Poker Odds (12)
Cash Games (10)
Land Based Poker (10)
Sit and Go Tournaments (10)
Short Tables (10)
Poker Tells (10)
Omaha Hi Lo ( 9 )
Omaha ( 8 )
7 Card Stud Hi Lo (6)
5 Card Stud (4)

blue

[blueday]

Golden Tiger Poker (no USA) do offer a "Poker School".

They cover the basics such as rules, poker hands, what beats what and they also have a poker glossary.

If you click on the "Poker School" heading you will find all of the above.  You will also see in the dropdown menu "poker tips".  This covers the top 10 tips such as:

Playing too many hands
Keep an eye on your opponent's habits
Understand player position

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[blueday]

Check out Betway Poker for poker lessons covering the following

Poker Lessons

    Poker Lesson 1: Intro
    Poker Lesson 2: Starting Hand Selection
    Poker Lesson 3: Position
    Poker Lesson 4: Flop Play
    Poker Lesson 5: Outs
    Poker Lesson 6: Pot Odds and Implied Odds
    Poker Lesson 7: How to Play Draws
    Poker Lesson 8: The Turn and River
    Poker Dictionary
    Chat Dictionary
    Hand Ranking
    Rake
    Limits
    Security

To find this fairly detailed training, select poker and look down the left hand side and you will see "Poker Lessons".  Click on that to see a dropdown displaying the above headings.  You can select which lessons you would like to read individually.

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[JeffHarris]

This is very nice. I've been playing poker for 6 months now and I am still an amateur. This thread is really helpful. I will take some time to view all this. Many thanks blue. Much appreciated.

[blueday]

Thanks Jeff and welcome to the forum.  I see you removed your links (or Admin did).

I look forward to more of your posts.

blue