Poker training online

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.

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

Thanks again!!!!

katt

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...

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

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.

blue

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

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. :)

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

Betsson Poker offer an amazing poker academy. (Click on Poker Academy down the left hand side of the page).

There are 4 main headings:

How to Play Betsson Poker

Fundamentals of Hold'em

Hold'em Strategies

Test your knowledge

Don't be fooled by the lack of headings.  This is quite hefty reading and the final section, "test your knowledge", is an interactive Q & A session with 16 questions designed to test your hand, odds and outs and strategy knowledge.  At the end of the test, there is a summary of how many you got right out of 16 and an explanation for each scenario.

This is a really useful training section and definitely worth a visit.  You don't need to be logged in to take part or view any of this information.

blue

Unibet Poker (No USA) offer online poker training available to everyone.

Just go to their homepage and find "poker school" either just below the "poker" tab or on the main poker home page. 

The sections covered include:

The poker table - detailed explanation of the table layout

How to Play

Improve your game

Tournaments

Poker Library

If you look under "Improve your game", you will find the following useful guide for players under the sub heading "starting hands".

Great idea! Thanks blue.

Thanks a lot!!!

Online training program is really awesome. I also love to play poker and wants an advanced training of playing poker to make at least a huge win.

Online training program is really awesome. I also love to play poker and wants an advanced training of playing poker to make at least a huge win.

Hey agustindepp, I recommend bet365 training - they have an advanced guide on there.  (Click the blue link).

blue

Titan Poker introduce their new training aid for beginners and advanced players.  You will need to enter your username for the quiz only.

The sections covered are as follows:

Holdem basics

Game Rules

Poker Hand Rankings

Game Types

Tournaments

Quiz

Beginner Strategy

Positions

Starting Hands by Position

Profling your opponents

Considering Opponent Actions and Game Style

Common Mistakes

Quiz

Advanced Strategy

Outs and their importance

Pot Odds

Blind Stealing

Bankroll Management

Bluffing

Quiz

Hello friends Online poker is a very interesting game i like very because you can play every where in the world and with every friend.

This is a nice post with useful  information regarding poker. LINK REMOVED

There are a few helpful tips available at Gamebookers Poker.

Click on "How to Play" underneath the main Poker heading.  There you will find the following listed down the left hand side:

Poker Games

   Texas Hold'em

   Omaha

   Omaha Hi/Lo

   Seven Card Stud

   Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo

Fastforward Poker

Betting Rules

Rank of Hands

Poker Tips

Glossary

The poker help section is not huge but there are some useful tips.

William Hill Poker have a poker school. 

If you launch poker school tv or click on the play movie button you are presented with 3 choices:

Beginner Basics

Beginner Strategy

Advanced Strategy

Under each of those main headings there are 6 tutorials including a quiz.  This poker school is open to everyone but you must have a username to do the quizzes.

You can find the school under "Poker" and then the 6th drop down along underneath that is poker school.

Poker King have a poker university which cover the following:

PART 1:

Learning Poker Basics

    The Basics of Poker

    The Blinds: Pro’s & Con’s

    The Pre-Flop: Being Alert

    The Flop: Getting Started

    Poker: Learn It and Earn

    Patience: A Poker Strategy

    Losing While Mastering the Game and Having Fun

    Observation: Staying Alert

PART 2:

Players Club

    Join the club

    The Advanced Game

    Money Management and Bankroll Management

    The Importance of Position

    Selection as an Art

    Aggressive Play

    The Edge: Gain It and Keep It

    Bluffing in Hold'em Poker

    When All Goes Wrong

There is also a glossary of terms

You can find the poker university by pointing your mouse to "play poker".  In the dropdown, you will see the heading "Poker University".  Just click on that and you are away.

Thanks a lot Blue, that are some really good training programs for absolute beginners. :) 

Thanks a lot Blue, that are some really good training programs for absolute beginners. :) 

Thanks a lot Markotik.

Have you read the complete beginners guide? <==click the link

blue

I have just read it, it's fantastic, thanks a lot Blue.

I have just read it, it's fantastic, thanks a lot Blue.

Thanks very much Markotik.

Let me know if you take the plunge and where you play. 

blue

Poker is an amazing casino game ans is also very popular around whole world. There are several websites available that provides useful information about poker training. People should know effective strategy to play such kind of game.

I think, everybody should say you thanks. Actually this type post is very important in this forum site. The quantity of people is high that search this post always. I also that. So thanks you.

And people wonder why their websites never succeed.

Lets keep this thread on topic, training.

If your gonna hire someone to post on forums, make sure they speak a bit of English first. But overall, good effort

I notice Betway Poker have added some tournament tips to their site and you can find these down the left hand side under Tournaments:

There are 6 parts to these tips as follows:

Tournament Tips: Part 1 - Sitting Down to Win  -  Tackling the First Hour

Tournament Tips: Part 2 - Hour Two… Things Get Serious  -  It’s all About What You’re Stacking  - When to go all in

Tournament Tips: Part 3 - Making it to the Bubble  -  What’s my Move?-  Watch out for the desperados

Tournament Tips: Part 4 - Congratulations…You’re in the Money  -  Keep Your Cool  -  Slow your Roll

Tournament Tips: Part 5 - Making a Run on the Final Table  -  Who’s at Your Table?

Tournament Tips: Part 6 - The Final Table    -    How Big are You?  -  Having the Nerve to Make the Tough Calls    -    Ego Versus Cash

Party Poker have added a poker school to their new and updated website and software.

The training includes the following:

Poker basics

Tournaments

Multi-table tournaments

Sit & Go tournaments

Cash games

Advanced theories

The advanced theories section includes the following:

            Poker tactics

            Mixing it up

            Reading hands and tells

            Advanced tips

            Playing styles

            Bluffing

            Using early position

            Using late position

            Choosing the right seat

            Raise or call?

            Danger hands

            Number crunching

            Fold equity

            How much to buy-in for

            How much to bet

            Using the blinds to your advantage

A rare strategy I came across while playing Poker games:

Poker games needs a specific skill set pertaining to the choice of discarding the cards. In video poker games, you need to play from 1 to 5 coins wherein machine gives you five cards out of which you choose to keep and discard a few. The discarded ones are replaced by the machine and thereafter you are well paid proportional to the value of cards in your hand. Many people misunderstand video poker as an expensive mode of gambling which is not so. It is only mistakes and casual behavior that take heavy toll on players. Don’t hurry while playing as you have infinite time to make decision about your next move. Video poker is the game of intelligence instead sheer excitement as it pretends to be.  :-bd :)

Hi and welcome Rachel Charlie.

This thread is for the game of poker rather than video poker!

blue

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This is certainly an incredible idea blue..... thanks for the share....appreciate this thread completely and will stay glued to it...Great share..:)

Thanks casinoexclusive.  I hope you gain some useful info from it.

Very nice of you having such a thread, i am eager to learn as much as possible about poker

Glad you found the thread useful SheWolf and a warm welcome to the forum.  ;)

There's some useful information for new poker players at Best Poker although not so much on how to play poker.

Visit their website, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select "How to Play".

You will be presented with the following headings:

    How To Play

    How To Deposit

    How To Withdraw

    About Software

    Poker Rules

    Poker Hands

Click each heading for details including video guides covering many topics.

The info provided is perfect for new to the game players.

Checked it, very user friendly, i must say.

Some very basic training for beginners at Full Flush Poker

When you visit the home page, at the top you will see "How to Play".  Once you click on that, it brings you to 4 main sections:

    LEARN POKER

    POKER RAKE

    POKER HAND RANKINGS

    POKER GLOSSARY

Learn Poker

Just offers basic facts covering the following topics:

Playing poker – The Basics

Staying in the game

To win a hand, you have two choices

Each round of the hand gives you a range of betting options

Poker Rake

This section briefly explains what rake is

Poker Hand Rankings

Does what it says on the tin.  A list of hand rankings

Poker Glossary

This section explains poker terms

Coral Poker's poker school can be found on the poker home page- just scroll down to find the following headings (see bolded headings below) and click any one of them to view the next page where you will find:

Beginner

includes:

-introduction to poker

- hand rankings

- single player tournaments

Intermediate

includes:

- early / middle online strategies

- stacks and blinds

Advanced

includes:

- PLO Cash game strategies

- PLO Big Pairs

- Best Tips

Underneath the video help there are further pages to view including:

- holdem basics

- cash games and tournaments

- basic and advanced no limit holdem

- bankroll management

- intro to pot limit omaha

I have been playing poker online every day now for the best part of a year, and wonder if any LCBers can suggest their best resources (or better yet, one-on-one trainers they have used) for taking my game to the next level?

We do have our resident poker genius, ohmesohrny.  I'm sure he will be more than happy to help one on one. 

On offer from NetBet Poker is their poker academy.

Just look at the sub headings on the website and click on  "academy" and you will see the following headings

Poker School

Poker Rules

Poker Glossary

Poker Coach

Tournament Basics

Click on Poker School:

Learn and perfect your game for free

Are you a beginner and want to learn how to play poker?

Are you an intermediate player and want to perfect your game?

Join our interactive poker school. Learn for free, quickly, and have fun at the same time!

14 In-Depth Classes

14 detailed lessons which include examples to help you understand more easily, tips and tricks to help you formulate a winning strategy, and a comprehensive glossary that you can refer to in any class.

Test Your Knowledge with Quizzes

At the end of each lesson, you can evaluate your progress with a quiz. Seeing where your weaknesses lie will help you improve.

Click on Poker Rules:

You will find detailed information on teh following

1. Texas Hold'em

2. Omaha

3. Omaha Hi/Lo

4. Pot limits

5. No limit pots

6. 5 Card Stud

7. 7 Card Stud

8. The Rates charged

9. Poker hand ranking

Click on Glossary

You will find a comprehensive poker glossary detailing all the different poker terms.

Click on Poker Coach

Poker Coach is a free tool you can use to help your game when you're actually playing poker.  Free to download!

Click on Tournament basics

This section covers all of the following:

1. Register

2. Multi-table tournaments

3. Sit'n'go tournaments

4. Satellites/Qualifiers

5. Guaranteed tournaments

6. Heads-up Shootouts

7. Re-entry Tournaments (RET)

8. Multiple Entry Tournaments (MET)

9. SNG on Tap - Late Entry Sit'N'Gos

10. Twister Poker Sit&Go

11. Speed Poker

This is definitely worth a look particularly the 14 in depth lessons along with the quiz afterwards to check your learning.

The poker coach is free to download and is likely to prove very useful during your game.

This very much deppends on what are you searching for to learn.

For example, if you are begginer, I highly recommend PokerStrategy.com, because they got everything covered from opening hands to bluffing spots, pot odds, card ranges and etc..

If you looking to improve as a tournament player, I recommend FloatTheTurn.

For cash games there is a lot sites, but since I m not cash player I cant speak about it.

This very much deppends on what are you searching for to learn.

 

For example, if you are begginer, I highly recommend PokerStrategy.com, because they got everything covered from opening hands to bluffing spots, pot odds, card ranges and etc..

 

If you looking to improve as a tournament player, I recommend FloatTheTurn.

 

For cash games there is a lot sites, but since I m not cash player I cant speak about it.

I hate those floaters on turn  wid f\all and catch on river:) all part of the game;)

Best thing to do here is to follow Jonathan Little, read his books, watch his vidoes. Mental game of poker, his book, helped me a lot to understand  whats most important about texas hold'em tournaments, and game in general.

Really cool catch ! Can help newbies a lot. And not only them!

Yeah, should try !

Might be really useful !

Now a days i'm started to play poker games because its gave me lots of points.

I want to join! What should I do? 

Thanks for the information.  I'm trying to learn to play poker and that helped me a lot.  I hope to continue learning.