Best Poker Training sites 2009
Fed up of hearing about all these young online geeks winning huge sums of money? Looking to up your poker game? Well, Bluff Labs have been formulating a concoction of some of the best poker training websites out there, so that you too can become one of the geeks that you secretly aspire to be.
If you're lacking the funding and want to be backed by an industry leading professional poker staking site with world class mentorship then apply to one of the first poker staking sites born, Badbeat.com. Badbeat works with each player and customises and develops learning programmes to suit the abilities of the individual with a joint goal of improving their game which often leads to moving to higher levels and increasing their profitability.
Website
http://www.badbeat.com
Membership
FREE
Verdict
Highly recommended. If you're looking to quit your day job and take online poker seriously then badbeat is great company to be sponsored by due to their amazing back end technology and expert mentorship.
If you have ever visited the bluffeurope.com website and clicked on the free Leggopoker videos then you would have heard the voice of Denny ‘The End’ Man guiding you through the intricacies of his game. The soft spoken 19 year old Dutchman is just one of the many young coaches assembled by Leggopoker.com poker school to share their tricks of the trade as online poker pros.The site offers the tools for players to improve both their poker-ability and their win rates. A video subscription service to the site will allow players to receive private (1-to1) training or group tuition.
Website
http://www.leggopoker.com
Membership
Sign up for free and receive a seven day free trial at Leggopoker.com. Membership subscription is between $25-$30 a month.
Verdict
An exclusive site that offers a personal service of great advice and masterful demonstration. Highly recommended.
Virtual Training with the pros: Poker VT has an array of talent attached to its roster, including that of Daniel Negreanu, the face of Poker VT, who lets you in on his poker secrets and offers personal training. Other pros including Paul Wasicka, Adam Junglen and Annette Obrestad are also on hand to offer their formula to success. 1-on-1 tuition is available as well as a variety of training features that cater even for the most nerdy of math geeks!
Website
http://www.pokervt.com
Membership
Sign-up fee of $127.49. Then free monthly access for 90 days and $29.99 per month thereafter.
Verdict
Highly recommended. 1-on-1 personal training with Daniel Negreanu... Enough said.
Unlike most other poker training websites, Pokerstrategy.com offers a completely free service! Not only this but new members will also receive a free $50+$100 starting capital providing they complete the quiz questions on basic strategy (don’t worry it’s not difficult). Having joined you will become part of the community at pokerstrategy.com where over 2 million members already reside. Once joined there is an array of opportunities, including automatic access to advanced materials such as strategy articles, educational videos and coaching sessions.
Website
http://www.pokerstrategy.com
Membership
Free!
Verdict
A must for those who aren’t yet prepared to pay a monthly subscription. And for those that are, well, check it out anyway - its free!
Looking to build a bankroll? Frustrated by your lack of consistency and inability to turn over a regular profit? If so, then grinderschool.com may well be your long awaited calling.The site focuses mainly on low stakes play (ranging from the lowest limits available up to $1/$2 No-Limit) They have 350 training videos with new releases added every weekday.Matt "Glitlr" Meo, their Sit-N-Go instructor, is currently the #1 earner for his stakes in S-N G’s in 2009, according to SharkScope.com. Go Matt!
Website
http://www.grinderschool.com
Membership
No signup fees. Subscriptions run from $10 to $20 per month, depending on the plan.
Verdict
The site is one of the least expensive membership plans and is perfect for those recreational players who are looking to get serious about poker. Invaluable advice on Sit-N-Go and low stakes grinding.
Comprised of a team of reputable youngsters, Cardrunners is the pioneer of poker training websites. It is led by cash game titan Taylor ‘Green Plastic’ Caby and boasts a large membership database as well as an assortment of training videos for all kinds of players.New videos are added every day, offering beginners, experts and casual players the chance to improve their skills with virtual aids.
Website
http://www.cardrunners.com
Membership
Sign up fee is $99.99. Subscription runs between $17.99 and $27.99
Verdict
It is expensive but then again so are some of the best things in life. You only have to look at the personal results of the instructors to see the expertise on offer.
The outstandingpoker.com school teaches members the fundamental poker strategies that enable them to become profitable players, both online and live.They currently have over 40 hours of instructional videos with an emphasis on low-to-mid stakes cash-game play and Sit-N-Go Play. The site teaches the fundamentals of mastering Sit-n-go’s, including how to build a stack early on and the optimal strategy of push/fold late in a game.The site also offers podcasts and strategy articles composed by the Outstanding Poker Pro’s and the opportunity to discuss strategy with them in the Forums
Website
http://www.outstandingpoker.com
Membership
No sign-up fee. Monthly membership = $14.95 per month. This also includes entry to the Special Freeroll ($250 Guaranteed).
Verdict
Very reasonably priced at $14.95 a month and the expert Sit-N-Go strategies will have you crushing the games in no time.
Real Poker Training claims to be the first website to introduce the concept of online poker training. It offers over 275 hours of video footage ranging from freeroll to micro-limit cash strategy all the way through to big final tables. Learn from top pros including David Williams, Ryan Fisler and Tod Arnold.
Website
http://www.realpokertraining.com
Membership
No sign-up fee. Subscriptions run from as low as $12.48. Plus you receive 100 free shark scope searches on sign up.
Verdict
Some highly respected poker pros on board offering invaluable poker advice. Worth it just to hear David Williams’ thought process.