Poker school online?

[Jimmy P]

anyone a member? is it worth the $14.95 a month? sure sounds like it could help.

[ds914]

You'll get more for your money reading these forums and reading a couple good books. Some people like the structure of a school-type set-up, but if you have trouble forcing yourself to study or practice, you probably shouldn't be playing anyway.

I'd save your money.

[MEbenhoe]

Absolutely not, you'll learn a lot more just reading these forums and taking $100-200 online and bonus whoring/playing micro limits with it.

[Greg J]

Well it seems like you are willing to suck it up and learn -- that is a good sign.

I think you should browse on the micro and SS LHE boards. Try to just read and soak stuff up. Any maybe post some of yr thoughts.

[Dov]

I did this when I first started playing and it actually set me back a bit.

The concept is OK, but the implementation is not so great.

Stick to these forums and you will get what you want.

The process is as follows:

1) Read all of the strategy posts for the last month of the limit you intend to play.

2) After reading all of the posts and responses, respond to the ones you don't understand with questions about the things you missed.

3) Start responding to the strategy posts yourself. Be prepared to discuss your reasoning. This is where you really start learning.

4) Play at your limit and post your own hands. Preferrably 1 or 2 per day.

5) Participate in the discussion of your own hands, of course.

6) Keep an open mind. Sometimes people will tell you things in a rude way. This doesn't make them wrong. Often poker players need a jolt like this. Don't take anything personally.

7) Make sure you understand the math. Do this right after you know the hand rankings. You won't understand any of the replies (the good ones) without an understanding of the basic math. (it's not hard)

If you can't get it from here, you most likely can't get it at all.

Good Luck

Welcome to the game and the boards.

[sthief09]

I did it for a while when I wasn't ready to play for real money. it was very helpful

[brettbrettr]

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I played there too when I first started. I regret spending as much time playing there as I did, though. The forums there are good and there are some very, very good players. But the forums and players here are better.

The other thing is that they really only focus on tournies. If you're going to play cash games, don't bother.