Poker School

Learn Texas Hold’em poker free: 6 levels, 26 lessons from the rules to professional strategy, each with live, engine-powered visuals and drills.

1. Basics of Poker

• 🎯 The goal & the dealhow a hand of Texas Hold’em works
• 🏆 Hand rankingswhat beats what — and the kicker
• 🎬 Betting actionscheck, bet, call, raise, fold
• 🔘 Blinds & the buttonwhy there’s money in every pot
• 🛣️ The four streetspreflop, flop, turn, river
• 💰 Bankroll managementthe skill that keeps you in the game

2. Fundamentals

• 🂡 Starting handswhich two cards are worth playing
• 🧭 Position is powerthe same cards play better on the button
• 🎲 Outs & the rule of 4 and 2count your cards, know your chances
• ⚖️ Pot odds & expected valuethe price of a call, and why results lie

3. Core Strategy

• 🗺️ Think in rangesnobody has one exact hand
• 🌊 C-bets & board texturethe raiser’s follow-through
• 🎭 Value or bluff?every bet needs a reason
• 📏 Bet sizingthe amount IS the message

4. Tournament Mastery

• 📶 Stack depth in big blindschips lie — blinds tell the truth
• 🚀 The push/fold zoneshort-stack poker is simpler — play it right
• 🫧 ICM & the bubblechips are not money
• ⚔️ Bounties & heads-upwhen the rules of “normal” tighten and loosen

5. Advanced Concepts

• 🔢 Counting comboshow many ways can they have it?
• 📊 Equity: your share of the potthe number under every decision
• 🚫 Blockers & scare cardsthe cards you hold change what they can hold
• ⚖️ GTO, exploits & MDFunexploitable vs maximally profitable

6. The Professional

• 🔍 Know your opponentsthe eight player types on the circuit
• 🧱 Beating the tight playersRocks and Nits fold — make them
• 🌊 Beating the loose playersStations call, Maniacs bet — let them
• 🎭 Adapting & the mental gamereads change, tilt is real — for them and you

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