CardsChat Poker Learning Hub: A Complete Guide

• How to play Texas Hold'em
• Texas Hold'em Rules
• Texas Hold'em Starting Hands
• Guide to Playing Fixed Limit Poker

• Omaha Poker Rules: How to Play PLO Poker
• How to Play Omaha Hi-Lo

• How to Play Badugi
• How to Play Open Face Chinese Poker

• Poker Hand Rankings
• Top Tips for Winning Poker
• The Ultimate Guide to Betting in Poker
• Proper Bankroll Management

• Preflop Calling Ranges Guide
• Blind Stealing
• 3-Betting Strategy
• What is C-Betting (and Why You Should Do It)
• Betting on the River
• Guide to Bluffing
• Set Mining Explained

• Deep Stack Poker Guide
• How to Play with a Short Stack in Tournaments

• Poker Odds for Dummies
• Pot Odds & Implied Odds
• Expected Value
• Pot Size Considerations
• Preflop Concepts
• Equity in Poker

• Tight Aggressive (TAG)
• Loose Aggressive (LAG)

• Poker Tells
• Bad Beats
• Avoiding Tilt

• 6-Max Poker
• Heads Up Cash Game Poker Strategy
• Satellite Tournament Guide
• Spin & Go Strategy

• Poker Hand Nicknames
• How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?
• Is Online Poker Rigged or Real?
• How to Organize a Home Game
• Guide to Video Poker

• Poker Odds Calculator
• Poker Glossary
• Texas Hold'em Starting Hands Chart
• Poker Equity Charts
• Hand Convertor: Use our Hand Converter and post hands in our Tournament and Cash Game Hand Analysis forums to get feedback from other members:
  • Cash Game Hand Analysis
  • Tournament Hand Analysis

• Free Poker Strategy Tips From Phil Galfond and Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates (VIDEO)
• Book Excerpt: “Getting Started With HORSE Poker” by Chris Wallace with Michael and Robert Mizrachi
• 4 Pieces of Bad Poker Advice
• Winning Poker: Five Exploitable Traits of Good Players
• Winning Poker Strategy: Game Theory Optimal Simplified

• Challenges or go-to threads or member posts that have helped your game.
• Names of members who's advice has been invaluable to you on your poker learning journey.

The only requirement is that it is located here on CardsChat, and names should be of CardsChat members.

Tammy said:

Did you know CardsChat has an extensive library of free poker learning materials and strategy articles? A lot of people miss that, so we created this catalog for easy reference. Get ready to dig into all things poker and take your game to the next level with CardsChat!

Poker Course
CardsChat 30-Day Poker School: Become a Winning Poker Player in 30 Days << (Click here to begin the course)
Each day of the course also contains a link to a forum thread discussion and a companion YouTube video. Make sure to click through if you have any questions, or want to discuss that day's lesson!

Free Poker Guides, Tutorials, and Videos
Our Poker Strategy page has dozens of guides with tips and resources to teach you how to play poker. From the beginner through intermediate and beyond, you will find everything you need to know to improve your game.

Poker How-To Guides
We have an extensive collection of poker game guides for our users. Check out the options below.
Top 10 Poker Games

Texas Hold'em

• How to play Texas Hold'em
• Texas Hold'em Rules
• Texas Hold'em Starting Hands
• Guide to Playing Fixed Limit Poker

Omaha

• Omaha Poker Rules: How to Play PLO Poker
• How to Play Omaha Hi-Lo

Other Variants

• How to Play Badugi
• How to Play Open Face Chinese Poker

Beginner Guides and Articles

• Poker Hand Rankings
• Top Tips for Winning Poker
• The Ultimate Guide to Betting in Poker
• Proper Bankroll Management

Betting

• Preflop Calling Ranges Guide
• Blind Stealing
• 3-Betting Strategy
• What is C-Betting (and Why You Should Do It)
• Betting on the River
• Guide to Bluffing
• Set Mining Explained

Stack-Size Strategies

• Deep Stack Poker Guide
• How to Play with a Short Stack in Tournaments

Odds & Expected Value

• Poker Odds for Dummies
• Pot Odds & Implied Odds
• Expected Value
• Pot Size Considerations
• Preflop Concepts
• Equity in Poker

Playing Styles

• Tight Aggressive (TAG)
• Loose Aggressive (LAG)

Poker Psychology

• Poker Tells
• Bad Beats
• Avoiding Tilt

Poker Format Guides

• 6-Max Poker
• Heads Up Cash Game Poker Strategy
• Satellite Tournament Guide
• Spin & Go Strategy

Miscellaneous Poker Articles

• Poker Hand Nicknames
• How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?
• Is Online Poker Rigged or Real?
• How to Organize a Home Game
• Guide to Video Poker

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Forum Thread Learning Series
Each month we will bring you thread series discussions on the forum, where will break down poker concepts and strategies and variants. Bookmark or subscribe to this thread so you don't miss any updates:
CardsChat Learning Poker Thread Series Index

Strategy Discussions
Learning Poker Together Series: Helping each other improve in playing poker - Created by Community Guide @Luvepoker

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Poker Tools
CardsChat has tools to help you in your poker learning journey. Click the links below to use them- All our tools are free for you!

• Poker Odds Calculator
• Poker Glossary
• Texas Hold'em Starting Hands Chart
• Poker Equity Charts
• Hand Convertor: Use our Hand Converter and post hands in our Tournament and Cash Game Hand Analysis forums to get feedback from other members:
  • Cash Game Hand Analysis
  • Tournament Hand Analysis

More In-Depth Poker Strategy
View our extensive library of strategy articles that go beyond the basic concepts. Written by poker strategy experts with decades of experience to share with beginners and veterans alike, providing new ways to think about how the chips and cards may fall. Beyond thinking about card ranges, position, aggression, and game theory (GTO), these articles will help you to learn about bankroll management, player psychology, bet-sizing, tells, and so much more!

Here is a small sampling of what you will find on our expanded poker strategy pages:

• Free Poker Strategy Tips From Phil Galfond and Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates (VIDEO)
• Book Excerpt: “Getting Started With HORSE Poker” by Chris Wallace with Michael and Robert Mizrachi
• 4 Pieces of Bad Poker Advice
• Winning Poker: Five Exploitable Traits of Good Players
• Winning Poker Strategy: Game Theory Optimal Simplified

Click here for over 150 more poker strategy articles!

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Member Success Stories and Challenges
Many of our members have created challenge threads as they take their poker journey to new heights, and have catalogued it here. Follow these threads to be inspired and learn from others:

By @jordanbillie
jordanbillie's $15k to $100k Challenge
$0-$10,000 Challenge: COMPLETE!

By @Luvepoker
Putting 20 months of study into practice. A ONE YEAR REVIEW

By @Andyreas
My journey from 3 figures to 4 (completed)
My journey from 4 to 5 figures (hopefully)

By @redboy23
Zero bankroll builder challenge

By @mariussica88
Becoming a Regular Poker Player
New Challenge: How to turn $T1000 into $10,000 Cash

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Member Strategy Discussions
Here we list some popular member created threads that have stood the test of time:

Building from a baby bankroll by @OzExorcist - Nearly 15 years old, but this thread is as relevant today as it was back then.
Dara O'Kearney (Satellite Specialist) - Ask Me Anything about satellites/knockouts - member, one-time CardsChat Ambassador and poker pro/satellite specialist @Dara OKearney still regularly updates this Q&A thread for community members.

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Share Your Thoughts
We hope you find this catalog of CardsChat learning material useful! While I have done my best to include all our our main poker strategy articles above, and few of our best Challenge threads, if there is anything that you would like to nominate to include in this compendium, please post here.

Things you can nominate:

• Challenges or go-to threads or member posts that have helped your game.
• Names of members who's advice has been invaluable to you on your poker learning journey.

Nominate them here, and we'll review and potentially add them to the catalog! The only requirement is that it is located here on CardsChat, and names should be of CardsChat members.

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Tammy said:

Did you know CardsChat has an extensive library of free poker learning materials and strategy articles? A lot of people miss that, so we created this catalog for easy reference. Get ready to dig into all things poker and take your game to the next level with CardsChat!

Poker Course
CardsChat 30-Day Poker School: Become a Winning Poker Player in 30 Days << (Click here to begin the course)
Each day of the course also contains a link to a forum thread discussion and a companion YouTube video. Make sure to click through if you have any questions, or want to discuss that day's lesson!

Free Poker Guides, Tutorials, and Videos
Our Poker Strategy page has dozens of guides with tips and resources to teach you how to play poker. From the beginner through intermediate and beyond, you will find everything you need to know to improve your game.

Poker How-To Guides
We have an extensive collection of poker game guides for our users. Check out the options below.
Top 10 Poker Games

Texas Hold'em

• How to play Texas Hold'em
• Texas Hold'em Rules
• Texas Hold'em Starting Hands
• Guide to Playing Fixed Limit Poker

Omaha

• Omaha Poker Rules: How to Play PLO Poker
• How to Play Omaha Hi-Lo

Other Variants

• How to Play Badugi
• How to Play Open Face Chinese Poker

Beginner Guides and Articles

• Poker Hand Rankings
• Top Tips for Winning Poker
• The Ultimate Guide to Betting in Poker
• Proper Bankroll Management

Betting

• Preflop Calling Ranges Guide
• Blind Stealing
• 3-Betting Strategy
• What is C-Betting (and Why You Should Do It)
• Betting on the River
• Guide to Bluffing
• Set Mining Explained

Stack-Size Strategies

• Deep Stack Poker Guide
• How to Play with a Short Stack in Tournaments

Odds & Expected Value

• Poker Odds for Dummies
• Pot Odds & Implied Odds
• Expected Value
• Pot Size Considerations
• Preflop Concepts
• Equity in Poker

Playing Styles

• Tight Aggressive (TAG)
• Loose Aggressive (LAG)

Poker Psychology

• Poker Tells
• Bad Beats
• Avoiding Tilt

Poker Format Guides

• 6-Max Poker
• Heads Up Cash Game Poker Strategy
• Satellite Tournament Guide
• Spin & Go Strategy

Miscellaneous Poker Articles

• Poker Hand Nicknames
• How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?
• Is Online Poker Rigged or Real?
• How to Organize a Home Game
• Guide to Video Poker

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Forum Thread Learning Series
Each month we will bring you thread series discussions on the forum, where will break down poker concepts and strategies and variants. Bookmark or subscribe to this thread so you don't miss any updates:
CardsChat Learning Poker Thread Series Index

Strategy Discussions
Learning Poker Together Series: Helping each other improve in playing poker - Created by Community Guide @Luvepoker

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Poker Tools
CardsChat has tools to help you in your poker learning journey. Click the links below to use them- All our tools are free for you!

• Poker Odds Calculator
• Poker Glossary
• Texas Hold'em Starting Hands Chart
• Poker Equity Charts
• Hand Convertor: Use our Hand Converter and post hands in our Tournament and Cash Game Hand Analysis forums to get feedback from other members:
  • Cash Game Hand Analysis
  • Tournament Hand Analysis

More In-Depth Poker Strategy
View our extensive library of strategy articles that go beyond the basic concepts. Written by poker strategy experts with decades of experience to share with beginners and veterans alike, providing new ways to think about how the chips and cards may fall. Beyond thinking about card ranges, position, aggression, and game theory (GTO), these articles will help you to learn about bankroll management, player psychology, bet-sizing, tells, and so much more!

Here is a small sampling of what you will find on our expanded poker strategy pages:

• Free Poker Strategy Tips From Phil Galfond and Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates (VIDEO)
• Book Excerpt: “Getting Started With HORSE Poker” by Chris Wallace with Michael and Robert Mizrachi
• 4 Pieces of Bad Poker Advice
• Winning Poker: Five Exploitable Traits of Good Players
• Winning Poker Strategy: Game Theory Optimal Simplified

Click here for over 150 more poker strategy articles!

---

Member Success Stories and Challenges
Many of our members have created challenge threads as they take their poker journey to new heights, and have catalogued it here. Follow these threads to be inspired and learn from others:

By @jordanbillie
jordanbillie's $15k to $100k Challenge
$0-$10,000 Challenge: COMPLETE!

By @Luvepoker
Putting 20 months of study into practice. A ONE YEAR REVIEW

By @Andyreas
My journey from 3 figures to 4 (completed)
My journey from 4 to 5 figures (hopefully)

By @redboy23
Zero bankroll builder challenge

By @mariussica88
Becoming a Regular Poker Player
New Challenge: How to turn $T1000 into $10,000 Cash

---

Member Strategy Discussions
Here we list some popular member created threads that have stood the test of time:

Building from a baby bankroll by @OzExorcist - Nearly 15 years old, but this thread is as relevant today as it was back then.
Dara O'Kearney (Satellite Specialist) - Ask Me Anything about satellites/knockouts - member, one-time CardsChat Ambassador and poker pro/satellite specialist @Dara OKearney still regularly updates this Q&A thread for community members.

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Share Your Thoughts
We hope you find this catalog of CardsChat learning material useful! While I have done my best to include all our our main poker strategy articles above, and few of our best Challenge threads, if there is anything that you would like to nominate to include in this compendium, please post here.

Things you can nominate:

• Challenges or go-to threads or member posts that have helped your game.
• Names of members who's advice has been invaluable to you on your poker learning journey.

Nominate them here, and we'll review and potentially add them to the catalog! The only requirement is that it is located here on CardsChat, and names should be of CardsChat members.

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Kirbs69 said:

Im finally going to take the 30 day course. Can't wait to finish and get my badge! 🙏

I love the idea of relative position. I was already doing this in my games without knowing. My thought process is that they're opening away to wide and callers are calling way to linear. Giving me good odds to just call with my 3betting hands.

Already loving this just from day 1. I don't think the videos are needed for me. I don't think you need to watch the videos either. But I think they have some stuff that the written stuff might not cover... Soo 🤷 there's that.

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bronwen777 said:

Thanks Tammy, might just be what I need at this point. I've always been more of a learn from your mistakes kind of person. while i also always said, if someone could show you the way, i'd take it, and when it happens, i never do. 😂🤣 but the winning poker player in 30 days.. sounds like Ill check it out. considering ive been a lose cannon for 10 years. 🤣😂

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Tammy said:

The write-ups in the ebook are pretty extensive. If anything, the videos just give you a chance to see the concepts in action. I would say that the guide itself has all the info you need, but definitely watch the videos to help augment your learning experience! Only problem is that Day 6 has gone missing...we're working on finding that. (YouTube removed completely)

Well, you know, experience is always the best teacher, in my opinion. 😁 But...also can't help to augment that a little to give a little less-bumpy road.

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bronwen777 said:

love the quote, thank you. Actually after being more involved with this site, I've actually come to realize how much I really know and how good I actually could be.. I feel like I know soo much, but apply 50% of it, 99% of the time. 🤣😂 I think Im taking things too chill. Needs to poker up and change my attitude towards it. You know my wife has asked me once, how did I become so patient... (used to have a very short temper/fuse).. and my response was Poker. cause f.. this shit will test your patience. geez. Yet, when I play poker, some times I lose my patience and just deliberately commit suiside on my game and throw it away. and then im pissy, and want to do it all again. 😥🤔🤕 why?

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Tammy said:

That is the conundrum! I don't play as much anymore because I get so BORED sitting through a tournament these days. And I'll blow off my stack because of it. Maybe I need to start trying out ring games... 🤔

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Kirbs69 said:

This is why it's hard for me to learn the 30 day challenge. I need to make sure I understand what is being explained to me. Or I would just be going through the motions. Is that the same thing with you? (Or anybody else who would like to answer this) I also don't feel like reading. Even if I prefer to read rather than watch the videos. Since the videos I just tend to have my mind wonder off. Unlike reading where I am engaged. Is that the same with you too? (Or anybody)

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