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- www.pokerschoolonline.com
- PokerStars Account Required
- Free
- Huge volume of content covering a variety of poker formats
- Content neatly broken down into beginner, intermediate and advanced materials
- Completely free of charge
- Massive library of articles
- Free training videos
- Busy blog and forum areas
- Well known coaching roster
- Much of written content is poor and out of date
- Major lack of video training content
- Old articles no longer useful in todays games
- High ratio of bad : good content
- Bought by Pokerstars who have made the site more advertisement focused
- Total Videos
- Format 1
- Format 2
- Format 3
- Format 4
- 150+ Videos
- Tutorials
- Courses
- Training
- Caro’s Tells Series
- Al Spath
- TJ Cloutier
- Nolan Dalla
- Russell Fox
- Rolf Slotboom
- Hitman
- Doyle Brunson
- Mike Caro
- Bob Ciaffone
- Andy Glazer
- Jen Harman
- Matt Hilger
- Lou Krieger
- Jan Fisher
- John Vorhaus
Poker School Online was the brainchild of Mark and Tina Naploitano –who also own and operate pokerpages.com; one of the top poker portals on the web—and was the first site of its kind. Poker School Online was started in 2001 as a private group for players to learn, and compete against each other in the poker arena.
In April 2009, Poker School Online merged with its sister site PokerPages.com, creating the first truly free poker training site. The site can boast the largest collection of content — articles, videos, forum entries, and blogs– of any training site (remember, PSO was started in 2001: Before the poker boom!)
PSO’s instructors/contributors comprise some of the biggest –and most respected–names in the poker world: Harman, Brunson, and Caro are but a few of the people you will learn from.
PSO is also the only training site to host its own poker software, allowing players to compete against one another in free tournaments and leagues –you can even win a seat to the WSOP through the schools leagues, and they offer sponsorship programs.
PSO’s article area is immense with dozens of writers –PokerStars pro, Daniel Negreanu among them. The site also encourages the average player to write articles for them; creating the most extensive archive of poker articles anywhere.
PSO offers the most comprehensive training approach for the absolute beginner anywhere. If you know nothing about the game of poker PSO will be a lighthouse for you; helping you find your way during the most difficult period any player goes through.
The definite strength of the site: PSO’s main article archives –featuring professional players and writers– can be accessed through a drop-down menu below each author’s profile.
PSO also boasts a very active forum and blog area.
- PSO also offers players some older, but still usable, audio lessons.
- With the merger of the two sites, PSO members have quick access to everything from a worldwide card-room directory, to tournament results, to player statistics, and all the other information you would expect from a top tier poker portal site.
- PSO offers its own poker software (formerly the real money site Bugsy’s Club) allowing them to host their own tournaments and leagues.
As mentioned, in April 2009 PSO became a free site! As such, this should be the first stop any player makes when searching for a training site.
You can use PSO not only for the abundant information, but also to determine if one of the sites that costs money is worth the price; by comparing their content with the free content offered at PSO.
