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Texas Hold'em Rules: How to Play, Step by Step
Texas Hold'em rules for beginners: the blinds, betting order, flop, turn, river and showdown, explained step by step with examples and a quick FAQ.
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Clear, practical lessons: five core Hold’em levels plus courses in tournaments, PLO4 and PLO5. Filter by level, course or topic.
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Level 1RulesPoker Hand Rankings: From High Card to Royal Flush
Every poker hand ranked from strongest to weakest, with examples, odds and the tie-break rules that settle close showdowns.
Level 1RulesBetting Rules: Minimum Raises, All-Ins & the Big Blind Option
How much you can bet and raise in No-Limit Hold'em, what happens when someone is all-in, and the betting rules that settle most disputes at the table.
Level 1RulesBasic Poker Terms Every Player Should Know
The poker vocabulary you'll hear at every table, grouped by topic: seats, actions, hand types, draws, money and strategy — each explained in plain English.
Level 1RulesReading the Board: How to Find the Nuts
A four-step method to find the best possible hand on any board: check for pairs, flushes and straights, then rank the hands that beat you. With practice boards.
Level 1RulesTable Etiquette for Live and Online Poker
The unwritten and written rules of poker behaviour: acting in turn, protecting your hand, slow-rolling, angle-shooting, chat, time banks and fair play online.
Level 1RulesCash Games vs Tournaments: Poker Formats Explained
Cash games, multi-table tournaments, sit & gos, fast-fold and table sizes explained — how each format works, what the stakes mean and which one to start with.
Level 1StrategyYour First Sessions: A Simple Beginner Game Plan
A simple, proven plan for your first sessions: which hands to play, how to bet, the five biggest beginner leaks and a checklist to use before, during and after you play.
Level 2StrategyStarting Hands in Texas Hold'em: Which Hands to Play
Which two-card hands are worth playing, which to fold, and why position changes everything. Includes range charts and the mistakes to avoid.
Level 2StrategyPosition in Poker: Why Your Seat Matters
Why acting last is such a big advantage, the name of every seat at the table, and how to adjust your hand selection and betting to your position.
Level 2StrategyPot Odds and Outs: The Maths Behind Every Call
Learn to count outs, calculate pot odds and use the rule of 2 and 4 to decide in seconds whether a call is profitable. Worked examples included.
Level 2StrategyPreflop Raising Basics: Open Sizes, Limpers and Isolation
How much to raise before the flop online and live, why limping loses money, how to punish limpers with isolation raises and how to steal the blinds.
Level 2Strategy3-Betting and Facing Raises: Call, Re-Raise or Fold
When someone raises before you: when to call, when to 3-bet for value or as a bluff, how big to make it, and how to respond when your own open gets 3-bet.
Level 2StrategyBoard Texture: Reading Dry and Wet Flops
What makes a flop dry, wet, paired or monotone, which boards favour the preflop raiser or the caller, and how texture should change your betting.
Level 2StrategyAggression and Fold Equity: Why Betting Wins
Why betting and raising beats checking and calling: the two ways to win, how to calculate fold equity, and a worked semi-bluff example with real numbers.
Level 2StrategyExpected Value: Thinking in the Long Run
What expected value (EV) is, how to calculate it for calls, bets and all-ins, why results and decisions are different things, and why money in the pot isn't yours.
Level 3StrategyThinking in Ranges: Stop Guessing One Hand
Learn to put opponents on a range of hands instead of one guess: count combinations, remove cards you can see, narrow ranges street by street and make better calls.
Level 3StrategyContinuation Betting: When and How Much to C-Bet
When the continuation bet works, when to check instead, and how to choose a c-bet size from the board texture, your position and the number of opponents.
Level 3StrategyFacing C-Bets: How to Play as the Preflop Caller
You called preflop and your opponent c-bets the flop. How to use price, board texture and position to decide when to fold, call or raise.
Level 3StrategyValue Betting: Getting Paid With Your Strong Hands
How to win the most with your good hands: the value-bet test, choosing sizes, thin value on the river, when not to slow-play and how to value bet different opponents.
Level 3StrategyBluffing With Purpose: Semi-Bluffs and Bluff Selection
How to bluff profitably: the break-even maths, why semi-bluffs beat pure bluffs, how to choose bluffing hands, the best spots to bluff and the opponents to avoid.
Level 3StrategyPot Control: Playing Medium-Strength Hands
How to play hands that are good but not great: when to check, when to bet small, how to bluff-catch, and why turning medium hands into bluffs costs money.
Level 3StrategyTurn and River Play: Double and Triple Barrels
When to keep betting on the turn and river: good and bad barrel cards, choosing your double and triple barrels, river value-to-bluff ratios and when to give up.
Level 3Hand ReviewsHand Review: Top Pair in a Button vs Big Blind Pot
A full street-by-street review of ace-jack on the button against the big blind: c-bet sizing, a turn value bet and a tricky river decision.
Level 3BankrollBankroll Management: Protect Your Poker Money
How big your poker bankroll should be for cash games, tournaments and sit & gos, when to move up or down, and how to keep poker money separate from real life.
Level 3TournamentsTournament Strategy: Stack Sizes and Push-Fold Play
How your stack size in big blinds changes tournament strategy: deep, medium and short stacks, open-shoving, re-shoving, antes and when to move to push-fold.
Level 4StrategyGTO Fundamentals: Balance, Indifference and MDF
What game theory optimal (GTO) poker really means: Nash equilibrium, balanced ranges, the indifference principle, minimum defence frequency and how solvers fit in.
Level 4StrategyBet Sizing Theory: Polarised, Merged and Geometric Bets
How to choose a bet size with a reason: range and nut advantage, polarised and merged ranges, overbets, block bets and geometric sizing to get stacks in by the river.
Level 4StrategyStack-to-Pot Ratio (SPR) and Commitment
What stack-to-pot ratio is, how to calculate it on the flop, and how SPR tells you which hands are strong enough to get all-in in single-raised, 3-bet and 4-bet pots.
Level 4StrategyPlaying 3-Bet Pots: Strategy at a Low SPR
3-bet pots are shallower and play faster. How ranges, SPR, c-bet sizes and commitment change after the flop — as the 3-bettor and as the caller.
Level 4StrategyBlockers and Card Removal
How the cards in your hand change your opponent's range: counting blocked combos, choosing bluffs with blockers, value betting and preflop blockers.
Level 4StrategyCheck-Raising and Big Blind Defence
How to defend the big blind profitably against steals, which flops to check-raise, how to build a check-raise range with value hands and draws, and how to size it.
Level 4StrategyMulti-Street Planning and Range Advantage
Plan the whole hand before you bet the flop: sort your range into hand classes, pick barrel cards in advance, avoid capping your range and adjust on each street.
Level 4Cash GamesMultiway Pots: Playing Against Two or More Opponents
Why hands lose value multiway, how bluffs stop working, and simple rules for betting, sizing and pot control when three or more players see the flop.
Level 4Hand ReviewsHand Review: Ace-King in a 3-Bet Pot on a Low Board
A street-by-street review of ace-king in a 3-bet pot: why checking the flop was right, how to bet the turn and how thin to value bet the river.
Level 4TournamentsICM and Final Tables: Tournament Equity Explained
Why tournament chips aren't worth their face value: how ICM turns stacks into prize equity, the bubble risk premium with worked numbers, and final-table strategy.
Level 4StrategyExploitative Adjustments: Beating Real Opponents
How to identify player types, read HUD stats like VPIP and PFR, exploit common low-stakes tendencies and adjust safely without being counter-exploited.
Level 5MindsetTilt Control: Recognise It, Stop It, Prevent It
The types of tilt, the early warning signs, what to do in the moment and how to build habits that keep emotions from costing you money at the poker table.
Level 5MindsetVariance and Downswings: Understanding the Swings
How big poker's short-term swings really are, with worked numbers: standard deviation, why a winning player can lose for 10,000 hands, and how to handle a downswing.
Level 5BankrollTracking Results: Win Rate, bb/100 and Sample Size
How to record and read your poker results: what to track, win rate in bb/100 and bb per hour, tournament ROI, how big a sample you need and what rake does to results.
Level 5MindsetStudy Routines: How to Study Poker Efficiently
Build a weekly poker study routine that works: what to study, how to study actively, using tools and solvers sensibly, study groups and measuring your progress.
Level 5MindsetSession Reviews: How to Review Your Hands
A step-by-step method for reviewing poker hands: which hands to pick, questions to ask on each street, avoiding results bias and turning reviews into rules.
Level 5Cash GamesGame Selection: Choosing Tables You Can Beat
Your win rate depends on who you play against. How to spot profitable tables, choose seats, pick formats, times and sites, and when to leave a game.
Level 5Cash GamesLive Poker: Tells, Straddles and Live Game Adjustments
How live cash games differ from online poker: bigger sizes, straddles, limped pots, reading physical and timing tells — and hiding your own.
Level 5BankrollMoving Up Stakes: Shot-Taking and Moving Down
When you're ready to move up in stakes, how to take a planned shot with strict rules, what changes at higher stakes and why moving down is part of every winning career.
Level 5MindsetBalancing Poker and Life: Playing for the Long Term
How to keep poker healthy and sustainable: time and money limits, the warning signs of problem gambling, poker as a hobby or a career, and where to get support.
MTT · Stage 1TournamentsHow Poker Tournaments Work: Structures, Blinds and Payouts
Starting stacks, blind levels, antes, late registration, re-entries and payout structures — and how each one changes the way you should play a tournament.
MTT · Stage 1TournamentsEarly-Stage Tournament Strategy: Playing Deep
How to play the first levels of a tournament: why deep stacks favour implied odds, which hands gain and lose value, and how to exploit loose early players.
MTT · Stage 1TournamentsStealing the Blinds and Antes in Tournaments
Why antes make stealing so valuable in tournaments, how wide to open from late position, the right open sizes and how to handle stacks and players behind you.
MTT · Stage 1TournamentsDefending the Big Blind in Tournaments
Why the big blind ante makes defending so cheap in tournaments, which hands to call and 3-bet, how stack sizes change your defence and how to play after the flop.
MTT · Stage 2TournamentsMiddle-Stage Tournament Strategy: 20–40 Big Blinds
How to play the middle of a tournament with 20–40bb: smaller opens, fewer speculative calls, 3-bet shoves, protecting your stack and building one before the bubble.
MTT · Stage 2TournamentsPush-Fold Charts Explained: Nash Shoving Ranges
What push-fold charts are, how Nash equilibrium ranges are calculated, real small blind vs big blind shove and call ranges at 10 and 15bb, and when to deviate.
MTT · Stage 2TournamentsReshoving: 3-Bet All-In Ranges in Tournaments
How to 3-bet shove over opens with 12–30bb: why reshoving works, a worked EV example, which hands to reshove, stack sizes that make it work and how to call reshoves.
MTT · Stage 2TournamentsBubble Play: Attacking and Surviving the Money Bubble
How the money bubble changes tournament strategy: why medium stacks tighten up, how big stacks attack, how short stacks survive, and a worked ICM example.
MTT · Stage 2Hand ReviewsHand Review: Folding Ace-King on the Bubble
A sit & go bubble hand reviewed with real ICM numbers: why a medium stack should fold ace-king to the chip leader's shove, and which hands can call.
MTT · Stage 3TournamentsFinal Table Strategy: Pay Jumps and Stack Dynamics
How to play a tournament final table: pay jumps, ICM with a six-handed worked example, strategy for big, medium and short stacks, and how to think about deals.
MTT · Stage 3TournamentsBounty and PKO Tournaments: How Bounties Change Ranges
How bounty and progressive knockout (PKO) tournaments work, how to include a bounty in your pot odds, why covering stacks matters and how ranges widen as bounties grow.
MTT · Stage 3TournamentsSatellite Strategy: When Survival Is Everything
How satellite tournaments work, why every seat is worth the same, the extreme ICM near the bubble with a worked example, and when folding aces can be correct.
MTT · Stage 3TournamentsHeads-Up Play: Winning the Title
How to play heads-up for a tournament win: why ranges become so wide, button and big blind strategy, push-fold heads-up, and adjusting to your last opponent.
PLO4 · Stage 1PLOPot-Limit Omaha Rules: Four Cards, Use Exactly Two
How to play Pot-Limit Omaha: dealing, betting rounds, the must-use-exactly-two rule, and the hand-reading traps that catch every Hold'em player moving to PLO.
PLO4 · Stage 1PLOPot-Limit Betting: How to Calculate the Pot
How pot-limit betting works: the maximum bet and raise, the quick 3× formula for a pot-sized raise, and worked preflop and post-flop examples.
PLO4 · Stage 1PLOPLO Hand Values: Why Equities Run So Close
Why Omaha equities are so close: calculated match-ups for aces, rundowns and double-suited hands, why one pair rarely wins and why drawing to the nuts matters.
PLO4 · Stage 1PLOPLO Starting Hands: Suited, Connected and Double-Suited
What makes a strong PLO starting hand: nut potential, suits, connectedness and pairs. The best hand types, the ones to avoid, and equity numbers for each.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLOPLO Preflop Strategy: Position, Raising and 3-Bets
How to play PLO before the flop: why position matters even more than in Hold'em, opening ranges by seat, raise sizes, when to 3-bet, and how to defend the blinds.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLODrawing in PLO: Wraps, Nut Draws and Redraws
How to count and value draws in Pot-Limit Omaha: wraps with up to 20 outs, nut and non-nut flush draws, combo draws, redraws and freerolls — with calculated equities.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLOPLO Flop Strategy: C-Bets and Board Texture
How to play the flop in Pot-Limit Omaha: which boards favour the preflop raiser, c-betting heads-up and multiway, bet sizes, and how to play made hands and draws.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLOPlaying Aces in PLO
How to play pocket aces in Pot-Limit Omaha: good and bad aces, why 3-betting aces works, what happens multiway, and how to handle aces after the flop.
PLO4 · Stage 3PLOBlockers in PLO: Bluffing With the Nut Blocker
Why blockers matter even more in Omaha: bluffing with the nut blocker, blocking straights and full houses, choosing bluff-catchers, and when blockers aren't enough.
PLO4 · Stage 3PLOSPR and Commitment in PLO
Stack-to-pot ratio in Pot-Limit Omaha: SPR in single-raised, 3-bet and 4-bet pots, the 1-3-9 rule for pot-sized bets, and which hands are strong enough to commit.
PLO4 · Stage 3PLOPLO Turn and River Play
How to play the turn and river in Pot-Limit Omaha: how the nuts change, when to keep betting, river value bets, bluff-catching and folding second-best.
PLO4 · Stage 3BankrollPLO Variance and Bankroll Management
Why Pot-Limit Omaha swings more than Hold'em, worked variance numbers, how many buy-ins a PLO bankroll needs, and how to handle the downswings that come with the game.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Rules: What Changes With Five Cards
How Five-Card Omaha works, what's the same as PLO4, and what changes: ten two-card combinations, stronger showdown hands and a bigger premium on the nuts.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Starting Hands: Building Five-Card Hands
How to judge Five-Card Omaha starting hands: nut potential, suits, connectedness and the fifth card — with equity numbers for the best and worst hand types.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Equity: Why the Nuts Matter Even More
How equity behaves in Five-Card Omaha: closer preflop races, sets vs draws after the flop, the cost of non-nut draws and why second-best hands lose the biggest pots.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Preflop Strategy: Opening, 3-Betting and Position
A practical preflop plan for Five-Card Omaha: opening by position, raise sizes, which hands to 3-bet, playing the blinds and adjusting for multiway pots.
PLO5 · Stage 2PLOPLO5 Flop Play: Playing for the Nuts
How to play the flop in Five-Card Omaha: naming the nuts, betting nut hands with redraws, handling sets and two pair, c-betting less, and folding second-best.
PLO5 · Stage 2PLOPLO5 Draws: Wraps, Redraws and Freerolls
Drawing in Five-Card Omaha: 20-out wraps, nut vs non-nut draws, discounting outs when opponents hold more cards, and how redraws and freerolls win the biggest pots.
PLO5 · Stage 2PLOPLO5 Bluffing and Blockers
When bluffing works in Five-Card Omaha: why pure bluffs succeed less often, how five-card blockers help, the best bluffing spots, and what river raises usually mean.
PLO5 · Stage 2BankrollPLO5 Variance, Bankroll and Game Selection
Why Five-Card Omaha is the swingiest common poker game, how big a PLO5 bankroll should be, how to choose games and how to keep your head through the downswings.