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Forums, Discords, news and newsletters worth following, plus official help with taxes and safer gambling.

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CardsChat
Large forum with free strategy guides.
Free Beginner
PokerStrategy.com
Long-running poker school site with strategy articles, tools and a forum.
Free
Two Plus Two Forums
The largest poker forum, with sections for every format plus news and strategy; also has a Discord.
Free

Beasts of Poker
Smaller community with blog articles and a Discord.
Free
VP Discord
Vinton Poker's free Discord server for players following his live cash game content.
Free Beginner Intermediate

Khemset
Andrew Lichtenberger's Skool community mixing poker and mindfulness, with an Art of War video series, episodes and in-person immersions.
Poker Bromance
European poker community run by a team of active players, sharing strategy, live insights and poker lifestyle content, and working with venues and brands on events.
Free
Poker PEELS (Wall of Hands)
Vinton Poker's feed of live cash hands posted by players: rate how Hero played each one, see the coach's read and say in the comments how you'd play it.
Free Beginner Intermediate

CardPlayer
Long-running poker magazine and news site with tournament calendars.
Free
Cardplayer Lifestyle
Robbie Strazynski's independent poker media site since 2009: news, strategy, reviews of training sites and software, interviews, and live events like the Mixed Game Festival at Bellagio.
Free
poker.org
Poker news and media site.
Free
Pokerfuse
Online poker industry news, plus training-site and software coverage.
PokerNews
Major poker news site with live reporting from big series.
Free
PokerReporting
Live tournament reporting from regional tours and festivals, such as the Roughrider Poker Tour, PokerAtlas Tour and Charity Series of Poker: chip counts, key hands, payouts, final-table player profiles and photo galleries, run by WSOP bracelet winner Chris Wallace.
Free All Levels
PokerTube
Poker news and video coverage site.
Free

Gareth James's Weekly Training Ideas
Gareth James's free weekly email of practical tournament training ideas and MTT strategy.
Free
GTO4OMC Weekly
Free weekly email from GTO4OMC, with one practical concept per issue (ranges, bet sizing, bluffs, tournament spots, bankroll) for older and recreational players. Subscribers also get a 40bb tournament preflop flashcard trainer.
Free Beginner
Gutshot Newsletter
Gutshot Magazine's beehiiv newsletter on poker in India: strategy, podcasts, player stories and the real-money gaming scene.
Free
Pokerrailbird
Substack on strategy, tools and player development for live cash players, including series on tells and poker math.
Free + paid tiers
PokerTheory
Poker math made simple: short posts and a free cheat sheet on the numbers behind everyday decisions, from a 434K-follower Instagram account.
Free + paid tiers Beginner Intermediate
Punt of the Day
Sam Greenwood's daily Substack where the high-stakes tournament pro breaks down his own mistakes from real hands.
The Org (PokerOrg newsletter)
Weekly Tuesday newsletter from Poker.org, written by editor-in-chief Brad Willis.
Free

DeucesCracked
Training-site rankings, software comparisons and state-by-state poker room guides.
Free
VIP-Grinders
Large site of strategy guides, tool reviews and a poker video library.
Free

California Licensed Card Room List (CA DOJ)
The state's official alphabetical list of licensed card rooms by county and region; good source of truth for a room directory.

IRS Topic 419: Gambling Income and Losses
The IRS's own page on reporting gambling winnings and deducting losses; check it for the current year's rules.

NVSEP California Card Room Self-Exclusion
Explains self-exclusion from California card rooms (1-year or lifetime) and lists covered rooms.