Training

Training sites and courses to sharpen your game.

Video & Course Platforms62

Play-vs-Bots Trainers5

  • Advanced Poker Training

    Browser-based trainer where you play NLHE cash, tournament, Spin & Go and bomb-pot hands against bots, with advice from 28 AI advisors, Beat the Pro challenges, leak reports and weekly plans. Free account; Omaha Poker Training is a sister site.

  • Omaha Poker Training

    Advanced Poker Training's pot-limit Omaha trainer in the browser: play 6-max or full-ring PLO against about 50 computer opponents, with an advisor that shows opponents' likely ranges and reports by hand type, position and street.

  • Poker Skill

    Free app that teaches Hold'em from the ground up: short lessons from hand rankings to ranges, a daily puzzle, and hands against AI with a coach who explains every decision.

  • Poker Trainer

    Beginner trainer in the browser and on mobile: play simulated hands, pick an action and get instant feedback, with quizzes on hand rankings, pot odds, outs and preflop charts.

  • WSOP Academy

    Free mobile training app from WSOP and GGPoker: short game-like lessons with an animated Daniel Negreanu, real-hand practice, challenges against Academy pros and a monthly Poker IQ Test. WSOP+ tiers unlock more challenges.

Free Training6

  • Johns Hopkins Poker Course

    Avi Rubin's free Johns Hopkins course that takes complete novices to above-average no-limit hold'em cash players: lecture videos and slides from rules and side pots through equity, preflop and postflop play.

  • PokerStars Learn

    PokerStars' free poker school: short video courses (Basics, Core, Improvers, Spin & Go, Tournaments, 6-max Cash, Mindset), strategy articles, a beginner ebook and a Discord. No sign-up required.

  • Solver Masterclass (Solver School)

    Michael Lukich's former paid Solver School course, released free on YouTube module by module: game theory and how solvers work, building game trees, then turning sims into macro and micro strategy.

  • The Bankroll Bible

    Published 2018

    Jonathan Little's free, long-form PokerCoaching.com guide to bankroll management: why your roll shouldn't be an ATM, how win rate and variance set the buy-ins you need for cash games and tournaments, when to move up or down, and how rake and travel eat into it.

  • Vinton Poker Free 5-Day Video Course

    Vinton Mojdeh's free email course for live $1/$2 and $2/$5 players: one video a day for five days on four common leaks, with homework, ending with the LeakHunter assessment.

  • VP Blog

    Vinton Poker's blog on small-stakes live cash games: student hand reviews, bet sizing, player types and the leaks that cost you money.

In-Person Training2

  • Champion Maker Seminar

    Advanced Poker Training's live seminar at BestBet Jacksonville (Feb 27-28, 2027): a tournament day and a cash day with Alexander Fitzgerald, Steve Blay, Kenna James and Bryan Paris. 40 seats.

  • Mixed Games Academy

    Melbourne school for mixed game poker: free guides and cheat sheets for the draw, stud and Omaha games, the MGA Foundations course that gets new players table-ready, and its own live tournaments and series.

Training Sites1

  • Poker Power

    Poker lessons for women: a 4-week beginner series of live virtual group classes with women instructors, $5 Teaching Tables, and a free practice app.