Poker School Online @ PokerStars.com
PokerStars Poker School provides information geared at becoming a success at poker. The philosophy of the school is that thorough understanding of how to play poker is crucial:
‘Knowledge means power obtained through practice.’ Poker School is free to join. A PokerStars account is required, obtained popularly through the use of marketing codes.
The school reviews the basics of poker, the definitions: learning how to check, bet, raise and fold. Also the importance of memorising hand rankings.
The next step at PokerStars Poker School is to learn the rules of the various poker games available to play on the site. Finally the school provides its own poker glossary to aid in learning poker terminology.
Each of the four areas is then broken down further into specific sections:
- The Basics of Poker:
Clearly explains the rules of poker and the fact that players have to make one of the following betting choices:
- Checking: Staying in the hand without betting.
- Betting: To place a bet before anybody else.
- Folding: To forfeit any chance of winning the pot.
- Calling: To add enough money to the pot in order to match the bettor’s bet.
- Raising: To place more money into the pot so that the original bettor has to add more money also in order to stay in the bet. - Hand Rankings:
The hand rankings are explained from the highest to the lowest:
Royal Flush: Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair and High Card. - Poker Games:
A list of the games available to play is displayed: Texas Holdem ,Omaha, Omaha High Low, Stud, Stud High Low, Triple Stud, Five Card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, HORSE, Razz, 8-Game Mix, Badugi. There is the option to click on the links on the name of each game in order to gain more information on the rules of how to play the game. - Poker Glossary:
A substantial A-Z defining the hundreds of the poker terms used by poker players.
