Beginner and Low Stakes Poker Training Courses
No matter where you are in your poker journey, Upswing Poker has a course from you. Below you'll find a curated list of courses and training resources that both newer and low stakes players will find helpful for boosting their win rates at existing stakes, or making the leap up to higher levels.
For No Limit Hold'em
By Doug Polk, Gary Blackwood & More
$99 / first month
- Skyrocket Your Poker Earnings
- Delivers World-Class Results for No Limit Hold'em Players
- New Content Added Weekly
Best for Beginners
By Uri Peleg
$499
- Transform your game with Uri's simplified approach
- Years of poker coaching distilled into simple, actionable strategies
- Outmaneuver different types of opponents and game dynamics
For Pot Limit Omaha
By Dylan Weisman
$99
- Quickly Become a Winner at Pot Limit Omaha
- Easy to Understand Training for Online and Live
- Discover Common Player Tendencies (and How to Exploit Them)
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Beginner Strategy Articles
What is a Straight? And How Should You Play Straights?
True to its name, a straight consists of five sequential cards in a game of poker. Straights are often strong enough to win in a poker showdown and rank sixth in the poker hand rankings. A straight only loses to a royal flush, straight flush, four-of-a-kind, full house, or flush. Here’s an example of what…
How to Play Ace-Ten Suited in Cash Games (Preflop Advice & Postflop Tips)
What goes through your mind when you look down at Ace-Ten suited? Some people love it, some people hate it, but there’s no doubt that Ace-Ten suited can be a very profitable hand if you play it well. In this article, I will be covering how to play it in various preflop situations and also…
Become a Winner at Pot Limit Omaha FAST with the PLO Launch Pad Course
Taking up “The Great Game of Pot-Limit Omaha” can seem like an intimidating task. Even the most seasoned No-Limit Hold’em players might feel out of their depth when they sit down at a PLO table. Dylan “iheartco0kie” Weisman brings a new course to Upswing Poker aimed at giving newcomers to PLO a massive competitive edge.…
How to Play Pocket Nines in Cash Games (Preflop Advice & Postflop Tips)
Middling pairs like pocket nines are among the most difficult-to-play starting hands in No-Limit Hold’em. Of course, even many beginners know that when you flop a set with a hand like nines you should usually be looking to put as many chips into the pot as possible… …but since you will only flop a set…
How to Play Flopped Sets in 8 Common Situations
Who doesn’t love the feeling you get when you flop a set? When it happens, all you can think about is Vegas and the f-in Mirage. But not every flopped set is the same. There are different factors that shape the way you should play your sets. In this article, I’ll explain how to approach…
Doug Polk Explains Five $105,976+ Pots He Played vs Daniel Negreanu
Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu have captivated the poker world with their $200/$400 Heads Up Grudge Match. Beginning in early November, the foes have squared off for 6,227 hands out of a planned 25,000, with Doug currently leading with $578,417.57 in profit. In an effort to keep his strategy to himself, Doug has been pretty…