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
7 Tips For Winning In Limit Holdem
If No Limit Hold’em is the Cadillac of poker, Limit Hold’em is the Toyota Camry. Solid, dependable, and not nearly as flashy. Limit was THE way to play Hold’em until the poker boom took off in the early to mid 2000s. Even until 2005, Limit Hold’em (abbreviated as LHE) was the cash game of choice…
Why You Are On A Downswing
Variance is very good at tricking the human brain. Things that seem unlikely, highly improbable, or impossible happen all the time, whether in poker, in the weather report, or even in a professional basketball game. The highly improbable occurred recently in the National Basketball Association. The Golden State Warriors lost to the Los Angeles Lakers…
Does A Good Poker Face Matter?
“So, do you have a good poker face?” When I meet people casually and strike up a conversation about poker, they always ask this question. In my experience this is the leading misconception about the game: whether or not I smile during a hand will not determine if I win or lose. It is truly not…
How To Play Winning Poker
It doesn’t matter if you’re a recreational card player who enjoys a game once a month, or an aspiring pro spending hours grinding out profits every day… But I’m guessing you always knew truly successful players do something different than the rest. Some say it’s ‘natural instinct’… Others put it down to years of practice… practice……
How To Use Your Opponent’s Ego Against Them
Check your ego at the card room door. Language is a powerful tool, and it can be used for or against you. Do you ever let ego affect the way to speak to others at the table? Your words often reveal truths about yourself, for better or worse. Consider Jordan, who suffers greatly from his ego…
Pro Tip: Don’t Always Continuation Bet
Many players new to poker learn that if they raise preflop and continuation bet the flop, they can often times win the pot right there. This is a very straightforward and simplistic approach to how to play the game. The problem is that when players do this as they are still learning the game, they…