Welcome to my blog. I've been summoned by the intelligent minds of PokerStrategy.com to write my very own blog about my experiences on PokerStrategy.com and poker. From what I take, when the site was recently opened to US citizens the higher ups felt a need for some familiarization with the US market. So, they made a little promotion offering upgraded memberships for US citizens. Foreigners need not complain, as we are not offered the $50 starting capital.
So, I'm here to provide my 100% original, 100% unbiased opinion on PokerStrategy.com and whatever else I want to include. I will begin by giving you some insight on myself and conclude with my first of many opinions on a certain factor of this website.
I live up the Northern California coast, in a small town called Fort Bragg. The main product of my area is lumber, which there is in great abundance. A great deal of my time is spent involving poker as of late. I'm not going to lie and say I'm full of poker experience, because I'm not. I have played poker for a long time and I'm very smart, I just haven't had any poker coaching or teaching. As a result, a site like this comes in handy.
The first thing I'm going to talk about is the vast database of articles.
Before I go any further, I should get one thing straight. No matter what package you pick, the ideas and opinions in the articles are not new. They are intelligent poker concepts, but don't expect that much personal insight here. (not to say you won't find this in other areas of the website, which will be discussed in further postings) However, I can give you a few reasons that these articles can be helpful and are worth paying your money for.
If you were to buy a platinum membership, you would have everything you needed to succeed in the mid to lower limits. Every topic is covered and receives it's own article. You can either read through them however you choose or follow one of the specific learning paths. If you are a member or decide to join, it should be helpful to your game to read the majority of these articles, even if it is just to touch up. The most important thing, as I referenced earlier is everything is covered. If you were to do random Internet searches, you would find a lot of helpful articles. However, even after long hours of study, you still may have some leaks that you would not have if you had every bit of information. I could compare reading all the PokerStrategy.com articles to reading one full book and reading various articles around the Internet to reading half of two books.
From my two week long impression of the site, the articles section has been a favorite. The minimum rank to get a reasonable benefit is Silver, in my opinion. Silver and Bronze have most of the basic concepts and some advanced articles as well. There obviously is much more a sophisticated content for the higher membership groups, Gold, Platinum and even an article or two which I sadly cannot read which are reserved for Diamond only.
Final grade: A-
Great for the intermediate player, but some more advanced players may become bored reading things they already know.