NL Beginners Course - Overview
Welcome to the PokerStrategy.com No Limit Beginners Course - the definitive start to your poker career!
This course provides a guided learning environment for beginners in No Limit Hold'em according to our Big Stack Strategy (BSS). Below you can find a tutorial on how to participate in the course, as well as an overview of the material, divided into lessons.
During the Course you will improve your game with the following methods:
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Once you are done with all the lessons, you can take the Graduation Exam, which will solidify the knowledge you have acquired during the Course. Upon completing all the homework tasks and the exam, you can receive a graduation badge and an award signifying the results of your hard work and your development as a poker player.
So how does it work? |
1. Create your personal Learning Thread
Go to the Course Locker Room, and create a thread with your name as the title. This is your registration for the school. You will need this thread to post your homework results, monitor your progress, and communicate with the coaches.
2. Read the articles, watch the videos
Your first step for learning a lesson is to read the articles and watch the videos that it contains. You can find an overview of the lessons further down on this page.
3. Attend coachings
The live coachings are held twice a week. Each week we will be covering one of the lessons - see the lessons below for a coaching schedule. More information on how to join a coaching can be found in the video "how to attent a coaching session".
4. Do the homework
The homework is designed to solidify what you've learned in the lessons. It is a profitable move to test yourself by answering the homework questions, and make sure you understood the concepts right. When you post your homework in your personal thread in the Locker Room, it will be reviewed by one of the Course coaches.
5. Pass the exam
Pass the final exam at the end of the Course to receive a Graduation Badge (which you can display on the forums)! The Final Exam also ensures that your newly-acquired knowledge sinks in properly.
| The Beginners Course Forums |
| The forums serve as a meeting place for all the students of the course, as well as a place to communicate with the coaches, and post your hands and homework.
» Beginners Course Locker Room - This is the place for your personal Learning Thread, where you keep your progress in the Course, communicate directly with your teachers, and post your homework. » Announcements and feedback - These forums are for the important announcements around the Course. Find here any news, changes in coachings, and polls/surveys. Also, if you have any problems/questions, this is the place to post them. » Hand Evaluation Forums - Here you can post your hands to be reviewed by our coaches and get professional analysis of your play. Parts of the homework of the Course will take place in these forums. |
The Beginners Course curriculum |
The curriculum consists of 8 Lessons in total. Once you have completed them all, you can go for the Final Exam and earn your Graduation Badge.
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• Introduction to No Limit Hold'em |
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• Preflop basics |
| Lesson 3 |
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• Postflop basics |
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• Playing with initiative |
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• Playing without initiative |
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• Playing when nobody has the initiative |
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• Introduction to Short-Handed BSS |
| Lesson 8 |
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• Introduction to the MSS and SSS |
Graduation Exam |
Upon completing all the lessons and their respective homework exercises, you can undertake the Graduation Exam. Upon successfully completing all the challenges of the Beginners Course you will receive a Graduation Badge, which you can display in your forum signature.
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| The NL Beginners Course Graduation Badge |