If you’ve made it this far, you can’t stop now! Just a few more lessons before you graduate from our poker school. In the last section, we talked about tournaments and no-limit and pot-limit poker. In this section, we’re going to step back into the realm of “normal” limit poker, but from a slightly more advanced perspective. While we try to make our lessons as simple and pain-free as possible, we’re going to get a bit more specific in this section with the language we use and the themes we discuss. Don’t worry, be happy! You’re a rapidly improving poker player and this stuff is only fancy talk for what you already know. Still, it helps to take a look. The next five lessons will touch on a wide variety of themes:

Lesson 16: Sizing Up Your Opposition – We’ve already looked at this a bit in earlier lessons, but now it’s time to get into serious classification. Who are you up against? What are their strengths? More importantly, what are their weaknesses? Let’s investigate…

Lesson 17: Know When To Hold ’Em, Know When To Fold ’Em – This may sound obvious, but it’s more work than you might imagine. You’ve got to get into the habit of keeping the right and ditching the wrong…

Lesson 18: Early Betting – The bets you make before the flop will impact the way the whole game turns out. That’s why it’s best to have a system for handling the early betting stages…

Lesson 19: Table Selection – Online poker makes it much easier to determine which table is right for you. Here is a guide for helping you choose the right table based on figures like flop percentage and player numbers…

Lesson 20: Finishing – Ah, the often-overlooked latter stages of a game of poker! If we had a nickel for every time an average player took the conclusion for granted…

Lesson 21: The Perfect Hand  – Well, class, you’ve made it through 20 poker lessons, and our last one is just to send you out into the real world with some genuine confidence. Have a look at this lesson for some wise words about what constitutes a “perfect hand”…