Live Training Profiles
Our Trainers The team of trainers consists of experienced players, writers and poker professionals. Here is an overview of all the coaches who are regularly found behind the microphone. Firstname "online name" Surname insert Image here [...]

Download Section
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IntelliPoker FAQ
Q. What is IntelliPoker? A. IntelliPoker is the PokerStars poker school, designed to welcome you to the world of poker and help you Find the Poker Star in you. To become a winning poker player, you'll need to learn some basic strategies first. [...]

Playing Style and Position
Basic Texas Hold'em strategy is to play tight-aggressive poker. Tight means playing strong hands and folding weak ones. An aggressive player will bet and raise, and only rarely call. Therefore somebody who plays tight and aggressive waits for [...]

Creating a new PokerStars account
Welcome to PokerStars and IntelliPoker [psdownload_link] Simply enter the marketing code "IntelliPoker.com" during registration and 500 Frequent Player Points (FPP) will be automatically credited to your account when you make your first deposit. [...]

Sit & Go: Basics and Article Overview
Defining Sit & Go's Sit & Go's are poker tournaments that seat a certain number of players (this article refers to PokerStars 9-Max No Limit Hold'em regular speed Sit & Go's) which start after the last player registers. The prize pool [...]

Manual: How to use PokerStars tickets
This manual will explain how to use tournament tickets on PokerStars that you won in our quizzes or accquired otherwise. How to check your tickets Before using your tickets, you should check which ones you have. To do so open the PokerStars [...]

Sit & Go Tournaments Overview
Sit & Go's are tournaments that start when the last player registers. They combine fast-paced action with the excitement of busting other players and the danger of being eliminated. It's a great feeling to win your first Sit & Go and be the [...]

Quiz Prizes
There is a quiz at the end of every course. These quizzes challenge beginning players to demonstrate their newly acquired knowledge and reward them with special prizes*. [courselink image="prize-1.jpg" title="Basics Quiz Prize: A ticket to a [...]

Sit & Go: The Middle Phase
This article looks at the middle stages of a Sit & Go tournament - from around the fourth blind level to the point when only four players remain. If play gets down to only four runners in the first three levels, there is no middle phase, but [...]

Sit & Go: The Bubble
The 'bubble' is the stage of a tournament when there is one more player left in than places paid. In a standard Sit & Go, three places are paid. Therefore, the bubble occurs when four players remain. It is crucial to play this stage well, [...]

Sit & Go: In the Money & Heads-Up Play
General guidelines for when you make the money Play for first, settle for third This is a good rule of thumb to remember, as the jump in prize money from 2nd to 1st is usually greater than the jump from 3rd to 2nd. Therefore you have far more [...]

SNG: The Early Phase
General Guidelines for playing the start of Sit & Go's Play super-tight early! This simple advice should be the basis of your strategy in the first three blind levels. Most of your opponents in micro-stakes Sit & Go's will play way too [...]

About IntelliPoker
IntelliPoker is the PokerStars poker school and is designed to welcome you to the world of poker - the most popular game in the world today. Poker is a fascinating multi-faceted game that has become very popular in recent years. If you want to play [...]

Glossary
The Glossary below gives explanations for the most popular examples of poker terminology. The Glossary is designed for you to use to check what all the various poker terms mean. Poker is a game that uses a lot of jargon, but you will quickly get [...]

Using the PokerStars Client
Once you've mastered the PokerStars.eu software features you'll easily see why the games, tournaments, and special features are regarded as the industry's best. Here's a preview and a guide for navigating the PokerStars lobbies and playing at [...]

Courses Overview
IntelliPoker has four courses to help beginners learn the basics of poker and start playing for fun and profit. The first two help beginners understand the basic mechanics of playing the game as well as the core concepts. The other two courses are [...]

The Basics
In this section you will learn the mechanics of how the game of poker is played. The first article touches on poker history, why the game is so fun to play and how it has become so popular. The next article, Texas Hold'em Rules, explains how to [...]

Core Concepts
This series of articles will deal with the core concepts that apply to all forms of poker. In the first sectioin you will learn about tight aggressive style – which means playing only a few hands, but playing them decisively. The second article [...]

Fixed Limit Hold'em Course
In Fixed Limit Hold'em you can only bet or raise a fixed amount. This makes it different from No Limit, where you can bet all the chips you have at any given time. A fixed betting structure can therefore limit your options, but also reduces the size [...]

The Exciting World of Poker
Ever since Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2003, the game has seen a massive surge in popularity around the world. The story of how an amateur player beat the biggest names in the game to earn a multi-million dollar [...]

Rules of Texas Hold'em
Texas Hold'em is the world's most popular form of poker. Almost all big tournaments are Texas Hold'em events. The game is played either in No-Limit or Limit format. The rules of the game are fairly simple and easy to learn, but mastering Texas [...]

Poker Hand Ranking
In poker, a player wins by forcing his opponents to fold their hand, or by having the best hand at showdown. A ranking of poker hands is therefore needed to determine which player holds the best hand. In Texas Hold'em, players make the best hand [...]

Practicing with Play Money
Playing with play money chips is a great way to practice your poker skills for free. This is because instead of playing for cash, you are playing for virtual chips which have no monetary value. You can start playing free online poker as soon as you [...]

Starting Hands
In Texas Hold'em, you start with two of a total of seven cards, and it's these two cards that shape how the hand plays out, as the strength of your starting hand is what determines whether you should play or not. A strong starting hand wins [...]