The Skinny: Card
Runners is an online poker training
site offering video training for online
poker players. There are hundreds of hours
of video training examples offered and plenty
of no limit cash games.
You get to watch an online pro player play
his cards and listen to him analyze the
table and discuss why he is doing what he
is doing.
The concept is incredibly simple.
You sit at your computer and look over the
shoulder of a professional poker player
as they play No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em Cash
games. You get to see their hole cards and
even better you get to hear the pro analyze
the table, the situation, the other players
and how & why he makes his decisions.
You learn by watching and listening to the
professional players.
I admit, I was a bit skeptical at
first...
That is until I started watching some of
the no limit cash game videos available
from "Green Plastic."
Green Plastic crushes the high stakes online
games on a regular basis. He plays smart
poker and not only that he can explain his
plays in ways that make sense.
It is not math intensive, just mostly strategy
based and reads combined with experience.
The videos are excellent.
What I really liked was
the large selection of no-limit
cash game videos. There are lots
of them and across small and large stake
buy ins.
The other sites I had joined were mostly
tournament and sit-n-go strategy videos.
While valuable in their own right, I'm playing
mostly no limit cash games right now and
that's what I want to see.
Card
Runners
is the answer if you want no limit
cash game videos and strategy.
The other poker training site that I've
joined and reviewed is Real
Poker Training it is great for multi
table tournament strategy. Watching Todd
Arnold, aka NSXT2, play is great for the
tournament player. Real Poker Training is
great, but but they were lacking in the
no limit cash game videos, which is what
I wanted. We here at KickAssPoker.com have
also added our own online poker
strategy videos available 100% for free.
I'm not Brian Townsend (sbrugby) or GreenPlastic,
but my strategy videos can show you what
you will expect at CardRunners.com.
Card Runners has both cash
games and tournaments. There are a lot of
tournament videos on Card Runners. I haven't
watched them yet. I simply don't have the
time. If you want a mix of cash games and
tournaments then you should take a look
at Card Runners first. Plus, the poker training
at Card Runners is less expensive
anyway.
The No limit games videos at CardRunners
start at .25/.50 blinds up to $10/$25 blinds.
Most of the cash games are somewhere in
the middle with a full buy in being between
$50 to $400 dollars Since I've been a suscriber
at Card Runners and at the time of writing
this (about 4 weeks after suscribing to
CR, I've moved up 1 level and
I'm up over $900 playing 6 man .50/1 no
limit ring games at Poker
Stars.
The
course has paid for itself already!!!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, how do the memberships work
and how much does it cost?
It was kind of confusing for me the first
time I went to the site. You have two types
of memberships:
1.
Gold Member - watch
as many videos as you want and get access
to all the content on the site for one low
monthly price. In my opinion, the unlimited
access package is the way to go. Unlimited
access is $99 dollars to sign up and $24.99
per month. $27.99/mo (they raised the prices sometime
in early 2007 and again in mid 2008, I'd join now before it goes
up again.)
2.
24 Hour Pass - <strike>$14.99.</strike>
$17.99. Essentially this is just to try
it out. If you decide to join as a regular
you get the money deducted from your signup
fee. I believe you have 7 days to decide
once you try it so I recommend you first
get the 24 hour pass, watch the videos and
see if you think it is worth it to you.
Sign up within the week and get your $17.99
off of your signup fee.
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Card Runners is not for complete
poker rookies or entertainment only players
Card Runners is not for complete poker rookies
or for people who are only goofing around
or playing for kicks every now and then.
It is designed for the players who want
to learn winning strategies and willing
to make the time investment to watch the
videos and implement what they learn. You
have to want to improve your game.
If you are looking to take your
game to the next level, then this
course will help you do so. I am up $500
playing low stakes 1 month after watching
my first video. I would say the course has
paid for itself already.
*edit, by the time I finished this article
I was up to $900 positive about 6 weeks
after joining. Schweet.
Also - CardRunners.com has TOP notch support.
I got email answers within 10 minutes, seriously!
Hat's off to you CardRunners!
If you want to take your game to
the next level.
Card Runners is designed for intermediate
and advanced poker players who are looking
to take their game to the next level. If
you are still fairly new to poker and just
want to learn some basic strategy, you might
be better served reading through the Texas
Hold Em 101 section and just playing
some very low stakes poker and get some
time under your belt before making this
investment.
If you are serousily
working on your game or if you have
hit a plateau and can't quite break out
with a big tournament win or move up to
the higher limit cash games then you should
consider joining Card Runners. They have
a demo video available on their site if
you want to see what it is like.
Green Plastic, Muddy Water and a
handful of other top players are the featured
pro's.
These are some of the guys you get to watch
and listen to as they play. I've only had
the time to watch a handful of the no limit
cash games, featuring Green Plastic and
Muddy Water mostly. These guys are good
players.
Not only that, the videos are good - really
good!
You get insight into some of the most talented
poker minds playing online poker today.
You watch them play, they explain what they
are doing and they go into detail about
why they are doing what they are doing,
and things that you should be watching out
for at the table.
They explain what certain bets in certain
situations typically mean, and how to react
accordingly. This advice has already picked
me up a handful of sizeable pots that I
would have typcically not won with well
timed raises. You can visit the site CardRunners.com
and browse the entire selection of videos
available.
Cash Game Players - there are a
lot of videos!
Including low stakes and high stakes cash
games. Great selection of no limit cash
game examples.
If you've read poker strategy books but
wish someone would show you in detailed
situationals then you'll like the videos.
When you watch someone apply a techniques
you've read about, or if you watch him make
a move and say that '80 % of the time when
a player makes a bet like that he is weak
and will fold to a raise, and then they
raise him and they fold, it gives you something
to watch for in your game. I've picked up
a handful of extra pots already. Part of
the reason I'm up so much $$ after joining..
What games are covered?
Cash Games, Sit-N-Go Tournaments, Heads
Up Tourneys, Multi Table Tourneys, rebuys.
Most videos are of No Limit holdem, but
there are some omaha videos as well.
How much does does it cost?
Unlimited access is $99.99 one time fee
and $24.99 per month $27.99 (price went up) for the Gold Plan.
Be sure and check the site as these prices
do change without notice. They have already
went up from when I first became a member.
What I think of Card Runners
For the price, the unlimited access plan
is the best online training option on the
web. It is the least expensive to get strated
up and it offers the most variety of video
training and has some of the best online
cash game players on the net.
It is the best value on the web from the
three major online training services. You've
got Card Runners, and Real Poker Training,
which I also joined and reviewed here, and
two other major sites, Pro Poker School
and "Poker X Factor" which I have
not yet reviewed.
For my game, Card Runners is the best choice
of what I've seen and read so far on the
online training sites.
It is less expensive to sign up and has
more videos suited to what I'm looking to
do, win at the no limit ring games on a
regular basis. So far, so good.
The videos take a time investment to watch,
but to the student of the game things you
learn will be well worth the investment.
Card
Runners is my favorite choice for people
wanting to see a lot of videos of no limit
ring cash games.
There were a few videos with the sound was
somewhat low, but most videos played quickly
on my high speed connection and I didn't
have any customer support issues. They also
have a lot of articles, I've read 1 of them
so far and it was good.
For the more serious poker player,
and those of us who enjoy playing poker
and are actively looking to improve our
game will find this course worth every penny
charged and more. Get the course. I honestly
feel that the information shared in Card
Runners is worth every penny
they charge for access if you are serious
about improving your poker game.
Final Thoughts on Card Runners
I'm impressed. I was really looking for
a site that would help me out with my cash
game. I was a member over at RPT and while
I thought the videos there were great, they
were mostly tournament examples.
I don't have the time to play a lot of tournaments,
but I can often get in an hour session of
no limit cash games, and when I play I want
to win. I needed more cash games. I also
needed cash game videos at the lower stakes
levels. It's great watching a $5/$10 no
limit cash game but I'm not playing at that
level. I joined Card Runners because I would
like to be playing at that level, and I
need examples playing in similar levels
to what I can play.
Card Runners providesno limit cash videos
starting at $25 buyin tables up to $1000
table buy-ins. Variety and quantity and
great quality with the instructors playing
behind the camera. Thumbs up.
I really like the way Green Plastic and
Muddy Water analyze the table and explain
why they are doing what they are doing.
I've been dually impressed. I think the
videos I've watched so far have certainly
improved my game.
Is it worth it? For the more serious poker
player, yes absolutely.
P.S. If you are more interested in Multi
Table Tournament Poker and Sit-N-Go's check
out PokerXFactor
and Real
Poker Training as they are focused more
towards multi table tournaments.
P.S.S. - Want some
free poker training videos? Check out
KickAssPoker.com Co-Founder Spry playing
low stakes online poker.
Green Plastic crushes the high stakes online
games on a regular basis. He plays smart
poker and not only that he can explain his
plays in ways that make sense. 
Card Runners has both cash
games and tournaments. There are a lot of
tournament videos on Card Runners. I haven't
watched them yet. I simply don't have the
time. If you want a mix of cash games and
tournaments then you should take a look
at Card Runners first. Plus, the poker training
at Card Runners is less expensive
anyway. 
