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REAL
POKER TRAINING REVIEW |
The Skinny: Real Poker
Training is an online website that offers
video and audio of excellent online poker
players playing poker online. Real tournaments,
real money, real situations, real poker.
Real Poker Training is a revolutionary way
to improve your poker game.
How Real Poker Training Works.
It is simple really. You watch a video of
top online poker players playing online
poker. You see their cards, and listen to
them explain what they are thinking as they
play (yes there is full audio to accompany
the video). Through watching them play and
listening to pro's share their knowledge
about playing winning poker, it is an incredible
learning tool. Check out the
demo videos availble for free and then
finish reading this review.
 Todd
Arnold is the featured professional online
player in the videos. His handle
on Paradise Poker is NSXT2 and he has quite
a following at Paradise Poker, if you play
tournaments there you've probably heard of
him. He's the guy on the right over there.
He dominates the tournaments month after month
and he is one of the top 20 ranked
online poker players playing today. I don't
remember his exact list of credentials but
he has well over 40 multi table tournament
wins in less than a year and online earnings
in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. On
top of that, his videos are really, really
good.
If you want to take your game to
the next level.
Real Poker Training 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 an investment
in Real Poker Training.
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 certainly
consider joining
RPT!
What I think of Real Poker Training.
I hope it doesn't catch on and become too
popular (I don't need the competition at
the poker tables!). I've only watched a
small fraction of the 100+ videos so and
I must say I'm very impressed. I think NSXT's
approach and philophsy about the game really
hits home, makes sense and is a winning
strategy.
For the casual online poker player
who only plays whenever there is nothing
else to do, the training is probably not
worth the investment.
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. Real Poker Training is
a sound investment for your poker career.
Get the course. I honestly feel that the
information shared in real poker training
is worth every penny they charge for access
if you are serious about improving your
poker game.
I've only had access to the course since
right around Christmas (it was my Christmas
present) and I'm 3 for 3 with two 1st place
finishes in a couple of $10 Sit-N-Go's and
I was out early in the APC private multi
although I was a relatively strong favorite
when I got all of my chips in the middle.
Yes, I know that is a way too small sample
at stakes that are relatively low, but I
feel that I've already learned enough to
improve my game to a point where I will
become an even more consistent winner, especially
in tournament poker.
Tournament players will love the
course.
The majority of the videos focus on tournament
play, although there are a handful of videos
of playing NL cash game as well. All types
of tournaments including multi-tables, sit-n-go's,
rebuy tournaments and heads up play. I've
already written down a number of poker tips,
strategies and ideas that I've gleaned from
watching a a small handful of available
videos. I haven't even started on the extensive
section in text or read through the threads
in the forum.
Cash Game Players - great vidoes,
just not a lot of them.
So far, there is only a small handful of
cash game videos, especially compared to
the huge selection on tournament play. There
is only one full session of Todd Arnold
playing $5/$10 no limit at Poker Stars.
It's a great video and man I wish he would
make some more ;). I will say that $5/$10
NL is well above my bankroll to be playing,
so the strategies he uses are probably different
than at the much lower stakes that I'm grinding
it out in right now. I think the strategies
can be better applied at the $2/4 NL game
I hope to be playing in and winning in by
the 2006 WSOP. There are more videos from
another pro, Ryan Fisler who is also a very
good online player. In my opinion Todd explains
his ideas and thoughts more although Ryan's
videos are also pretty good. I fully admit
that I have only watched two of Ryan's videos
yet and I can tell that he is a great player
that I have a lot to learn from, I just
haven't spent the time on his videos quite
yet. I wish that there were more videos
NL cash videos to choose from, from both
Todd and Ryan.
While watching NSXT play,
Todd Arnold, aka NSXT (the guy in the banner
on the right and above)talks about everything
while he is playing. Not only does he talk
about his hand, but he talks about everyone
at the table. When players are playing too
aggressively he will often say that someone
is about to catch them in a big hand. It
is shocking how often he is right when he
expects someone to have a strong hand compared
to when he thinks someone is bluffing. More
often than not he is dead on the money,
he can call out hands or rank hands of opponents
based on his read of the table and it is
uncanny how often he is dead on. Remember,
while he is doing this he is explaing how
and why he is coming up with these reads.
Yes he is sometimes wrong and when he makes
mistakes he can even point out the players
at the table who are able to pick up on
it and punish him and those who will miss
it all together.
Todd also plays a lot of poker while he
is tired. He is in the middle of a huge
hand, at the final table of a multi or just
taking down a huge pot and he can't keep
himself from yawning. These are in final
table situations with serious $$ on the
line. Situations that would have me on pins
and needles, he is not sweating it at all...
Final table of a multi table tournament
with over $2000 to first place and he can
hardly stay awake, haha. Just kidding Todd,
I don't mind the yawns, they are a small
price to pay for the knowledge shared. Todd
also has at least one dog, as it has made
it's prescense known on the videos. Yippy
lil mini-dog I say but it's still better
than a cat.
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 read about in Dan Harringtons last book
it really helps clarify the text. Learning
through watching and listening is a different
way to learn poker strategy. If you enjoy
learning through experiencing something
through the action of others then you'll
really like watching the videos. Again,
if you haven't watched the sample
of demo videos they have for free on
the site, you should.
What games are covered?
I've only watched the NL Texas Holdem videos
right now but there are videos on Pot Limit
Omaha and 5 card draw. Tournaments including
heads up tourneys, freeze outs, re-buys,
satellites, sit-n-go's etc... Pick your
flavor, but watch them all.
How much does does it cost?
There is a one time upfront fee of $129.95
and a monthly recurring fee of $14.95. New
content is added every month (or so it seems,
I've only been a member for a week at the
time of this review). They have already
added a new video on Omaha and the recurring
fee keeps them motivated to keep adding
new videos. You can pay via poker room transfer
if you want to, which is quick and easy.
Final Thoughts on Real Poker Training
So far I've been very impressed with the
site and the training offered. A couple
of the videos could use a little re-synchronization,
as the audio is a little ahead of the video
but this is fairly rare. Most videos are
smooth and well synched. They also seem
to be consisently adding new videos and
content, which is good. I have only scratched
the surface of Real Poker Training and have
already realized that there is a whole lot
more that I need to think about if I want
to play better poker. I'm glad that I made
the investment and am confident that it
will easily pay for itself by improving
my game.
Is it worth it? For the more serious poker
player, yes absolutely.
Click
here to get Real Poker Training - Pay
via PayPal or online poker room transfer.
Thanks and we'll see you at the tables!
KAP
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