Hi there,

I started my poker career in 2006 at micro stakes online, and climbed through the stakes up to 5/10 NLHE on Full Tilt in 2008/2009. Then, I switched to PLO and basically never looked back. I gradually started playing less poker overall for several years, then went full-time live pro when I found an excellent 5/5/10 PLO game in my local room. Now, I have a full time job that I love and play poker on the side.

Problem is, it's all been PLO, and I'd love to get back up to speed on NLHE (also learning some mixed games). Right now, I'm sure I'm freaking horrible (hell, I'd probably need to use a starting hands chart to get started). Back in the day, I used to religiously watch instructional videos on Cardrunners and a few other sites to polish my game. I know that RIO and Upswing are the instructional titans now, but I wanted to check here: what do you all think are the best resources to look at to get up to speed on today's games? My poker fundamentals are strong, but my hold'em game is very weak due to the lack of experience in the past 10 years.

Strong fundamentals. Full time job. Just want to play on the side.

Your situation is already 10x better than most sites' target audience.

For live nlhe I would say Crush Live Poker is second to none. Posting HHs and strategy questions here is pretty helpful too.

The training sites are all much of a muchness for teaching the fundamentals. There is a broad consensus of what it takes to turn a beginning player into a competent winner. I, like sixsevenoff, can personally endorse Crush Live Poker, and would recommend getting the middle-level $40/month subscription so as to watch the videos. I would recommend in particular the Fast Track Poker curriculum, followed by the Crushing No-Limit Holdem Poker curriculum.

Tommy Angelo and Lee Jones are doing a series of videos on YouTube called Poker Simple that are good, which is what you would expect from smart guys like Tommy and Lee.

Books: I have read neither Jonathan Little’s Excelling at No-Limit Hold’em: Leading poker experts discuss how to study, play and master NLHE nor Ed Miller's The Course: Serious Hold ‘Em Strategy For Smart Players, but I have it on good authority that both are excellent books to study the modern game. I have read, and thoroughly endorse Peter Clarke's The Grinder's Manual, the book that got my own NLHE game up to contemporary speed. It's core focus is online 6max, but the content applies well to most situations (although Clarke assumes that games are fundamentally tougher than you will find in a North American live game). In any event, it delivers that same consensus on going from beginner to winner that I alluded to above.

All this should keep you busy for a while. Good luck.

Have you looked into Top Section for CLP? Seems unnecessary.

Thanks for the Angelo and Jones link.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I grabbed a subscription to CLP and I'm going through the Fast Track series now. This is exactly what I was looking for - I love the way that it's organized; makes it very easy to skip content that I'm already familiar with.
Not gonna argue with that. I run good in life.

I've read a lot of poker books, but Ed Miller's are the best by quite a way imo.

Hands down if I were to recommend a poker book, it would be one of Ed Miller's. It is informative and well explained.

Understanding one of his books will put you lightyears ahead of your LLSNL competition.

Honestly, the free content on YouTube is worth more than anything you'll ever pay for.

I like FindingEquilibrium and also BluffTheSpot. Very relevant to today's games.

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