Poker Training Sites: Cardrunners
In the previous article, I went over GrinderSchool, a training site that puts out poker videos for beginner players trying out US poker rooms. Now I will tell you about Cardrunners, possibly the most recognized and admired training sites on the internet today. It was founded by Taylor Caby and Andrew Wiggins, and in 2008 they formed a partnership with Full Tilt. The site has a wide selection of online poker videos for almost any buy-in you want to learn about.
If you make an account at Cardrunners, you’ll be able to view a limited number of free poker videos, but you’ll need to pay a membership fee to view the best content. You might find the fees a bit high, especially if you’re a low stakes player, because first there is a $100 sign up fee, and then you must pay $30 per month to keep accessing the site. If you’re serious about becoming a better player, you’ll learn that these fees are worth it, though. Today there are more than 1800 poker videos on their site for streaming and download, and every week 7 or more are released.
Like we saw with GrinderSchool a couple weeks ago, cash games receive special treatment at Cardrunners. There is an excellent choice of videos for No Limit Holdem 6-max since it’s become the most popular form of poker recently, and their No Limit Holdem Full Ring selection has has gotten bigger when compared with a year or two ago. If you’re more into Texas Hold Em hands in either Limit or Heads-Up, you’ll also have a very good selection of videos to view.
If you’re a Sit-N-Go player or if you prefer Rush Poker tournaments, Cardrunners might not be the absolute best choice because their specialty is most certainly ring games. That’s not to say they don’t have a lot of tournament videos because they have plenty, and they cover pretty much every buy-in. For those that play both cash and tournaments, Cardrunners is a good choice as they still have several videos for MTTs and Sit-N-Go’s to go with their top notch ring game choices.
If Rush Poker Omaha has been giving you a hard time, Cardrunners offers some of the best videos out of all the training sites out there. The same can be said for other types of poker like HORSE or Stud. You might be slightly disappointed with your choices if Omaha is your game of choice, but you’re not going to find better than Cardrunners for these games right now.
When you get some experience with real money poker sites, Cardrunners is a fabulous choice if you don’t mind putting up money for some beneficial poker videos. They’re undeniably the number one way to go for ring game enthusiasts, and if you want to learn a bit about tournaments, they will help you out there, as well. All in all, you can’t go wrong with putting your money into a Cardrunners membership.
