About PokerGrad
A free poker school built like a school — one ladder per variant, and a gate on every grade.
Most poker teaching is a pile of videos. You watch something about 3-betting, nod, and then sit down and play the same way you did before, because nothing checked whether the idea actually landed. PokerGrad is built the other way round: small units of reading, an immediate practice set that scores you, and a challenge you have to pass before the next grade opens.
How the ladder works
Every one of the 20 variant tracks runs Kindergarten through Grade 12. The grades are difficulty, not age. Kindergarten covers table mechanics, hand ranking and the shape of a betting round. By Grade 12 you are working on population tendencies, multi-street planning and the spots where equilibrium play and exploitative play diverge.
Inside a grade, each unit is three short lessons and one practice set. Read the unit, take the practice, and when every unit is done, take the grade challenge — mixed questions drawn from the whole grade, with 75% as the gate. Below that the material has not stuck yet, and the honest move is to re-read rather than climb.
What is covered
- Hold'em — no-limit cash, no-limit tournaments, fixed-limit, and Short Deck
- Omaha — PLO cash and tournaments, PLO5, PLO6, Limit Omaha, PLO8 and Limit Omaha 8 or Better
- Stud and draw — 7-Card Stud, Razz, Stud Hi-Lo, 2-7 Triple Draw, Badugi
- Foundations — poker maths, bankroll and mental game, rules and ethics
Why it is free
There is no paywall, no trial and no upsell. The site carries a single sponsor placement, clearly labelled, from a poker room affiliate link. That link pays a commission if you sign up through it, and it costs you nothing extra. Nothing about the curriculum is shaped by it: the lessons never tell you where to play, and no ranking, review or recommendation on this site is for sale.
A note on what this is not
PokerGrad teaches a skill game. It is not investment advice, not a promise that you will win money, and not a place to gamble — no real-money play happens here. Poker involves risk and most people who play do not turn a profit. If you play, play with money you can afford to lose.