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Texas Hold'em Poker

Unlock the secrets to becoming a skilled poker player with hands-on instruction and informative handouts. Join us in this exciting course that teaches the rules, strategies, and terminology of the popular Texas Hold ’Em game. Take your skills to the next level and become a big-money player without risking a thing!

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $110
  • 4318 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL
  • 10 hours over 5 sessions
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  • $110
  • Discovery Center - Irving Park @ 4318 N Elston Ave 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60641
  • 10 hours over 5 sessions
  • $25 Materials Fee will be collected at the time of the class.
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What you'll learn in this games training:

Ever wish you could be part of the Texas Hold ’Em poker craze sweeping the country but just have no idea how to get started? Don’t want to spend a lot of money to learn? Well now you can learn to play poker for fun or take it to the next level and hone your skills to become a big money player without risking anything!

This course teaches the basic rules and strategies of Limit and No-Limit Hold ’Em that will enable anyone to sit down at their home game, online, or in a casino and enjoy this exciting passtime. In this class you will learn by actually playing cash game and tournament style poker in a relaxed atmosphere for at least half of every class.

Informative handouts and hands-on instruction will teach:

  • Basic rules, terminology, and game format
  • Basic starting hands and pre-flop strategy 
  • How to play after the flop, on the turn, and     the river
  • Drawing odds and pot odds
  • “Switching gears” 
  • How and when to check, bet, raise and fold
  • The value of position
  • Building a table image
  • Basic tells
  • Choosing the best game for your level

Come join us and take part in the most popular form of poker today, the fascinating and entertaining game of Texas Hold ’Em!

$25 materials fee will be collected on the day of class.

Refund Policy

Registration Fee:

  • A non-refundable registration fee of $15.00 is charged per person each time a student registers for classes.

Class Credit Vouchers:

  • If you are forced to withdraw before the first class date, you must notify us at least 5 working days prior to the first class meeting, please contact us at [email protected] during regular business hours. Failure to do so will cancel any transaction.
  • Vouchers are issued only for amount of the class fee (less the non-refundable $15 reg. fee). The credit voucher is valid for nine months and must be used before the expiration date. After that it will no longer be valid.
  • The voucher is not redeemable for cash or goods and the original must be presented in person or by mail. (Photo copies are not valid.)
  • Important:
    • There are no class credit vouchers, transfers, refunds issued for one-session classes after the class meeting.
    • No refunds will be issued for classes which are postponed due to inclement weather or other circumstances beyond our control.

Class Transfers:

  • If you wish to transfer to another class or section within a class AFTER you have registered, you must notify us at least 5 working days prior to the first class meeting, please contact us at [email protected] during regular business hours.
  • Additional fees apply. A $15 transfer fee will be charged per person and it must be paid prior to starting the new class.

Schedule Changes:

  • The school reserves the right to change course locations, schedules and instructors when necessary.
  • Rain dates will be scheduled for outdoor classes postponed due to inclement weather conditions.
  • Prices subject to change without notice.

Course Cancellations:

  • Those classes with insufficient enrollment will be canceled prior to their starting date. Whenever possible, students will be notified.

Refund Policy:

  • No refunds will be given unless a class is canceled due to insufficient enrollment. Refunds will not be issued under any other circumstances. Allow 2-3 weeks.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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