PokerNews Strategy Review

PokerNews Strategy is a sister site of the popular online poker portal PokerNews.com, which is owned by poker pro Tony G, and is a big part of his online poker empire. PokerNews Strategy is looking to capitalize on the success of PokerNews by creating a top-flight online poker training site. The big name coaches at PokerNews Strategy are Randy ‘Nanonoko’ Lew, Scott ‘URnotINdanger2’ Palmer, and 2010 WSOP bracelet winner Josh ‘litlebastrd’ Tieman, and of course Tony G.

This is the second go-round for PokerNews Strategy –the site made an unofficial launch a few years ago, but even though they had some of the biggest names in poker creating video content, the launch was a bit premature and members were turned off by the lack of content –PokerNews Strategy originally launched with a mere 40 videos.

So it was back to the drawing board for the PokerNews Strategy team, and now the site is officially launched with a larger coaching team, more videos, and a number of other features that will surely make PokerNews Strategy a major player in the online poker training market. The video content has more than tripled since the initial launch, and with a slew of new coaches, new videos are added almost daily.

Target Population

PokerNews Strategy is taking the all-around approach to poker training content, with a number of different games and structures covered. Obviously PokerNews Strategy will focus its attention on No limit Holdem games, but the site will also feature PLO and mixed game videos as well.

The players that will get the most out of PokerNews Strategy will be up-and-coming poker players looking to build a solid foundation, or winning players who are looking to plug a few leaks, and/or move-up in stakes.

Unique Features

With its affiliation with PokerNews and other parts of the Tony G Empire, PokerNews Strategy has a lot of capital to throw around in terms of bringing in new coaches and creating content.
Another good aspect of this relationship is that members of PokerNews will have the chance to sign-up with rakeback deals, exclusive deposit bonuses, and have access to freeroll tournaments from PokerNews Strategy’s sister sites.

Coaching Team

PokerNews Strategy has a solid instructional team filled with winning, experienced, players as well as an assortment of up-and-coming online poker studs. The site also made headlines when it acquired the entire Lock Poker lineup of sponsored pros to produce training content for PokerNews Strategy! They have also added a mental coach, Jamie Glazier, to their roster as well.

All of this is in addition to the older content from the original launch that featured videos by Patrik Antonius, Tony G, Lex Veldhuis, Chris Lee, and Corwin Mackey.

Here is a look at the new roster of poker coaches at PokerNews Strategy:

• Tony G
• Jamie Glazier (mental coach)
• Randy ‘Nanonoko’ Lew
• Scott ‘URnotINdanger2’ Palmer
• Josh ‘litlebastrd’ Tieman
• Kane ‘Nascar_1949’ Kalas
• Evan ‘NEONPILS99’ Parkes
• Rayan “rkruok’ Nathan
• Jake ‘PSUTennis11’ Toole
• Frank ‘BluberLeez’ Jordan

And the Lock Poker Pros recently signed by PokerNews Strategy:

• Stephen ‘allinStevie’ Devlin
• Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch
• Brett ‘Gank’ Jungblut
• Matt Stout
• David Zeitlin
• Jeff ‘Hurricanejeff’ Romano
• Joe Connolly

Highlights

• Huge coaching team with top notch poker talent
• PokerNews is one of the top brands in poker
• Good production quality, and search filters
• Very active forum with a lot of interaction with the coaching team
• Tony G!

Pricing Options and Exclusive PokerNews Strategy Discounts

Now is the time to join PokerNews Stratgy, the site is growing by leaps and bounds every day, and PokerNews Strategy is currently waiving the $35 activation fee for all new sign-ups. Potential members have three options in which to join the site:

• $25 per month (automatic rebilling)
• 6-Months paid in full membership for $135 (a 10% discount)
• 12-Month paid in full membership for $255 (a 15% discount)

Overall

PokerNews Strategy may not be on par with some of thebest online poker training sites at this time, but the site has already proving its willingness to grow with the addition of so much poker talent into its coaching ranks, and with Tony G at the helm only the sky is the limit for PokerNews Strategy.

The site is already well worth joining, and is reasonably priced as well, but the real value will lie in the future of PokerNews Strategy: This is a site I wish I could buy stock in!

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