How to Win at Texas Hold'em Poker

Offered By: Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MIT OpenCourseWare

Course Description

Overview

Offered during MIT's Independent Activites Period (IAP), this short course covers the poker concepts, math concepts, and general concepts needed to play the game of Texas Hold'em on a professional level. [IAP is a special 4-week term in January](http://web.mit.edu/IAP/) that provides members of the MIT community including students, faculty, staff, and alums with an opportunity to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of activities and topics that are often outside of the regular MIT curriculum. **Faculty Advisor:** Paul Mende

Syllabus

1. Course Overview and Introduction (MIT 15.S50 How to Win at Texas Hold 'Em, January IAP 2016).
2. Introduction to Postflop Play.
3. Tournaments vs. Cash Games.
4. Preflop Re-raising Theory.
6. Independent Chip Model.
7. An In-depth Combinatorial Hand Analysis in Cash Games.

Taught by

Will Ma