Poker Clinics

Are there poker clinics/workshops/seminars for different skill levels wanting to improve their game? It seems like there would be, but I haven't seen anything outside of Lederer's fantasy camp. Rather than $3500, I was thinking more like....$100-$300??

There is a very popular poker school online you can try. Price is around $15 a month I believe. I personally would rather read a few books and test out my skills in a real cardroom. You can only learn so much when it comes to ODDS and strategy. Real skill is developed over hours in the cardroom playing poker.

http://www.pokerschoolonline.com/

Thanks. I'll at least check out the online "training." I was hoping more for some kind of local, hand-on clinic, but maybe they don't exist.

I'm probably being impatient. I've only been playing in the casino for 3-4 weeks, but I'm consistently losing and just want to find out ways to speed the learning curve a bit. Not huge losses, but I don't really feel like I'm getting better. I'm playing very tight and keep losing on good hands (QQ, JJ, AKs, etc.) to lucky draws. I know that, in the long run, odds are against the "drawers" looking to the river for the gut-shot straight, the set, the flush, etc., but it sure isn't feeling that way. Very frustrating.

Best as I can recall, here are my experiences thus far (most visits to the casino have been for 2-3 hours, and I'm playing at a 3/6 table--the lowest offered at this casino):

Visit #1: +$20
Visit #2: dead even
Visit #3: -$40
Visit #4: -$100
Visit #5: +$15
Visit #6: dead even
Visit #7: +$5
Visit #8: -$40
Visit #9: -$100 (this one was over about 4 1/2 hours)
NL Tourney #1: -$60 (finished #30 of 100)
NL Tourney #2: -$60 (finished #37 of 100)

Not including tourneys, I'm losing about $25-$30 per visit. Maybe that's OK considering I'm new, but it can sure get costly if I play longer or more frequently.

Can anyone else share with me their early-on experiences? Maybe I'll feel better. ...Or maybe I'll know to hit the books more again before more table time!

Thanks for all the help. It's great to have a place to share these experiences...though in person would be much better. No wonder Dutch Boyd has a "crew!".....lol

One thing to remember when playing low limit games is the fact that your 'good' hands such as jj qq ak go down in value because there are so many more people seeing the flop. A suggestion might be to read Winning Low Limit Hold'em by Lee Jones. It's a great book and talks about how to play hands against loose low limit hold'em players.