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A Closer Look at Felt Shark

What matters, in the order it matters.

Brand new?

We start at the beginning: what’s a suit, what beats what, how a hand works, and poker etiquette.

Nobody has to know you’re a beginner.

Already play?

We start with the biggest mistakes — the leaks — that cost money.

Ten mistakes. Worst first.

Tiger teaches one leak at a time, worst first — then makes you use it before you move on.

The ten leaks, in the order we teach them — limping deepest.
  1. 1 THE LIMP Limping instead of raising or folding
  2. 2 THE WRONG SEAT Playing the same hands from every position
  3. 3 THE TIMID RAISE Raising too small before the flop
  4. 4 THE FREE FLOP Checking the flop after you raised
  5. 5 BETTING INTO A CROWD Betting the flop when too many players are in
  6. 6 THE AUTOPILOT BET Betting the same size on every flop
  7. 7 THE HOPEFUL CALL Calling too wide and chasing too long
  8. 8 THE MISSED BET Checking when worse hands would still call
  9. 9 THE DEAD-END BET Betting the turn without planning the river
  10. 10 THE LAST CARD Paying off — or missing value — on the river

How Felt Shark teaches you

Learn it. Play it. Prove it.

Learn

Don’t memorize the answer. Learn to see the decision.

A Felt Shark lesson: Tiger asks one question about one hand, with the table drawn underneath it.

Play

Face it again with cards, chips, pressure and Villains who behave like real players.

The Pup Tank table mid-hand, with the fold, check, call and raise buttons live under the felt.

Prove

First with help. Then without. We only call out a leak when we can actually measure it.

SharkBait's ten numbered teeth, with the first one lit orange.
You limped into the pot. That’s Leak #1 — and SharkBait caught it.

Wrong? Tiger shows you what fooled you — and what to notice next time.

You’ve played these people before.

The caller. The aggressor. The rock. The player who won’t fold.

  • Chum

    Chum

  • Clownfish

    Clownfish

  • Blowfish

    Blowfish

  • Clam

    Clam

  • Tuna

    Tuna

Learn their behavior here. Then face four of them at once — which is the hand you actually get dealt.

Which poker player are you?

Never played a hand, or played thousands — Felt Shark starts where you are.

“I don’t know all the rules and exactly how to play.” Or: “I know I am making mistakes — I just don’t know which ones yet.”

A woman in her seventies at a poker table, holding her cards up, mid-raise.
POKER AT HOME Maybe you’ve never played.
An older man pushing his chips forward, grinning.
POKER AT ASSISTED LIVING It’s never too late to learn.
Three adults around a kitchen table with cards and a bowl of chips.
FAMILY POKER NIGHT You play when everybody gets together.
Four colleagues in business clothes at a hired poker table.
THE COMPANY POKER NIGHT You’d rather know what you’re doing.
A recreational player in her forties studying the board, chips stacked in front of her.
POKER FOR FUN You play because you love the game.
A man in a hoodie and cap at a low-stakes cash table, cards protected.
SERIOUS POKER You play regularly. You want to get better.

Wherever you are, we start there. Then we show you what to learn next.

12px vs. 18px. See the difference.

OUR MOCK-UP 12px Common App-sized Text A poker lesson set in 12px type: the heading, the explanation and the coach's question are all small and low-contrast.
Felt Shark 18px minimum instructional text The same lesson in Felt Shark: 18px minimum type, a bright heading, a full-width Continue button and the cards drawn large.

Felt Shark instructional type starts at 18px. Bigger type. Clearer contrast. Bigger controls. Because everyone on this bus has to be able to read it.

Who made this

No bracelets. Forty years of teaching.

What most poker coaches lead with

A WSOP gold bracelet.0
Bracelets
Banded stacks of cash.0
Tournament earnings
A phone showing a poker pro's feed.0
Followers
A gold trophy.0
Celebrity status
A sponsor patch with gold embroidered trim and nothing on it.0
Sponsorships
A coffee mug reading: zero bracelets, zero tournament winnings, zero followers.
Available in the shop. It is the only trophy here.

What I have instead

40Years designing and teaching technical courses
15,000Hours in a classroom
10,000Students, worldwide
25Years losing at poker

Why Felt Shark exists

“For 25 years, no one told me my biggest leak.”

“Then a friend said, ‘Stop limping preflop.’ (Preflop: before any shared cards are dealt.) That one correction changed how I played my game. I wondered, ‘What’s my next biggest leak?’”

“That question started my journey to build a new poker training app.”

“I’m not a poker pro. I’m a teacher. So I built the poker course and app I couldn’t find.”

Felt Shark started with my own desire to become a better recreational poker player. I wanted to understand the mistakes I was making—not just memorize more poker theory. So I combined that journey with 40 years of instructional design and teaching experience to create the kind of poker training I wanted for myself: simple, methodical, engaging, and built to turn knowledge into real confidence and skill at the table.

Already a winning player? You still have leaks. The difference is, nobody has identified and ranked them for you — yet. Leaks 1–3 are FREE. Leaks 4–10 uncover the harder-to-find mistakes still costing you money.

Invest in your game. Not another subscription.

Never played? Start at Level 0. Already play? Start at Level 1.

Start in shallow water. Earn your way to the Open Ocean.

Levels 0–2 · The Aquarium

Shallow, sunlit, and free

Levels 3–6 · The Reef

The game gets deeper.

The flop and the turn.

Being built now. Not on sale yet.

Levels 3–10 · Open Ocean

The deepest water.

The river, and the toughest decisions in poker.

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Nothing renews. Nothing expires. Nobody watches you learn.

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Built for $1/$2 through $10/$20. Solid poker for the stakes you actually play.

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Never played poker? Start with Level 0 Academy to learn the basics, then practice in the Pup Tank.

Already play regularly? Start with Level 1 Academy to find and fix your first leaks, then sharpen your skills in Play.