Creator Hub
Hi, I'm Amir.
I build Poker Skill.
If we sent you an offer, this page is who we are, how to check it's really us, how we pay and how to talk about Poker Skill.
A note from Amir
I got into poker in college, in the Moneymaker and Farha days. Two friends invited me to play cards in my dorm room. I didn't know anything about playing. I knew I didn't want to get bluffed, but I wasn't even sure what that meant.
So I bought Doyle Brunson's Super System, which I still have, and tried to practice on free sites. It was nothing like the book. Everybody was all in every hand. Nobody tried, because the chips didn't matter. The only people taking the game seriously were playing for real money. That isn't why I got into it. I just wanted to be good at it so I could have fun with my friends.
I've been building companies and playing cards ever since. My first company, MarketZero, analyzed online poker games in real time. I sold it to Zynga in 2011 and was CTO of Zynga's casino games (poker, bingo, slots) for two years. Then I co-founded Cratejoy.
When GPT-4 came out in 2023, I realized a Chess.com for poker was doable now. Chess.com made learning chess fun with an AI that teaches you. Poker was ready for that.
So Poker Skill is the platform I wish I'd had. You play real hands against our poker AI, and Coach Max grades every decision and tells you why. It's free, it's play chips only and there's no gambling anywhere in it. We're a small team in Austin, and we've raised about $9 million.
One thing to know before you say yes: I'm building the app while I do this, so I really can't take calls, or I'd never improve the product. It's nothing personal. Everything happens in writing, and fast.
Poker started for all of us as human drama: Moneymaker and Farha, Mike McDermott and Teddy KGB. It was always as much about people as about the cards. If anything we sent you feels off, write to me at amir@pokerskill.com.
I'll see you at the tables.
Amir
How to check it's really us
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Who we are
Amir Elaguizy, who builds Poker Skill LinkedIn
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Where we write from
@playpokerskill on Instagram, amir@pokerskill.com or amir@fun.country, and @amirpc on X. Nowhere else.
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What we never ask
Money, your password, a login anywhere but the app (or Gusto, once you've agreed) or a rush
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How you're paid
Through Gusto, half up front
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Where we are
Austin, Texas · A small team · $9M raised
What you get
Paid per view, priced from your own usual views.
We look at your last dozen posts in the format you'd make for us and take your typical one, not your best. Views past your usual, in the post's first week, are paid at the same rate, up to ten times your usual. Your offer shows the math, so you can check it.
Paid on a clock you can count on.
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Half your fee, up front
Once you've told us your day and set up Gusto, the payroll service we use
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The rest of your fee
Within 3 business days of the post going up
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The views part
Within 3 business days after the post's first week
Outside the US it arrives in your own currency and can take up to a week longer.
You never pay us anything, for anything.
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Your own link
Made just for your followers, so we can tell you exactly who came from you.
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What your post did
A week after it's up, we tell you what it brought: the views, how many people came into Poker Skill through your link and how many kept playing. Most brands never tell creators that. We think you should know.
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A free year of Poker Skill Plus
Whether or not you post.
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A person, not a portal
You're writing to Amir, who builds the app. Questions get an answer in the same chat, usually within the hour, from 7 am to 11 pm Central.
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With your yes, we share your post
From @playpokerskill.
What we can't do yet
We're a small team, new to working with creators, so we work with a handful of people at a time and can't say yes to everyone.
Brand guidelines for creators
Our core message
“Poker Skill is the fastest, most fun way to actually learn poker. You play real hands and make real decisions, and Coach Max tells you why each one was right or wrong.”
It's free, and it's play chips only: no real money anywhere in it.
Tone and style
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Real, not polished
Show a real spot and a real decision, the way you'd talk about a hand with a friend.
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Sharp and fun
Poker's a thinking game, and the fun is in the decision.
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Encouraging
Anyone can get better. We're the place you practice without risking a cent.
Key phrases
Weave them in if they fit. You don't have to use these exact words.
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“Find out how good you are.”
A line we like: play one game and see your grade.
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“The fastest, most fun way to actually learn poker.”
What we are, in a line.
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“Every decision, graded.”
Coach Max scores each choice you make and tells you why.
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“What would you do?”
The spot, stopped at the big decision, with your viewers arguing in the comments.
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“Free. Play chips only.”
Nothing to deposit, nothing to lose but the hand.
Do's and don'ts
Do
- Name it right: Poker Skill, two words.
- Show the app on screen.
- Put your own link where it can be tapped.
- Make it yours. You know your people better than we do.
Don't
- Put real money anywhere near us.
- Present Poker Skill as gambling or a way to win money.
- Say it does something it doesn't.
- Speak for us. Your take is your own.
Say it's sponsored
Turn on the platform's paid-partnership label, and say it in the video too. A free year counts too, even if we don't pay for the post.
Quick reference
- Name
- Poker Skill (two words)
- @playpokerskill
- The app
- Free on iPhone, iPad and Android
- Tone
- Real, sharp, fun: a player talking to players
Thanks for making poker better to learn.
Questions? amir@pokerskill.com