LearnWPT Live at Aria
10:00AM - 11:15AM
SCOPE AND REVIEW OF ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
Before diving into the more advanced material, we’ll do a quick review to make sure we’re all on the same page about the fundamentals of our game plan.
- Preflop Raise Sizing
- Preflop Calling
- Number of Opponents
- Board Texture
- Continuation Betting
- Position
- First-In Hand Ranges
- Thinking in Big Blinds
- Effective Stack
This is your chance to brush up on any aspects of the foundation of our strategy before adding the more advanced components we’ll cover during the rest of the weekend. (Don’t worry, if you aren’t familiar with these concepts, we’ll provide you with the lessons you need to get up to speed. See the FAQ below for more details.)
11:30AM - 1:00PM
THINKING IN HAND RANGES
So you know what a hand range is? Congratulations. So do all the competent players you’ll face at the table. Here we show you how to use hand ranges like a Pro to separate yourself from the rest of the pack.
- Position & Action
- Structure, Balance, and Skew
- Shortcuts and Estimates
- Range Drilling
- Hand Equity
Take your knowledge of hand ranges to the next level by learning to use the “range game” to make winning decisions.
2:00PM - 3:30PM
EXPANDING YOUR PREFLOP MOVES
Knowing how and when to make moves preflop is one of the best ways to get ahold of chips in a poker tournament. Here we’ll show you how to increase the number of ways of you can win hands preflop with an array of expert tactics that you’ll learn how and when to deploy.
- Essential Moves
- Fold Equity
- Squeezing
- Cold 4-Betting
- n-Betting
- Combined Equity Analysis
Your toughest opponents will often give you the most trouble Preflop. Here you’ll learn to become the player giving everyone else trouble.
3:45PM - 5:15PM
PICKING OFF ALL-INS
Learn to navigate some of the trickiest decisions you’ll make in poker tournaments: “All-Ins”. See the criteria the top Pros use to make decisions with stacks at risk.
- When to Call All-Ins
- Pot Odds and Equity
- Estimating Ranges
- PokerCruncher Analysis
- Shortcuts and Hacks
- Iterative Training Worksheet
You won’t play a poker tournament without making “All-In” bets or facing opponents who do. Learn a reliable approach to deciding when to pick off a suspicious “All-In” and when to steer clear.
5:30PM - 6:00PM
QUESTIONS... MEET ANSWERS
You'll be able to ask questions throughout the weekend, but this is a dedicated check-in time to make sure you don't leave with ANY questions about Advanced Tournament Poker.
- Clarify new concepts you've learned
- Find exceptions to the "rules"
- Ensure you've correctly integrated what you've learned
Our instructors ensure that no Student leaves a LearnWPT Live Workshop with unanswered poker questions!
10:00AM - 11:30AM
EXPANDING YOUR POSTFLOP MOVES
Postflop play is full of opportunities to exert your skill edge against your opponents. Discover the process our instructors use to think through a hand postflop to decide which moves make the most sense:
- Optimizing Bet-Sizing
- C-Betting
- Firing Bullets
- Targeting Weakness
- Floating
- Continuation Raising
- Texture-Based Aggression
- Representing Hands/Blending Draws
- Postflop Combined Equity Analysis
Average opponents make the majority of their mistakes Postflop. After this session you’ll learn how to make sure you’re anything BUT average after the Flop.
11:45AM - 1:00PM
APPLY WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED
We’ll spend some time applying what we’ve learned with a series of Tournament Simulation Hands.
- You’ll be put to the test with tricky Tournament decisions like the ones you’ll face at the table
- You'll be given a limited amount of time to make your decisions so you can practice your new moves under pressure
- As you go through the hands, you’ll get feedback from the Pros about how they’d think about those decisions
There's no better way to practice Tournament decision making than to do so in real-time, under pressure (you'll have a short time-limit for each decision), with Pro players there to review and improve your thought process after each one.
2:00PM - 3:30PM
THE FINAL TABLE
While your opponents nerves are kicking in, arrive at the Final Table like you’ve been there before. We’ll make sure you’re ready to “close the deal” when you’re playing for the real prize pool.
- Independent Chip Modeling (ICM) - cEV versus $EV
- Pay Jumps
- Short-Handed
- Heads-Up Strategy
- Deal Making
- Winning
Don't wait until your first final table to learn how to handle pay jumps, deals, or heads-up play. The Pros are prepared for the Endgame. Make sure you are too.
3:45PM - 5:00PM
TRAINING LIKE AN EXPERT
The road from “good” to “great” is long and filled with pitfalls and potential wrong turns. Prepare yourself to maximize your strategic growth after this event to defeat tougher opponents and grow your Tournament ROI (return on investment).
- Avoiding Cognitive Biases
- Dealing with Adversity
- Order of Operations
- Hand Review and Analysis (HIT)
We’ll make sure you leave Aria with a game plan as well as the training tools you need to achieve as much growth as possible.
5:15PM - 6:00PM
NEXT STEPS AND WRAP-UP
You'll be able to ask questions throughout the weekend, but this is a dedicated wrap-up time to make sure you don't leave with ANY questions about Advanced Tournament Poker.
- Clarify new concepts you've learned
- Find exceptions to the "rules"
- Ensure you've correctly integrated what you've learned
Our instructors ensure that no Student leaves a LearnWPT Live Workshop with unanswered poker questions!
