Whether you’re about to board the flight for Las Vegas or still staring at the spot on your calendar a few months out marked Poker Summer Camp, there’s no doubt that at this exact moment part of you is thinking, ❝Will 2025 be my breakout year at the WSOP?❞.

The answer to that question depends a lot on your preparation, and there are specific protocols you should follow based on exactly how far away you are from starting your 1st event. While the exact process will vary somewhat based on each player, there are some tried-and-true techniques Pros use to make sure they hit the felt ready to dominate.

Click below for FREE tips and strategies that will have you ready to crush from hand 1 in Vegas, no matter how much time you have to prepare, direct from Team LearnWPT ...

• Tony Dunst: WPT Champion and 3x WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Michael "Gags30" Gagliano: 3x WSOP Bracelet Winner
• Eric “Rizen” Lynch: 5x WSOP Final Tables & acclaimed author
• Johan Schultz-Pedersen: WSOP Bracelet Winner

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Bounty Poker Tournaments are a fun way to add variety to your poker tournament schedule. The real money bounty awarded for knocking out each player creates extra action plus it gives every poker player a chance to win some cash in most cases without needing to finish inside the bubble.

Your friends at LearnWPT, The Official Poker Education Platform of The World Poker Tour, are here with expert tips to help you adjust poker strategy for each of the 3 types of bounty poker tournaments:

1. Traditional Bounty Tournaments
2. PKO Tournaments
3. Lottery Style Bounty Tournaments

Traditional Bounty Poker Tournaments

Take a deep dive into the traditional bounty poker tournament format and learn how professional poker players adjust their play to account for the bounties when making decisions at the table.

Binger’s Bounty Equity Shortcut for Calling All-Ins:

• Convert the bounty to tournament chips based on percentage of buy-in
  • $1,000 buy-in tournament, $250 of each buy-in is the bounty (bounty is 25% of buy-in)
  • 10,000 in starting chips x 25% = 2500 in tournament chips
  • Therefore 1 bounty = 2500 in tournament chips
• Add the value of the bounty in terms of chips to the total pot
  • Ex: Pot size 17,500 + 2,500 = 20,000 bounty adjusted pot size
• Calculate your equity based on the bounty adjusted pot size
• Your calling range will naturally be wider based on the increased pot size

Progressive Knockout (PKO) Tournaments

Progressive Knockouts, or PKO’s have become very popular in online poker because of the escalating values for each player’s bounty as they eliminate others from the tournament. While this style of tournament is not common in live poker, it’s incredibly popular online and you need to be aware of the strategic adjustments involved.

The buy-in structure for a Progressive Knockout splits the buy-in in half and assigns half to the prize pool and half to the player’s individual bounty. As the tournament progresses you knock players out, half of their bounty is yours to keep, while the other half is added to your bounty.

Remembers these tips when playing in a PKO Tournament:

• Because bounty values change based on each player's number of knockouts, some players are worth much more than others to knock out
• Players are incentivized to widen their ranges and go after opponents when they have a high bounty value
• Start PKO Tournaments on time and avoiding late registration is critical to maximize your chances of winning the most bounties
• It's often profitable to call with any 2 cards in PKO Tournaments when your opponent's bounty value is high
• This style of tournament has become extremely popular over the last year because it encourages so much action!

Make sure you download your free PKO Equity Reduction Quick Refeference Guide after you watch the Strategy Episode!

The PKO Equity Reduction Reference Guide is an easy and quick way to determine your equity in PKO Tournaments

Lottery Style Bounty Poker Tournaments

The most recent innovation in tournament bounty poker that has caused great excitement among poker players is the Lottery Style Bounty Tournament.

In this type of event (more commonly known as a Mystery Bounty or Bounty Confidential) players who make Day 2 and eliminate a player draw an envelope with the bounty amount hidden inside. Bounty amounts range from slightly less than a buy-in, all the way to 50 times the buy-in based on the total number of tournament entries.

Bounty Confidential Tournament at Thunder Valley Casino Resort

To maximize your chances at grabbing a massive bounty there are specific strategy reminders you should be conscious of during your next Lottery Style bounty event. Check out LearnWPT Instructor and Poker Legend Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger’s key lessons for Lottery Style Bounty Tournaments below:

3 Lessons from LuckyChewy on Lottery Style Bounty Tournaments:

➧ Lesson #1: Making Day 2 in a Lottery Style Bounty Tournament is very important, but getting there with a big stack is critical to maximizing return on investment. Take thinner edges on Day 1 and focus on spots to accumulate chips before you reach the money so that you can have a better shot at accumulating bounties once you are in the money.

➧ Lesson #2: Bounties usually make up roughly one third of the prize pool. They are of most value when the average bounty amount in dollars is larger than the minimum cash and quite a bit larger than any pay jumps. Keeping track of which larger bounties have been won already is essential to making the highest expected value decisions in these types of events.

➧ Lesson #3: As the average bounty value decreases and you get deeper in the tournament where the prize money and associated pay jumps in the actual prize pool are larger than the average bounty amount, winning a bounty should be much less of an important factor in your decision making. Where previously you might have made a thin call to potentially win a huge bounty, you should instead evaluate this spot in terms of your overall tournament.

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Hey Poker Fans!

Welcome to Tour Terms, where we break down key terms that poker Pros use to talk strategy and give you helpful tips to use in your next poker tournament. Today's Tour Term is ...

Big Blind Defense: noun
big blind de·fense \ ˈbig ˈblīnd di-ˈfen(t)s \

1) A strategy for continuing against an opponent who open raises preflop when you are in the Big Blind, usually by calling.

Example of Big Blind Defense in a sentence
Tony raises to 500 from the Cutoff seat and action folds to LuckyChewy who defends his Big Blind and calls and we’re off to a flop.

Defend Yourself!

Learn the basics of Big Blind Defense calling and get downloadable charts you can use during your next poker tournament.

Watch and learn as LearnWPT Instructor Nick Binger breaks this must have strategy and upgrade your Big Blind play right now:

🛡️ Tips for Defending Your Big Blind Like A Pro:

• Avoid calling with offsuit hands - suited hands and speculative hands are best
• This strategy only applies when you are up against 1 opponent and in the Big Blind
• Make sure you only defend by calling with specific hands. Don’t remove 3-Betting from your game plan!
• Defend with tighter calling range against larger open raise sizes
• Default to checking the flop after you call the raise, no matter what cards you hold

Tony Defends on the Ultimate Stage

Big Blind Defense plays a crucial role in the outcome of almost every Final Table from your local daily poker tournament to a World Poker Tour Championship Event.

In this Strategy Episode from WPT® Commentator and LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst we get a behind the scenes look into how these strategies are used when the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions title and the Mike Sexton Champions Cup is at stake!

And Off To The Flop We Go...

Think you have what it takes to defend your Big Blind and outwit a world-class poker Pro? It’s time to challenge the world’s perfect opponent - The WPT GTO Trainer!

Play these 5 hands to test your skills and learn the exact move to make. Remember, the goal is to get as close to ZERO EV loss with each decision you make. Good luck...

Here are some tips when practicing with the WPT GTO Trainer:

• Your goal is to select the action for each individual hand that is as close to 0.00 EV as possible
• EV Loss of 0.00 is the same action a GTO Player would take
• 0.00 EV Loss means you broke even against a GTO Player
• EV Loss Color Coding Hint:
  • Green = Near GTO Play
  • Orange = Take Caution
  • Red = Probable Leak in Your Game

See how close you get to 0 EV Loss and high percentage plays, then reread the advice above from the LearnWPT Pros.

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Hey Poker Fans!

Welcome to Tour Terms, where we break down key terms that poker pros use to talk strategy and give you helpful tips to use in your next poker tournament. Today's Tour Term is …

3-Bet: verb
three·bet \ ˈthrē ˈbet \

1) The act of raising after another player has raised the initial bet amount first-in. For example, in a tournament where blinds are 25-50, Player A opens the pot to 150 preflop and Player B raises to 450. In this instance Player B is 3-Betting the pot.

Example of 3-Bet in a Sentence
Tony raises preflop to 150 and LuckyChewy 3-Bets to 450 with A♠5♠.

So, What Hands Should You 3-Bet With 🤔?

Fighting back vs aggression from your opponents can be stressful and it’s hard to know exactly when you should reraise and which hands to do it with. Watch this in-depth Strategy Episode with LearnWPT Instructor Nick Binger as he breaks down the key factors you should look for when deciding to 3-bet:

5 Key 🗝️ Reminders for 3-Betting:

➧ In order to win tournaments you can’t simply wait for good cards
➧ 3-Betting is key to winning pots without showing down your hand
➧ Avoid 3-Betting with bad cards in cash games
➧ Target players with medium sized (30 to 50 big blind) stacks to pressure with 3-bets
➧ Players opening the pot from late position are likely to have wider hand ranges

3-Betting Ace King With The Champ 🥊

Staying aggressive with Ace King is essential for making deep runs and bringing home tournament titles. Many players struggle with how to effectively apply aggression with Ace King, especially vs sticky opponents.

Check out this Strategy Episode with 3x WPT Champion and LearnWPT Instructor Brian Altman from a $2,200 buy-in event at Wynn Las Vegas and learn his strategy for playing AK in a 3-bet pot.

The Cup 🏆 Awaits!

You are in a World Poker Tour main event with the Mike Sexton Champions Cup on the line! A late position player raises first-in and you 3-Bet from the Button with a 50BB stack. Your opponent calls and you are off to the flop...

Now it’s time to test your skills from this spot and play a FREE Tournament sample of 5 hands in the WPT GTO Trainer.

Your goal is to keep "EV Loss" in the green and close to 0, good luck!

Here are some tips when practicing with the WPT GTO Trainer:

• Your goal is to select the action for each individual hand that is as close to 0.00 EV as possible
• EV Loss of 0.00 is the same action a GTO Player would take
• 0.00 EV Loss means you broke even against a GTO Player
• EV Loss Color Coding Hint:
  • Green = Near GTO Play
  • Orange = Take Caution
  • Red = Probable Leak in Your Game

🖥️ Watch 3-Betting In Action

3-Betting is a powerful move that experts use to pressure opponents and force even the toughest players to retreat.

Check out this hand from WPT Season XIII for an in-depth look at a 3-bet pot with big money on the line and watch as Nick demonstrates how this Pro perfectly puts theory into practice.

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During your next tournament or session give these 3-betting strategies a try and you'll become tougher to play against and keep your opponents on their heels more often.

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That's a wrap!

The final week of the 2024 WSOP and Summer Tournament Season concluded with more fun and cashes from Team LearnWPT.

During the exciting 7 week stretch we got to sweat 13 final tables, see two LearnWPT Students each take down their 1st Gold Bracelet, and two Instructors add hardware to their already accomplished trophy chest. We also took home nearly $2.1 Million dollars in well deserved earnings.

This summer Team LearnWPT achieved:
➧ WSOP Gold Bracelet: 4 (YES 4!)
➧ Around Town Win: 1
➧ WSOP Final Tables: 4
➧ Around Town Final Tables: 9
➧ Cashed For: $2,099,701 (nearly double our cashes from 2023)

What's up next for Team LearnWPT? The WPT® World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas this December! We'll be busy getting LearnWPT Students prepared to play better poker and win big at Wynn Las Vegas.

The second ever WPT World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas set the standard for all future poker festivals with almost every event crushing the guaranteed prize pools and multiple players walked away with over $1,000,000 for their efforts.

During the 2023 Festival Team LearnWPT saw huge results including LearnWPT Member Bob Buckenmeyer who made the WPT Prime Championship Final Table and Instructor Andrew Lichtenberger who final tabled the flagship $40M GTD WPT World Championship.

The 2024 schedule will be finalized and announced soon so you still have plenty of time to make your plans to join us in Vegas.

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LearnWPT Finds Big Success During the WSOP!

THANK YOU to all of our LearnWPT Students who helped make this summer season of poker exciting. We are proud of your progress and are grateful to have you in the LearnWPT Family!

Stay tuned for announcements on new Webinars, WPT GTO Trainer features, and exclusive Live Workshops to keep the momentum going into the WPT World Championship festival.

Thousands of poker players have descended on the Las Vegas Strip for 7 weeks of summer poker action during the 2024 World Series of Poker looking to win a prestigious WSOP Bracelet (and some cash too) including LearnWPT Students and Instructors.

During the 2023 WSOP summer action we got to sweat 10 final tables, see another LearnWPT Student take down their 1st Gold Bracelet, and celebrate the over $1Million in cashes.

So how did Team LearnWPT do? Hint it's 4 WSOP Gold Bracelets!

🎉 WSOP Week 7 Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 6 Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 5 Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 4 Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 3 Successes
🎉 WSOP Weeks 1-2 Successes
👏 Success Around Town
📌️️ FREE Tournament Prep Episode & Tips
👀 Our Ones To Look Out For

Read more about Team LearnWPT's successes...

WSOP Week 7 Achievements

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst made another deep run in the record-breaking WSOP Main Event!

• WSOP 2024 Event 81: $10,000 Main Event Championship
• Placed: 144th out of 10,112
• Won: $70,000
• Tournament results

For the 2nd year in a row Tony went deep in the Main Event 👏

➧ LearnWPT Student Joe Bergh cashed in the WSOP Lucky 7s No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #93 $777 Lucky 7s Event
• Placed: 244th out of 6,292
• Won: $2,520
• Tournament Results

🌡️ This is Joe's 4th cash of the summer!

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP Mid-Stakes No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event 89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Event
• Placed: 106th out of 3,177
• Won: $8,989
• Tournament results

WSOP Week 6 Achievements

LearnWPT Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen took to the online felt last weekend to win his FIRST career WSOP Bracelet!

Johan captured WSOP Bracelet #1 and the $149,745 1st place prize after outlasting the 3,379 entry field in the $400 No-Limit World Series of Poker Colossus Online Event #20. As a testament to Johan’s focus and determination, he won his first bracelet while on an off day before the start of Day 2 of the $10K WSOP Main Event!

This incredible victory is the highlight of an already epic summer, including 🔥 12 WSOP cashes and a Final Table in the super stacked WPT Alpha8 Trifecta $25K buy-in event at Wynn Las Vegas.

🏆 LearnWPT Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen WON the WSOP Colossus No-Limit Hold'em Tournament!

• WSOP 2024 Online Event 20: $400 Colossus Event
• Placed: 🥇 1st out of 3,379
• Won: $149,745
• Tournament results

Congratulations Johan on Winning Your 1st WSOP Bracelet 🥂

➧ Instructor Adrian Naggy cashed in the WSOP Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack Event
• Placed: 614th out of 6,628
• Won: $1,260
• Tournament Results

🌡️ Adrian cashed 4 times so far!

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event 19: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Event
• Placed: 28th out of 1,963
• Won: $3,927
• Tournament results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst cashed in the WSOP Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event 19: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Event
• Placed: 122rd out of 1,963
• Won: $1,900
• Tournament results

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #16: $777 Lucky 7's Event
• Placed: 22nd out of 1,694
• Won: $4,862
• Tournament Results

🔥 Gags cashed 5 times so far!

➧ LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst cashed in the WSOP High Roller 8-Max No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event 14: $5,300 High Roller 8-Max Event
• Placed: 12th out of 267
• Won: $16,363
• Tournament results

WSOP Week 5 Achievements

He's done it again!

LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst took to the online felt last weekend to win his third career WSOP Bracelet!

Tony captured WSOP Bracelet #3 and the $134,888 1st place prize after outlasting the 2,435 entry field in the $500 No-Limit World Series of Poker Deepstack Online Event #15. After a hard fought 13 hour battle of online play through a massive field stacked with Pros and online grinders the remaining 8 players reached the final table.

Just as the sun was rising over the Las Vegas Valley, the last hand of heads up play with his opponent “vevere” was dealt, and the marathon session ended with Tony securing WSOP Bracelet #3.

🏆 LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst WON the WSOP Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament!

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #15: $500 Deepstack Event
• Placed: 🥇 1st out of 2,435
• Won: $134,888
• Tournament results

Congratulations Tony on Winning Your 3rd WSOP Bracelet 🥂

➧ LearnWPT Student Cathy Schenone cashed in the WSOP Mini Main No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #78 $1,000 Mini Main Event
• Placed: 203rd out of 6,076
• Won: $4,168
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts cashed in the WSOP Mini Main No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #78 $1,000 Mini Main Event
• Placed: 264th out of 6,076
• Won: $3,280
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Scott Roberts cashed in the WSOP Colossus No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #70 $400 Colossus Event
• Placed: 895th out of 2,845
• Won: $1,140
• Tournament Results

🔥 This is Scott's 3rd cash of the Series!

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #68 $2,500 Event
• Placed: 76th out of 2,229
• Won: $9,291
• Tournament Results

💥 This is Bob's 6th cash of the Series!

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the WSOP Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #65 $5,000 Seniors Hight Roller
• Placed: 20th out of 680
• Won: $22,022
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Tony Dunst cashed in the WSOP $1K Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #13: $1,000 Freezeout Event
• Placed: 74th out of 824
• Won: $2,002
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #11: $500 Mystery Bounty Event
• Placed: 347th out of 3,462
• Won: $846
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 4 Achievements

Week 4 of the WSOP brought our 2nd WSOP Bracelet of the Series!

The 4th week of the WSOP in Vegas drew to an exciting conclusion with LearnWPT Student Sean Jazayeri winning his 1st Gold Bracelet, battling a field of 3,362 opponents, and taking home $368,025!

Sean started Day 4 of the $1,000 buy-in WSOP Super Seniors event third in chips, showed patience and played fearlessly in the endgame to emerge as the victor in an exciting heads up duel. This is Sean's third 2024 WSOP cash which is also his largest-ever WSOP cash and the 2nd biggest of his poker career.

Sean recently attended the LearnWPT Launch Workshop with Tony Dunst, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Michael "Gags30" Gagliano, Johan Schultz-Pedersen, and Adrian Naggy to prepare for the WSOP and we're incredibly proud of his success.

🏆 LearnWPT Student Sean Jazayeri WON the WSOP Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament!

• WSOP 2024 Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors Event
• Placed: 🥇 1st out of 3,362
• Won: $368,025
• Read about Sean's Final Table performance

Congratulations Sean on Winning Your 1st WSOP Bracelet 🥂

➧ LearnWPT Student Joe Bergh cashed in the WSOP PokerNews Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Event
• Placed: 492nd out of 5,110
• Won: $1,261
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the WSOP Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors Event
• Placed: 223rd out of 3,362
• Won: $2,355
• Tournament Results

➧ Student John Goodell cashed in the WSOP Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors Event
• Placed: 245th out of 3,362
• Won: $2,355
• Tournament Results

🔥 John cashed 4 times during the Series!

➧ LearnWPT Student Scott Roberts cashed in the WSOP Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors Event
• Placed: 452nd out of 3,362
• Won: $2,001
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Adrian Naggy cashed in the WSOP Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Event
• Placed: 1,079th out of 10,939
• Won: $3,150
• Tournament

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $3K No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout
• Placed: 149th out of 1,252
• Won: $6,024
• Tournament Results

💥 Johan has 11 total cashes including 7 WSOP!!

➧ LearnWPT Student Bryant Morrison cashed in the WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #46: $1,000 Seniors Event
• Placed: 297th out of 7,954
• Won: $3,783
• Tournament Results

🌡️ This is Bryant's 2nd cash of the Series!

➧ LearnWPT Student Scott Roberts cashed in the WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #46: $1,000 Seniors Event
• Placed: 423rd out of 7,954
• Won: $3,010
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Joe Bergh cashed in the WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #46: $1,000 Seniors Event
• Placed: 445th out of 7,954
• Won: $3,010
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Sean Jazayeri cashed in the WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #46: $1,000 Seniors Event
• Placed: 872nd out of 7,954
• Won: $2,000
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 3 Achievements

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the WSOP $100K High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #47: $100,000 High Roller
• Placed: 12th out of 112
• Won: $209,346
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $2K No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #44: $2,000 No-Limit
• Placed: 121st out of 1,561
• Won: $4,462
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Tony Dunst cashed in the WSOP $1K 6-Max Online No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #8: $1,000 6-Max
• Placed: 144th out of 1,233
• Won: $1,886
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP Online 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #8: $1,000 6-Max
• Placed: 234th out of 1,233
• Won: $1,665
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Adrian Naggy cashed in the WSOP Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack
• Placed: 60th out of 8,703
• Won: $21,025
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack
• Placed: 417th out of 8,703
• Won: $4,880
• Tournament Results

➧ Studen Ian Shirreffs cashed in the WSOP Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack
• Placed: 950th out of 8,703
• Won: $3,001
• Tournament Results

➧ Student Jed Dyrek cashed in the WSOP $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #36: $800 Deepstack 8-Handed
• Placed: 557th out of 4,248
• Won: $1,601
• Tournament Results

🌡️ Jed also took 3rd in a $250 WSOP daily - Let's keep it going!

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP $1,500 Limit H.O.R.S.E. Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #35: $1,500 Limit H.O.R.S.E.
• Placed: 71st out of 8,703
• Won: $3,417
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP Online Ultra Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #6: $400 Ultra Deepstack
• Placed: 138rd out of 2,238
• Won: $1,128
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 2 Achievements

Week 2 of the WSOP brought our 1st WSOP Bracelet of the Series!

Long-time LearnWPT Student Timothy "T.J." Murphy took home his first WSOP Bracelet outlasting a huge field of 4,732 runners and banked an impressive $368,977 for the win.

T.J. roared into the Final Table as the chip leader and showed zero fear while using his huge stack to eliminate 6 of the 8 remaining players on his way to victory. Entering heads up play with a big chip advantage, it only took a few hands for T.J. to finish it out.

T.J. puts in the work everyday on LearnWPT.com and we are so happy to see it paying off! He’s submitted hundreds of hands to our Ask A Pro forum for analysis and trains constantly on the WPT GTO Trainer. Most people don't get to see all of the work and study a Student puts in behind the scenes, they just see the result. T.J. worked hard for this and his dominating performance showed it 👏.

🏆 LearnWPT Student T.J. Murphy WON the WSOP Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament!

• WSOP 2024 Event #17: $800 Deepstack Event
• Placed: 🥇 1st out of 4,732
• Won: $368,977
• Tournament Results
• Read about T.J.'s dominating Final Table performance

Congratulations T.J. on Winning Your 1st WSOP Bracelet 🥂

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the WSOP $3K No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed Event
• Placed: 177th out of 1230
• Won: $6,015
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $3KNo-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed Event
• Placed: 165th out of 1230
• Won: $6,015
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the WSOP $25K High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #21: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed
• Placed: 22nd out of 272
• Won: $64,249
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the WSOP Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #20: $300 Gladiators of Poker Event
• Placed: 2,178th out of 20,647
• Won: $600
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the WSOP Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #17: $800 Deepstack Event
• Placed: 184th out of 4,732
• Won: $2,895
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 1 Achievements

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $5K Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #16: $5,000 Freezeout 8-Handed
• Placed: 43rd out of 660
• Won: $15,430
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP $5K Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #16: $5,000 Freezeout 8-Handed
• Placed: 80th out of 660
• Won: $9,964
• Tournament Results

➧ Student Sean Jazayeri cashed in the WSOP Online PKO No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Online Event #2: $400 PKO
• Placed: 97th out of 1,962
• Won: $600
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #15: $1,000 Mystery Millions
• Placed: 1,855th out of 18,409
• Won: $1,320
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the WSOP Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions
• Placed: 1,090th out of 18,409
• Won: $2,637
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer cashed in the WSOP Kickoff Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2024 Event #3: $500 Kickoff -Freezeout Event
• Placed: 309th out of 3,485
• Won: $1,051
• Tournament Results

Team LearnWPT Success Around Town

➧ Instructor Andrew Lichtenberger cashed in the WPT Alpha8 Trifecta No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $25,000 WPT Alpha8 Trifecta Event #3
• Placed: 4th out of 117
• Won: $265,000
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the Wynn Summer Classic Championship No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $10,400 $10MGTD Championship
• Placed: 67th out of 1,440
• Won: $35,139
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WPT Alpha8 Trifecta No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $25,000 WPT Alpha8 Trifecta Event #1
• Placed: 10th out of 78
• Won: $57,100
• Tournament Results

🏆 Student Tamar Abraham WON a Golden Nugget Championship Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• 2024 Grand Poker Series: Golden Nugget
• 🥇 1st Place
• Won: $10,200

Tammy is our reigning 2023 WSOP Bracelet winner!

🥉 LearnWPT Student Joe Bergh took 3rd in the Venetian Ultimate Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Venetian DeepStack Event #56: $1,100 Ultimate Stack
• Placed: 3rd out of 214
• Won: $22,526
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Adrian Naggy Final Tabled the MGM Grand Grand Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• MGM Grand Las Vegas: $400 Summer Series Grand Stack
• Placed: 9th out of 506
• Won: $3,255
• Tournament Results

➧ Student John Goodell cashed in the Golden Nugget Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• 2024 Grand Poker Series: $400 Golden Nugget Super Seniors
• 7th out of 366
• Won: $3,992

🥈 Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen took 2nd in the Wynn $1,100 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $1,100 Turbo
• Placed: 2nd out of 184
• Won: $35,257
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the Wynn $4M GTD No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $3,500 $4M GTD Event
• Placed: 104th out of 1,907
• Won: $9,505
• Tournament Results

➧ Student John Goodell cashed in the $600 Golden Nugget Championship No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• 2024 Grand Poker Series: $600 Golden Nugget Championship
• 173rd out of 1,900
• Won: $2,055

➧ Student Sandy Tabin took 4th in the MSPT $1,600 Venetian No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event: Venetian Las Vegas
• Placed: 4th out of 696
• Won: $66,270
• Tournament Results

Sandy is straight off his WPT Montreal $600 buy-in 1st place win for $19,941 - Let's keep it going!

➧ Student John Goodell took 44th in the Wynn Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $1,600 Seniors
• Placed: 44th out of 459
• Won: $3,778
• Tournament Results

🥈 Student Bryant Morrison took 2nd in the Venetian Ultimate Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Venetian DeepStack Event #19: $1,100 Ultimate Bounty
• Placed: 2nd out of 129
• Won: $19,247
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the Wynn $3K 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $3,000 6-Max
• Placed: 30th out of 284
• Won: $6,785
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the Wynn Century PKO No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• The Wynn Summer Classic: $1,600 Century PKO
• Placed: 102nd out of 2,034
• Won: $3,215
• Tournament Results

If you’ve been looking for the fastest way to learn poker from the ground up in 2024 and have found this link, consider yourself fortunate. LearnWPT, The Official Poker Training Platform of the World Poker Tour®, has assembled a step-by-step guide to help you get started in no time. If you’re a more seasoned poker player and are looking for the next level strategies that have won more than $60 million dollars, 12 WSOP Bracelets, and 5 WPT Championship Titles, then you’re also in the right place.

We’ve got you covered with expert strategies from some of the most successful players in poker including Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger, Brian Altman, Tony Dunst, Eric “Rizen” Lynch, Michael “Gags30” Gagliano, Johan Schultz-Pedersen, and Nick Binger.

So no matter if you’re getting ready to play your first hand of No-Limit Hold'em, or sharpening your game to try and finally break through with a victory on the felt, your friends at LearnWPT are here with strategies and training tools that will immediately show results in your poker game.

① Find Your Poker Learning Path

The most impactful poker lessons happen during actual game play, however it can take several hands to accurately assess what stage a player is at their development. LearnWPT has developed a short quiz that will pinpoint your specific level of knowledge and deliver only the content that you need to start improving your poker play fast.

Take the below Quiz and find out where to begin your study...

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② Organize Your Poker Training

Now that you’ve discovered your starting point to learn and improve at poker, it’s time to organize your training assets and get on a study schedule. Depending on your goals as a player, you may want to study at least 3 days a week for a minimum of one hour per session when you first start learning a new poker strategy. The more ambitious your goal (for example, become a WPT Champion in 6 months), the more frequently you should study.

After you’ve identified your goals and outlined a general plan, it’s crucial to schedule your training sessions at times where it’s most convenient for you and any study partners. It’s often best to leave at least a few hours between poker study and play sessions to allow yourself a transition from study mode into execution mode.

If you’ve struggled with optimizing poker study sessions and maintaining momentum due to challenging personal schedules, you’ll also need a tool that helps organize and track your progress.

The LearnWPT online platform features a personalized and customizable training dashboard that delivers content from our strategy video library featuring 500+ Episodes, in a stream based on your specific Learning Path and current progress, plus offers an at a glance view of Ask A Pro forum activity and scoring history on the WPT GTO Trainer.

The ability to organize and schedule your poker training on an easy to use platform with best in class technology is ideal for staying flexible and finding the time to fit in study sessions on busy days.

③ Get Your Poker Play Reviewed By An Expert

There are many factors to consider when analyzing a specific poker hand. A skilled poker coach has the proven fundamentals and decision making process to determine what is the most crucial to focus on when providing strategic feedback. The ability to consistently follow a process for reviewing play and recommending concrete steps for improvement based on proven strategy are desired traits when looking for a subject matter expert to accelerate your learning.

Unfortunately it’s not always easy to find trusted resources when it comes to getting direct feedback on poker strategy, and it’s often a challenge to receive timely responses to your poker questions given crazy schedules kept by many poker professionals.

It can also be very cumbersome to track hand history details and capture all the necessary information from your poker play to accurately recount your trouble spots from a session. Often players struggle with recalling all of the specific details that are essential to correctly training and learning poker.

To make it easier for everyone to get strategy advice and direct feedback on their poker play, the Team at LearnWPT provides immediate access to experienced poker champions who are also expert teachers through a streamlined tool that helps you accurately record and store hands you play for analysis.

With the Ask a Pro Forums and the Hand Input Tool (HIT), you can quickly capture and share replays from hands you played directly to the Pros of Team LearnWPT and get timely and detailed strategic guidance to reinforce good habits while plugging your biggest leaks.

Join LearnWPT.com for $5 your 1st month of Membership to record hands and send them to our Pros for analysis!

④ Practice Playing Poker As Often As You Can

We’ve mentioned it a few times in this article already, but it’s crucial to understand that the only way to actually test new skills you are learning is to play hands of poker. The speed of growth in a poker player's learning curve is often directly correlated to their ability to test new theories rapidly through execution and get immediate feedback from opponents.

For the majority of poker players there is a huge challenge in playing enough volume to reinforce new concepts and develop the real time feeling of responding to an opponent with advanced plays. The size of your bankroll is also a big factor in the ability to play a large quantity of poker sessions in order to perfect new strategies.

In order to accelerate your learning and close the experience gap fast, it’s recommended to use one of the many programs that allow poker players to train simulated No-Limit Texas Hold'em hands for practice. One of the most comprehensive and advanced options on the market, The WPT GTO Trainer, is a specialized poker training tool that is exclusive to the LearnWPT platform.

With the WPT GTO Trainer you can practice cash game, tournament, 6-max, final table ICM, and heads up scenarios vs a computerized opponent who is programmed to respond with the correct strategy for each decision point.

As an added feature, LearnWPT.com Members can share hands directly from the WPT GTO Trainer session summary to the Ask A Pro forum for detailed analysis and strategic explanation of the specific spots they are practicing. Ready to give it a try?

Decision Point: In a Tournament with 50 big blind stacks you open raise to 2.5BBs from Middle Position and the Big Blind calls.

Now it’s time to test your skills from this spot and play a FREE sample of 5 tournament hands in the WPT GTO Trainer.

LearnWPT Members can play more poker hands from this common MTT spot with the MP2 Open Vs Big Blind Call WPT GTO Trainer pack.

Here are some tips when practicing with the WPT GTO Trainer:

• Your goal is to select the action for each individual hand that is as close to 0.00 EV as possible
• EV Loss of 0.00 is the same action a GTO Player would take
• 0.00 EV Loss means you broke even against a GTO Player
• EV Loss Color Coding Hint:
  • Green = Near GTO Play
  • Orange = Take Caution
  • Red = Probable Leak in Your Game
• Questions on why a specific play was not preferred? Share the hand to the Pros for analysis directly from your Session Summary Dashboard!

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⑤ Train The Mental Game

Learning strategic maneuvers and the specific mathematics that govern optimal decision making in a hand of No-Limit Hold’em is only the starting point to training your poker game for peak performance. Due to the statistical variance in No-Limit Hold’em poker you will face your fair share of bad beats (when an underdog beats a favorite) and have to deal with the emotional swings that occur from frustration, disappointment, and anger related to losing.

The world’s best poker players recognize that knowledge is only half the battle. Without the ability to execute and make complex decisions in a short amount of time with real money on the line, knowledge is reduced to trivia. The process of training your Mental Game is not that much different than training poker strategy, and there are proven strategies for reducing the effects of strong emotions on your decision making during play.

LearnWPT Mental Game Coach Jared Tendler is both a pioneer and innovator in the study of Mental Game training for poker players. His video Strategy Episodes on LearnWPT outline the causes of Mental Game errors and provide step-by-step instructions for proactively nurturing your emotions and stress levels before play.

If you are preparing to play a major tournament series it’s also essential to prepare your Mental Game for the rigors of long hours and less than favorable run outs.

Jared Tendler has used his expertise to create a proven process to prepare for these intense stretches of poker with his turnkey course Mental Game Up Tune Up for Tournament Poker.

⑥ Commit to A Cycle of Constant Improvement

Focusing your attention on a goal in poker requires an understanding of how poker results don’t always line up with your study efforts due to variance. Your edge as a poker player is based on statistical probability over the long-term, which essentially means millions of poker hands. To make big gains in your poker playing ability you’ll need to trust the process and commit to a cycle of constant improvement, pledging to get better by at least 1% every day.

Committing to a cycle of constant improvement has huge benefits for your poker game, as you’ll focus on improving your worst and enhancing your best a little bit at a time. You’ll also likely see more benefits in other areas of your life, as you strive to eliminate nagging errors and upgrade your overall decision-making skills.

WPT Commentator, WPT Champion, and LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst knows what it takes to battle and win against the best poker players on the planet. In his Strategy Episode on the difference between the Amateur and Pro mentality, he breaks down the key traits of a poker pro and illustrates how their mindset leads to breaking through for big gains at the table.

Conclusion

🎯 The fastest way to learn poker is to adopt a system used by proven winners who know how to accelerate your learning through targeting training and a continuous feedback loop. To make the most of your journey playing poker, and to have more fun at the table, it’s important to identify your goals and work towards them in a supportive community of subject matter experts.

✅ Organizing your poker training content and scheduling study sessions can be challenging both for you and any study partners. Choosing a platform designed specifically to help you learn and grow as a poker player is ideal for improving your play fast. You don’t want to waste valuable time trying to plan your study sessions or figure out what content you should be watching.

✅ Practice makes perfect, and it’s even more important to get in a large volume of hands when learning new concepts. You need a training tool that uses Game Theory Optimal Outputs and provides immediate feedback for your poker decisions, including for all different types of games and situations.

✅ Finally, it’s crucial to surround yourself with poker players and coaches who are knowledgeable in strategy and adept at teaching poker to students of all experience and skill levels. You need direct access to skilled poker players who have proven their worth at the table in order to really advance your poker education. It’s also essential to have tools built specifically for poker training that are designed to work together as a system and help you be as efficient as possible with our study time away from the felt.

We hope you enjoyed this handy guide to give the Fastest Way to Learn Poker, no matter if you are just finding the game or if you’ve played your fair share of No-Limit Texas Hold’em.

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Hey Poker Fans!

Welcome to Tour Terms, where we break down key terms that poker pros use to talk strategy and give you helpful tips to use in your next poker tournament. Today's Tour Term is …

Floating: verb
float·​ing \ ˈflō-tiŋ \

1) To call a bet as the In Position player with the intention of taking away the pot on a later street using aggressive action. This is often done with a hand that has not connected with the board in any way.

Example of Floating in a Sentence:
Brian raises preflop to 1500 in Middle Position with A♥K♦ and Johan calls on the Button with J♣T♦. On the flop of 9♥7♥4♦ Brian c-bets 2200. Johan chooses to Float with two overcards that also have a backdoor flush draw plus gutshot straight draw and calls 2200.

Fold Less, Float More!

Tired of competing against THAT poker player who always seems to be dragging pots with preflop raises and constant continuation bets? Take away their equity advantage and turn aggression on its heels with the Float.

Tune in to this LearnWPT Strategy Episode as Instructor Nick Binger gives you step-by-step guidelines to identify the best situations to Float vs a frequent c-bettor and how to apply this move effectively.

Floating is an effective strategy to counter c-bet bluffs as a fair percentage of flops will not connect with the range of the preflop raiser. These weak hands are usually forced to give up and check on many turn cards, giving the Floater a prime opportunity to bluff.

Utilize the power of position to turn aggression around on your opponents and add Floating to your poker move-making toolkit.

Additional Episodes to review that Nick discusses:

❐ Episode 91: Protecting C-Bets (countering a Floater)
❐ Episode 72: Basic Linear Preflop Play
➥ Download The Linear Preflop Decision Tree
❐ Episode 3: Speculative Preflop Calling
❐ Episode 150: Linear Vs Polarized 3-Betting

🖥️ Floating In Action at a WPT Final Table

Take a Closer Look at this pivotal hand from the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star featuring a common situation where a player Floats on the flop with backdoor equity vs an opponent holding a 1-pair hand and watch as Nick demonstrates how this poker Pro puts theory into practice.

✍️ Tips for Pulling Off a Float in Poker:

➧ Floating is essentially calling on the flop without a real hand with a plan to take away the pot on the turn using aggression
➧ Float specific situations only, calling too often will result in profit loss
➧ Limit Floating to spots where you are In Position (when you are last to act and someone has bet into you)
➧ Float against a single opponent - avoid Floating in multiway pots

➧ Target situations where you have a hand with good equity and can potentially create fold equity through aggressive action
➧ Choose hands that can turn additional equity (backdoor draws, over cards on the flop)
➧ Choose boards where the next card could be a scare card (draw on the flop that you can represent)
➧ We often will be Floating with Speculative Hands

Put Your Floating Skills to the Test!

Decision Point: In a Tournament with 50 big blind stacks a Middle Position player open raises to 2.5BBs and you call from the Button. Play Game Theory Optimal solved hands In Position.

Now it’s time to test your skills from this spot and play a FREE sample of 5 tournament hands in the WPT GTO Trainer.

LearnWPT Members can play more poker hands from this common MTT spot with the Button Call Vs MP2 Open WPT GTO Trainer pack.

Here are some tips when practicing with the WPT GTO Trainer:

• Your goal is to select the action for each individual hand that is as close to 0.00 EV as possible
• EV Loss of 0.00 is the same action a GTO Player would take
• 0.00 EV Loss means you broke even against a GTO Player
• EV Loss Color Coding Hint:
  • Green = Near GTO Play
  • Orange = Take Caution
  • Red = Probable Leak in Your Game

Regular play on the WPT GTO Trainer will help you adjust your poker decisions closer and closer to GTO strategy.

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Solver Study With Tony Dunst: Making Calls

It can be an uncomfortable feeling to continue against aggression in a poker hand with marginal holdings. If you aren’t careful in selecting when to peel off another card with bottom pair or a backdoor draw, you can easily bleed off chips and sabotage deep runs.

In this Strategy Episode LearnWPT Instructor Tony Dunst dissects lessons learned from solver study to show you spots where calling more often with a wider range of hands against standard aggression is preferred.

From the Felt: Floating and Turn Play

After learning clear guidelines for the ideal spots to Float the flop and take advantage of your position more skillfully, it’s time to examine how this strategy transitions to playing the turn in actual real-world game scenarios.

Tune into and watch this deep dive into two hands from a high stakes online event featuring Nick Binger including a flop Float with AQo and a tough spot with QQ vs a squeeze play from the Small Blind.

Poker Quiz Time! Would You Float the Turn?

DECISION POINT: In a Tournament where blinds are 100/200 a Middle Position player (who you’ve observed as being loose aggressive) raises to 600. You call from the Button with Q♣T♣. Heads-up on a J♥5♥7♣ flop Villain bets out 600 and action is on you. What would do you do?

Click here to get detailed analysis of this hand from Team LearnWPT and learn more strategy behind the correct plays.

Want More Tour Terms From LearnWPT?

LearnWPT Members have instant access to a comprehensive poker training database. Search for any poker term and get the correct definition plus complete results for all related video, written, and playable poker education content on LearnWPT.com.

With a massive library including 500+ on-demand video Strategy Episodes (from successful Pros including Tony Dunst, NIck Binger, Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger, Michael “Gags30” Gagliano, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Johan Schultz-Pedersen, and Brian Altman!), dozens of downloadable charts and tools, direct access to the LearnWPT Pros, and the state of the art WPT GTO Trainer, you’re certain to find the answers to your most pressing poker questions.

Improve your No-Limit Texas Hold'em poker skills by joining LearnWPT for just $5 your 1st month. After your first month, choose the LearnWPT Membership Tier that best fits your budget, schedule, and stage in your development (upgrade or cancel at any time).

During your next tournament or session give these poker strategies for Floating In Position a try and you'll become tougher to play against while keeping your opponents on their heels more often.

Good Luck and Good Playing,
- Team LearnWPT

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The LearnWPT Family had a very exciting (and profitable) week at the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas!

The second ever WPT® World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas saw record breaking prize pools, exciting off the felt activities, and set the standard for all future poker festivals. Almost every poker event crushed the guaranteed prize pools and we saw multiple players walk away with over $1,000,000 for their efforts.

The LearnWPT Team capped off the festival with huge results seeing Member Bob Buckenmeyer making the WPT Prime Championship Final Table and Instructor Andrew Lichtenberger final tabling the flagship $40M GTD WPT World Championship.

JOIN US IN CELEBRATING...

Bob Buckenmayer: WPT Prime Championship Final Table

Long-time LearnWPT Member Bob Buckenmayer navigated the record-breaking field of over 10,500 entrants in the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas to eventually bow out in 5th place for a massive 6-figure score of $380,000.

We could not be more proud of how Bob battled on the felt and we're excited to see what he accomplishes next. As a student of LearnWPT since our start, Bob has demonstrated great skill and dedication to playing his best poker and we're extremely proud of his success.

This isn't the first time Bob has made a deep run in a massive field poker tournament and we know it won’t be the last time we see him at a final table battling with a WPT Championship on the line.

➧ Watch the entire WPT Prime Championship Final Table

Help us in congratulating Bob!

LuckyChewy: WPT World Championship Final Table

It’s been quite the amazing 2023 for Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger and his performance in last night's exciting $40 Million GTD WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas Final Table was a great way to finish out the year. Chewy’s masterful performance vs a stacked Final Table netted him a whopping $2,798,700 for finishing in 3rd place out of a massive field of 3,805 entries.

We are grateful to have LuckyChewy in the LearnWPT Family and are so happy for his success.

➧ Watch the entire WPT World Championship Final Table

Join us in celebrating this poker legend!

Both Final Tables were taped for television so be on the look out for upcoming episodes of the World Poker Tour featuring Bob and Chewy or you can rewatch the livestream on WPT's YouTube Channel.

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📚 Poker Study Sessions With Team LearnWPT!

Over the last 2 months Team LearnWPT hosted Study Sessions for Members to get their game ready to dominate the 2023 WPT® World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas this December.

For each poker Study Session we provide Members with a curated curriculum that features Strategy Episodes, WPT GTO Trainer packs, and downloadable tools that are focused on specific concepts and habits essential for tournament success. Team LearnWPT also conducted LIVE Member-only sessions to focus on key strategy concepts for each topic and answer questions.

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We’re in the home stretch now! LearnWPT Members - make sure to submit any questions or hands on trouble spots to Ask a Pro and we’ll get you ready to conquer Vegas!

Good luck and good playing,
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Review Previous Poker Study Sessions!

➧ Study Session 6: Exploits and Intuition - A common trait shared by most successful tournament players is the ability to identify when an opponent is making an obvious mistake and knowing when to shift gears and use Exploits to maximize their edge. Live with Michael "Gags30 Gagliano and Eric "Rizen" Lynch: Tuesday, November 28th 6PM ET | 3PM PT

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➧ Study Session 5: ICM, Bubble and Satellite Strategy - Tournaments have specific inflection points where the threat of elimination plays a large role in shaping decisions. Bubble, ICM, and Satellite Strategy are critical areas of study to make big scores and win seats to high buy-in events for small investments. Live with Eric "Rizen" Lynch: and Adrian Naggy: Wednesday, November 15th 6PM ET | 3PM PT

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• Click to Review the Satellite, ICM, and Bubble Strategy Curriculum

➧ Study Session 4: Postflop Considerations - Deeper stacked poker tournaments feature more decision points and create tougher Postflop Considerations. Understanding how board texture and ranges interact will have a big impact in your ability to win uncontested pots. Live with Michael "Gags30 Gagliano and Eric "Rizen" Lynch: Wednesday, November 1st 6PM ET | 3PM PT

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➧ Study Session 3: Defense Strategy - Blind and Button Defense Strategy in a poker tournament all have unique considerations and hand range constructions that help target specific opponents in position and develop criteria for check-raising frequent c-bettors. Live with Michael "Gags30 Gagliano and Eric "Rizen" Lynch: Thursday, October 19th 6PM ET | 3PM PT

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• Click to Review the Defense Strategy Study Curriculum

➧ Study Session 2: Preflop Strategy - Knowing how and when to make moves preflop is one of the keys to getting a hold of chips in a poker tournament. Understanding how to adjust for specific stack sizes and positions will give you opportunities to exert a skill edge. Live with Michael "Gags30 Gagliano and Eric "Rizen" Lynch: Wednesday, October 11th 6PM ET

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• Click to Review the Preflop Strategy Study Session Curriculum

➧ Study Session 1: Mental Game and Endurance - Many players ignore Mental Game issues that prevent growth in their game including fear, anger, and frustration. Building Endurance through exercise, rest, and nutrition is key to excelling during a long tournament series.
Live Session with Jared Tendler: Tuesday, Sept 26th 7PM ET

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• Click to Review the Mental Game Study Session Curriculum

2023 WPT 🌎 Championship at Wynn Las Vegas Guarantees Record $40 Million Prize Pool!

The 2023 WPT® World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas is taking poker to new heights with poker’s first $40,000,000 guaranteed prize pool – the largest single live tournament guarantee in the history of poker.

The WPT® World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas runs November 29 - December 23, 2023. The marquee event of the multi-tournament festival will be the $10,400 buy-in Championship Event.

Are you ready to be part of history?

The festival kicks off with a $1 million guaranteed, $600 No Limit Hold’em multi-flight tournament followed by player favorites including the $250,000 guaranteed WPT® Ladies World Championship, $5 Million Guaranteed WPT® Prime Championship, the ever-popular Mystery Bounty featuring a $2 Million guarantee, a Seniors Championship (50+) and a $10,000 buy-in Seniors High Roller.

Multiple mixed game tournaments are also available throughout the festival, ranging from the $1,100 HORSE Championship to a brand-new addition to the schedule, a $3,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship.

Click here to view the complete 2023 WPT® World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas Festival schedule or visit wynnlasvegas.com and WPT.com for more details.

Improve Your Game With Team LearnWPT

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