Every poker player has an A-Game. It's the sharp, focused version that makes winning decisions.

But then there’s your C-Game...

Your C-Game is the collection of bad habits that turn into unnoticed, repeated mistakes. They're automatic, and they cost you more than any unlucky river card ever could.

✅ Calling too wide when facing a 3-bet “just to see a flop”
✅ Betting half your stack when a smaller sizing would do
✅ Leaving value behind by betting too small
✅ Guessing which hands to open from one orbit to the next
✅ Having no plan and constantly asking “what now?” mid-hand

These leaks might feel small in the moment - but across hundreds of hands, they quietly bleed your bankroll dry. Even worse, under pressure they become your default mode.

Here’s the real danger:

If you don’t crush your C-Game now, it will show up when it hurts most... during deep runs, final tables, and your biggest buy-ins.

That's why we built the C-Game Crusher 2-Day Virtual Workshop.

On September 20 & 27, world-class pros Niall Farrell, Michael Gagliano, and Eric Lynch will cut through the complexity and give you simple, proven strategies you can apply immediately.

Here’s what you’ll take away:
✅ Shorthand rules so you don’t need to memorize endless charts
✅ Guidelines for adjusting to different opponents and situations
✅ Bet sizing frameworks that simplify decisions
✅ Simple 3-betting shortcuts to handle preflop spots
✅ Default betting lines for common scenarios
✅ Connected flop → turn → river planning to avoid guesswork
✅ River techniques that eliminate hesitation and second-guessing

When you have a clear, simple plan, your confidence skyrockets and hidden leaks stop costing you chips.

The truth is simple: You can’t reach your true potential until you fix what’s dragging you down. Your C-Game won’t fix itself, but you can.

Let's work on your game,
- The LearnWPT Team

Attend two sessions full of easy to implement strategy, interactive discussions, and elite insights from world-class players and teachers - all from the comfort of your home.

● Dates: Saturday, September 20 & 27
● Starting Time: 11 AM PT | 2 PM ET
● Duration: ~ 5 hours per session
● Where: Virtual—attend from home!
● Taught by Niall Farrell, Eric Lynch, Michael Gagliano, & Adrian Naggy
● Price: $997 - (SAVE $300*) = $697

BONUS: Lifetime access to session recordings, downloadable charts, and a private Discord forum for follow-up questions. Even if you can’t attend live, you won’t miss a thing.

Have questions? Email our Support Team at [email protected].

*Discount taken off the $997 list price. Offers and discounts can not be combined. See our Terms.

Team LearnWPT is elevating the standard for in-person poker training once again with our brand-new LearnWPT Live Poker Lab concept in Las Vegas which includes a WPT Prime Championship Satellite!

FOR A LIMITED TIME SAVE $1,000

What is a LearnWPT Live Poker Lab?

LearnWPT Live Poker Labs are exclusive Workshops focused on upgrading your poker game in the fastest time possible. The training environment at the LearnWPT Live Lab features real-time analysis of student play via RFID technology plus hands-on Lab Sessions with LearnWPT Instructors and includes a complete post event report with video breakdowns and specific next steps for improvement in YOUR game.

Training sessions at the LearnWPT Live Labs will be a 1-day event and limited to 9 students, allowing for incredibly specific coaching and feedback from our expert team of Instructors. Unlike other LearnWPT Workshops, the LearnWPT Live Lab focuses all of your time on playing poker and training in Live Lab sessions with Instructors, removing the need for group lectures. All play and Lab Sessions are recorded using state-of-the-art production equipment.

Next Live Labs in Vegas This December!

Our next two LearnWPT Live Poker Labs happening in Las Vegas - Friday, December 6th and Saturday, December 7th feature Eric "Rizen" Lynch and Triple Crown Winner Niall "Firaldo" Farrell.

A ticket to the December Live Poker Lab in Vegas gives you:

☑ Full day of Live Play and Lab Sessions with Niall and Eric
☑ 6 months of Platinum access to LearnWPT.com
☑ Seat into our year ending WPT Prime Championship Satellite**
☑ Personalized report with video analysis and next steps for improvement
☑ Professionally produced video of all event Sessions
☑ Supplementary study materials and a private strategy Discord - all accessible through our online course model

ZERO Lectures - All Poker

Harness the power of active learning with 100% of your time spent playing real poker with a professional dealer during Student Play Sessions. Team LearnWPT will record the entire Session using RFID technology and state-of-the-art production equipment to capture every move. Niall and Eric will be close by watching all the action on a live feed and give expert feedback for every hand. Students are provided with a professionally edited video including Instructor commentary as a follow up to the session.

Direct Poker Coaching

During Instructor Lab Sessions you’ll continue to learn by playing. This time your Instructors will take a seat in the dealer box and guide the table through interactive hands-on Lab Sessions. After each hand played the entire table will reveal their cards face-up as Niall and Eric break down each decision point, focusing on fixes for key strategic errors. As with Play Sessions, we’ll capture all of the analysis and action during Instructor Sessions as part of the final video package.

WPT Prime Championship Satellite

LearnWPT Live Labs aren’t just your chance to train up close with poker champions, they also just might be the first step on your path to a World Poker Tour Title.

Every LearnWPT Live Poker Lab Student qualifies for an exclusive WPT Prime Championship Satellite on December 8th at 9AM PT in the Wynn poker room, right before the start Day 1A!

➧ This Satellite is exclusive to LearnWPT Live Poker Labs attendees
➧ Limited to a maximum of 27 entries
➧ For every 9 players in the Satellite, we’ll be awarding one $1,100 seat to the $5M GTD WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

PLUS - Every LearnWPT Live Lab Student receives a Personalized Report with specific plans to improve their biggest leaks observed during the sessions. To top it off, we’ve included 6 months of LearnWPT.com Platinum Access (a $594 value) so you can keep the momentum going long after you leave Las Vegas.

Unleash Your Potential Like These Students!

LearnWPT Live Event attendees aren't just improving their poker game, they are also seeing being results like these Students who won 3 WSOP Bracelets, 2 WSOP Circuit Rings, and Final Tabled the 2023 WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Plus buy your seat now and SAVE $1,000!

LearnWPT Student Sean Jazayeri WON the 2024 WSOP Super Seniors Championship taking home over $368K and outlasting a field of 3,362 players. This was Sean's third 2024 WSOP cash which is also his largest-ever WSOP cash and the 2nd biggest of his career.

LearnWPT Student Tamar Abraham WON the 2023 WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship outlasting a field of 1,295 players and taking home the $192,167 first prize. Tamar secured her place in the record books as the victor of the largest Ladies Event field in history.

LearnWPT Student Bob Buckenmayer Final Tabled the 2023 WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas placing 5th out of 10,512 players and took home $380K. Bob navigated a record-breaking field of Pro and recreational players for a massive 6-figure score.

LearnWPT Student Sue Faber won the WSOP Salute to Warriors event defeating the field of 1,723 entries earning $121,161 in the process and was the only woman to win an open No-Limit Hold'em event during the 2019 series. In 2024 Sue won 2 WSOP Circuit Rings in the same week!

This unique poker experience is in high demand, so make sure you act now to secure your seat to the LearnWPT Live Poker Labs in Vegas this December. PLUS buy your ticket now and SAVE $1,000!

If you have any questions or need assistance please reply back to this email or email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.

We look forward to seeing you in Vegas!
- Team LearnWPT

*Discount is taken off list price. Offers can not be combined.
**The WPT Prime Championship Satellite on December 8, 2024 is not open to the general public. One seat to the 2024 WPT Prime Championship in Las Vegas will be awarded for every 9 LearnWPT Live Lab students. This opportunity is exclusive to attendees of LearnWPT Live Lab events held in Las Vegas in 2024. The $1,100 WPT Prime Championship Passports are non-transferable and have no cash value. Travel, food, and lodging are not included. Winner must play the awarded event seat within the prescribed prize redemption period, before December 31, 2024 or the prize will be voided.

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.

Johan adds this win to his impressive list of live and online career accomplishments including:

➧ WSOP Bracelet Winner
➧ More Than $1 Million in Combined Online and Live Earnings
➧ PartyPoker $150K GTD Tournament Champion
➧ Final Table $5K Buy-in EPT London Main Event
➧ Multiple Cashes in $25K Events Including WPT and PokerGO Tour

Johan’s knowledge of Game Theory Optimal (GTO) poker strategy has been a valuable asset in developing many of the training solutions currently available for the WPT GTO Trainer.

We are very proud to have Johan on Team LearnWPT and know that this is just the beginning of his championship success.

Congratulations Johan!
- Team LearnWPT

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.

Tony adds this win to his impressive list of live and online career accomplishments including:

➧ World Poker Tour Champion
➧ 3x WSOP Bracelet Winner
➧ 3x WSOP Circuit Ring Winner
➧ More than $5 Million combined live and online cashes
➧ World Poker Tour Lead Commentator
➧ 10+ Years as Professional Player and Respected Coach

Since the beginning of LearnWPT in 2016 Tony has been an incredible asset to LearnWPT Members providing unique insights and expert strategy advice. His experience in the booth and on the felt combine for a one of a kind perspective on the game and we are proud to have him on Team LearnWPT.

Congratulations Tony!
- Team LearnWPT

It’s easy to perform badly for a long time. Anyone can do that. Your A-game, however, is taxing. You’re utilizing recently learned skills and that requires more effort.

Even though performing at an A-game level feels, at times, natural and easy, I can assure you that experience doesn’t reflect the fact that your A-game uses a lot of mental energy and requires endurance to sustain.

While improving your mental endurance can be helpful in a variety of ways, with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) coming up, I want the poker players out there to pay special attention to this blog. Poker tournaments are intense and you need a reservoir of energy to be able to access the knowledge and skills you’ve worked on more recently, including progress in your mental game. This is especially true in the late stages of a tournament where the big money is on the line. The last thing you want is to falter down the stretch because you’re tired.

Of course, mental endurance is key in other fields. For many traders, endurance is a concept that isn’t discussed much but is still significant. This is especially true for newer traders who have yet to condition themselves to the intensity of the live market, which is very different from a typical 9-5 job. More experienced traders tend to underestimate the impact of burnout and don’t realize that strengthening endurance is key to minimizing or avoiding burnout altogether.

Mental endurance is also relevant for golfers, including me, who are trying to improve their games. But the WSOP only comes once a year and I’m going to focus my examples and advice here on tournament poker.

One of the reasons mental endurance is key is because, for all of us, the only thing guaranteed every day is the C-game.

C-game relies mainly on your unconscious. Decisions come automatically and there is no deep thinking involved. Thinking is your mind working and if it’s working, it’s burning energy. If you have to think a lot and think deeply to perform well, it’s an indication of the lack of mastery or automation of knowledge and skills. I’m not saying that’s bad, I’m simply outlining the facts.

Your A-game, on the other hand, requires effort, preparation, and the right conditions. A-game is earned, not expected. Understanding the demands of what is actually required to be able to sustain your A-game for longer periods of time can help you unlock that performance more often.

To be at your best more often, you want to expand the amount of time where you are operating in that optimal state. You need endurance. You want to be capable of making high-level decisions when you need to or, at a minimum, solid ones that are part of your B-game and don’t fall into C-game.

Decisions that require thinking burn more energy than standard decisions made automatically. Training knowledge to a deep level, on the other hand, not only builds capacity but preserves energy.

Habits and routines are energy-efficient. With a limit to how much you can think about at any one point in time, the more of your skills that are automated, or mastered to the level of Unconscious Competence, the better able you are to make quick, and accurate, decisions while burning less mental energy.

When your knowledge is part of your Unconscious Competence, performance becomes more instinctual. To be clear, I’m not saying to automate your decisions, I’m saying that by automating more of the knowledge that feeds into your decisions you preserve mental energy.

With that in mind, when preparing for the WSOP it’s important to know when to stop learning new things. There is often a tendency to want to do everything and check all the boxes, but you have to work/study with an eye towards the big moments. If you cram too much information in your head right before the series starts, you risk not having access to that knowledge readily available because of pressure, and you’ll burn more energy trying to get to it.

Cramming puts you in a compromised position from both an execution and endurance standpoint. While it can be hard to selectively choose to not try to improve areas of your game that you “theoretically” could, your ability to access that information is not guaranteed. So figure out when you’re going to stop actively learning new things, and hold yourself to it.

Of course, after that point and during the series, you can make small adjustments, because they can be easily integrated into your game. But you will play far better going in with a knowledge base that you know is solid and reliable vs. cramming for the WSOP like it’s a test in school. And let’s get real, you never took a test in school where the exam lasted 12 hours a day, and sometimes for several days in a row! So why would you approach the biggest tournament series of the year that way?

Now is the perfect opportunity to build mental endurance for the WSOP and the process is similar to the process of increasing physical endurance. As an example, if you want to run a marathon, you are not going to just show up to the race without having built a capacity to run long distances. And you likely aren’t going to start your first training run at 20 miles and build from there.

While the analogy isn’t perfect, we can use the general framework of steadily ramping up your endurance to give us ideas on how to do it in poker. Here are a few ideas that have helped clients:

• Make a realistic assessment of where you are today. For example, look at your average volume in a series like the WSOP or in years past, the prevalence and severity of mental game problems, and what your ideal WSOP schedule looks like.
• Between now and a week or two before your WSOP starts, create a training plan where you look to steadily increase your volume or duration of play, either online or live. The idea is to understand where your limit is and then push it a little more.
• To help you build endurance while playing well, use injecting logic statements and strategic reminders to help ensure you retain emotional stability and quality decision making as you push.
• Increase steadily over time. While it’s hard to be exact about how much to increase your play, I think a reasonable goal is 10% at a time. Be wary of pushing too hard and burning out instead of increasing capacity.
• We still have some time before WSOP and it’s a good opportunity to treat smaller poker events in the lead-up as a good tune-up for what’s been working tactically and an opportunity to build some mental endurance.

At the end of the day, if you want to perform at a high level, you have to fight for it. If it was easy, everyone would do it and there would be no reward.

I hope you final table a big event and that when you get there you have more energy than normal, and you can see how your opponents are tired and more vulnerable to tilt and mistakes from fatigue. This, of course, doesn’t mean you’re going to take down the title, but in a game like poker, you’ll take every advantage you can find.

If you want more content like this to help you prepare for the WSOP, including improving focus, reducing tilt, and getting in the zone more often, check out The Mental Game of Poker 2 and my video series The Mental Game Tune Up for Tournament Poker.

-Jared Tendler

For more insight and stories from Jared visit his blog at https://jaredtendler.com/blog/

Analysis of Mental Game strategy is as important as any poker technique you can master which is why top poker players trust Jared Tendler to help maintain focus & bring their A-game to the table.

Jared's Mental Game Tune Up for Tournament Poker video series is a step-by-step guide to prepare your mental game for sustained success and get you ready for the WSOP, WPT® World Championships, or a series at your local card room.

This step-by-step guide to preparing your mental game for sustained success during a tournament series includes:

• 8 specific training modules with 34 video lessons
• Downloadable worksheets to personalize your training
• A private community forum
• Review quizzes to reinforce your learning!

Find out why the world’s best poker players trust Jared to help them maintain focus and bring their A-Game to the table more consistently. Unlock a hidden edge in your poker game, and start working towards unshakable confidence at the table today.

Our goal for 2023 was to create new ways to help LearnWPT Members improve their poker game, learn, and have fun!

We accomplished that goal by adding new game-elevating features, advanced content, additional ways to interact with our Pros, and more. All with the help of feedback from YOU.

Here’s a Recap of the Best From 2023:

We changed the way LearnWPT Members learn, study, and analyze their stats... all from YOUR Personalized Training Dashboard!

Your LearnWPT Dashboard is designed to put you on a specific learning path and deliver content tailored to your current poker knowledge, track your recent poker training activity for quick reference, plus display your complete statistical history as a Member. Everything you need to review for efficient poker study is in 1 spot.

We added a new COURSES section! Jared Tendler's Mental Game Tune Up for Tournament Poker course is a step-by-step guide to prepare your mental game for sustained success and is ready for purchase. We are excited to announce new courses shortly including a MTT course from Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger!

We’ve loved seeing all the effort you put into becoming a better poker player in 2023. The LearnWPT Community is made up of poker players all across the world that share a love of this great game and we couldn’t be more proud of your dedication.

Here’s a look at some of the impressive training statistics for Members that you’ve contributed to this year. WAY TO GO!

• Viewed Over 750,000 Minutes of Strategy Videos
• Tested Your Skills With 50 New Poker Hand Quizzes
• Voted 85,000+ Times to Fold, Call, Check, or Raise
• Played Over Half a Million Solved WPT GTO Trainer Hands
• Received Over 330 Answers to Ask a Pro Questions
• Submitted 190+ HIT Hands for Analysis
• Attended Over 850 Minutes of Study Sessions & Webinars

Not a Member but ready to put in the work to improve your game? Just today for just $5 your first month of Membership!

In 2023 we made it a mission to streamline your training and make learning more fun with live streams and structured Study Session Webinars exclusively for Members. Study Sessions are one of our favorite ways to help you prepare to play your best poker and get your A-Game ready for long series events.

Study Sessions & Live Streams

Our team of Instructors conducted Member exclusive live Webinars focused on the essential strategies to crush the WSOP and dominate the record breaking WPT Prime Championship and WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. In addition to teaching, several Instructors showed their poker knowledge and love for the game during live stream final table coverage of World Poker Tour Events.

It was truly an international year for Team LearnWPT and we love looking back to these exciting Streams & Sessions:

• LearnWPT On Tour Series Open on ClubWPT Live Stream With Tony Dunst & Adrian Naggy
• Live Study Session With LuckyChewy & Adrian Naggy
• Live Mental Game Session With Jared Tendler & Adrian Naggy
• WSOP Prep Live Webinar With Eric Lynch & Michael Gagliano
• WPT® Prime Vietnam High Roller Final Table Live Stream With Adrian Naggy & Johan Shultz-Pedersen
• WPT® Prime Vietnam Main Event Final Table Live Stream With Adrian Naggy & AJ Rudolph
• 6 Live Study Sessions to Prepare for The WPT® World Championship With Team LearnWPT
• WPT® Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open Championship Final Table Live Stream With Adrian Naggy & Matt Savage

Team LearnWPT On Tour With WPT

The action was truly record-breaking this year On Tour with the World Poker Tour once again creating incredible poker experiences at unparalleled destinations on the Main Tour schedule.

From coast to coast Team LearnWPT was on the scene to take part in the poker action and share good times with everyone who joined us on and off the felt. We love every minute we get to spend at these award winning destinations and the amazing staff members who helped create memorable moments in 2023.

Be sure to keep up with where Team LearnWPT will be next by checking the LearnWPT Events page!

The achievements and accolades earned by LearnWPT Students and Instructors on the felt were on full display in 2023 🏆

Whether it's outlasting over 10,000 players in the WPT Prime Championship, huge multi-million dollar scores, WSOP Bracelet wins, deep runs on the EPT, and multiple WPT Final tables, the LearnWPT Family has a lot to celebrate.

During the summer 7 week stretch in Vegas alone LearnWPT Students cashed for over $650,000 and we got to watch another LearnWPT Student take down their 1st Gold Bracelet and.

Here are some 2023 memorable moments for LearnWPT Students:

• 🥇 Tammy Abraham Won Her 1st WSOP Bracelet!
• Sergio Braga Took 5th in The WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Tournament
• Loren Cloninger Final Tabled The WSOP Seniors Tournament
• Tommy Reeves Final Tabled The WSOP Gladiators Event - the 2nd Largest Live Tournament Field in Poker History
• 👏 Bob Buckenmayer Made the Televised WPT Prime Championship Final Table

It’s no coincidence that the Instructors from Team LearnWPT have had a stellar 2023. Their love for poker and commitment to staying on top of the game shows in every Strategy Episode, Live Workshop, and response on the Ask A Pro Forum.

Some of the incredible accolades they achieved in 2023 include:

• WPT World Championship Final Table
• 1 EPT Championship Final Table
• WPT Rolling Thunder Championship Final Table
• WSOP Main Event Deep Run
• 1 WSOP Bracelet
• 2 WSOP Circuit Rings
• 1 PGT Poker Masters Title
• 2nd in a PGT Super High Roller Bowl $300K Buy-in Event
• 3rd in a WPT High Roller $25K Buy-in Event
• 25+ Major Tournament Final Tables
• Over $7M in combined tournament winnings

CONGRATULATIONS and continued success to everyone in 2024!

Most Watched Strategy Episodes:

1. EP537: Johan Schultz - Train and Explain BTN Vs BB
2. EP541: Tournament Series Prep with Johan, Tony, and Chewy
3. EP538: Tony Dunst - Poker Priorities and Motivations
4. EP305: Nick Binger - First-In Hand Ranges: Tournaments
5. EP442: GTO Train & Explain - Middle Position Vs Button Call
   

Most Voted Poker Quiz Hands:

1. A♥K♥ Preflop Vs a Limp & Raise
2. Pocket Eights Facing an All-In
3. J♠T♠ in Middle Position
4. J♦J♠ Preflop Facing a 3-Bet
5. Q♦Q♠ Facing a Flop Check-Raise

Most Played WPT GTO Trainer Packs:

1. Big Blind Call Vs Button Open - Tournament
2. Big Blind 4x 3-Bet Vs MP2 Open - Tournament
3. 3-Bet Defense OOP Vs Button 3x - Dynamic MTT
4. 30BB Button Open Vs 70BB Big Blind Call - Final Table
5. Big Blind 3x 3-Bet Vs Small Blind Open - Cash Game

Not a Member but ready to put in the work to improve your game? Just today for just $5 your first month of Membership!

Once again Team LearnWPT was out in full force providing in-person poker education and training to Students of all skill levels!

The LearnWPT Instructors traveled the country to conduct several Workshop events from free satellite strategy seminars to interactive multi-day training events with lab sessions to kick off the WPT World Championships at Wynn Poker.

We learn so much from interacting with Students and look forward to training with everyone in person in the new year.

We’ve been truly fortunate to have your support and look forward to sharing another year full of passion for poker with you.

To all of our current, former, and future Members - THANK YOU for a great 2023 and for being a part of LearnWPT!

The LearnWPT Development Team is hard at work on several Enhanced Features and we look forward to helping your game grow in 2024.

We'll see you online,
- Team LearnWPT

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

🎉 WSOP Final Week Successes
🎉 WSOP Week 6 Successes
🏆 WSOP Week 5 Brings WSOP Gold!
🎉 WSOP Weeks 3-4 Successes
🎉 WSOP Weeks 1-2 Successes
👏 Success Around Town
📌️️ FREE Tournament Tips
👀 Our Ones To Look Out For

Team LearnWPT Finding WSOP Success

That's a wrap!

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

During the exciting 7 week stretch we got to sweat 10 final tables and see another LearnWPT Student take down their 1st Gold Bracelet.

This summer Team LearnWPT achieved:
➧ WSOP Gold Bracelet: 1
➧ Around Town Win: 1
➧ WSOP Final Tables: 5
➧ Around Town Final Tables: 5
➧ Cashed For: $1,111,607

What's up next for Team LearnWPT? The WPT World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas this November 29th - December 23rd. We'll be busy getting LearnWPT Students prepared to play better poker at Wynn Las Vegas!

Not a Member? Click the JOIN NOW button (just $5 your first month) and start getting ahead of the competition!

The inaugural record-setting WPT World Championship Event at Wynn Las Vegas was named the 2022 Event of the Year at the Global Poker Awards and included a massive field of 2,960 runners. Canada’s Eliot Hudon claimed victory and the top prize of $4,136,000.

The 2023 Festival features an exciting 4 week schedule of tournaments including the WPT Prime Championship, Ladies Event, Seniors Event, and the return of the Mystery Bounty. The complete schedule will be finalized and announced soon so you still have plenty of time to make your plans to join us in Las Vegas!

Whether it’s realizing the goal of playing your first live poker tournament, grabbing your first cash, or taking home some hardware, we’ve really enjoyed hearing about everyone's successes on the felt this summer. Let's keep it going!

WSOP Week 7 Achievements

➧ LearnWPT Student Robbin Hamilton cashed in the WSOP $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #70: $400 Colossus Event
• Placed: 177th out of 15,894
• Won: $3,100
• Tournament Results

🌡️ This is Robbin's 3rd cash!

➧ Team Member Adrian Naggy cashed in WSOP $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack Event
• Placed: 145th out of 7,207
• Won: $3,080
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck
• Placed: 18th out of 363 $4228
• Won: $4,228
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #85: $1.500 Shootout Event
• Placed: 52nd out of 987
• Won: $5,759
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Daris Justice cashed in the WSOP $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #88: $1,500 The Closer Event
• Placed: 53rd out of 3,531
• Won: $13,030
• Tournament Results

🌡️ This is Daris' 3rd Cash!

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #88: $1,500 The Closer Event
• Placed: 242nd out of 3,531
• Won: $3,700
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in WSOP Online Bracelet $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #20: $777 Lucky 7's Event
• Placed: 18th out of 954
• Won: $7,071
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the Venetian $1,100 UltimateStack No-Limit Hold’em Tournament

• Venetian Event #56: $1,100 Venetian UltimateStack
• Placed: 96th out of 765
• Won: $2,352
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the Venetian $1,600 UltimateStack No-Limit Hold’em Tournament

• Venetian Event #58: $1,600 Venetian UltimateStack
• Placed: 78th out of 1,379
• Won: $5,151
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the Venetian $1,600 UltimateStack No-Limit Hold’em Tournament

• Venetian Event #58: $1,600 Venetian UltimateStack
• Placed: 108th out of 1,379
• Won: $3,878
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 6 Achievements

Week 6 of the WSOP began with the record-shattering Main Event!

The record for the largest WSOP Main Event field in its 54-year history was broken with a total of 10,043 entries. The event generated a total prize pool of $93,399,900, smashing the previous record of $82,512,162 set in 2006 that had a total of 8,773 entrants.

LearnWPT Instructor and WPT Commentator Tony Dunst battled and played like the Champion he is but fell just short in his quest to secure his 3rd WSOP Bracelet after getting knocked out when his straight was beat by a straight flush sending Tony out in 66th place on Day 6.

As always Tony went out with class and style. We are extremely proud to have Tony as part of Team LearnWPT and can't wait to cheer on his next remarkable performance on the felt.

➧ Instructor Tony Dunst placed 66th in the WSOP MAIN EVENT

• WSOP 2023 Event #76: $10,000 Main Event Championship
• Placed: 66th out of 10,043
• Won: $130,300
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Mike Shaw cashed in his WSOP MAIN EVENT!

• WSOP 2023 Event #76: $10,000 Main Event Championship
• Placed: 747th out of 10,043
• Won: $27,500
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed the WSOP MAIN EVENT

• WSOP 2023 Event #76: $10,000 Main Event Championship
• Placed: 1,246th out of 10,043
• Won: $17,500
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed Event
• Placed: 143rd out of 1,199
• Won: $8,787
• Tournament Results

➧ Team Member Adrian Naggy cashed in WSOP Online Bracelet Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #16: $600 Deepstack Event
• Placed: 238th out of 2,157
• Won: $1,048
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in WSOP Online Bracelet Crazy 8's No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #11: $888 Crazy 8's Event
• Placed: 230th out of 1,679
• Won: $1,343
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 5 Achievements

Week 5 of the WSOP brought our 1st WSOP Bracelet of the Series!

Long-time LearnWPT Student Tamar "Tammy" Abraham took home her first WSOP Bracelet in the record-breaking Ladies Championship and banked an impressive $192,167 for the win. Surrounded by supporters and fellow members of the Women's Poker Association (WPA) to help cheer her on, Tammy secured her place in the record books as the victor of the largest Ladies Event field in poker history.

Tammy’s love for poker and the dedication to working on her game all came together at the perfect time as she rose to the top and fearlessly battled to claim the bracelet. We are extremely proud of her accomplishment and can't wait to see what's next.

🏆 LearnWPT Student Tamar Abraham WON the WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship!

• WSOP 2023 Event #67: $1,000 Ladies Event
• Placed: 🥇 1st out of 1,295
• Won: $192,167
• Tournament Results
• Watch the replay of Tammy's Bracelet winning hand

Congratulations Tammy on Winning Your WSOP Bracelet 🥂

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts cashed in the WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

• WSOP 2023 Event #67: $1,000 Ladies Event
• Placed: 24th out of 1,295
• Won: $6,492
• Tournament Results

🌡️ This is Lisa's 4th cash!

➧ LearnWPT Student Daris Justice cashed in the WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

• WSOP 2023 Event #67: $1,000 Ladies Event
• Placed: 32nd out of 1,295
• Won: $5,285
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Beverly Lange cashed in the WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

• WSOP 2023 Event #67: $1,000 Ladies Event
• Placed: 79th out of 1,295
• Won: $2,603
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Robbin Hamilton cashed in the WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

• WSOP 2023 Event #67: $1,000 Ladies Event
• Placed: 178th out of 1,295
• Won: $1,601
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Cathy Schenone cashed in the WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

• WSOP 2023 Event #67: $1,000 Ladies Event
• Placed: 183rd out of 1,295
• Won: $1,601
• Tournament Results

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

• WSOP 2023 Event #61: $1,000 Super Seniors Event
• Placed: 351st out of 3,121
• Won: $1,750
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Kurt Esbenson cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $500 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #12: $500 Deepstack
• Placed: 180th out of 1,744
• Won: $1,332
• Tournament Results

🌡️ This is Kurt's 2nd cash so far!

WSOP Week 4 Achievements

➧ LearnWPT Student Loren Cloninger final tabled the WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Event
• Placed: 6th out of 8,180
• Won: $158,006
• Tournament Results

🥂 Loren walked away with $158K for his hard work!

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

• WSOP 2023 Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Event
• Placed: 29th out of 8,180
• Won: $24,390
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Ken Raskin cashed in the WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Event
• Placed: 84th out of 8,180
• Won: $8,082
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Kenneth Eng cashed in the WSOP Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Event
• Placed: 25th out of 10,416
• Won: $55,215
• Tournament Results

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

• WSOP 2023 Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Event
• Placed: 571st out of 10,416
• Won: $4,480
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Kurt Ebsenson cashed in the WSOP Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Event
• Placed: 678th out of 10,416
• Won: $3,730
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in WSOP Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Event
• Placed: 801st out of 10,416
• Won: $3,440
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Sergio Braga final tabled the WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
• Placed: 5th out of 566
• Won: $34,255
• Tournament Results

🥂 Sergio made a WSOP Final Table!

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

• WSOP 2023 Event #59: #3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
• Placed: 127th out of 1,598
• Won: $6,015
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 3 Achievements

➧ LearnWPT Student Sheri Atwood cashed in the WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack
• Placed: 391st out of 8,317
• Won: $5,296
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $600 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #6: $500 Turbo
• Placed: 42nd out of 1,879
• Won: $2,790
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Tony Dunst cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $600 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #6: $500 Turbo
• Placed: 61st out of 1,879
• Won: $2,029
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts cashed in the WSOP $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #46: $500 Freezeout
• Placed: 685th out of 5,342
• Won: $800
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 2 Achievements

➧ LearnWPT Student Tommy Reeves Final Tables the WSOP Gladiators No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker
• Placed: 9th out of 23,088
• Won: $46,051
• Tournament Results

🥂 Tommy Final Tabled the 2nd Largest Live Tournament Field in Poker History - What an Amazing Accomplishment!!

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #19: $2,500 Freezeout 8-Handed
• Placed: 84th out of 1,139
• Won: $5,643
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP $1,500 Razz Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #24: $1,500 Razz
• Placed: 41st out of 556
• Won: $3,329
• Tournament Results

🔥 Gags has cashed 4 times so far!

➧ LearnWPT Student Zachary Meyer cashed in the WSOP $800 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #26: $800 Deep Stack
• Placed: 299th out of 4,747
• Won: $2,071
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $800 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #26: $800 Deep Stack
• Placed: 112th out of 4,747
• Won: $3,307
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Tony Dunst cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $400 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #5: $400 8-Max
• Placed: 100th out of 1,488
• Won: $1,676
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $400 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #5: $400 8-Max
• Placed: 159th out of 1,488
• Won: $1,412
• Tournament Results

WSOP Week 1 Achievements

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger placed 10th in the WSOP $25K High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Bracelet Event #2: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed
• Placed: 10th out of 202
• Won: $80,314
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the WSOP $1,000 Mystery Million No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Bracelet Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Million
• Placed: 263rd out of 18,188
• Won: $5,420
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Scott Roberts cashed in the WSOP $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Bracelet Event #11 $600 Deepstack
• Placed: 166th out of 6,085
• Won: $2,422
• Tournament Results

🌡️ Scott has cashed twice so far!

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts made a deep run in the same WSOP $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Bracelet Event #11 $600 Deepstack
• Placed: 43rd out of 6,085
• Won: $8,946
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #12: $5,000 Freezeout 8-Handed
• Placed: 40th out of 735
• Won: $13,793
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Michael "Gags30" Gagliano cashed in the WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #15: $1.500 6-Handed
• Placed: 327th out of 2,454
• Won: $2,400
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen cashed in the WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed
• Placed: 104th out of 2,454
• Won: $3,962
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $500 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #2: $500 Bankroll Builder
• Placed: 59th out of 1,253
• Won: $2,097
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Tony Dunst cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $500 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #2: $500 Bankroll Builder
• Placed: 205th out of 1,253
• Won: $1,311
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the WSOP Online Bracelet $600 No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• WSOP 2023 Online Event #4: $600 Ultra Deepstack
• Placed: 28th out of 1,031
• Won: $3,488
• Tournament Results

Team LearnWPT Success Around Town

🏆 Instructor Brian Altman WON the Venetian $800 EpicStack No-Limit Hold’em Tournament

• Venetian Event #14: $800 Venetian EpicStack
• Placed: 1st out of 257
• 1st Place: $37,626
• Tournament Results

🥈 Student Scott Roberts took 2nd in The Wynn Summer Classic No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Wynn Summer Classic: $550 Seniors 50+
• Placed: 2nd out of 487
• Won: $21,688
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the Wynn Summer Classic No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Wynn Summer Classic: $2,800 6-Max
• Placed: 32nd out of 319
• Won: $6,575
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen placed 6th in the Wynn Summer Classic No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Wynn Summer Classic: $2,800 6-Max
• Placed: 6th out of 319
• Won: $34,476
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Johan Schultz-Pedersen final tabled the Wynn Summer Classic No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Wynn Summer Classic: $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event
• Placed: 10th out of 3,006
• Won: $45,388
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Member Dennis O'Brien cashed in the Golden Nugget Grand Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Golden Nugget: Event #41 Grand Poker Series Mystery Bounty
• Placed: 17th out of 2,634
• Won: $11,000

➧ LearnWPT Member Robbin Hamilton cashed in the Golden Nugget Grand Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Golden Nugget: Event #41 Grand Poker Series Mystery Bounty
• Placed: 52nd out of 2,634
• Won: $810

🥈 LearnWPT Student Bruce Hugon cashed in the Golden Nugget Grand Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Golden Nugget: Event #72 Grand Series Super Seniors Event
• Placed: 2nd out of 320
• Won: $14,717
• Tournament Results

➧ LearnWPT Student Lisa Roberts cashed in the Aria Poker Classic Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• 2023 Aria Poker Classic: $500 Ladies Event
• Placed: 23rd out of 246
• Won: $982
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Brian Altman cashed in the Golden Nugget Grand Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Golden Nugget Event #78: $1,100 PokerNews Cup Mystery Bounty
• Placed: 234rd out of 2,331
• Won: $1,180
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the Wynn Summer Classic No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Wynn Summer Classic: $1,600 Event
• Placed: 174th out of 1,637
• Won: $3,290
• Tournament Results

➧ Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger cashed in the Wynn Summer Classic No-Limit Hold'em Tournament

• Wynn Summer Classic: $1,600 Mystery Bounty Event
• Placed: 314th out of 3,856
• Won: $2,520
• Tournament Results

Tournament Series Tips With Team LearnWPT

Huge Tournament Series like the World Series of Poker and WPT World Championships at Wynn Las Vegas bring excitement and tons of opportunity. To make the most of these gigantic fields and massive prize pools, it's important to plan ahead for the unique challenges that you may encounter.

Check out this preview of a LearnWPT Strategy Episode to hear firsthand from LearnWPT Instructors Tony Dunst, Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger, and Johan Schultz-Pedersen about how they prepare for peak performance during a long series.

LearnWPT Members can watch the full Strategy Episode and get valuable poker strategies for preparing your mind and body to execute under pressure and maintain energy from the first hand to the final showdown, plus great insights on exploiting opponents.

Working away from the table is the only way to improve your game. That's why we host LIVE Webinars and Study Streams for our Members to interact with Team LearnWPT and work on their games.

Members recently spent time with LearnWPT Instructors Eric "Rizen" Lynch and Michael Gagliano talking all things WSOP including:

• Considerations for Large Field Tournaments
• Key Adjustments for Making Deep Runs
• Answering Questions
• WSOP Schedule Review
• Click here for a preview

Ones To Look Out For...

We'll be keeping a close eye on these LearnWPT Students and tracking their performance during the Summer Season. Here are the players that we’ll be keeping tabs on in Vegas!!

➧ LearnWPT Student and WSOP Bracelet Winner Sue Faber

In the 2019 WSOP Sue emerged as the victor in the $500 buy-in Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold’em event defeating the field of 1,723 entries earning $121,161 in the process and was only woman to win an open No-Limit Hold'em event during the 2019 series.

➧ LearnWPT Student Brett Coltman

In the 2022 WSOP, LearnWPT Member Brett took 2nd in the $500 buy-in Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold’em event ! After 3 grueling days and 3,200 entrants, Brett was able to turn his $500 buy-in into a huge score of $99,676.

➧ LearnWPT Student Randy Chamberlain

In the 2022/23 WSOPC Event in Thunder Valley, LearnWPT Member Randy took 2nd in the $1,700 buy-in main event outlasting 726 opponents to take home a cool $126,828 for his efforts.

➧ LearnWPT Students Lisa and Scott Roberts

The couple that plays together, stays together, at least that’s the case for long-time LearnWPT Students Scott and Lisa Roberts. This poker poker couple have been married 40 years and are affectionately known as Team Roberts.

With Scott's 3 Rings and Lisa's 2 Rings, Team Roberts have amassed a total of 5 WSOP Circuit rings, over $400K in combined tournament winnings, and are traveling the world playing the game they love!

P.S. Scott & Lisa have already cashed in multiple events this season

Are You Playing The WSOP 2023 This Summer?

If you are a member of the LearnWPT Family in Las Vegas for the Summer Tournament Season we want to hear from YOU!

Share your success at the table and tag us on social media or email [email protected] and we will highlight your achievement (and you could win some cool LearnWPT SWAG).

No win is too small, we want to know about them all!

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Good luck and good playing,
Team LearnWPT

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The first half of the WPT Main Tour season reaches its exciting conclusion as the best poker players on the planet head back to the incredible Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, CA right outside of Los Angeles for the televised $5,250 World Poker Tour® Gardens Poker Championship.

The 2020 WPT Gardens Championship Event featured a who’s who of tournament poker stars and elite cash game pros, all vying for their place in poker history. The prize pool swelled to just shy of $2.5 Million with Markus Gonsalves capturing the $554,495 first prize.

If you’ve always dreamed of seeing your name in lights and having your name etched on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup, this May is the time to find your way to L.A.! There are plenty of ways to win your way into the $5,250 Championship Event through one of the many satellites running throughout the festival, starting at just $150.

Team LearnWPT is here to give the tools and insights you need to make a deep run in the $5,250 WPT Gardens Poker Championship. Check out the strategies in this blog and you’ll be ready to jump in the action.

➧ Get In on the Action
➧ Meet Up with Brad & Andrew
➧ Upgrade Your First-In Strategy
➧ Prepare Your A-game
➧ Table Reads with Tony Dunst
➧ Test Your News Skills!
➧ Train With Champions

Lights, 🎥 Camera, … All-in!

The Gardens Poker Championship festival kicked off on May 15th with the $600 Mixed H.E.R.O.S Tournament. There are plenty of lower buy-in events and a ton of satellites into the Main Event, so you don’t have to stretch your poker bankroll to join the fun!

📅 Festival Dates:
Start: Monday, May 15, 2023
End: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Click here for the full Festival schedule

The Televised Championship event begins Sunday, May 21st with two starting flights and unlimited reentry through the start of level 9 - Click for the tournament structure.

📅 WPT Main Event Schedule:
Day 1A: Sunday, May 20, 2023 starting at 11am PT
Day 1B: Monday, May 21, 2023 starting at 11am PT
Day 2: Tuesday, May 22, 2023 starting at 12pm PT
Day 3: Wednesday, May 23, 2023 starting at 12pm PT
Day 4: Thursday May 24, 2023 starting at 12pm PT*
*The final table of 6 will be played and filmed for television by the World Poker Tour at the HyperX Las Vegas at Luxor on May 27, 2023

Starting Thursday, May 25th Get 3 Days of WPT Final Table Live Streams!
➧ WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Final Table Live Stream - May 25th at 4:30 PM PT
➧ WPT Choctaw Final Table - Live Stream May 26th at 4:30 PM PT
➧ WPT Gardens Poker Championship Final Table - Live Stream May 27th at 4:30 PM PT
All live stream final tables are on a 30-minute delay

View ⚡ Live Streams on WPT Twitch, WPT YouTube or WPT.com

🎭 Take the Stage With Brad and Andrew

The Scene: Gardens Casino in Los Angeles
The Cast: Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen
The Star: YOU!

Your chance to be a part of the fun and nonstop action is here as the World Poker Tour brings the famous Meet Up Game (MUG) to the Gardens Casino - and you're invited. Beginning at 11AM Pacific Time the pioneers of poker Vlogging and creators of the MUG will kick off the $5/$5 cash game action in the Gardens Casino Poker Room.

The Los Angeles poker scene is synonymous with wild cash game action so be ready to play your share of Bomb Pots and practice your Stand Up Game Strategy.

Join us for a unique poker experience with the WPT Family, and you might even show up in Brad or Andrew’s next VLOG.

It All Starts with A Good Script 📖

Championship poker strategy and award winning movies have one key thing in common - without a solid fundamental backbone (or script) the results often are lackluster and can lead to disappointment. In poker, solid GTO based first-in hand ranges serve as the script for your entire poker story.

Watch this Strategy Episode from LearnWPT Instructor Nick Binger as he gives you a detailed breakdown of which hands you should play from each seat position when raising first-in to the pot.

Don't forget your copy of the Advanced First-In Hand Ranges. Use these rock solid Game Theory Optimal hand ranges and you'll be well on your way to an award winning performance in your next WPT Event!

Need Help Getting Into Character?

Actors use proven techniques to get into character, often spending several months studying subtle mannerisms and perfecting accents.

If you expect to show up on the big stage at the WPT Gardens Championship final table and receive a standing ovation, you need to prepare with the same effort and intensity.

In this section from his course Mental Game Tune Up for Tournament Poker LearnWPT Mental Game Coach Jared Tendler tells you why it’s critical to have a process for preparing to play your A-game aside from studying strategy.

“Table Reads” With Tony Dunst

In Hollywood the "Table Read" is a key for developing chemistry between co-stars and sets a tone for collaboration during production. In poker, a table read is critical for the opposite reason - to create uncertainty and exploit your opponents.

In this Strategy Episode LearnWPT Instructor and WPT Commentator Tony Dunst describes the Top 8 Tells he’s observed in live poker and gives you tips on making Table Reads that will add profit to your bottom line.

Time To Test Your Skills!

You are dealt J♦J♣ in the Big Blind at the final table of the WPT Gardens Poker Championship with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and only 3 players remain. The Button folds, the Small Blind raises to 33,750 and you reraise to 100,000.

The Small Blind goes all-in and action is back on you.

What do you do here?

Have FUN, Good Luck, and Good Playing!

Are you playing? If you see Team LearnWPT stop and say Hi 👋!

Check the LearnWPT calendar to follow Team LearnWPT On Tour as we travel the globe to play WPT Events.

Are you on the way to L.A.? If you are planning to be in the action during the WPT Gardens poker festival we want to hear from you!

Share your success, show off your pictures of Brand and Andrew from the MUG, or just let us know you were there to be a part of the World Poker Tour. Follow and tag us on social media - we can’t wait to hear all about it!

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Good luck and good playing,
-Team LearnWPT

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In 2023 we’ve already got 1 WSOP Circuit Main Event win and a 5th Place Finish in the EPT London Main Event to add to the totals!

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The WPT Main Tour kicks into high gear as players head back to the incredible Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, OK for the televised $3,800 World Poker Tour® Choctaw Championship Event featuring 50K in starting chips plus a massive $2 Million Guaranteed prize pool.

The 2022 WPT Choctaw Championship Event drew some of the best rounders on the planet and the prize pool swelled to over $2.7 Million. After a long final table battle, world-class poker player Chance Kornuth captured the $486,600 first prize.

This is your chance to join what is sure to be a massive field of poker fans and pros chasing the Mike Sexton Champions Cup! If you are looking to join the action and want to parlay a small buy-in into a life changing score, you’ll definitely want to take advantage of the Championship Event satellites starting as low as $130!

Team LearnWPT is here to give the tools and strategy you need to win your seat to the $3,800 WPT Choctaw Championship. Check out the strategies in this blog (and on site on May 4th!) and you’ll be ready to jump in the action.

➧ Get In on the Action
➧ FREE Satellite Intro Workshop
➧ Satellite Basics
➧ Satellite End Game
➧ Keys to Satellite Play
➧ Test Your News Skills!
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Get In on the Action ...

The 2023 Choctaw Casino & Resort Durant festival kicked off on April 19th with the $300 Monster Stack $500K GTD opener. There are plenty of lower buy-in events and a ton of satellites into the Main Event, so you don’t have to stretch your poker bankroll to join the fun!

📅 Festival Dates:
Start: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
End: Monday, May 8, 2023
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The Televised Championship event begins Friday, May 5th with two starting flights and unlimited reentry through the start of level 9 - Click for the tournament structure.

📅 WPT Main Event Schedule:
Day 1A: Friday, May 5, 2023 starting at 11 am CDT
Day 1B: Saturday, May 6, 2023 starting at 11 am CDT
Day 2: Sunday, May 7, 2023 starting at 11am CDT
Day 3: Monday, May 8, 2023 starting at 11am CDT*
*The final table of 6 will be played and filmed for television by the World Poker Tour at the HyperX Las Vegas at Luxor on May 26, 2023.

Starting May 25th Get 3 Days of WPT Final Table Live Streams!
➧ WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Final Table Live Stream - May 25th at 4:30 PM PT
➧ WPT Choctaw Final Table - Live Stream May 26th at 4:30 PM PT
➧ WPT Gardens Poker Championship Final Table - Live Stream May 27th at 4:30 PM PT
All live stream final tables are on a 30-minute delay

View ⚡ Live Streams on WPT Twitch, WPT YouTube or WPT.com

FREE Intro to Satellite Strategy - LIVE With Team LearnWPT - May 4th!

Satellite poker tournaments are a great way to parlay a larger buy-in event at a lower price so you don’t need to have big bucks to be in contention for a game-changing score. Strategies for Satellites can be very different from a normal Tournament, and you’ll need to make some adjustments that may seem strange compared to standard tournament strategy.

To help get you ready for the Choctaw Championship Event we're inviting you to join Team LearnWPT Member Adrian Naggy for a FREE 30 minute introduction to Satellite Strategy Workshop LIVE at 8 am and 3 pm CDT prior to the start of the Mega Satellites.

You’ll get specific examples of how to change up your play to take advantage of the unique factors in a satellite, including how to adjust for each stage of the tournament, surviving as the shortstack, monitoring stacks and other tables, and navigating the bubble.

The Workshop is free to all and will be held in the Oak Room (in the Conference area next to the Tournament registration).

P.S. After the Workshop jump into the $500 Mega Satellite at 11 am and 4pm or the $250 Super Satellite at 9 pm to win a seat into the $3,800 WPT Choctaw Championship Event.

Can't make the FREE Introduction to Satellite Workshop? Use the poker strategies below to sharpen your focus and who knows, maybe you’ll turn a few bucks into a huge payday.

Should You Play a 🛰️ Satellite Differently?

YES YOU SHOULD!

Approaching satellite play with the same strategy used in a regular poker tournament will often result in you busting when you would otherwise have a seat to the target tournament locked up.

Watch this Strategy Episode from LearnWPT Instructor Nick Binger as he discusses the key adjustments you need to make when playing Satellite Poker Tournaments.

Need Help Closing The Deal?

In this Strategy Episode watch and learn as Nick Binger reviews several key hands from a Satellite to highlight the unique adjustments during the endgame.

The Keys 🗝️ to Satellite Play

• Everyone gets paid the same prize
• No incentive to build a large stack once you are likely to win a seat
• As the probability of winning a seat goes up, your ranges in all spots tighten up
• There are times in a satellite poker tournament when players should never continue against an all-in
• Satellites are the only form of poker where it can be correct to fold pocket Aces preflop
• Pay very close attention to stack sizes and level changes!
• Often in the satellite endgame 10BBs may be a big stack that is guaranteed to win a seat

Time To Test Your Skills!

You are 4-handed at a winner-take-all Satellite Tournament with blinds at 100/200. The player in the Cutoff folds and you raise to $600 with Q♦J♣. The Small Blind reraises to $1,110 and you call. Your opponent checks the A♠A♣J♦ flop and action is on you.

What do you do here?

Are You GTO Ready?

Picture yourself as one of 6 remaining players at the Final Table of a Satellite to the $3,800 WPT Choctaw Championship event. How do you protect your 30 Big Blind stack against an open from a tough chip leader with two short stacks in play and lock up your seat?

Play a free Final Table Sample pack from the WPT GTO Trainer to see firsthand how decisions change at the final table.

As you train remember to:

• Play in a way to avoid busting out to the chip leader
• You will check and call more often than bet or raise
• You still need some bluffs in your range to prevent the chip leader from exploiting you
• Almost never lead out from the Big Blind after calling preflop
• Don’t be afraid to fold marginal hands against big bets that could set up an all-in situation on a future street
• When facing an aggressive chip leader, you should often trap by check-calling with your big made hands

Do your best to choose the ideal action at every point. Your goal is to keep "EV Loss" in the green and close to 0.

Have FUN, Good Luck, and Good Playing!

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Johan Schultz-Pedersen is a rising force in the poker world, powered by his dedicated study and passion for poker hand analysis.

While still very young in life at the age of 23, Johan is a seasoned veteran of online poker having racked up over $1M in cashes during his short career. Playing in the hyper competitive international online poker scene, he has amassed an impressive tally of winnings including a victory in the $1,050 buy-in $100k GTD on PartyPoker for $43,428.

While online poker has been the focus early in his career, Johan has recently taken to the live felt and secured his 1st WSOP cash with a deep run in the traditionally stacked field of the $5K 6-Max No-Limit event with a 24th place finish.

An extremely talented poker strategist, Johan is widely recognized by his peers and study partners (including LearnWPT Instructor Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger) as the go-to resource for poker strategy tools and solver technology.

Some of Johan's Accomplishments:

• More than $1 Million in online poker tournament earnings
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• Consistent winner in high stakes $500-$1K buy-in events

Johan is a true student of the game and is constantly immersing himself in the newest tools and technologies. His love of the game, strategic mindset, and in-depth knowledge of Game Theory Optimal tools makes him an invaluable asset to LearnWPT Students.

We are excited to have a front row seat to watch Johan's path to success and to bring his contagious thirst for knowledge to our Students through upcoming Strategy Episodes and new WPT GTO Trainer scenarios.

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