July has been a very successful month for Fearless River Pros!

We had TWO Instructors each take home their 2nd illustrious Gold Bracelet and a 3rd place finish in the WSOP Main Event! 🏆🙌

Take a look at how Nick, Tony, and LuckyChewy fared….

Lead Instructor for Fearless River and the World Poker Tour Nick Binger outlasted a massive 2,408 entry field to win his 2nd WSOP bracelet and took home an impressive $133K first prize at the World Series of Poker Event# 24 8-Hand No-Limit Hold'em Tournament.

If you’ve ever watched one of his Strategy Episodes, attended a Live Workshop and heard his lecture, or had the pleasure of sitting at one of his Lab Day tables, you know how dedicated Fearless River Lead Instructor Nick Binger is to teaching his students.

Nick has dedicated over 12 years perfecting his poker instruction skills with the WPT and enjoys teaching as much as he enjoys playing.

Nick has helped many students reach their goals and achieve success in the game they love. Click below to learn more about Nick...

Fearless River Instructor Tony Dunst took home his 2nd bracelet when he outlasted a massive 1,361 entry field and scored a huge $168K 1st prize during the World Series of Poker Event#21 $777 buy-in 6-Hand No-Limit Hold'em Tournament.

As a high-stakes pro and co-commentator for the World Poker Tour, Tony who has spent over eight seasons analyzing some of the most pivotal hands from World Poker Tour events.

Away from the bright lights of the WPT set, Tony is a force to be reckoned with both at the live and online felt. Tony has been putting in the work and getting great results.

Tony's experience grinding the Tournament and Cash Game scene make him a huge resource and asset for Fearless River Members and Students. Click below to learn more about Tony...

Fearless River Instructor Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger took 3rd place and scored $140K in the huge 2,126 entry field World Series of Poker Event#31 $1,000 buy-in Championship Main Event!

LuckyChewy is one of the best all-around players in the game today and had 8 cashes in major live tournaments in 2019 alone.

Chewy has been tearing up the virtual felt and continues to evolve and improve his game dominating both online tournament and cash games.

LuckyChewy's experience, positive mentality, and success make him a powerful resource and asset for Fearless River Members and Students. Click below to learn more about Chewy...

Fearless River Member and Live Workshop Student Bryant Morrison has been putting in the work and seeing big results at the poker tables!

Bryant recently conquered a field of 322 players to win his first WSOP Circuit Ring in the Seniors Event at the Choctaw Durant stop.

The $250 buy-in tournament generated a $64,400 prize-pool and as victor, Bryant was awarded $13,948 and a coveted World Series of Poker Gold Ring.

We asked Bryant about his recent win, how Fearless River has helped his game, and more…

Fearless River: Do you play many live tournaments? Why did you pick this specific event to play?

Bryant: I only play live tournaments but I practice at FearlessRiver.com using the GTO trainer more and more now. I do not play cash games to speak of unless I am waiting for a tournament to start.

I chose the Choctaw event because it fit my schedule during the Christmas break. I play WSOP in the summer, again on break, and this circuit event was close enough to drive to.

Fearless River: You’ve attended two Fearless River Live Workshops. How would you say these live events have helped your game?

Bryant: Both workshops added to my understanding of the game on a theoretical level. I constantly refer to handouts even now as I develop a playing strategy for different situations. Being able to ask questions and listen to other player's questions greatly increased my knowledge of the game. The best time for learning at the second workshop was the laboratory work where we all played our hands openly with the instructors advising and critiquing our play. That one day is worth all the money in [my] opinion.

The greatest take away from both workshops was the fact that they made me reconsider what my game was doing. Then, after working at home to unscramble my brain, my game would improve to a better understanding of certain aspects of the game that I was repeatedly seeing at the tables.

Fearless River: How often do you use Fearless River to improve your game? What specific features do you like about the online training site?

Bryant: About 6 weeks before I go to a tournament setting I begin to use FearlessRiver.com extensively, every day if possible. I am not a professional so I have to plan when I can play and that includes when I can practice as well. Right now I only play at 2 times a year: WSOP summer and any circuit events during Christmas break. I might add Spring Break this year to that schedule since there are now more WSOP circuit events planned.

I have created my own constantly updated index of all the episodes so that I can drill into any specific element of poker. Using this index I can review cbetting, 3rd bullets, stack to pot ratios, speculative calling, exceptions to these rules, and many other situations that might confuse me at the table. Having these episodes available 24/7 at my beck and call has proved tremendously useful to keeping my play sharp. If I had to learn this at the tables through actual play I would never be where I am now.

This most useful element of the website has been the addition of the GTO trainer. I did not enjoy it at first, constantly being graded down with losing points for errors, until I understood the tool’s usefulness. I am not supposed to win; I am supposed to develop a pattern of play that minimizes my losses in each different scenario.

Then, later at the tables, when I recognize the same situation, I will know the proper move based on stack size, position, stack to pot ratio, and the other factors taught at the workshops. Then it is up to me to decide whether it is the proper moment to DEVIATE from perfect play to maximize my exploitation of the situation. It is at that moment in the tournament that the training pays off: you realize your opponent is just not that good after all. Viola! The chips slide your way. Next hand please!

The GTO trainer never makes a mistake so you know you are learning the proper action EVERY TIME. Build knowledge off of that and table play becomes much more readable.

Fearless River: Can you name a few specific skills or techniques from the Fearless River game plan that helped you win this WSOP ring? Can you talk about how or why they helped?

Bryant: One of the basic skills reinforced at FearlessRiver.com and the workshops is thinking of stack size as BBs and adjusting your play accordingly. Knowing where you are in the tournament helps make decisions so much easier. If it is time to shove all in with A2o (my winning hand) then make the play.

In my specific winning hand my opponent had 8 bbs left... I knew he had to be pushing ALL IN with wide open ranges so when I had the A and was only risking a few more bbs to end the tourney my second card was less relevant to me. A in the window and the ring was mine.

I would never have thought like that before Fearless River. My cards would have been the most important item in my equation. Instead, looking at the stack sizes, position, time, stack to pot ratio, reads, and the reward my call with a weak A was practically automatic. Move the clock back and his stack is larger proportionately so the call would be less likely but with only those few bbs left it was an opportunity I could not pass up. I doubt I would ever have thought about poker like this without training at FearlessRiver.com.

Fearless River: $13,948 for a $250 buy-in is an impressive return on investment. Do you have any plans for future tournaments? Where will we see you next?

Bryant: Future tournaments will be WSOP summer events that fit my schedule. The money is not the motivation; the competition is. $1000 buy-in at WSOP returns hundreds of thousands and the higher events, with higher skill levels, return more. The math is the same for ROI but the “life changing” amounts are not going to appear for me. I am already settled into the retirement life style, just not completely yet.

Look for me at WSOP in the summer events but hopefully you won’t recognize me and future I am just an old timer, the OMC type, who is just playing his cards as he gets them. ABC with a little luck, that’s what I want you to see when you see me. Meanwhile, back at FearlessRiver.com I will have put in multiple hour days on the trainer, updated my index, reviewed and drilled certain elements, attended another workshop (probably, based on schedule), and hopefully added a few more tools to my war chest.

Fearless River: Do you have any advice for players trying to learn and improve their No-Limit Hold’em game?

Bryant: The key to improving is to actually use the tools you have. Playing is one way but it is slow, expensive, and time consuming. The GTO trainer is on all the time and is free with unlimited use when you buy into the monthly program. You can even but in, practice, play, resign and come back later when you plan on playing your next tournament with no penalty. Thus, you can plan your own time instead of having the tournament schedules run your life. Your wife and family will appreciate your presence in the “off” seasons.

While I also suggest a workshop they are expensive and will “break your game” until you recollect your thoughts and adjust to what the new information gives you. Well worth the time and money but be prepared to have at least a week off after the workshop to work the material into your game before you play. Now I may be slow and perhaps you can adjust faster than this poor old man but you do need some time to change your game.

Fearless River: Aside from poker, what else do you do for fun?

Bryant: Ahhh… the back-story, personal part of this interview. As a window into my life let me summarize by saying that in my long life I have not been idle. I have practiced law, taught history (still doing this one), piloted my own aircrafts with a multi-engine instrument commercial license, instructed accelerated freefall skydiving with over 1,000 jumps, scuba dived to a depth of 350 feet on a salvage attempt, sailed the Caribbean as a bareboat charter captain, raced downhill slalom (very briefly), written 6 books (4 published), traded commodities, played golf down to a 12 handicap, raised 2 children to be better than me, kept a wife 12 years younger than me happy for the past 30 years, and besides just playing poker I now find pleasure in studying and practicing the game. And I’m not done yet!

As an educator, Bryant understands the importance of study, the effort needed to improve your game, and mental fortitude to be successful in poker and life.

Bryant is a true student of the game and we couldn’t be more proud of his accomplishment. We can't wait to see what is in store next for Bryant.

Have a success you’d like to share? Let us know by emailing the Fearless River Team at [email protected].

Thousands of poker players descended on the Rio in Las Vegas for 6 weeks of action during the 50th World Series of Poker looking to win a prestigious WSOP Bracelet (and some cash too).

Fearless River Member Susan Faber was one of those players there to win her first WSOP bracelet.

And guess what? SHE DID!

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 and earning $121,161 in the process.

Sue, a 71-year-old tax accountant and recreational poker player, was only woman to win an “open” No-Limit Hold'em event this series.

We recently asked Sue about her WSOP experience, her love of the game, and more…

Fearless River: What do you enjoy most about playing poker? How did you get started playing No-Limit Texas Hold’em?

Sue: I started playing poker when my son got me involved in playing on line poker about 10 years ago. I realized I was far behind the other players on the net and started looking for classes I could take to get better. I found that WPT was teaching classes in Las Vegas and traveled there to participate. I took the beginners class and the advance class.

The thing I enjoy the most about playing poker is of course winning but also the social aspect. I have met so many nice people both dealers and people playing the game and have made many good friends.

Fearless River: Is poker a hobby or do you have more lofty goals for your poker career?

Sue: Poker is a hobby. I would love to play more in live events and plan to do that in 2020.

Fearless River: Do you play many live tournaments? Why did you pick this specific WSOP event to Play?

Sue: I only play live events now. I picked this event because it was a salute to warriors and I have so much respect and thanks to give to the men and women that serve. My husband also served in the Army.

*According to a report from the WSOP, the funds raised will support the roughly 100,000 U.S. troops and their families. A portion of each buy-in went to the USO. The event raised $43,075 for the charity, which will be used to fund USO projects throughout Southern Nevada.

Fearless River: How did it make you feel to be playing on the big stage under the lights and on live stream? Were you nervous? How did it feel to have your family and friends there to watch?

Sue: It was definitely an experience of a lifetime it seemed unreal. I was not nervous because I was so concentrated on the game.

I loved having family and friends there to watch and it was an experience of a lifetime for my husband also he was so proud of me.

Fearless River: How often do you use FearlessRiver.com to improve you game? What specific Member Features do you like about the online training site?

Sue: I use Fearless River weekly to review past episodes or the new ones that are sent to me.

I love the on-line training site because I can go back and review any aspect of the game I want to at any time. The episodes are so timely and involve so many things that I can add to my game.

Fearless River: Can you name 3 specific skills or techniques from the FearlessRiver.com game plan that helped you win this WSOP bracelet? Can you talk about how or why they helped?

Sue: Learning and memorizing the opening hand ranges helps me to know what cards to play in the position I am in and narrowing what cards my opponents have in their positions.

Knowing when a flop is dry or coordinated and continuation betting after the flop. Short Stack play really helped at the final table. The mental game with Jared Tendler helped me come back from large losses.

Fearless River: $121,000 for a $500 investment is a pretty amazing payday. Any big plans for the money?

Sue: $10,000 of it will be saved for the main event next year. I would like to go on a cruise and do some remodeling to my home.

Fearless River: Aside from poker, what else do you do for fun?

Sue: I love to spend time with my two grandchildren.

Fearless River: Anything else you’d like to add about your experience?

Sue: I am so glad I joined FearlessRiver.com which gave me the skills and confidence to win the bracelet at the WSOP this year.

Sue dominated the Final Table and we couldn’t be more proud of her and her accomplishment! Hearing member success stories like Sue's makes US successful!

Have a success you’d like to share? Let us know by emailing the Fearless River Team at [email protected].

DECISION POINT: You're in the early stages of a $500 WSOP bracelet event with blinds at 300/600 and a 600 big blind ante. Most stacks are in the 50BB range, and you have no reads on your tablemates. Action folds to the Button who raises to 1,300, the Small Blind folds, and you defend in the Big Blind with 6♠3♠. You check the K♠7♣5♣ flop, the Button c-bets 1,200, and action is back on you. What's your move?

PRO ANSWER: We are playing a $500 buy-in multi-day bracelet event at the World Series of Poker. The tournament is still in the early levels, and we just moved tables a few hands ago, so we have no significant reads on our opponents. Most of the stacks are in the 50 big blind range. The blinds are 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante and we are dealt 6♠3♠ in the Big Blind. Everyone folds to the Button who opens to 1,300, the Small Blind folds, and action is on us.

With the big blind ante in play we are getting very favorable pot odds to continue from the Big Blind. While some of our weakest hands should definitely be folds, the defending range must be very wide when getting this price and calling with any two suited cards is a must. If we’re folding more than 20% of all total hands against this raise size when closing the action in the Big Blind, that means we are folding way too frequently in general.

We do elect to call, and the flop is K♠7♣5♣ bringing a backdoor flush draw and an inside straight draw. This is a flop that favors the preflop raiser’s range, so we will be checking 100% of hands by default in this situation. We check and the Button bets 1,200 into a 3,500 pot. While our hand might not seem like much with a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw, we are getting nearly 4:1 on a call and the Button should have a very wide hand range in this situation.

With three cards to a straight and three to a flush in a Big Blind defense situation facing a small bet against a wide range such as this one, we should be alert that this scenario is potentially a good spot to check-raise. Our opponent is likely betting a super wide range on this board. That means that even when the Button does call our check-raise we still can potentially improve our hand to a likely winner and will pick up additional equity on some turn cards that will allow us to continue semi-bluffing.

Looking at this spot in a solver after the hand, the output indicates a split between calling (around 60% of the time) and raising (around 40% of the time). While our play shouldn’t always mimic a solver, understanding what the “optimal” play is based on pure theory is a good starting point. Deciding which option is best will often come down to tendencies for each player in your game.

If we had opponent specific information that the Button played tighter ranges, calling would often be the preferred option since the implied odds of hitting a straight would be higher and our check-raise would induce folds less frequently. Facing opponents who open more than they should from the Button, or continuation bet with a higher frequency than the solver suggests (which is 65% in this situation), we can adjust by check-raising.

The one clear mistake in this spot would be to fold. If we are considering a fold in this situation, we likely are proceeding too conservatively postflop when defending the Big Blind and would benefit greatly from tools such as the Fearless GTO Trainer to improve play in these postflop spots.

Calling or raising are both correct plays.

DECISION POINT: You are playing Day 2 of a $5K WSOP Bracelet event and blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. It's early in the day and there is still approximately 50% of the field remaining. The average stack at your table is around 40BBs except for the Button who has 100BBs. You raise to 12,000 from UTG with J♥J♠. A Middle Position player calls, the Hijack calls, the Button reraises to 60,000, and action is back on you. What do you do here?

PRO ANSWER: We are playing early on Day 2 of a $5K buy-in WSOP Bracelet event. Around 50% of the field is remaining, and the blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. We have just under 40 big blinds, as does most of the table except the Button who has 100 big blinds. We are dealt pocket jacks Under the Gun and make a standard open for this level to 12,000 chips (2BBs). Two players call the open and action folds to the Button who reraises to 60,000. Everyone else folds and the action is on us.

Much of the decision in this spot comes down to our assessment of the Button and whether they are capable of making a move with a wider range. If we assume that they are a skilled and studied opponent, then they definitely should be showing up with some A5s/KTs type of squeeze semi-bluffs in this situation in addition to stronger hands. Based on the Button’s assumed range, this is a slam dunk shove with jacks. Taking a closer look at this hand using a solver, the result shows it's a pretty clear +EV move to shove here against a GTO opponent.

During situations at the table like this in real-time it’s useful to ask ourselves, "Does our opponent ever have a hand here that we dominate?", such as TT or AJ in this instance.

If the answer is yes, we have a very compelling reason to continue with all the likely dead money in the pot since the middle position stacks are unlikely to have hands they can continue with here. If the answer is no and we believe the Button is raising a tighter range to include only premium pairs such as AA-JJ plus AK and AQ, then we could consider exploitatively folding.

In a $5K buy-in WSOP Bracelet event, most of our opponents are likely to be more than capable of including some semi-bluffs in their 3-bet squeezing range here, making our hand a fairly trivial all-in. Using the framework of asking ourselves the question “Does my opponent ever have hands I dominate?” will help us exploitatively adjust in the event that we do run into an opponent who has an extremely narrow range in this situation.

Moving all-in is the best play.

DECISION POINT: You're the chip leader with 46BBs in a large field $100 buy-in Mystery Bounty tournament with 40 players left (stacks ranging from 10BBs-20BBs) and $3,000 going to the winner. The larger bounties, which include one $3K bounty and two $2K bounties, have not been pulled. The blinds are 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. Three players go all-in (Middle Position, Hijack, and the Button) and the Small Blind folds. Action is on you with K♥T♥ in the Big Blind. What do you do here?

PRO ANSWER: We're one of the final 40 players left in a large field $100 Mystery Bounty tournament. The blinds are 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante and we are the chip leader by a significant amount with 46 big blinds. Most of the players have 10-20 big blinds remaining.

None of the large bounties have been pulled at this point. Initially half the prize pool was put into the bounties and only smaller bounties and a few medium-sized bounties (2x buy-in) have been pulled so far. The average bounty payout has ballooned to $200, including one $3,000 and two $2,000 bounties still remaining, with winning first place in the tournament paying $3,000.

The action folds to the MP2 player who moves in for their last 6,600. The Hijack then moves all-in for 8,000. The Cutoff folds and the Button moves all-in for their last 12,000. The Small Blind folds and action is on us in the Big Blind with K♥T♥.

Mystery Bounty tournaments are very unique in that we must constantly be paying attention to the average potential bounty payout when making decisions. Many Mystery Bounty tournaments have top bounty prizes equal to (and sometimes greater than) taking first place, so positioning ourselves to collect bounties is very important. We’ve done an excellent job to this point accumulating chips so that we cover everyone at the table and maximize our chances to collect bounties.

When the largest bounties are collected early, the average bounty amount decreases significantly, and we should have the same approach as a traditional tournament with a scaled payout structure. With larger bounties still available, the value of knocking out a single player can be greater than the amount awarded for 1st place, meaning we should prioritize eliminating opponents rather than trying to win the entire tournament.

Analyzing this spot with a gto solver and assigning an average bounty value of $200, we should call with 61% of our hands in this scenario. Our specific hand, KTs, is fairly high up in that range. In addition, the stack sizes of the all-ins are relatively shallow compared to our stack, so we still have the table covered if we lose and can potentially collect a bounty or two even in worst-case scenarios.

Calling is the correct play.

Your first WSOP event is 1 day away. The prep work is done, trust it. Today is about getting your logistics sorted, your mindset locked in, and making sure nothing off the felt gets in the way of your best poker.

We asked Team Fearless River to give us their best advice on exactly what to do the day before your first event in Las Vegas. We put one question to each of them:

❝ What advice would you give players when preparing for the WSOP based on the time before the start of their first event? ❞

We've assembled their answers along with FREE videos, strategies, and tips plus expert advice from Tony Dunst, Michael Gagliano, Eric Lynch, and Johan Schultz-Pedersen to make sure you are ready to crush starting hand 1. ⤵

➧ Tony Dunst:

❝ I think the day before the event you want to get your logistics in order. Are you buying in that night and getting there for hand one, or will you late-reg the following day? Where are you eating in the morning? How long does it take to get from your place to the tournament? Did you leave enough time to get plenty of sleep? Did you pack a backpack with everything you’ll need for a 12 hour day of play? Is your phone charged? Think these things over so you’re not scrambling the day of the tournament and putting unnecessary stress on yourself. ❞

➧ Eric "Rizen" Lynch:

❝ Your preparation is done. Get the best rest you can and have your nutrition dialed in. Do everything you can to be your best self when the event starts. Go into the event with the expectations of doing well, but treat yourself with kindness if it doesn't. Good play isn't always rewarded, nor bad play always punished. Your mindset needs to be such that you expect you can win, but understand that even the best players bust out of events before the money around 80% of the time. Most of all, have fun. This is what you've prepared for, and as long as you show up and try to execute the best you know how, be proud of yourself. After the event, try to take away any lessons you can use for your next one. ❞

➧ Johan Schultz-Pedersen:

❝ My best advice for the day before your first tournament is to get a good night’s sleep. It can't be overstated how much of a difference good sleep makes when it comes to playing well and having fun at the table. ❞

➧ Michael "Gags30" Gagliano:

❝ It's nearly tournament time. Hopefully you're already in Vegas and have settled in. Now is a great time to check out the venue and make plans for the day of. Things to check for include:

➥ Find the place to register, if you plan to arrive on time the next day you may want to register the night before to avoid lines.
➥ You likely need a players card to play in the event, it may be good to get on the day before.
➥ See if you can find the structure sheet of the event. You often can find these online, but many venues also have printed copies. Note how often and what time breaks are going to take place.

➥ Note the locations of bathrooms near the tournament room. If there is one very close, take note of a second, as the primary bathroom is often overcrowded during the event. It can often save time to walk a little further to the less crowded bathroom.
➥ Find out the location of food options around the venue. Oftentimes you only have 15 minutes on break to use the restroom and also get food if you're hungry. If you waste 5 minutes trying to find a place that sells food then you have wasted most of your break. Also, make plans for your dinner break. If needed, make a reservation so you have a table waiting for you right at the time of break.

Final thoughts: Las Vegas during the summer is a fantastic time to play poker, but it can also sometimes be overwhelming or frustrating if you haven't properly prepared for your trip. Taking time beforehand to sort as many variables as possible so you can just focus on your strategy at the tables can be the make or break between a good trip and a bad one. Finally, making money is great, but try to enjoy yourself even if you don't. Enjoy the events, converse with your tablemates, and make the most of all that Las Vegas has to offer! ❞

➧ What To Focus On Now:

With 1 day remaining prior to the start of your first event, it’s time to clear your schedule and prepare your mindset for peak performance and ready to execute. Make sure that any unresolved questions about your game are answered.

Watch below (Free, no membership required) as Nick Binger discusses the proper mindset to approach playing tournaments and why it is essential to play to win vs simply trying to survive:

➧ Go Deeper: Create Your Feedback Loop

Having a trusted source to discuss strategy with is VITAL to your growth. Fearless River members have that feedback loop with our Pros through the WSOP or anytime!

If you're playing this summer keep track of any tough spots from your tournaments and get feedback from Team Fearless River anytime with these membership features:

➥ Jot down key details during play and after your session use the Hand Input Tool to store and share your hands for analysis.
Visit your HIT Dashboard

➥ Submit all of your questions about specific challenges directly to our Pros and receive in-depth feedback and answers in Discord.
Visit the members-only Ask a Pro Discord

➥ Join live Study Sessions to help focus your efforts, maximize your results, and talk poker or watch previous sessions.
Review all Study Sessions

Get quick fixes and strategy advice all summer long!

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➧ WSOP Helpful Links and Info:

➥ 2026 World Series of Poker Full Series Information
➥ WSOP Tournament Schedule
➥ WSOP Bracelet Event Structures
➥ WSOP Satellite Schedule
➥ WSOP Daily Deepstacks Schedule
➥ Follow @KevMath and @WSOP on X for Daily Information
➥ PokerNews WSOP Hub
➥ The Guide to the 2026 Summer Las Vegas Poker Scene by Kim Unger for a great resource of events around Las Vegas
➥ Michael Gagliano's Summer Poker Calendar to build and save your own schedule. Get more info from Gags on the app.

📍 Getting Around the WSOP

Kevin Mathers is one of the most trusted resources in the poker world for WSOP information. He posted a detailed floor plan breakdown covering tournament start locations, daily deepstack and satellite venues, registration, payouts, safe deposit boxes, and other key services across Horseshoe and Paris (also available on the WSOP+ app). ➥ View on X

How to Register in Person or Online

All players must provide valid photo identification and a Caesars Rewards Loyalty card to register and a WSOP+ app account.

➥ WSOP Registration Information
➥ Download the WSOP+ App to pre-register for events and skip cage lines, make payments and get all the information about the Series.

Healthy and Quick Food Options

➥ Check out PokerOrg's: The best healthy places to eat on a break
➥ Or: Unhealthy Vegas food for your 2026 WSOP dinner break

➧ Watching from Home? Follow the Action Live

New this year, the WSOP will be host a free livestream each day on their YouTube channel for fans around the world. And ...

➧ Staying in Flow With Team Fearless River

We’ve got the strategies to help you play better poker this summer no matter how much prep time you have before your 1st tournament.

Did you miss any the previous Guides? Click below for more FREE tips and strategies:

➥ Prep Time = 60-Day Prep Guide
➥ Prep Time = 30-Day Prep Guide
➥ Prep Time = 7-Day Prep Guide
➥ WSOP 2026 Prep: All 4 Guides in One Place

➧ This Is What You Trained For

HAVE FUN! Playing a large tournament series like the WSOP is why you put in the hard work studying. Now it's time to relax, have fun, and enjoy. Even if you don't win your 1st bracelet, enjoy the process and the game we all love.

However, if you DO win your 1st WSOP bracelet, make a deep run, or cash in a tournament around town, let us know.

We love celebrating Student accomplishments, and they've been consistently crushing the Summer Poker Season. In fact, we’ve helped Fearless River students achieve:

🥇 4 WSOP BRACELETS
🏆 6 WSOP Final Tables
👏 9 Around Town Final Tables
💰 Over $1.7 Million in Cashes

This is why we teach, and this is why you play!

Remember to share your successes with us and we'll highlight your achievements on our upcoming blog. Tag us on social media with your results from the felt or email [email protected].

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- Team Fearless River

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DECISION POINT: You're in the early stages of a World Series of Poker multi-day tournament with late registration and reentry still open. The blinds are 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante. Most players have around 50 big blinds, and you’ve worked your stack up to 100BBs. Action folds to you in the Cutoff with A♦T♦ and you make a standard raise to 1,000. The Button, who is an accomplished Pro and has a 105BB stack, calls. The flop comes Q♠5♦4♣ and action is on you. What do you do here?

PRO ANSWER: We're playing a multi-day event at the World Series of Poker. The tournament is in level 2 with late registration still open and players are allowed to reenter until the end of level 8. Most players have around 50 big blinds, but we’ve managed to work our stack up to 100BBs. The Button is a very studied professional poker player. The blinds are 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante and we are dealt A♦T♦ in the Cutoff. The action folds to us and we make a standard raise to 1,000. The Button decides to call and both Blinds fold. The flop is Q♠5♦4♣ and we are first to act.

The primary driver of continuation betting frequency on the flop is range advantage. Many players incorrectly believe that being the preflop raiser gives them a range advantage on dry boards like this one. Position is a key factor to consider in c-betting spots. Had we raised in Early Position instead of the Cutoff, we certainly would have a range advantage against the Button on this board. However, in this specific situation, we have a wide uncapped range and our opponent has a significantly narrower range that is capped and condensed.

Reviewing this spot in a solver as a part of post-hand analysis, we see that the Button defends with less than half as many hand combinations as we raise with from the Cutoff (215 vs. 450) and has a slight range advantage (51% vs. 49%) on the flop before any action takes place.

This dynamic occurs most frequently in Cutoff open vs Button call and Small Blind vs Big Blind scenarios. When facing skilled and aggressive players who are capable of utilizing their position appropriately in these spots, we should check the flop quite frequently. In fact, based on the solver results, the Cutoff checks with the entire range around 85% of the time. While the Cutoff is often taking a passive line on the flop, it’s crucial to note that checking here doesn’t mean giving up. We should be checking some of our big hands to protect our checking range and add check-raises with some strong value hands and bluffs such as A2s/A3s on this particular board. Check-calling on the flop also makes up a portion of our strategy, particularly against smaller bet sizes.

If our opponent on the Button were a more passive recreational player in this spot, the strategy would change significantly. There would be more merit to betting because a passive opponent is like to call preflop with a much wider range, negating the range advantage a more narrow and condensed range has on this board. Recreational opponents are also far less likely to float and raise the flop with the appropriate tendencies to discourage us from continuation betting.

Against tougher players it’s very important to recognize these spots as high-frequency checks, or we will quickly bleed chips to good players who utilize position well.

Checking is the best play.

Your first 2026 WSOP event is one week away. The time for big strategy changes is over. Now it's about sharpening execution, locking in your mindset, and showing up ready to play your best poker from hand 1. Here's exactly how to do it.

We asked Team Fearless River to give us their best advice on how to prepare your poker game to stay in flow all summer in Las Vegas. We put one question to each of them:

❝ What advice would you give players when preparing for the WSOP based on the time before the start of their first event? ❞

We've assembled their answers along with FREE videos, strategies, and tips plus expert advice from Tony Dunst, Michael Gagliano, Eric Lynch, and Johan Schultz-Pedersen to make sure you are ready to crush starting hand 1. ⤵

➧ Tony Dunst:

❝ While you should continue the study habits you’ve built up in the week leading up to the tournament, this is a good time to think about preparing your body for the grind of tournament poker. Above all that means getting on the right sleep schedule for playing from noon to midnight PDT. So if you live on the East Coast and are early to bed, you need to start staying up later and sleeping in so you’re not exhausted during the late hours of play in Vegas. The highest EV decisions of your poker day are made latest at night, so it’s crucial that you’re alert during those hours. ❞

➧ Eric "Rizen" Lynch:

❝ At this point, you really shouldn't be looking into anything new and just really solidifying the things you've already studied. Executing a good game plan very well is FAR better than executing a perfect game plan poorly, so at this point, you should really trust what you've been studying, and all your attention should be focused on taking the skills you already have and maximizing your ability to execute them flawlessly. Focus on getting good sleep and nutrition, and just maximizing your ability to be the best version of yourself. ❞

➧ Johan Schultz-Pedersen:

❝ Try to exercise regularly leading up to the series, especially if you plan on playing long sessions. This will help with both concentration and fatigue. ❞

➧ Michael "Gags30" Gagliano:

❝ Hopefully by now you've spent some time working on your game and planning what you're going to play. Take any final looks over your strategy or any charts you've been studying, but don't try to make any large adjustments at this point. Your game is what it is, and you want to try your best to execute well in the moment, not have to craft an entirely new strategy based on something you just learned the week before. Now is the time to make sure you have all your logistics for your trip in order. Are you flying to Las Vegas? Make sure you're packing everything you'll need. Days at the poker table can be long; make a list of what you'll need while you play. I recommend a small bag you can carry with you to hold some snacks, water, headphones if you wear them, a charger for your phone, a sweatshirt in case you're cold (it might be 115 degrees outside, but those poker rooms can get cold), and anything else you may want while you're playing. You're going to need some money to buy into whatever tournaments you're playing. How will you get cash in Vegas? If you plan on going to the bank beforehand, now is a good time to do so. Many banks have limited hours and if, for example, you're flying out early Monday your bank might not be open the day before. Get your funds set now so you don't have to worry about that right before the tourney. ❞

➧ What To Focus On Now:

1 week prior to the start of your first event it’s crucial to ensure that any critical leaks are plugged and start shifting focus to execution.

Watch Below: Pregame Warm-up (Free, no membership required). Mental Game Coach Jared Tendler provides the building blocks for an efficient tournament poker pregame warm-up and describes why it is essential for growth in your game.

➧ Go Deeper: Members-Only Strategy Episodes

With one week to go, use these Episodes to sharpen your mental game and execution. Members can log in and watch anytime:

Your strategy is set — now it's about execution. Jared Tendler shows you how to stay locked in and mentally sharp when it matters most.
➥ Episode 84: Focus With Jared

Learn how to use aggression on the bubble in a tournament to help improve your chances of accumulating chips and maximize your ROI.
➥ Episode 61: Bubble Play

Chris Wallace introduces and outlines the fundamentals of his world-class short stack strategy.
➥ Episode 168: Short Stack Play

➥ Episode 293: Pregame Warm-Up With Jared (Watched Above)

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➧ Quick Review Checklist: 7 Days Out

Use this final week to review the concepts that come up most frequently at the tables. Don't learn anything new, just sharpen what you already know:

☑ First-In Hand Ranges: Review your opening ranges from each position before you arrive
☑ Big Blind Defense: Know which hands to defend and which to fold facing a raise
☑ Continuation Betting: When to fire and when to check based on board texture
☑ 3-Bet Pots: Have a clear plan for how you play both as the 3-bettor and the caller
☑ Short Stack Play: Brush up on sub-30BB strategy since you will face this in every tournament
☑ ICM Awareness: Near the bubble and at final tables, understand how stack sizes affect your decisions

➧ Summer in Vegas Helpful Links and Info:

➥ 2026 World Series of Poker Full Series Information
➥ WSOP Tournament Schedule
➥ WSOP Bracelet Event Structures
➥ WSOP Satellite Schedule
➥ WSOP Daily Deepstacks Schedule
➥ Follow @KevMath and @WSOP on X for Daily Information
➥ Kevin Mather's Getting Around the WSOP
➥ PokerNews WSOP Hub

➥ Michael Gagliano's Summer Poker Calendar to build and save your own schedule. The calendar includes all information including links to structure sheets. Find out more here.

➥ The Guide to the 2026 Summer Las Vegas Poker Scene by Kim Unger for a great resource of events around Las Vegas

➥ If you're playing any WSOP events this summer, it can be hard to find something to eat quickly during a tournament break. Somewhere healthy? Even tougher. Poker-playing fitness coach TJ Jurkiewicz put together a guide with an overview of the best options within walking distance of the Horseshoe and Paris Casinos you can easily reach on a dinner break. You can sign up for TJ’s free comprehensive free guide here.

➧ Staying in Flow With Team Fearless River

We’ve got the strategies to help you play better poker this summer no matter how much prep time you have before your 1st tournament. Click below for more FREE tips and strategies:

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➥ WSOP 2026 Prep: All 4 Guides in One Place

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DECISION POINT: You’re in a live $2/$5 cash game that recently started. In early position you raise to $15 with Q♣T♣ and only the Button calls. You continuation bet $15 on the K♦J♥2♦ flop and get called. On the 9♣ turn you bet $25 and your opponent calls. The river is 9♦ and action is on you. What do you do here?

PRO ANSWER: We are playing in a $2/$5 game at our local casino. The game has recently started, and we don’t have any significant reads on our opponents. We are dealt Q♣T♣ UTG+1 and the UTG player folds. QTs is well within our first-in hand range in early position, so we make a standard open to $15. Everyone folds to the Button who flat calls, and both Blinds fold.

The flop is K♦J♥2♦ and we have an open-ended straight draw. On this flop the early position raiser has a significant range advantage and wants to bet frequently. Since we want to continuation bet our entire range, a smaller size is preferred. We bet $15 and the Button calls.

The turn is the 9♣ and we hit our straight draw. Our opponent called an early position raise preflop from the Button, which should represent a fairly condensed range consisting mostly of middle pairs, some suited broadway hands, and some suited Ax hands. We can assume that hands that continued on the flop connected with the board in some way, so the Button’s likely range on the turn is composed of flush draws, Kx/Jx/TT/T9s and QTs.

One big mistake many players make is becoming fixated on pricing out draws whenever they have a strong hand with draws present on the board. While that is a factor, we also need to be concerned about maximizing value against our opponent’s most likely range. Hands like KTs or QJs are unlikely to call a really big bet but are likely to continue against a half pot sized bet while drawing extremely thin. We elect to bet $25 and the Button calls.

The river is the 9♦. This completes the flush draw that was on the flop, and there are some hands like J9s that made a full house. Often players make the error of instantly going into check and call mode fearing the worst. By taking a check/call line we would still lose to all our opponent’s flushes, however we would also miss out on value from many Kx and 9x hands that would likely call a half-pot bet but will check behind if we check.

Missing value spots, especially out of position on the river, is one of the more common cash game leaks. Attempting to extract $60 more value in this spot by betting rather than checking and calling a similar sized bet, even though we will need to fold to a raise with some frequency, is a big way to increase your hourly rate. There are times where we may have opponent specific information that may make checking to induce bluffs in this situation more profitable, but against an unknown opponent, this is a great spot to go for a thin value bet.

Betting around half the pot ($60) is the best play.