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...

Your first 2026 World Series of Poker event is one month away, and this is the sweet spot for preparation. You still have enough time to sharpen your strategy meaningfully, but the series is quickly approaching. The players who make the most of this window arrive in Vegas confident, focused, and ready to flow. Here's how to join them.

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:

❝ I think a month out is the ideal time to dial up your study and effort; you should feel ready and prepared approaching the tournament but not burned out on poker. The main three forms of studying are training videos, hand history reviews (while checking strategy in a solver), and playing against GTO trainers. Hand history reviews are great because you’ll be looking at your play during various stages of the tournament and in a variety of spots, but for training videos and trainer study, I think you should focus on the weak spots in your game. For example, I tend to play ICM situations too close to ChipEV out of habit, so when I have major tournaments coming up I focus more on ICM study so it’s fresh in my mind. Also, when working with GTO trainers, I think you should mostly play as the aggressor and not the caller, because the players you’ll encounter in Vegas are much more passive than a trainer and will be under-bluffing. So practice spots where you’re the one 3-betting or check-raising and not the one calling against that kind of aggression because if you call down humans like you should the trainer, you’ll end up punting against people who never bluff in big spots. ❞

➧ Johan Schultz-Pedersen:

❝ I also recommend studying - whether that means reviewing preflop ranges, discussing strategy with friends, or watching training videos, it all helps. ❞

Simple advice, but consistent study in the final month, even in small doses, compounds quickly heading into Vegas.

➧ Eric "Rizen" Lynch:

❝ This is the point where you really shouldn't be learning anything completely new but just refining things you already know and really solidifying them in your mind. If you have access to play in tournaments (either online or live) that mimic the structures you're preparing for, then put the things you're studying into practice. If not, use tools like the Fearless River GTO trainer to mimic play so you can really reinforce concepts. ❞

➧ Michael "Gags30" Gagliano:

❝ It's time to plan your trip. Take a look at the schedules from all the casinos and pick what events you want to play. There is a LOT to play in Las Vegas during the summer, and so many choices in terms of venue, game type, buy-in level, satellites, cash... it can be very overwhelming. Players who do not spend time preparing and making an outline of a schedule for themselves can wind up spending their time in Vegas running around like a chicken with its head cut off and more focused on what event might be next rather than focusing on the cards they're being dealt and their strategy. Taking the time early to do your planning will pay off big time when you can just focus on playing your best. It's ok to give yourself some options in your schedule, like "If I'm doing well, I'll play tourney A, but if my trip is going poorly, I'll play tourney B," but make sure you have some goals in mind and have looked at the schedules beforehand. Also, if you have the time, put in some reps at the table and continue working on your strategies that you've hopefully been studying for the past month. Take note of any weak points in your game and brush up on what you've been working on. ❞

📌 Check out the Summer Poker Calendar from Michael Gagliano to build and save your own schedule. The calendar includes all information including links to structure sheets. Find out more here.

➧ What To Focus On Now:

With 1 month remaining, it's crucial to ensure any critical leaks are plugged and shift focus to execution. These Fearless River GTO Trainer solutions are ideal for developing mental muscle memory and quickly identifying leaks. Alternate your training sessions with the related Strategy Episodes:

Watch Below: Tony's Live Reads & Tells (Free, no membership required). In his installment on player tendencies, Tony Dunst breaks down his most frequently observed live poker tells and gives you key guidelines for how to respond when you encounter them. With one month to go, reading your opponents at the table is just as important as your strategy off it.

➧ Go Deeper: Members-Only Strategy Episodes

With time still on your side, use these GTO Trainer hands and episodes to sharpen execution and plug leaks before you arrive in Vegas. Members can log in and watch anytime:

Continuation betting is one of the most critical skill sets in tournament poker, getting reps in now builds the muscle memory you'll need when it counts.

➥ Test Your C-Betting Skills! Play 10 Solved GTO Trainer Hands
➥ Then Watch Episode 294: Advanced Continuation Betting

Tournament chips can change hands fast in 3-bet pots. Practice as the aggressor and try to apply Tony's advice from above.

➥ Test Your 3-Betting Skills! Play 5 Solved GTO Hands
➥ Then Watch Episode 465 as Tony Plays the Same Hands

A full tournament series requires sustained focus across days and events. This episode covers exactly how to maintain peak performance throughout.

➥ Episode 541: Tournament Series Prep With Chewy, Tony, & Johan

➥ Episode 502: Tony's Live Reads and Tells (Watched Above)

Not a member yet? Join now for just $5 your 1st month and get instant access to all these episodes above plus 550+ strategy videos and 45 GTO Trainer spots to practice. No contracts, cancel anytime.

➧ Train & Practice Specific Spots

Practice, drill, and play through solved spots that give you the most problems and become more confident in your decisions on the felt (members only, log in to access).

All scenarios are categorized so you can filter for Game Type, Your Position, Stack Size, and Situation (defense, open raise, 3-betting, and more) based on the packs available at your membership tier.

Platinum Members have access to over 140 spots! Upgrade anytime from your My Account page under Available Plans.

Helpful Training Tip: To improve your Big Blind Defense: Watch the Big Blind Defense Episode 287 → Go to the GTO Trainer → Click the Situation filter box below "What would you like to train today?" and select Big Blind Defense → Select a Pack and Begin!

➧ 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:

➥ Prep Time = 60-Day Prep Guide
➥ Prep Time = 7 Days - Just Released
➥ Prep Time = 1 Day - Coming Next Week!

If you are a member of the Fearless River family and will be here in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, we want to cheer you on! Let us know what you are playing or share your success at the table. Tag us on social media or email [email protected] with your photos and updates from the felt.

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Good luck and good playing,
- Team Fearless River

Your first 2026 World Series of Poker event is 60 days away and the players who show up ready didn't start preparing with one week to go. Two months of prep time is a gift most players don't take advantage of. Here's exactly how to use it right.

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 it’s never a bad idea to form study habits, I think trying to change too much about your game or approach to poker 60 days before the summer is probably overkill. But if you’re someone who mostly plays and doesn’t study, I think it’s smart to use this time to start gradually building the habit of studying 30-60 minutes a day several times a week. Studying poker is kind of like working out, where nothing dramatic happens in one session but if you build it into your routine, you make consistent progress over a long period of time. ❞

➧ Michael "Gags30" Gagliano:

❝ Two months before playing in larger live events is the perfect time to work on your game and put in some study time. A lot of players wait until the final days before an event to study, but you really want to make sure you give yourself time to digest what you're learning and also take some time to practice your strategies so you're comfortable with them. If you're going to try anything new or make any larger changes to your game, this is the time to do so. ❞

➧ Eric "Rizen" Lynch:

❝ If you've identified the event(s) you want to play, then how you prepare will depend somewhat on the event types/structures that you want to play. If you're playing a huge field event that moves fast like the Colossus, you probably want to focus your time studying sub-30BB (or even 10BB-20BB) play, as the structure is fast and most of your critical decisions will be made with a smaller stack size. If you're playing something like a WSOP/WPT Main Event structure, you'd want to focus more on ~50BB play as the structures for those often have the average stack in the 40BB range throughout the tournament. So, identify the types of events you want to play and what sort of decisions will be most critical in that tournament format/structure and develop a study plan that focuses on those items. If you already feel strong at the key stack level of the event(s) you're targeting, move on to the next most important skill you would need for the event. Focus on the things that will come up most often first, (for example, preflop play if you need to work on that, then playing heads-up single raised pots, heads-up three bet pots, and so on), then focus on things that come up less frequently. ❞

➧ Johan Schultz-Pedersen:

❝ A month or two before the first event starts, I recommend playing a few online sessions to get back into the rhythm of playing. Online poker allows you to play many more hands in a short amount of time compared to live poker. ❞

Simple advice, but getting reps in before arriving in Vegas can make a significant difference in your comfort level at the table!

➧ What To Focus On Now:

If you’ve got at least 2 months to prepare your training should focus on strengthening fundamentals while plugging leaks. These Fearless River Strategy Episodes are a great place to start.

Let's start with one of the biggest leaks in poker. Many players approach preflop play without clear guidelines and often become too cautious or over aggressive in the wrong situations. First-In Hand Ranges give you a structured way to decide when to play and what to play, based on your stack size and seat position at the table.

In this Strategy Episode, you’ll get a detailed breakdown of which hands you should play from each seat position when raising first-in to the pot, so you’ll start hands with confidence instead of uncertainty.

Here are a few points from this video to remember...

Think in Hand Ranges:

• A range includes all hands a player may have in a given situation
• Avoid trying to put your opponent on a specific hand
• Position, action, and stack depth help determine ranges
• Analyzing hand ranges is best done away from the table

These charts will tell you what hands to play when you are the first person to put money into the pot at the poker table. They'll keep you on very solid, profitable ground and ensure that you aren't playing bad poker hands.

You'll develop muscle memory for preflop play by simply reviewing the charts and then putting them into practice at the table!

Quick Tips for Using the First-In Hand Range Charts:

• Use the Position Graphic to determine your position at the table and find the appropriate range chart for your seat. Tip: Count backwards from the Button to determine your position.
• Raise with all hands highlighted in PINK. Do not call the minimum bet amount - RAISE!
• Your raise sizing should be between 2.3 and 3 times the big blind amount depending on stack depth.
• Be consistent. If you raise a larger amount with a specific hand and smaller amounts with others, you will be easier to read at the table (IE don't raise to 600 with AA, but 400 with 99)

Remember, these charts are intended for use when you are the first person to put chips in the pot before the flop aside from the blinds (forced bets). If someone else has already voluntarily put chips in the pot before your turn to act, these charts do not apply.

➧ Go Deeper: Members-Only Strategy Episodes

With 60 days to work with you have time to go beyond the fundamentals. Members can log in and watch these anytime:

➥ Episode 305: First-In Hand Ranges (Watched Above)

Knowing when and how to defend properly is one of the most exploitable leaks in tournament play, and these two episodes will tighten that up fast.

➥ Episode 463: Big Blind Defense
➥ Episode 405: Button Defense

With 60 days to work with, strengthening your 3-bet strategy is an excellent use of study time. Most players at the WSOP are uncomfortable in 3-bet pots, and these episodes will make you dangerous in them.

➥ Episode 525: 3-Betting Strategy Part 1
➥ Episode 530: 3-Betting Strategy Part 2

Not a member yet? Join now for just $5 your 1st month and get instant access to all these episodes above plus 550+ strategy videos and downloadable tools. No contracts, cancel anytime.

➧ 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. More FREE tips and strategies are on the way:

➥ Prep Time = 30 Days Prep Guide
➥ Prep Time = 7 Days - Just Released
➥ Prep Time = 1 Day - Coming Next Week!

If you are a member of the Fearless River family and will be here in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, we want to cheer you on! Let us know what you are playing or share your success at the table. Tag us on social media or email [email protected] with your photos and updates from the felt.

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Good luck and good playing,
- Team Fearless River

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

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What is a Fearless River Live Poker Lab?

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

Training sessions at the Fearless River 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 Fearless River Workshops, the Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River.com
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Harness the power of active learning with 100% of your time spent playing real poker with a professional dealer during Student Play Sessions. Team Fearless River 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

Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River Live Poker Labs attendees
➧ Limited to a maximum of 27 entries
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PLUS - Every Fearless River 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 Fearless River.com Platinum Access (a $594 value) so you can keep the momentum going long after you leave Las Vegas.

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Fearless River 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.

Fearless River 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.

Fearless River 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.

Fearless River 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!

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Fearless River 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 Fearless River and know that this is just the beginning of his championship success.

Congratulations Johan!
- Team Fearless River

He's done it again!

Fearless River 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 Fearless River in 2016 Tony has been an incredible asset to Fearless River 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 Fearless River.

Congratulations Tony!
- Team Fearless River

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:

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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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River!

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

This summer Team Fearless River 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 Fearless River? The WPT World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas this November 29th - December 23rd. We'll be busy getting Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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.

Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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.

🏆 Fearless River 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 🥂

➧ Fearless River 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!

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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!

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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!

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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!

➧ Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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

🥈 Fearless River 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

➧ Fearless River 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 Fearless River

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 Fearless River Strategy Episode to hear firsthand from Fearless River Instructors Tony Dunst, Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger, and Johan Schultz-Pedersen about how they prepare for peak performance during a long series.

Fearless River 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 Fearless River and work on their games.

Members recently spent time with Fearless River 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 Fearless River Students and tracking their performance during the Summer Season. Here are the players that we’ll be keeping tabs on in Vegas!!

➧ Fearless River 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.

➧ Fearless River Student Brett Coltman

In the 2022 WSOP, Fearless River 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.

➧ Fearless River Student Randy Chamberlain

In the 2022/23 WSOPC Event in Thunder Valley, Fearless River 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.

➧ Fearless River Students Lisa and Scott Roberts

The couple that plays together, stays together, at least that’s the case for long-time Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River SWAG).

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

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Good luck and good playing,
Team Fearless River

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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

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➧ WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Final Table Live Stream - May 25th at 4:30 PM PT
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➧ 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

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🎭 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River stop and say Hi 👋!

Check the Fearless River calendar to follow Team Fearless River 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 Fearless River

Train With Fearless River Champions for Just $5

In 2022 alone Fearless River Instructors won a 2 WSOP Bracelets and WSOP Circuit Ring, a 25K buy-in WPT High Roller, a 25K PokerGo Masters title, a 50K buy-in WPT High Roller, and a combined $5.2 Million in tournament winnings plus made appearances at several high profile final tables.

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!

Ready to train and learn from these Pros? Join them NOW!

Whether you are brand new to poker training or you’re an experienced student this is your chance to learn from world-class professional poker players in a friendly community using state of the art tools.

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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 Fearless River 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!
➧ Train With Champions

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
Click here for the full Festival schedule

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 Fearless River - 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 Fearless River 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 Fearless River 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!

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

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

Let us know if you are in the action during the WPT Choctaw Championship Event or side events on the Festival schedule!

Follow and tag us on social media to share your pic with members of Team Fearless River, show off your chip stack, or celebrate a deep run.

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We love to hear how Fearless River Students are doing!

Good luck and good playing,
-Team Fearless River

Train With Fearless River Champions for Just $5

In 2022 alone Fearless River Instructors won a 2 WSOP Bracelets and WSOP Circuit Ring, a 25K buy-in WPT High Roller, a 25K PokerGo Masters title, a 50K buy-in WPT High Roller, and a combined $5.2 Million in tournament winnings plus made appearances at several high profile final tables.

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!

Ready to train and learn from these Pros? Join them NOW!

Whether you are brand new to poker training or you’re an experienced student this is your chance to learn from world-class professional poker players in a friendly community using state of the art tools.

Gain access to Fearless River Training and WPT GTO Trainer packs, featuring Downloadable Tools, 500+ Strategy Videos (and more) for just $5 your first month of Membership!

Have Questions about Fearless River? Send an email to our Support Team at [email protected] or click the red CONTACT US button.