Any MTT learning sources that you guys would recommend nowadays?

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Hello poker folks!

After a longer time of playing poker (micro SNGs back in 2015) I wanted to play poker again, MTTs it is this time.
I was going to buy the old Harrington books but I've read that they are just outdated and they should not be considered as a gameplan nowadays. There is also a new Harrington book I've seen (Harrington on Modern Tournament Poker). Is this any good? Does it require to have read the old books of him?

Where should I start learning? Any new books I should consider to buy, maybe a good pokerschool online? I would not mind to pay for a subscription. Where do new poker pros, we see on the big tourneys, learn?

I was just a microstake breakeven player but I had fun and I know the rules of poker at least. So there is no need to learn what a BB is, what UTG means etc.

Thanks in advance and gl at the tables!

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AustralianPhoenix

1mo

I wouldn't bother with Harrington on Holding Aces.

Google:

Run It Once: From the Ground Up - $50 poker course. Cash focused but provides game tree and postflop fundamentals useful for the early stages of MTTs.

GTOWizard - where all the cool cats these days get their preflop charts. Just the charts are free.

YouTube: GTOWizard, Johnathan Little, Raise Your Edge, BBZ, Lex Veldhuis. All provide some great MTT content.

As far as books go: Play Optimal Poker 1&2, The Mental Game of Poker and Modern Poker Theory.

spasut

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1mo

Hey Phoenix and thanks for your helping hand and the input!
Oh, Run it Once, by Phil Galfond. I've already heard of it a couple of years ago but did not know what it is.
So he has his own poker school. I just had a look and there is not only this $50 course but also an $150 MTT course available. what you think? From The Ground Up - MTT | Run It Once | Tournament Poker Course

I've also heard of GTOWizard but didn't have a look yet. I will check it out!

AustralianPhoenix

1mo

I have no experience with the MTT one sorry. I imagine it would be high quality though as Run it Once has a good reputation. It is cheaper than most MTT courses.

But you would also be amazed at the amount of greaylt content available on YouTube for free. I wouldn't go spending over $100 on any course until you've started to run out of good stuff on YouTube first.

Jonathan Little in particular has a bunch of stuff covering the different stages of tournaments. Lots of shilling his site though.

Biggest tip for tournaments though is to start small and play with bankroll management. Variance can be a real bitch and professional tournament sharks are playing surprisingly small buy-ins. I'd recommend not entering anything over $5-10 until you start to build up some more experience with the modern tournament meta.

spasut

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1mo

Good day to you fella phoenix 🐦‍🔥 Thanks again for your input! I’ll definitely check out the YouTuber Jonathan Little. Never heard of him before but when I get the knowledge there which I’m looking for, I will safe the 150 bucks for now. Yea, definitely doing bankroll management and only enroll for the 1-5 dollar tourneys. Allready loaded up on stars and GGPoker. I’m from Germany, don’t know if there is any other site I should consider to play on.

AustralianPhoenix

1mo

I know Germany has some rough regulations and that you're not eligible for rakeback through those sites. Not sure about any others sorry.

Coin Poker might be worth looking into. I've heard they have some alright tournaments.

It's crypto based and doesn't discriminate based upon location so you might even be able to get rakeback there as a German.

Can't guarantee but it might be worth a look into. That said; for the tourneys you are playing it might not be a huge consideration.

Best of luck though, I hope you are having a great time with the tournaments and running well :)

thadpole

1mo

You need to know raising ranges from each position for 15-60bbs, then 3 bet raising and calling ranges and finally rejam ranges.

Then ICM, how to play for first place and not give a fuck about min cashing. The best online crushers cash 12.5% of their bullets.

Finally, your own mental game to tolerate the 10s to 100s buyin downswings that will occur regularly and stick to the strategy.

There's a lot of information to learn to build your edge. Pick one skill at a time to incorporate into your game. Tournaments have a lot of strange spots you would never see in a 300bb deep cash game and you'll be required to make some loose calls and tight folds to be profitable in the long run.

I'm crushing $1-6 buyins on ACR, so far from a pro but I have a fair few cashes and binks in the $50-250 range live as well. Lower stakes are more about getting it in good while higher stakes will require you to incorporate bluffs more often.

spasut

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1mo

hello thadpole, thanks a bunch for your input!
what do you mean with "cash 12,5% of their bullets"? are u talking about pocketAces or you mean the buy-in?

Could this run it once course be something for me, what you think? Just found it due to the other comment. Sure it costs some dollars but I would not mind if it helps me to crush <$6 MTTs one day.
From The Ground Up - MTT | Run It Once | Tournament Poker Course

Where would you start now to read stuff if you would be me? Where did you learn the raising ranges, ICM etc. or where are you still learning it?

ngmcs8203

1mo

He is saying that the best tourney players cash in 12.5% of the tournament entries they buy.

spasut

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1mo

okay, thanks for clarification! so ~ every 8th tourney the signed up for, they are in the money. hmm, tough tough.

Novel-Confidence-569

1mo

This is probably a little dated too but ‘kill everyone’ is a great MTT book. It provides a really useful guide to adjusting your ranges as your ‘M’ changes.

Tbh though I would focus on playing fundamentally sound cash game poker. ‘Small stakes no-limit holdem’ by Ed Miller is great as is anything by Johnathon Little. If you’re more visual, Brad Owen has a great YouTube channel. I love how he breaks down his thought process street by street.