[fivebyfive]

Wow congrats! Let’s go!! So a few recommendations for you, from the free to the spendy.

On the free side of things, I’d recommend some of the YouTube offerings. There are quite a few playing your first main event type videos. Our own Jim Reid had a nice series in poker.org about playing at the WSOP.

I don’t know your experience level, but if you are less experienced and not wanting to spend a ton, I’d recommend Matt Matros’ book The Game Plan. I’d also recommend getting a PokerGo subscription for a month or two and carefully watching some of the action from the Main Event last year, especially the early days.

On the spendier side of things, I recommend a few courses/subscriptions. Many of our learning with partners have prep courses: Faraz Jaka Coaching, Poker Coaching, and Learn Pro Poker to name a few. There’s also, of course, GTOWizard if you want to explore theory concepts and run yourself through drills.

And finally, it couldn’t hurt to seek out a few hours of coaching if you really want to invest in yourself to take your best shot. Some of the Recing Crew provide coaching, as do some of our key partners that we’ve recently interviewed on the podcast including Ryan Laplante, Lexi Gavin, Matt Affleck, and others.

Good luck and most of all enjoy the experience!!

poker.org

The rec’s guide to the WSOP with Jim Reid: Part One

RecPoker's Jim Reid explains how budgeting and scheduling can help recreational players can get the most out of a trip to the WSOP.

[phlyinphil]

A bit of background. I have been playing recreationally for around 15 years. I was involved in a bar league/club and played regularly 1 – 2 times a week for 4-5 tears before the pandemic. Since then I have played less regularly. I have played a handful of smaller bracelet events, the Monster Stack in 2016 and 2019 which I satelitted into through PlayNow. Plus I played the Lucky 7s the last 2 years. Being in Vegas during the series is not a concern. While I have a reasonable amount of experience I have not done any real structures studying. I consume a fair amount of content, videos and podcasts, so I am familiar with most of the concepts but have no real knowledge of implementing them. I have a budget of a few hundred dollars I could spend on training.