Academy Details Overview

Academy Type: Two-Day Advanced Academy
Dates: October 10-11, 2009
Cost: $2,199.00
Instructors: Mark Seif, Greg Raymer, Paul Wasicka, Perry Friedman, Joe Navarro  &  Sam Chauhan.
Location: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hotel Rates: Special Rates Available at Caesars Palace exclusively for WSOP Academy Attendees
Additional Info: Sample Curriculum & Tentative Schedule

Learn Advanced Poker Strategies, Skills & Applications – Two Day Academy

The WSOP Academy curriculum has been written and endorsed by our team of pro instructors. The curriculum has been carefully designed to arm you with the tools to take your game to the next level.

This two day intensive poker packed Academy is for you if you have previous tournament poker experience.

Learn poker at one of the world’s best known resort-casinos

Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Caesars Palace is located on the Strip, approximately four miles north of McCarren International Airport. Caesars Palace offers the best in dining, entertainment, and casino gambling in Las Vegas.

Caesars Palace’s remarkable 8,500-square-foot main Poker Room also features an adjacent 6,000-square-foot tournament area. The Poker Room at Caesars Palace was built for the recreational poker player and the seasoned veteran alike. Both of the WSOP Academy Multi-Table Tournaments are played in within the Caesars Palace Poker Room. For more information about the host casino property click here to visit the Caesars Palace website.

What You Learn

    ADVANCED PLAYER ANALYSIS
  • Table image and the exploitation thereof
  • Intimidation and control of your opponents
  • Isolation of weak players
  • Table dynamics at high level of detail

      ADVANCED PRE-FLOP STRATEGY
    • Pre-flop hand selection based on position
    • Rankings and percentages
    • Raising and re-raising hand selection
    • limping and smooth-calling
    • Multi-way pots
    • Squeeze plays

        POKER MATHEMATICS
      • Advanced pot odds + implied odds
      • Pre and post-flop mathematics

          NO LIMIT HOLD'EM ADVANCED STRATEGY
        • Board texture
        • Complex and difficult flops
        • Flopping big hands + big draws
        • Flopping nothing
        • Continuation betting
        • Turn + river play
        • Four post-flop scenarios

            ADVANCED TOURNAMENT STRATEGY
          • Limpers vs. non-limpers
          • Situational raising
          • Hand selection
          • "Suit"-itis
          • The Gap Principal
          • Table conditions
          • Table image
          • Risk at the river
          • Making the money bubble
          • Making the final table

              ADVANCED TELLS OF POKER
            • 13 advanced tells to look for

How You Learn

SEMINARS
Intensive and interactive seminars broken down into focused modules. You’ll also receive a customized WSOP Academy training course ware to follow and take notes during the seminars. Following each seminar presentation attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a Question and Answer session pertaining to the subject matter presented.

VIDEO FOOTAGE ANALYSIS
Comprehensive video analysis of key poker tournament hands played in major tournaments on TV. Through video, top WSOP Academy tournament poker pros dissect poker hands and situations, examine and explain the rationale for the play seen and discuss alternative lines of play.

LIVE HAND DEMONSTRATIONS
Live hand demonstrations or live labs, allow you to have the opportunity to sit with a poker instructor who acts as the dealer and play out hands as you would in a real poker tournament. The instructors offer their expert insight and feedback for each and every hand. This helps you gain a new level of insight regarding your play. Live hand demon are designed to help shape your own game as your play is dissected and you receive constructive feedback by our resident pros.

MULTI-TABLE TOURNAMENT
Learn by doing by putting your newly acquired poker skills and strategies to the test by playing in two exclusive multi-table tournaments. Each tournament takes place at the end of each day of the Academy. The winner of each tournament will receive top honors and bragging rights plus a WSOP Academy Tournament of Champions Prize Package valued at over $4000, plus great prizes are also offered to the 2nd and 3rd finishers as well.

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