Tournament Savagery by Nick Petrangelo and Daniel Dvoress
The 25-hour masterclass that will transform your tournament game
This course covers every stage, from the early game to the most in-depth final table strategy ever. You’ll develop a deep understanding of ICM, learning how to navigate tough spots and exploit opponents. This is the most complete guide to making better decisions and gaining an edge in tournaments.
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YOU WILL LEARN
Build a Strong Tournament Foundation
Learn the fundamentals of tournament poker across all stages: early game, pre-bubble, bubble, in the money, final table buildup and the final table itself. Understand how risk premiums and bubble factors influence RFI, 3-bet and defend ranges, as well as bet sizings. Develop the skills to apply ICM when needed and recognize when to play for the win.
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Navigate BUBBLE ICM Pressure and GET MORE Deep Runs
ICM pressure is at its highest on the bubble—often even bigger than at final tables. Learn how to adjust as a big stack, mid stack, or short stack across different average stack depths. Get the correct ranges and bet sizes to avoid playing too tight or too loose, turning bubble situations into deep runs.
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Final Table Strategy and Closing Out Tournaments
This is the most in-depth part of the course, with over 10 hours dedicated to final table play, broken down like never before, covering both preflop and postflop strategy. Learn the nuances of playing as a short, mid or big stack at all stages, from 2 to 9 players left. Understand how to fix and exploit common blunders, adjust for different structures and make the right decisions under pressure to close out tournaments successfully.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo is one of the greatest tournament players of all time. His ability to perform under pressure has made him a top competitor in the world’s biggest buy-ins. Beyond his success on the felt, he has created MTT courses and coached WSOP Main Event finalists, helping them prepare for their final tables. He has also worked with poker influencers like Rampage, Frankie C, and Brad Owen, bridging deep poker theory with practical application.
Now, in this masterclass, he joins Daniel Dvoress, his long-time study partner, to break down tournament strategy in more depth than ever before.
Daniel Dvoress
Daniel Dvoress is one of the most well-studied tournament players in poker, known for his analytical approach and deep theoretical understanding. A former Run It Once coach, he played a key role in shaping tournament strategy before shifting his focus to competing in high rollers.
Now, after years away from coaching, he returns with GTO LAB, bringing his expertise to a new generation of tournament players.
Tournament Savagery Course CHAPTERS
INTRO
Course Introduction
Get an overview of the course structure and chapters, outlining the key concepts covered at each stage of a tournament. This introduction sets the foundation for what you’ll learn and how the lessons build upon each other to improve your tournament game.
PREFLOP
Early Stages
Understand the key differences between chip EV (cEV) and ICM, along with the theoretical limitations of current models. Explore strategic considerations like re-entry vs. freezeout dynamics and how to adjust in tournaments where you have a significant future edge. This section includes early-stage hand reviews, focusing on practical application.
Mid-Stages - 50-30% of the field left
Learn how preflop strategy shifts as the tournament progresses, with key adjustments compared to cEV-based play. This section provides an overview of global strategies at common decision points, supported by aggregate reports, hand examples, and practical takeaways.
We’ll also highlight common conceptual mistakes and important nuances often overlooked.
Approaching the Bubble
Understand when ICM pressure truly becomes a factor and how it influences decision-making. Learn the importance of stack averages and how your relative stack size impacts strategy at this critical stage.
This section provides a deep dive into risk premiums, explaining when to take calculated risks and when to preserve your stack. We also examine the limitations of ICM models in bubble play and how to adjust accordingly. Hand breakdowns will illustrate key concepts in real-game scenarios.
The Bubble
Learn how to adjust your strategy on the bubble based on both your stack size and the average stack size. Understand when and how to apply maximum pressure as a big stack, minimize risk while staying competitive as a mid stack, and find the best spots to survive and capitalize as a short stack without playing too tight.
Post-bubble
Analyze how risk premiums shift after the bubble bursts and how they compare to mid-stage strategies when 50% of the field remains. Understand key differences in ICM pressure, stack dynamics, and exploitation opportunities between these stages, particularly in large-field tournaments.
Approaching the Final Table
Understand how ICM pressure builds leading up to the final table and how it influences decision-making. This section connects key MTT concepts covered earlier to the late stages of a tournament. Includes hand examples and, where possible, insights from live play reviews to illustrate strategic adjustments in real scenarios.
Final Table: 6-9 players left
Deep dive into the preflop strategy at this stage, focusing on how risk premiums influence decision-making. Learn how to adjust ranges, bet sizing, and exploit common mistakes as payouts become a major factor. This section includes hand reviews and in-depth analysis using the GTO LAB final table library, providing a structured approach to navigating the first stage of the final table.
Final Table: 5-3 players left
Understand the key differences between 5-3 players left and the earlier 6-9 player stage, following a structured approach to adjusting ranges, aggression levels, and ICM considerations. This section includes hand examples from live-played hands, illustrating how strategies shift as the final table gets shorter and pay jumps become more significant.
Heads-Up in MTTs
Learn how to approach heads-up play in MTTs, with a focus on different stack depths. This section covers exploitative strategies and necessary adjustments beyond standard chart-based play, ensuring you maximize your edge in the final stage of the tournament.
POSTFLOP
Early Stages
Postflop play in the early stages revolves around deeper stacks and lower ICM pressure, allowing for more creative play. Learn how to adjust your bet sizing, equity realization, and exploitative adjustments while maintaining a solid theoretical foundation.
Mid-Stages - 50-30% of the field left
As stacks shorten and ICM starts to impact preflop ranges, postflop strategy shifts towards more aggressive play and protecting equity. This section covers adjusting to different stack depths, leveraging fold equity, and recognizing key spots to apply pressure or pot control.
The Bubble
ICM pressure significantly impacts postflop decision-making on the bubble. Learn how to adjust your bet sizing, exploit opponents tightening up, and navigate tricky multiway situations where survival and aggression must be balanced effectively.
Post-bubble
With payouts locked in, postflop dynamics shift as players loosen up. This section focuses on adapting to changing opponent tendencies, recognizing when to attack vs. when to preserve your stack, and identifying profitable postflop exploits in the post-bubble phase.
Final Table
Postflop play at the final table is heavily dictated by ICM considerations, risk premiums, and pay jumps. Learn how to adjust to different stack sizes, apply pressure in high-leverage spots, and exploit common final table mistakes to maximize your edge.
BLIND VS BLIND
Early Stages
With deeper stacks and lower ICM pressure, blind vs blind play allows for more flexibility. Learn how to construct opening and defending ranges, adjust bet sizing, and navigate wide-range scenarios both in and out of position.
Mid-Stages - 50-30% of the field left
As stacks shorten and antes increase, blind vs blind dynamics shift. This section covers limping, raising, and 3-betting strategies, when to apply pressure, and how to adjust against opponents who deviate from optimal play.
The Bubble
ICM pressure plays a major role in blind vs blind decisions on the bubble. Learn how to identify strong push/fold spots, adjust ranges based on risk premiums, and exploit opponents tightening up under ICM pressure.
Post-bubble
With payouts locked in, blind vs blind play becomes more aggressive. This section focuses on adjusting to looser ranges, recognizing profitable spots to apply pressure, and understanding how post-bubble dynamics impact decision-making.
Final Table
Final table blind vs blind play depends on stack sizes, ICM pressure, and payout jumps. Learn how to adjust to different opponent tendencies, pick the right spots to attack, and avoid costly mistakes in high-stakes situations.
FUN AND ESOTERIC SPOTS
Extreme Stack Distributions Shorthanded
Learn how to adjust when stack sizes are highly uneven at a short-handed table. Understand when to apply pressure, when to tighten up, and how to navigate ICM considerations in extreme situations.
Half-Stacking All-Ins with a Short Stack
When does it make sense to commit part of your stack instead of shoving all-in? This section covers the logic behind partial all-ins, how to leverage fold equity, and when keeping chips behind gives you an advantage.
Overcalling vs. a Shove and a Call
Overcalling in all-in situations requires precise risk assessment. Learn when to call tighter than usual, when to widen your range, and how stack sizes and ICM pressure affect these decisions.
Very Tight Spots
Sometimes folding strong hands is the correct play. This section explores high-pressure ICM situations, deep-stacked folds, and key postflop decisions where playing too aggressively can be costly.
Calling Wider as the Third Player In
In some cases, you should call wider when facing a shove and a call than against a single shove. Learn why this happens, when to apply it, and how to spot the right situations to take advantage of this adjustment.
Giving Walks as a Runaway Chip Leader
ICM pressure often means that keeping shorter stacks in play benefits you. This section explains when giving strategic walks as a big chip leader can be more profitable than constantly attacking.
Spot Reviews
A collection of crazy final table hands that showcase rare but critical spots, demonstrating key adjustments and decision-making strategies in real game scenarios.
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Isaac Haxton
MULTIWAY MASTERY
This 6-hour course teaches the fundamentals and common mistakes in multiway pots. It provides a framework to navigate spots where ranges interact differently and equities shift counterintuitively compared to heads-up pots. Multiway decision-making is nuanced, and Isaac breaks down the core mechanics to help you play these situations correctly.
Isaac “Ike” Haxton has been one of the most respected players in the game for the last two decades. Despite being regarded as one of the best, he has never offered public coaching—until now.
Topics covered: Multiway Postflop, Common Mistakes
Course length: 10 chapters – 6 hours
Multiway Mastery Course CHAPTERS
INTRO
Course Introduction
This course builds strong fundamentals for navigating multiway pots, a critical but often underexplored area of tournament play. This introduction provides a brief overview of the key sections, outlining what will be covered and how to apply these concepts effectively.
MP OPEN - LP CALL - BB CALL
Introduction Hand
A detailed breakdown of an introductory hand to highlight key adjustments in multiway play. This section sets the foundation for understanding how ranges interact when facing a late-position flat and a big blind defense.
Core Mechanics
An overview of key strategic principles in MP open vs. LP flat vs. BB call situations. Covers range interactions, positional shifts, equity realization challenges, and key betting mechanics unique to multiway pots.
Global Strategies & Aggregate Reports
Analysis of optimal play using aggregate reports. Focuses on key postflop adjustments, including when to bet, check, or apply delayed aggression in multiway scenarios.
Specific Board & Betting Line Analysis
Breakdown of specific board textures and postflop decision points. Covers how different boards impact ranges, key bet sizing considerations, and common mistakes to avoid.
MP OPEN - SB CALL - BB CALL
Introduction Hand
A detailed breakdown of an introductory hand to highlight key adjustments in multiway play. This section sets the foundation for understanding how ranges interact when facing a small blind flat and a big blind defense.
Core Mechanics
An overview of key strategic principles in MP open vs. SB call vs. BB call situations. Covers range interactions, positional shifts, equity realization challenges, and key betting mechanics unique to multiway pots.
Global Strategies & Aggregate Reports
Analysis of optimal play using aggregate reports. Focuses on key postflop adjustments, including when to bet, check, or apply delayed aggression in multiway scenarios.
Specific Board & Betting Line Analysis
Breakdown of specific board textures and postflop decision points. Covers how different boards impact ranges, key bet sizing considerations, and common mistakes to avoid.
FUN AND ESOTERIC SPOTS
Advanced Multiway Concepts
This section covers unusual and strategically interesting multiway situations that don’t always fit into standard strategy discussions but can provide valuable edges in tournaments. Topics may include Multiway Play Under ICM Pressure, Donk Betting in Multiway Pots, and Common Multiway Mistakes. Final topics will be announced at launch.
FAQ
What is the target market of the upcoming Masterclass Tournament Savagery?
This Masterclass was built for tournament players of all levels, excluding total beginners, with one goal: to deliver maximum value without dumbing anything down.
Recreational players looking to catch up on modern MTT strategy will have their minds blown. You’ll never see the game the same way again. It’s a mix of real hand reviews, back-and-forth between Dan and Nick, and practical takeaways you can actually use. We try to make it pleasant to watch and not too boring, so not just 25 hours of staring at charts.
Mid-stakes grinders trying to stay ahead of the curve will find this is the most comprehensive guide to MTTs, when ICM matters, when it doesn’t and how to exploit the population. Tournament Savagery will give them a deep understanding of the mechanics of tournaments across all stages of the tournament, preflop and postflop.
High-stakes pros will still come away with valuable takeaways. We didn’t dumb anything down, Dan and Nick go deep into nuances of stack distributions, FGS and spots where population tendencies open the door for non intuitive exploits.
Cash game players looking to transition into tournaments. This course gives you everything you need to make the move.
We genuinely think this might be the best MTT course ever made.
If you’re curious and want a demo or sneak peek, PM me and I’ll set up a 20-minute demo.
How long do I have access to the course?
You will have lifetime access to the Tournament Savagery MasterClass once purchased.
What if I already have a Pro or Regular subscription?
If you have a Regular subscription, you can upgrade to Pro for free for two months or receive two extra months when upgrading from monthly Regular to yearly Pro. If you’re already a Pro subscriber, we’ll add two free months to your current subscription. There is no need wait until April 14 to try Pro – you become eligible for this offer as soon as you preorder the masterclass.
What payment methods are accepted?
We accept major credit and debit cards, and other payment methods, depending on your country. If you wish to use Luxon Pay or need an alternative option, please contact us, and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
Is the content available for download?
No, the videos are streaming-only to protect course integrity.
Do I need any special software to view the course?
No. The course is hosted on our platform and can be accessed through any modern browser.
Can I watch the course at my own pace?
Yes. The course is entirely self-paced, allowing you to study at your convenience. You can pause, rewind, and rewatch any section as many times as needed.
Will there be subtitles or translations available?
Currently, the course is available in English only. However, we are exploring subtitle options for additional languages in the future.
Is there a Pro Membership included?
Yes, if you purchase during the presale period, you will receive two months of Pro Membership for free, which includes access to software and additional coaching videos. There is no need wait until April 14 to try Pro – you become eligible for this offer as soon as you preorder the masterclass.
Who do I contact if I have technical issues?
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