GTO LAB vs GTO Wizard: Which Poker Training Tool Is Right for You?

If you have spent any serious time studying poker over the past few years, you have almost certainly come across GTO Wizard. You probably have used it or subscribed for a bit. But there’s a new tool on the poker training app market that a lot of the best minds in MTTs are quietly switching to, and it is built on a completely different philosophy.

This article looks into both GTO Wizard and GTO LAB, compares the core elements of poker education they offer and breaks down which is right for you.

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What is GTO LAB?

GTO LAB was launched in late 2023, founded and built by the best MTT players including Nick Petrangelo, Jonathan Jaffe and Daniel Dvoress. It is a poker training tool hyper-focused on MTTs, instead of being generalist. It has a coaching library which spans over 250 hours of content, covering topics from early-stage preflop strategy to final table ICM mastery. There’s currently 230 coaching videos with 10 new ones coming each month. They also provide subtitles for their coaching content in 10 languages, aiding in accessibility.

The instant feeling of using GTO LAB is that there’s a pathway laid out to becoming a better poker player, and that’s shown through tutorial videos and a huge library of coaching videos from top regs like Ben Heath, Jonathan Jaffe, Kayhan Mokhri, Brian Kim, Leonard Maue and many more. The final table and MTT ICM tools are deep and insightful, very intuitive and easy UI and makes studying very straightforward. The main weakness was the Chip EV study library, as it’s still in early development and is currently in postflop beta.

GTO LAB, MTT poker training platform homepage

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What is GTO Wizard?

GTO Wizard is the market leader across poker study and training tools, with a broad scope, massive solutions library and covers cash games, MTT, Spin & GO, HU SNG and PKO study. GTO Wizard has over 10M+ pre-solved game trees with instant lookup, and grew by 50x in March 2026, and recently introduced an Ultra tier which has multiway pre and post-flop study. It is worth noting that despite a wide and broad range of topics GTO Wizard covers, you only get access to one game type unless you pay more. If you wanted to join with Starter, you can only cover cash, MTTs or SNGs, you wouldn’t be able to study all three simultaneously.

GTO Wizard, poker solver and training platform

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Poker Philosophy

The most interesting difference between the two poker training tools is that they have core fundamental differences in the poker approach.

GTO Wizard is library and solver first. It has an unbelievable depth and repository of pre-solved spots. The potential is endless for someone who wants to browse, drill and explore solutions. It’s particularly great for cash game players and anyone who wants a certain level of depth when it comes to poker theory coverage.

GTO LAB is coaching-first, library-second. The product has a core belief that understanding why, through elite coaching which gives you applicable heuristics, matters more than raw poker solver study and output. The poker study platform focuses on practical, high-calibre tournament play rather than strictly relying on theoretical solver output, prioritising exploitative adjustments and facing tough MTT scenarios.

The biggest takeaway when learning on both apps came in the form of the trainer. GTO LAB allows you to go straight to a spot you have been studying after watching an high-level poker pro talk. You go through each hand decision on the table, as opposed to playing as the hero only and becoming narrowed in your focus. GTO LAB prioritizes a holistic learning approach, and you consolidate learning and study at a much faster rate by doing this. It’s also the method that regs like Leon Sturm, Daniel Dvoress, Nick Petrangelo and others study.

GTO Wizard has the in-depth theoretical content in their blog and video library, but they have very few top level pros breaking down heuristics and approaches, and instead looks at poker study at a granular level. GTO LAB’s holistic approach helps you to think about poker study in a practical way, and apply it to your game.

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Coaching Content

GTO LAB can boast a coaching roster of players like Nick Petrangelo, Connor Rash, Alex Kulev, Daniel Dvoress, Jonathan Jaffe, Isaac Haxton, Ben Heath, Leonard Maue, Leon Sturm, Dylan Linde, Thomas Boivin and more, with many being co-founders and not just hired coaches. The videos cover poker theory through practical heuristics, as well as multiple coaches having discussions and hand reviews, as well as play and explain sessions covering online MTTs. The coaching library contains many digestible and actionable sessions, in varied formats such as Klemens Roiter looking at ICM and Future Game Simulation whilst reviewing a deep run he had in the 2025 WSOP Monster Stack, or Thomas Boivin teaching a core concept around facing 3-bets under ICM pressure.

GTO LAB coaching video library, Nick Petrangelo, Daniel Dvoress and more

GTO Wizard has 200+ hours of coaching content available from the Starter tier, but the content is often focused on theoretical concepts, not poker strategy. The coaching roster is considerably shallower, with a lot of people introducing the theories not playing above mid-stakes. The videos are informative and the theory is intellectual, it’s great for the poker theorists that want to learn and expand their knowledge, but for someone wanting to get into the mind of a top reg, it falls short.

GTO LAB is an app built by the best high-stakes MTT grinders, which means it is fundamentally different from an app built by top level engineers. That feeling is evident when going through the coaching content and beyond. The trainer design, the solution trees, everything is moulded and shaped by players who perform at the highest level. You can clearly see this in the coaching videos, whether it’s Jonathan Jaffe and Kayhan Mokhri breaking down bluffs and blockers in heads-up play, or Dylan Linde explaining capped ranges, negative blockers and more in his video on defending in position in the bet-check-bet line. GTO LAB also offers courses which are bootcamps for players wanting to go to the next level by following a guide and a daily structured approach. Nick Petrangelo’s 26 Day Training Plan is excellent for this, offering a holistic tournament approach and strategies at every common juncture.

GTO LAB, coaching roster of active high-stakes professionals

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The GTO Trainer

The big differentiator I had while using both trainers came in GTO LAB’s ability to go through the whole table, hand by hand, rather than playing from the Hero’s POV only. This condenses much more study into your session but also makes you think about the whole table and their reactions rather than just your own cards, which is why top regs study in this format.

GTO LAB full-table ICM trainer, study every seat, not just the hero

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Pricing Comparison

There’s a lot for every type of poker player in these tiers, but the tier that grabs the attention is GTO LAB’s Basic tier, which offers unlimited postflop training at a quarter of what GTO Wizard charges for similar access. Whilst the library of solutions is still expanding, the value is clear for those who want to begin levelling up their MTT game.

GTO LAB pricing tiers 2026

GTO Wizard pricing tiers 2026

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Who Should Use GTO LAB?

GTO LAB is the perfect poker training tool for MTT players who aspire to better, whether that is learning the core fundamentals of MTT strategy, moving up from low/mid-stakes or looking to add to their arsenal at the highest level. No matter which stake you are playing at, there’s something you can learn from some of the top players in the game. It’s also great for the type of MTT poker player who doesn’t want to spend time turning solver outputs into strategy, and would rather listen to what has already been tried and tested by the best. If you are wanting to understand the why and the strategy behind tournament poker, GTO LAB is essential, and if you are serious about becoming a better MTT player you will engage with the vast coaching library and see the value.

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Who Should Use GTO Wizard?

Cash game players are better suited to GTO Wizard, as GTO LAB is very limited in this area as it focuses on MTT poker study and goes deep into ICM, short-stack or unequal stacks and doesn’t look at deep stack play more than it needs to. Poker players wanting the deepest pre-solved solution library might opt for GTO Wizard, although GTO LAB’s library is growing with each passing week. If you are a current poker coach who is looking to build a structured curriculum around a specific board texture, GTO Wizard would be more useful, or if you are wanting to use hand history analysis. If you are a top level MTT player, you might shell out for the Ultra tier’s multiway solving capabilities, GTO LAB already has videos covering multiway strategy including a course called Multiway Madness from Isaac Haxton.

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The Verdict

The honest answer is that these two poker training apps serve different types of poker players. GTO Wizard is the preferred tool if you are a cash game player, want the deepest library of pre-solved solutions or need advanced custom AI solving through the Ultra tier. It’s the market leader for these reasons, and gives players everything they could imagine when it comes to theoretical poker solving.

GTO LAB is the better poker study app if you are an MTT player who wants top-level coaching and strategy alongside your solver work, and who understands that knowing the why behind what you’re supposed to do and when is critical. The coaching roster, full-table ICM trainer, and the pricing it gives aspiring regs at the Basic tier make it a compelling and suitable alternative for an MTT grinder looking to reach the highest stakes. Battling in today’s MTT poker world, both online and live, needs applicable strategies and rules that you can remember when the money is on the line.