Tournament Trials - Episode 5.mp4

About This Video

Part of the 'Tournament Trials' series by DJ Sensei , Vanessa Selbst , and IWearGoggles. Throughout the course of the season follow DJ Sensei and fslexcduck as they spend one entire Sunday with IWEARGOGGLES, picking his brain and building a primer that hopes to be the definitive guide to beating online and live tournaments.

Episode 5 (Live Play): The tournament crew is back and reviewing play at the middle stages of some Sunday tournaments. Vanessa and IWEARGOGGLES are both playing this week and as always there is a hand history review at the end.

About Tournament Training

Tournament poker demands a unique skill set that goes beyond standard hand-by-hand play. Stack-depth awareness, ICM pressure, bubble dynamics, and pay-jump considerations all shape decision-making. As blinds escalate, players must shift between tight-conservative and aggressive-push modes.

Skill Level: Intermediate

This lesson targets players who understand basic strategy and want to take their game to the next level. Concepts covered assume familiarity with fundamentals like position, pot odds, and hand reading. The coach introduces more nuanced strategic thinking and decision-making frameworks.

This 1h 1m video is taught by DeucesCracked, who has 1345 lessons in the DeucesCracked training library. It is part of our tournament collection, which includes 45 training videos covering the full range of difficulty levels. All videos at DeucesCracked are free to watch — browse the full video library to find your next lesson.