Hey everyone,
I'm still relatively new to MTT's. In the past I've asked about what books do players recommend for today's tournament strategy, for someone starting out. Most of the responses said that most books are either outdated or become outdated rather quickly, and online training sites are where it's at.

If this is true, can you please give me some recommendations?

Thank you so much!

I have had a RIO essential membership in the past. Only one that I could afford back then, it is pretty good but it wasn't for me. I find I study a lot more efficiently on forums and poker programs. If you think it is for you, then it will help you become better.

You mean poker forums like this one (2plus2)? And as far as programs, what do you mean and where/how do I check them out?

Float the turn, pokerxfactor, gripsed, tournament poker edge, cardrunners

I'm currently a member at tpe and it's pretty good, although if I could do it over I would have chosen pokerxfactor. Most (if not all) of the former instructors at pxf were the top online mtt pros pre Black Friday. Many of them are live guys now. In fact, one of them actually took 3rd place in last years wsop main event!

RIO is v. good if you learn from videos.

Forums such as this can help if you comment or share hands and listen to the feedback.

Having a group of fellow poker players that you can send hands too also help.

Poker tracker, equilab, icmizer etcetc

Yes forums like 2P2, and programs like ICMmizer or something.

Thanks so much for the feedback everyone, I really appreciate all the advice and suggestions.

Looks like RIO, pokerXfactor, and Tournament Poker Edge seem to get mentioned the most. TPE has a 7 day free trial.

try following twitch stream of some of the top guys.

For me Lex Veldhuis is the best

I will definitely check that out....thanks for the suggestion!

I personally would avoid TPE. The majority of their videos are just people reviewing hand histories which is fine but if you are looking to focus on specific concepts they don't work as well. Plus their forums are not good. Very few responses, only a couple pro's will reply and it takes awhile to get any response.

Your almost better off figuring out aspect of the MTT you want to learn about and then searching YouTube and watching the videos. Plenty of good, free content.

I started watching some videos by SplitSuit ; I really liked his videos about ranges , combos , very helpful to grasp basic stuff

I specially like Gripsed Poker videos. He has some low stakes MTT videos which I review over and over again

TPE seems to be dropping off the poker planet. I loved their podcast when I discovered it about a year ago but now they only seem to produce a few episodes a year.

Yup on both. The only problem with Splitsuit is he focuses mainly on cash games but he has such a great approach to the thinking about the game.

There are also some other YouTube series that are pretty decent, like Transform My Poker and Jonathan Little's stuff. Personally I prefer shorter videos that focus on concepts rather then watching someone comment on a hand history for 2 hours.

I was on TPE for 13 months amd went through almost all of their content going back 4 years. I didnt go back any further than that because some things become outdated and GTO isnt as prominent. Its was good content and there is plenty of theory videos. Andrew Brokos is especially good.

A year ago I moved to RIO. RIO is more cash oriented, but they have some of the best mtt instructors in Daniel Devoress, the Greenwood brothers, Sam Grafton etc...There is also older content from Jason Koon and James Obst. And of course top level PLO instruction. RIO content is heavy on GTO.

Both are great. RIO is 3x as expensive as TPE though if you do RIO elite.

A good place to start on learning GTO is reading Ed Millers 1% first, then Matt Jandas Applications of NLH second. After that, training videos, then you can move into using solver software like Pio solver or simple postflop which offers free turn and river sloving. The flop solving portion is expensive.

Flopzilla is good for range analysis and it has an equity calculator included called holdem eq. Alex Fitzgerald aka Assassinato wrote a poker recently and uses flopzilla quite a bit in that book. You can use flopzilla to breakdown ranges to help understand GTO range building as well. ICMizer or HRC for preflop push fold study. I find ICMizer to be easy to use, but HRC seems more thorough.

Is Upswing's MTT master Class still wort it in 2018?
I only play live MTT anything from 200$ to 2000$( I plan to play 30+ MTT's this year). I had decent results this year so far( several final tables, numerous cashes) but would like to take that next step.

Any other recommendations? I tried RYE but it looked like it was designed for online tournaments.
I tried Aces up Nerve poker MTT but it seemed pretty basic and also for online players.
Anybody has MTT course which is designed for live tournaments( playing against soft competition, using exploitative techniques).