Sneak Peek Inside Crushing PLO Tournaments with Dylan Weisman

PLO tournaments are still one of the softest formats in poker.

The fields are weak, the prize pools are huge, and until now, nobody has really built a serious course around how to actually beat them.

That’s what makes Crushing PLO Tournaments different.

Taught by Dylan Weisman, the course is built on custom solver work and population study designed specifically for tournament play. Not recycled cash game sims, not surface-level heuristics, actual work done in MonkerSolver across stack depths, ICM setups, and multiway spots that most training content doesn’t even touch.

Dylan spent years working with analyst Matt Wright arduously running sims where others normally take shortcuts. The result is a complete system for playing PLO tournaments, from the first hand all the way through heads-up.

And the resume backs it up.

Bracelets

$1.66M

Triton $100K PLO Score

$6M+

Tournament Earnings

PGT Win

He’s played at the highest level against the best players in the world.

But more importantly, he actually wants to teach this stuff.

“Coaching is my actual favorite thing in the world. I love it more than playing.”

— Dylan Weisman

Beyond his in-game achievements, Dylan is lauded as one of the best PLO coaches in the world. You can meet Dylan and read his full bio here, or browse all of his Upswing Poker courses.

Here’s what’s inside.

What’s Inside Crushing PLO Tournaments?

The course is structured into eight modules:

01 Introduction

02 Preflop

03 ICM

04 Flop

05 Turn & River

06 Centralized Spotlights

07 Final Table Reviews

08 Play & Explain

Plus: Beta access to Dylan’s PLO Trainer App, Omalytics and over 10 hours of bonus content including Dylan Coaching Brad Owen.

Rather than walk through every lesson, let’s cover some of the highlights. The full curriculum is listed on the Crushing PLO Tournaments course page.

Preflop (Where Everything Starts)

This is the backbone of the course, and it’s where things immediately start to look different from standard PLO thinking.

The biggest shift is the limp-and-pot strategy.

Instead of defaulting to a raise-or-fold approach, Dylan shows how mixing in limps lets you play more hands, keep pots manageable, and avoid putting yourself in tough, high-variance spots unnecessarily. In a tournament environment with a big blind ante and no rake, those passive options aren’t punished the same way they are in cash games.

The result is a system that plays more hands, with lower variance, and higher EV.

And some of the conclusions are going to feel backwards if you’re coming from NLHE or standard PLO theory.

For example:

Nut-suit rundowns often want to limp and go multiway
Non-nut versions prefer to raise and isolate

Most players instinctively do the opposite.

That kind of inversion shows up all over this section, and it feeds directly into everything that comes after.

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Want a quick primer on the PLO MTT preflop framework before diving in? Read: Play More Hands, Win More Pots: 5 Tips for PLO MTT Success

ICM (The Section Nobody Has Built)

This is where the course really separates itself.

ICM in PLO tournaments is complicated, under-studied, and usually glossed over. Dylan went the other direction and built out an entire framework for it.

One idea that comes up immediately:

“Folding wins chips.”

In ICM, staying out of pots isn’t just about avoiding risk. Every time you fold, you increase the chance that other stacks collide and bust. You’re gaining equity without putting chips in the middle.

The chip leader adjustments are just as important.

Instead of opening small and trying to “play more hands,” the solver actually prefers:

Opening wider
Using larger sizings

Why? Because players are extremely sensitive to ICM pressure and overfold to bigger opens.

It’s one of those spots where population instincts are just wrong.

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See Dylan apply these concepts in a real tournament setting: PLO Tournament Final Table ICM Strategy with Dylan Weisman

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New to ICM? Start here: A Quick Guide to ICM in Tournaments

Flop (Built for the Spots That Actually Happen)

Most PLO training focuses on heads-up pots.

That’s not what tournaments look like.

This course spends a ton of time on multiway flops, because that’s where a huge percentage of your decisions actually come from.

“People do not have multiway sims. We have multiway sims.”

— Dylan Weisman

You’re not just memorizing strategies here. You’re learning how to read boards through:

Range vs range dynamics
Nut advantage
Polarity

And then adjusting your sizing based on that.

Instead of forcing one bet size across all textures, the course gives you practical rules you can actually use in-game.

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Dig deeper into multiway pot dynamics: 3 Effective Strategies Most Pot Limit Omaha Pros Don’t Know

Turn & River

This section is intentionally more streamlined.

Multiway turn and river sims are extremely complex, so instead of trying to map every possible branch, Dylan focuses on building decision frameworks you can rely on.

It ties back to the same core idea from earlier: understand ranges, understand structure, and let that guide your actions.

Centralized Spotlights

This is where some of the highest-value concepts live.

A few standouts:

Bubble Play

How to adjust as the chip leader, middle stack, and short stack, with real tournament examples. (Related: Money Bubble Strategy | Final Table Bubble)

Future Game Considerations

Thinking beyond the current hand and how it affects the rest of the tournament.

Key Cards & Bad Cards

One of the most important frameworks in the course for understanding how your blockers impact your betting decisions.

These are the types of concepts that are hard to find anywhere else, and they show up constantly once you start looking for them.

Final Table Reviews

Three full reviews from Dylan’s own high-stakes runs:

A $75K WSOP Paradise final table, navigating tough ICM spots against elite competition

His $10K PGT win, broken down hand-by-hand from the chip leader’s perspective

The $100K Triton PLO Main Event: his biggest score, against one of the toughest fields you’ll ever see

This is about as high-level as PLO tournament content gets.

Play & Explain

Three sessions of real tournament play with Dylan talking through every decision in real time.

No scripts, no hindsight, just how he actually thinks in the moment.

Free Bonuses

The course also includes:

✓ A full coaching session with Dylan working with Brad Owen on a PLO tournament
✓ Access to a private Discord community
✓ Additional Play & Explain footage from deep runs
✓ Early access to the PLO Trainer tool currently in development

Sneak Peek Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXLawv3qezU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VHm5aGbt8

What Does It Look Like Once I Enter the Course

Once you’re inside, the course is laid out cleanly so you can jump straight into the material without digging around.

Your Course Home

After logging in at members.upswingpoker.com, navigate to Crushing PLO Tournaments under “Your Courses, Tools & Resources.” You’ll land on the course home, where all eight modules are listed with your progress tracked automatically as you complete each lesson.

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Inside a Module

Each module expands into individual lessons. Lessons are focused on digestibility, no long marathons, with most running 10–20 minutes. You can work through them in order or revisit specific topics whenever you want to review a concept.

Bonuses & PLO Trainer Beta Access

Your free bonuses: the Brad Owen coaching session, private group Discord access, and the Twitch VOD, are accessible from the same members area. Discord invite details and PLO Trainer beta access will be delivered by email once your account is set up.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Crushing PLO Tournaments different from other courses?

The coach, the content, and the passion. Dylan spent five years building custom solves from the ground up and doing over a thousand hours of theory work specifically for PLO tournament play.

That means every key stack depth (10bb, 20bb, 35bb, 100bb), a full limp-and-pot framework, and flop play across heads-up and multiway spots. Most PLO resources focus on cash or treat tournaments as an afterthought. This course went through rounds of retesting to make sure every recommendation holds up. The ICM section alone sets it apart with full preflop and postflop ICM analysis for PLO tournaments. Instead of asking you to memorize solver outputs, the course is built around heuristics and frameworks that teach you why the solver does what it does.

Why should I get Crushing PLO Tournaments?

Whether you’re experimenting with PLO tournaments, an advanced player, or somewhere in between, this course gives you a clear path to sharper and more profitable play. This isn’t just about knowing the theory. It’s about turning your study time into more consistent profits and long-term growth.

Will cash game players benefit from this course?

Absolutely. The course starts in familiar territory for cash players with 100bb chip EV strategy. From there it eases you into shorter stack depths (35bb, 20bb, 10bb) and shows how strategy shifts as stacks get shallower, then into ICM adjustments, bubble dynamics, and the limp-and-pot strategy that becomes essential when there’s no rake and a dead big blind ante. Dylan built the course so each section layers on top of the last, so cash players can build on what they already know.

Will NL Hold’em players interested in PLO benefit from this course?

Although this is a more advanced PLO course, Dylan’s teaching style makes it accessible to many player types including NLHE players interested in the great game of Pot Limit Omaha. If you want a foundation first, check out PLO Launch Pad, Dylan’s beginner-friendly PLO course, or read What NL Players Don’t Realize They Already Know About PLO.

Does the course contain material for advanced players?

Yes. The ICM section covers full preflop and postflop ICM analysis that no other public resource had done for PLO tournaments at the time of launch. The postflop section includes multiway sims that most training sites don’t have. Advanced topics cover preflop breaking points, key cards and bad cards frameworks, heads-up adjustments, and 8-max adaptations. The course wraps with real hand reviews from Dylan’s $100K Triton PLO Main Event chop, a PGT win, and a $75K WSOP Paradise final table, analyzed against world-class opponents with solver comparisons.

What is the PLO Trainer?

The PLO Trainer is a tool currently in beta development by Dylan and Upswing Poker. It lets you explore ranges and test your knowledge hands-on during and after the course. All course owners get one month of free access when it fully launches. Early sign-ups get unlimited free access to beta versions during development, so you’ll be among the first people to use it and help shape the tool as it evolves.

Do I get anything else with the course?

Every purchase includes three free bonuses: Dylan Coaches Brad Owen is a full coaching session where Dylan walks Brad Owen through a ClubWPT Gold PLO tournament in real time. The Private Discord Community gives you access to a members-only server with strategy groups. The Full Twitch Stream is uncut footage from one of Dylan’s recent deep final table runs so you can see the strategies in a live setting.

How do I access the course after purchasing?

You get full and instant access in the Upswing members area with lifetime access. New members should check their email to finish setting up their account. Existing members may need to log out and back in at members.upswingpoker.com. Navigate to Crushing PLO Tournaments under “Your Courses, Tools & Resources” to enter the course. If you need help, email support@upswingpoker.com.

Can I try the course before buying?

We don’t offer a free trial, but we’re confident the course will help improve your game. It’s backed by our Fair Play satisfaction guarantee. You can try the course for your first 30 days with minimal risk. If you’re not satisfied, contact us within 30 days and we’ll work with you to address concerns or provide a refund if necessary. If you consume a significant portion of content or meet any of our other criteria, you may not be eligible. Read our refund policy here.

Once I enroll, where should I start?

Start at the beginning and go in order. Dylan designed the course so each section builds on the last. The Welcome and Tools & Visuals lessons walk you through how the course is structured. From there you’ll move into preflop at 100bb, then shorter stack depths, then ICM and final table play, then postflop. Dylan encourages rewatching lessons before moving on if something didn’t fully click. The material is dense by design. Think of it like a textbook. The order is the strategy.

Bonus Coaching: Dylan Coaches Brad Owen

As a bonus inside the course, you’ll also get a full coaching session where Dylan walks Brad Owen through a ClubWPT Gold PLO tournament in real time. It’s a cool behind-the-scenes look at Dylan’s coaching style and how he helps players sharpen their decisions on the fly.

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The field is soft. The prize pools are real. And now you have the most complete PLO tournament course ever built: solver-backed, ICM-aware, and taught by a player with $6M+ in tournament earnings who genuinely loves to teach. Don’t wait for your next PLO tournament to figure this out. Get the course, do the work, and show up ready to crush.