$100 Million+ in Live Tournament Cashes. One Course.
A generational lineup. Three of the most decorated tournament players of the modern era.
Lead Coach
Tim Adams
2x Triton Main Event Champion Back-to-Back Super High Roller Bowl Champion WSOP Bracelet Winner ·
Coach · GTO Lab Co-Founder
Daniel Dvoress
Super High Roller Bowl Champion 2x WSOP Bracelet Winner 5x EPT Champion · Multi-Triton Title Winner
Guest Coach · Octopi Pro
Stephen Chidwick
#2 All-Time Live Earnings 2x WSOP Bracelet · 3x Triton Champion 11x EPT Champion · Former World #1 GPI
The Gap
You Study Harder Than Ever. You Still Bust in Painful Spots.
You know the strategies. You just might not know why.
Five years ago, a chart and a few well-timed shoves got you a cash. That world is gone. Today the $200 field has immersed themselves in solvers. They have ranges memorized. They watch the same free videos you watch. The baseline has moved, and if all you have is the baseline, you're the one being exploited.
The Habit
Studied. Tired. Chart in the head. Doubt in the gut.
You know this. You've put in the hours on HRC or GTO Wizard. You've studied the outputs, looked at the frequencies, tried to memorize the spots. And yet, 30 big blinds deep, short stack in the blind, clock ticking, you still feel like you're guessing.
Because you are.
The Spot
A board that hits his range twice as often as yours. You c-bet anyway.
You open from the hijack. Get flatted by the cutoff. Flop comes 6-5-2. You fire a c-bet because, well — you were the preflop raiser, and that's what you do. Check-raise. Now what?
You didn't think about range asymmetry. The cutoff's flat is loaded with pocket pairs that crush this exact board. Out of position against a condensed range, the solver wants you checking 76% of the time.
So you burned chips in a pot you never should have built. Again.
The Cost
The bust hand. Not a cooler. A leak.
And it gets worse near the money. You tighten up because that's what everyone says to do. But you tighten too much, or not enough, or in the wrong spots — because nobody ever explained how ICM actually changes post-flop strategy.
The gap between knowing the charts and understanding what the best players see — that's where your money is hiding.
Cashing vs. final-tabling. $2,000 vs. $20,000.
The Solution
What If You Could See the Game the Way They See It?
This course doesn't teach you what to memorize. It teaches you how to think.
Here's what separates the players who cash $100 million+ from the rest of the field.
They understand the why behind every decision.
They know why the same hand plays differently at 100bb than at 30bb. They know why ICM pressure doesn't just change preflop ranges, it reshapes entire post-flop strategies in ways most players never think about. They know why a dry Jack-high flop means one thing against a wide range and something completely different against a tight defender under bubble pressure.
When you understand the mechanics behind the decisions, you don't need to memorize 10,000 spots. You need the principles. And you'll know what to do when you get there.
We want to help you become that player who makes their opponents shrug their shoulders a lot, creating a lot of indifference in their decisions. That's the hardest player to play against. Someone very, very well balanced.
The Upswing Poker Team
Examples From the Curriculum
Mechanics, in Practice
Range AsymmetryWhy boards hit your range vs. your opponent's differently, and how to act on it without guessing.
Stack-Depth AdjustmentsWhy the same hand plays differently at 100bb, 30bb, and 15bb, with the mechanical reason behind every change.
Post-Flop ICMThe section most courses skip entirely. How ICM reshapes flop, turn, and river strategy, covering and covered.
Risk Premium DeltasDvoress's framework for finding attack spots, and for defending when a bigger stack is targeting you.
The Study MethodThe exact three-step routine Tim uses to prepare for $100K buy-ins. You can copy it starting today.
A few examples from 5 modules spanning preflop, post-flop, ICM, and study workflow.
Why three of the best current tournament players alive spent months building this for you.
Tim Adams spent the last year and a half mostly at home, preparing to have his first child. Not grinding the circuit. Studying. So when the chance to build a course came up, he took it. Building it at that stage of life wasn't easy, he rented an office space just to get it over the finish line.
He didn't build it alone. He brought in Daniel Dvoress and, for the Triton final-table review, Stephen Chidwick, the player ranked #2 all-time on the Hendon Mob money list.
"The best of the best when it comes to preflop, the mechanics behind the plays, and the way ICM influences responses."
— Tim, on Daniel
The three of them are friends who've studied and grown their game together, comparing notes, arguing spots, sharpening each other. In the Triton London Main Event review, you get to sit in on one of those Super High Roller study sessions. On camera. For hours.
That's what over $100 million in combined cashes looks like when it's teaching instead of playing.
How It Works
You'll See Spots Differently After the First Week.
You don't need to be an ICM expert to start. You just need to be willing to study.
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Study Tools & Methods
Part 1
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Deep Stack Play (100bb+)
Part 2
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Mid-Stage Preflop
Part 3
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ICM Pre & Post-Flop
Part 4
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Endgame & Final Tables
Part 5
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Triton ME Review
Part 5–6
Tim designed this course so each concept builds on the last. You don't start with final table ICM and drown. You start with the tools and the study method, the same study method Tim uses to prepare for $100,000 buy-in events.
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Preflop Range BreakdownTim breaks down the range interaction. Not just "we have the advantage", but why, showing the exact weight of offsuit hands versus pocket pairs.
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Aggregate Flop ReportsHe opens GTO Lab and looks at flop reports across thousands of boards, teaching you the push and pull factors that drive strategy.
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Live Bot DrillingHe boots up Lucid GTO Trainer and plays hands live, explaining his thinking, managing frequencies with the RNG, catching his own mistakes in real time.
"The best way to get better at poker is to drill, drill versus the bot. It'll open up your mind. You'll get good at frequencies."
Tim Adams
Course Lead
After the Course
The Table Is Afraid of You Now.
Imagine sitting down at a final table and feeling ready.
You're 9-handed. The money bubble just burst. The chip leader has been bullying the table for the last 20 minutes.
Old you would tighten up. Wait for a big hand. Hope to ladder.
The new you sees something different.
You see that the chip leader is opening wider than the solver wants because he thinks "I have the big stack, I should pressure everyone." You see that his risk premium is lower than yours, but his delta against the players behind you is where the real action is. You see a spot to 3-bet jam with a hand you used to fold. Not because you're gambling, but because you understand the exact ICM math that makes it profitable.
You act. He tank-folds. The table notices.
Two orbits later, a wet board comes down and you fire what Tim calls a "Demi-Bluff", a merge bet at 150% pot with a vulnerable hand that forces his middle-pair combos into pure indifference. He doesn't know whether you're value-betting or bluffing. That's the point. You've put him in a blender. You're picking on the chip leader.
He folds again. And now you're the one the table is afraid of.
That's what "understanding the why" feels like in practice. You stop reacting. You start dictating. The guy across from you shrugs, sighs, and gives you his chips because you've become the hardest player at the table to play against.
"Do you want to be a transactional player, where all you care about is the wins and losses? Or do you want to be a transformational player, where you're thinking bigger picture on improving every day? For me, that mindset made poker a much healthier and more enjoyable experience, just treating it like a strategy game."
Tim Adams
2x Triton Main Event Champion
Who's Teaching
Three Coaches. Five Bracelets. $100 Million+.
Tim Adams
Course Lead
Tim Adams
Tim started playing freerolls in his dorm room during the poker boom. He's now a 2x Triton Main Event Champion, 2x Super High Roller Bowl Champion, and bracelet winner.
But what makes Tim different as a teacher is his philosophy. He's a solver-based player who looks at every output through an exploitative lens.
"At the end of the day, we are playing humans. I do look through the solves with that exploitative lens. I'm always searching for exploitative opportunities."
Tim Adams
Course Lead
Tim drives the bus on this course. He shows you his exact study process, his tools, his mistakes. When he drills against the bot on camera, he catches his own errors and explains what went wrong. That kind of honesty is rare from someone at his level.
Daniel Dvoress
$50.5M+
ICM Specialist
Daniel Dvoress
$50.5M+
Here's how Tim introduces Daniel in the course: "The best of the best when it comes to understanding preflop, the mechanics behind the plays, and the way ICM influences responses."
Daniel just crossed $50 million in live cashes. Only the 13th player in history to do it. He's won a Super High Roller Bowl ($4.08M), three Triton titles, two bracelets, and four EPT titles.
Daniel takes over when the course shifts from chip EV to tournament EV. He handles the ICM sections, both preflop and post-flop and breaks down concepts like risk premium deltas that most players have never even heard of, let alone understood.
Stephen Chidwick
$76M+
Final Table Analyst
Stephen Chidwick
$76M+
The poker community has been saying it for years. PokerNews, PokerGO, his peers. They all agree. Chidwick is widely considered one of the best tournament players on the planet. #2 all-time on the Hendon Mob money list. Two-time CardPlayer Player of the Year. Former world #1 GPI ranking.
Stephen's contribution is a multi-hour review of the Triton London Main Event, the same event Tim Adams won. Every key hand analyzed, from bubble burst to the final winner, with Tim and Stephen studying it together on camera.
"How you play when you are running poorly or things aren't going your way, that's a much bigger variable between players... that gives you a really big opportunity to separate yourself from other players if you can handle that situation better than they can."
Stephen Chidwick
Final Table Analyst · $76M+ in live cashes
The Weapons
The Weapons They Don't Teach in Other Tournament Courses
Four concepts that will forever change how you play tournaments.
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The Framework
The Three Pillars of Mid-Stage Preflop
Most players treat the middle of a tournament like a guessing game, blindly applying early-game deep-stack strategy to tables where stack depths are wildly uneven.
Pillar 1: Equal Stacks (Crawling): How ranges actually function when everyone has 50bb. Why hands you loved at 100bb lose massive value at shallower depths.
Pillar 2: Mixed Stacks (Walking): What happens when you have 50bb but there are 11bb and 15bb stacks behind you? Those short stacks deny your equity in ways that aren't obvious.
Pillar 3: ICM (Running): Daniel Dvoress takes over. How to use risk premium deltas to find attack spots and defend when you're targeted.
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The Study Method
The "Come Study With Me" Format
You're exhausted by courses that dump hours of static solver charts on your screen without showing you how to use them in a real game.
Tim fixes this with an over-the-shoulder teaching method. A repeatable three-step process:
Step 1: Preflop range interaction breakdown, not just "we have the advantage" but why.
Step 2: GTO Lab aggregate flop reports across thousands of boards, the push and pull factors driving strategy.
Step 3: Lucid GTO Trainer live drilling, thinking out loud, managing frequencies, catching his own mistakes in real time.
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The Concept
The Demi-Bluff
A merge bet at 150% pot with a vulnerable hand, one that simultaneously generates fold equity, builds a pot when called with the best hand, and forces your opponent into pure indifference.
It's the exact spot that separates players who "sort of understand ICM" from players who can dictate outcomes at a final table. When your opponent doesn't know if you're value-betting or bluffing, they're in a blender. That's the point.
When better hands fold. When equal hands give up equity. When worse hands pay you off. All three outcomes are profitable.
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The Concept
The Tomahawk — 300% Pot Jams
On certain dynamic boards with a specific stack-to-pot ratio, the solver wants you jamming the entire pot at 300% a massive, polar move that most players would never consider.
The Tomahawk isn't gambling. It's precisely calibrated aggression that puts your opponents in impossible spots. At deep stacks with the right board texture, it's not just an option, it's the highest-EV play available.
Tim shows you the exact conditions, the right hands, and how to balance this play so it can't be exploited.
Inside the Course
5 Modules. Every Stage of Tournaments.
Module 1 — Introduction
How to get the most out of the course
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Course Intro
Introduces the MTM course, coach Timothy Adams, and his poker philosophy — including solver-based study, the 'transformational vs. transactional' player mindset, and how the course is structured across early-stage deep-stack play, mid-stage preflop pillars, and an end-game Triton London review.
Module 2 — Tournament Prep
Tim's study process, tools, and drilling routine
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How I Study (and Tools in the Course)
Covers Timothy Adams's personal study approach: recommended tools (PIO Solver, GTO Lab, Octopi, Lucid GTO), the primacy of preflop study, drilling as the most impactful development method, personal hand review, and how to structure consistent study sessions of two to three hours per day.
Course Glossary
Tools: Intro To Pio
Introduces PIO Solver's core interface features — the Range Explorer, equity distribution graph, expected value display, and the runout heat map — using a UTG vs. big blind SRP on Q-T-4 rainbow to demonstrate how strategy shifts across different turn cards.
Tools: GTO LAB Walkthrough
Walks through GTO Lab's four main library tabs — ChipEV (equal and unequal stacks, flop reports), Final Table ICM, MTT ICM, and CompareStrats — showing how to filter situations, copy ranges into PIO for post-flop work, and use the side-by-side comparison feature to spot strategic shifts across stack depths and tournament stages.
Tools: Lucid Poker
Brief RNG Explanation
Briefly explains the random number generator (RNG) used in Lucid GTO drilling sessions, clarifying how lower numbers correspond to passive actions and higher numbers to aggressive ones, so players can implement mixed frequencies in an unbiased way.
Drills: 50bb — HJ vs BB in SRP
Drills the hijack vs. big blind SRP at 50bb from the in-position perspective on Lucid GTO, covering range-reading shortcuts (high-card board dominance, deuce signals, small-size range betting), bet-sizing selection (B33 vs. B75), and frequency control across a wide variety of board textures.
Drills: 50bb — BB vs HJ in SRP
Drills the big blind vs. hijack SRP at 50bb from the out-of-position perspective, focusing on finding appropriate check-raise frequencies (roughly 15–20% globally using a R25 size), calling thresholds on dynamic boards, and navigating later-street decisions when facing the hijack's auto-bet-heavy strategy.
Drills: 25bb — CO vs BB in SRP
Drills the cutoff vs. big blind SRP at 25bb from the in-position perspective, explaining how shallower stacks shift opening ranges toward high cards (suited connectors lose value), why equity realization improves for the big blind, and how the IP player should approach sizing (quarter to B50) and no-equity barrel spots to avoid disastrous bet-fold situations.
Drills: 25bb — BB vs CO in SRP
Drills the big blind vs. cutoff SRP at 25bb from the out-of-position perspective, emphasizing the need for active check-raise defense (R25 size) against the cutoff's range-betting strategy, navigating shallow SPR spots where value thresholds drop, and finding the right balance between pure decisions and RNG-guided mixing.
Drills: 50bb 3-Bet Pots
Module 3 — Early Stages
Deep-stack preflop and postflop, single-raised and 3-bet pots
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Early Stages Intro / Deep Stack Preflop Mechanics
Introduces early-stage deep-stack tournament philosophy and 200bb preflop mechanics, covering opening ranges (suited hands over offsuit at depth), 3-bet sizing and board-coverage considerations, big blind defense versus multiway action, small blind limp strategy, and common population mistakes like slow-playing aces or over-calling with trashy offsuit hands.
Deep Stack Single Raised Pots Part 1
Breaks down deep-stack (200bb) single raised pot mechanics using a live hand history (HJ vs. BB, J-9-4 rainbow), covering key heuristics: average flop bet sizes taper down at depth, value thresholds rise, check-raise combos should prefer nut-draw potential, and the common IP sequence of a medium flop bet followed by a turn overbet.
Deep Stack Single Raised Pots Part 2
Continues the 200bb SRP hand history through the turn overbet and rare turn check-raise scenario, detailing how to build a balanced check-raise range with nut-potential bluffs (J-2s, Q-8s), how side-card selection affects continue thresholds versus the overbet, and how to think through river decisions with live-read context.
SRP — HJ vs CO Deep Part 1
Examines the HJ vs. CO deep-stack SRP (100bb, chip EV) from preflop through flop reports in GTO Lab, explaining how range-versus-range asymmetry drives the HJ's global flop-check frequency (76%), why high-card boards unlock linear small-bet aggression, which board textures warrant B60 sizing vs. pure checking, and how shallower depths shift these tendencies.
SRP — HJ vs CO Deep Part 2
Drills the HJ vs. CO deep SRP (100bb) versus the bot in PIO Solver, playing multiple board textures from both perspectives — working through check-raise sizing decisions (R35 linear vs. R70 polar), navigating turn overbets as the IP defender, and applying blocker/unblocker logic and side-card analysis at later nodes.
[Summary] SRP — HJ vs CO Deep Stack
Summarizes the HJ vs. CO deep-stack SRP study session, recapping the key takeaways: preflop range asymmetry drives postflop strategy, three-broadway boards enable linear small-bet aggression, static paired boards support B60 sizing, low connected boards require pure checking from OOP, and IP should maintain a small-bet-heavy approach when checked to.
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — LJ vs CO
Covers deep-stack 3-bet pot mechanics (LJ vs. CO, 200bb) using a live hand history with 5-4 suited, introducing the concept of the 'demi-bluff' — betting to force pure folds from better hands while occasionally getting called by worse — and explaining why middling bet sizes (B50) create maximum indifference, why overpairs check back dynamic boards, and how to evaluate turn barrel candidates by card interaction.
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — CO vs SB Part 1
Introduces CO vs. SB 3-bet pot mechanics at 100bb, comparing 3-bet frequency at 100bb vs. 200bb, reviewing IP's calling range (suited aces, all pairs, suited connectors), then analyzing flop reports in GTO Lab — highlighting the 'tomahawk' all-in jam on J-T-x flush draw boards, strong B60 sizing on 10-high textures, and heavy checking on low connected or monotone boards.
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — CO vs SB Part 2
Continues CO vs. SB 3-bet pot play at 100bb using PIO Solver and the GTO trainer, drilling the A-9-2 rainbow board to explain why OOP should check ~40% (equity tied in pocket pairs), why the quarter-pot CBET tends to overperform versus population, and how IP should float, size up aggressively against overly passive check-through lines, and manage small pairs versus the 3-bettor.
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — CO vs SB Part 3
Continues CO vs. SB 3-bet pots at 100bb with the Q-5-4 flush draw board, detailing why OOP checks frequently despite having equity (many high cards miss), how to exploit the quarter-pot overbet with a B40 simplified strategy, and why the block size on the turn is underutilized — with GTO trainer drilling to navigate middling pocket pairs and no-equity barrels across multiple streets.
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — CO vs SB Part 4
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — CO vs BB Part 1
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — CO vs BB Part 2
3-Bet Pot Mechanics — CO vs BB Part 3
Module 4 — Mid Stages
cEV concepts at every depth, ICM, and postflop mechanics
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Preflop: cEV Concepts — Deeper Part 1
Preflop: cEV Concepts — Deeper Part 2
[Summary] Preflop: cEV Concepts Deeper
Preflop: cEV Concepts — Deeper Part 3
Preflop: cEV Concepts — Deeper Part 4
[Summary] Preflop: cEV Concepts Deeper Summary
Preflop: cEV Concept — Middling Part 1
Preflop: cEV Concept — Middling Part 2
Preflop — Shallow Stacked cEV Concepts Part 1
Preflop — Shallow Stacked cEV Concepts Part 2
[Summary] Preflop — Shallow Stacked cEV Concepts Part 3
Basic ICM Intro
Introduces the three-pillar framework for mid-stage preflop play—equal-stack chip-EV concepts, unequal-stack adjustments, and ICM-driven strategy—emphasizing that solid cEV fundamentals must precede ICM study, and setting the stage for solver-based analysis using GTO Lab's compare feature.
Intro to Postflop ICM Part 1
Introduces postflop ICM through two contrasting real-hand examples, establishing the concept of stack utility over risk premiums: deep stacks cooperate to avoid full-stack commitment using smaller bet sizes, while shorter stacks facing a big stack on dynamic boards sometimes benefit from flop shoves to end the hand cleanly rather than navigating uncomfortable turn decision points.
Intro to Postflop ICM Part 2
Covers four common postflop ICM mistakes: tunnel-visioning on ICM pressure while ignoring range disadvantages, misapplying geometric sizing in both directions (too small when deep, too small when short), using chip-EV positional labels instead of accurate range descriptors, and over-relying on risk premiums or bubble factors for deeper-stacked postflop decisions.
[Section 1] Postflop: Middling Depth Mechanics Part 1
Opens the structured postflop ICM section as the covering stack (hijack) against a big blind defend at middling depth, analyzing why unequal ICM pressure enables frequent small c-bets across various flops, how the out-of-position player's tighter thresholds and honest check-raises respond, and where EV is actually generated—primarily through opponent over-folding rather than thin value bets.
Postflop: Middling Depth Mechanics Part 2
Continues the covering-stack postflop analysis on a J42 rainbow board, detailing how in-position profitably bluffs at a higher-than-chipEV frequency due to the big blind's elevated risk premium, why value-betting thresholds tighten significantly under ICM pressure, and how the covering stack's EV is driven by opponent over-folding at every node rather than by extracting large value bets.
Postflop: Middling Depth Mechanics Part 3
Analyzes postflop ICM play as the covered hijack against a chip-leader big blind, showing how the board texture signals which runouts allow stack commitment versus passive navigation; covers why small flop bets serve as information-gathering tools on dynamic boards like 983, how opponent turn-lead frequency shapes in-position bet sizing choices, and when exploiting a non-leading big blind changes the equilibrium approach.
[Section 2] Postflop: Middling Depth Mechanics Part 1
[Section 2] Postflop: Middling Depth Mechanics Part 2
[Section 3] Postflop: Middling Depth Mechanics
[Section 3] Postflop Middling Depth Mechanics Part 2
Module 5 — End Game
Final-table strategy and a multi-part Triton London review
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Intro — Triton Stream Review
2023 Triton London ITM Review Part 1 feat. Stephie Chidwick
Opens the Triton London ITM review with Chidwick discussing post-bubble adjustments, then analyzes Pablo's A7o three-bet versus Nacho's wide button open, Webster's river check-raise bluff with T7o, and Dan Smith's KQ jam versus Webster's big-blind raise.
Triton ITM Review Part 2
Reviews Seth Davies' KK vs. Tobias on a connected board, then breaks down Chidwick's decision to three-bet JJ versus Doug's lojack open and Chidwick's near-pot river lead with a nut flush versus James Chen on an ace-high board.
Triton ITM Review Part 3
Analyzes a three-way pot where Tobias check-raises from the sandwich position on a 942 rainbow board, fires the queen turn as a semi-bluff, and Seth Davies faces a large river bet with a set—covering sandwich-player mechanics and demi-bluffing under ICM.
Triton ITM Review Part 4
Covers Dan Smith's flatting decision with pocket nines EP vs. EP under ICM, a three-way all-in where Doug's AKs beats Brian Hastings' QQ, and Doug's borderline fold with pocket eights facing Eibinger's jam with Schulman's live hand behind.
Triton ITM Review Part 5
Reviews the two-table redraw stage with Chidwick's three-bet sizing with JJ, Dan Smith's marginal QTs call-off versus Doug's small-blind shove, and a discussion of tournament mindset and meditation practice for managing pressure near the final-table bubble.
Triton ITM Review Part 6
Covers Eibinger's short-stack polar jam strategy with deuces, Chidwick flopping quad kings versus James Chen, and Jungle's unorthodox limp with 54s creating a rare off-tree node that Seth Davies must navigate on a flush-completing river.
Triton ITM Review Part 7
Reviews Chidwick's cutoff shoves with A10s and A5s versus three short stacks, Jungle's limp-call strategy in a big pot against Seth Davies, and Juan Pardo's bluff-catch decision versus Nick Schulman's river all-in with A4o on a KQ7-9 board.
Triton ITM Review Part 8
Covers Timothy Adams' aces doubling through JNT in a three-way pot, then reviews the Juan Pardo vs. Schulman KQ7-flush board with Octopi Poker, Schulman's micro-stack survival play, and the final-table bubble action ending with Nick Schulman's bust in 11th.
Triton Final Table Review Part 1 feat. Stephie Chidwick
Introduces the nine-player final table with payout analysis and player profiles, then reviews Doug Polk calling Ike Haxton's 20BB shove with eights and losing to tens, and Chidwick's borderline call with pocket fives versus Lun Lun's short-stack jam, checked in Octopi Poker.
Triton Final Table Review Part 2
Reviews Juan Pardo's A7o reshove range versus Chidwick's chip-leader open in Octopi Poker, James Chen's debated open-jam with pocket kings at 11BB instead of a min-raise, and Chidwick folding pocket sixes facing the jam—before JNT's back-to-back kings eliminate Chen.
Triton Final Table Review Part 3
Breaks down Adams' KQo vs. Ike Haxton's check-raise on a king-high flop—using Octopi Poker to show Adams should have fast-played KQ with the king of clubs—then covers Chidwick's KJs RFI, Adams' block-bet bluff, and Ike's min-raise with JTs at 11.5BB.
Triton Final Table Review Part 4
Analyzes the tournament's wildest hand: Juan Pardo opens kings, JNT three-bets aces, Chidwick four-bets AKs, and JNT jams out of turn—leading to Juan Pardo's legendary kings fold—with Octopi Poker used to quantify the ICM value of the laydown.
Triton Final Table Review Part 5
Covers the final five-handed stretch: Chidwick doubling with A9s against JNT, Juan Pardo busting with KQs versus JNT's aces, Chidwick's elimination in fifth with pocket sevens in a three-way all-in, and an ICM analysis of JNT's risk-premium asymmetry as chip leader.
Triton Final Table Review Part 6
Triton Final Table Review Part 7
Triton Final Table Review Part 8 (A Champion is Crowned)
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You'll learn the Tomahawk: a massive flop jam, 3x to 4x the pot, on specific board textures where two overcards and a gutshot become a weapon. You'll see the exact equity thresholds that determine whether the player facing it should call or fold. Then you'll watch Chidwick walk through real hands from the PCA 100K and Triton Madrid 75K, including why he left a single chip behind on purpose and why he checked back a full house on the river.
These aren't abstract ideas. They're the specific mechanics winning players use at the final tables of the biggest events on the planet. And they work at every stack depth, because the math doesn't care what the buy-in is.
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High-stakes players who know what real tournament teaching looks like.
High Stakes MTT Pro
Seth Davies
WSOP bracelet winner · WPT champion · 2× Super High Roller Bowl champion · $45M+ in live earnings
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Tim is a tier-1 player. His crisp analytical approach and elite execution has produced consistent results for well over a decade in the toughest games around. There is a very short list of people who I would most want to teach me NLHE, and Tim is on it.
High Stakes MTT Pro
Sam Greenwood
WSOP bracelet winner · EPT & PCA Super High Roller champion · $39M+ in live earnings
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Tim has been one of the best high stakes no-limit players for over a decade. In private he's always been able to thoughtfully and cogently explain complex concepts to me. He has taught me mechanics I still regularly think about years later. People who purchase this course will now have access to Tim's wisdom and can learn from it like me.
High Stakes MTT Pro
Sam Grafton
UK high-stakes tournament pro since 2010 · RunItOnce coach · known as “The Squid”
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Tim Adams is undoubtedly one of the best tournament poker players in the world. For over a decade he’s executed at the very top level of the game, against the toughest competition and for the biggest prizes. Whenever I hear him talk about his game he’s cogent, insightful and concise. I’d recommend wholeheartedly any learning material to which he puts his name.
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Built to Make Good Players Great.
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I've done BBZ Poker, Raise Your Edge, and From the Ground Up, and out of anyone Tim is the best I've seen at explaining high-level concepts in a relatable, matter-of-fact way.
I've made my way through most of the course and I really enjoy Tim's way of explaining concepts. I found his presence a lot more warm and inviting than some of the other instructors at other sites. He was able to explain hard-to-master nodes like OOP HJ vs. CO play in such a straightforward way.
Joseph Rodriguez
Mid Stakes MTT Grinder
Beta Tester
Having some of the best players in the world break down solver inputs taught me things that may have taken me weeks to figure out on my own.
Martin McLane
Mid Stakes MTT Pro
What's Included
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The Course
Signature Course
Modern Tournament Mastery
By Timothy Adams and Daniel Dvoress feat. Stephen Chidwick
Value$999
Included With Purchase
Advanced Tournament Ranges [ChipEV]
Battle-tested preflop ranges
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50 ClubWPT Gold Chips
Bonus chips for any tournament or ring game · Eligible states only.
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Private Strategy Community on Discord
Modern Tournament Mastery members only
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Free Course w/ Purchase· Offer Expires May 29 at Midnight
Super High Roller Mechanics
The Tomahawk, leaving Chips Behind, the truth about A5s, and more
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If you're not satisfied, simply contact us within 30 days, and we'll work with you to address any concerns or provide a refund if necessary. However, if you consume a significant portion of the course content or meet any of our other criteria, you may not be eligible for a refund. This guarantee is only available to first-time members.
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FAQ
Got Questions?
How much does the course cost and how long do I have to finish it? +
Modern Tournament Mastery costs $999 for lifetime access. There are no recurring fees, no subscriptions, no future charges. You pay once and own it forever. Study at your own pace, there's no deadline.
Is the course appropriate for newer players? +
Tim designed this course primarily for players in $200+ online MTTs and $1,000+ live events. That said, he built it to be valuable for almost anyone with a basic understanding of preflop strategy and post-flop concepts. Tim's clear, structured teaching style makes even complex ICM concepts accessible to players who haven't studied them deeply before.
Do I need any solver tools to follow along? +
No. Tim uses PioSOLVER, GTO Lab, and Lucid GTO Trainer on camera and explains every output so you can follow along whether you own the tools or not. If you do have them, you'll learn exactly how to use them. If you don't, you'll still understand the mechanics behind every decision.
Is this just 20 hours of solver screenshots? +
No. Tim uses solver-based study as a foundation, but he looks at every output through an exploitative lens. The course emphasizes understanding why the solver does what it does, and how to deviate from it. There are extensive drilling sessions, hand series, and "come study with me" segments, not just static screenshots.
I already own Road to Victory. Is this worth getting too? +
Yes. They're designed to complement each other. Road to Victory (with Darren Elias and Nick Petrangelo) emphasizes exploitative play vs. specific player types. MTM goes much deeper on mechanics, deep-stack post-flop play, post-flop ICM from both the covering and covered stack perspective, and the underlying why behind every range adjustment. Different coaches, different approach, different depth.
Is this useful for online MTTs, live tournaments, or both? +
Both. The strategic concepts apply universally. Tim's approach focuses on understanding mechanics, not memorizing format-specific spots, so you can apply the principles in any tournament setting, whether it's a $200 online MTT or a $10K live event.
How do I access the course after purchasing? +
You'll have full and instant lifetime access inside the Upswing Members area at members.upswingpoker.com. New members: check your email to finish setting up your account. Need help? Email support@upswingpoker.com.
How do the launch week bonuses work? +
Join before Friday, May 29 at midnight PT and you automatically get access to the "Super High Roller Mechanics" bonus course ($299 value). After the deadline, the bonus course will be sold separately at its full $299 price.
What if it's not for me? +
Your purchase is covered by Upswing Poker's Fair Play Satisfaction Guarantee. Contact our team within your first 30 days and we'll work with you on a refund or exchange. If you consume a significant portion of content or meet any of our other criteria, you may not be eligible. Full details in our refund policy →
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Stephen Chidwick
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