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LPP New Content Drop (Nov 15, 2022)

site content Nov 16, 2022

Today we are dropping 3 new videos in our membership area!

- Ryan's WSOP $3,200 Online Bracelet Run - Part 5
- Group Session - Post WSOP History Reviews
- Group Session - Member Big $11 Hand History Review

If you're not yet a member, get full access to our entire library of hundreds of videos and use code NEWCONTENT15 to get 15% OFF our regular membership!

As always, thanks for for being a LPP member!

Your coach,
Ryan Laplante

LPP Contest Winner Makes Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event!

Uncategorized Nov 10, 2021

Some of you will recall that back in December of 2019, Learn Pro Poker held a competition between its members. It was a series of tournaments to determine an overall champion, Ryan Awwad, who would receive a stake into the WSOP Main Event!

After many extenuating circumstances our champion is finally able to take his shot, and still has chips going into Day 3! We caught up with him for a quick interview about his experience so far.

- Tell us about how you received this stake from Learn Pro Poker.

LPP ran a contest from 12/2019 to 5/2020 for all members. It was a series of tournaments to earn points into the finale. I was fortunate enough to run well and win it all.

- What’s your experience level in terms of poker tournaments? As in, which games and which stakes do you normally play?

I just got back in to poker mid-2018 as my kids started to get older. Since then I have played mostly live tournaments ranging from $400-$1600, NLHE...

Ryan's WSOP Roundup #1

2021 ryan laplante wsop Oct 25, 2021

We're nearly a month into the 2021 World Series of Poker, and it's time to check in on Ryan's progress!

WSOP 2021 Online

The WSOP online series went very well for Ryan, who made the final table in both of the WSOP Lucky Seven events, finishing 3rd in Event #25: No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's High Roller for $120,638 and 5th in Event #7: No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's for $27,350.

WSOP 2021 Live Results

3 weeks into the series has had Ryan making a bundle of deep runs, but still waiting to break into his first Final Table of WSOP 2021. His 9 live cashes include a mix of No Limit Holdem, Pot Limit Omaha, as well as Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better.

His highest finish was in Event #4: The Reunion ($500), where he finished just outside the final 2 tables out of a staggering 12,973 entries. That run also is his largest live cash of the series to date ($18,117).

The next two largest live cashes include higher buy-ins and different formats. He made the money in...

Content Drop Feb. 28th, 2021

2021 blog Feb 28, 2021

Hello,

February has gone by quickly, but I'm closing out the month with a 4-pack of uploads!

My deep run in this year's $10,000 WSOP Main Event is now reviewable for all members! Watch along as I breakdown my hands with Daniel Negreanu and others, and see how far I get...

GGPoker Pro Patrick "Egption" Tardif takes a break from the stream grind to join me for our weekly group study session! We review LPP member hand history submissions, so this upload is perfect whether you're looking to watch for the first time or want to review something again!

Shaundle Pruitt and Rob Gardner guest host the weekly study session, analyzing a deep run of Rob's and fielding questions from LPP members!

Ryan and PokerDad have a 1-on-1 coaching session to study a deep run in an ACR $1K GTD!

As always, thanks for for being a LPP member!

Your coach,
Ryan Laplante

ICM Factor

2021 blog Feb 01, 2021

LPP members can watch the accompanying video alongside this blogpost here.

What Is ICM Factor?

ICM Factor is a concept I created in order to efficiently and easily explain how much ICM will factor into a given situation.

What Makes Up ICM Factor?

ICM Factor can be applied to any aspect of a tournament that may be impacted by ICM. The following concepts are what you will have to consider:

-What stage of the tournament you are in
-How big of a field you are playing and the amount paid
-What the payout structure is
-How much above or below average stack you are
-How much is your stack utility impacted, and how often. This can be explained as: Does your opponent/s cover you, if so by how much? If you cover them, then by how much and are they actively applying pressure?
-How close to the money bubble you are
-How many buy-ins a mincash is
-How close to the final table you are
-What the stack sizes are at the final table, and how each impacts ICM

The more each of these matter in your given...

Final Tables

Uncategorized Jan 15, 2021

The Final Table

So you’ve outlasted the huge majority of a field and have only a few opponents left to capture the large first place prize and any trophies that may come with it. This experience is what draws most of us to the wonderful and painful game of tournament poker. Each final table is a unique beast in terms of payouts, structure, field size, and opponents. In order for us to perform our best and (most importantly) maximize our win rates, it is crucial to understand the differences in final tables, what factors are most crucial and how to analyze them so we can make the best decisions possible.

In my opinion there are a handful of different kinds of final tables.

Small field: Micro – Midstakes

Small field: High Stakes

Medium field: Micro – Midstakes

Medium field: High Stakes

Large field: Micro – Midstakes

Large field: High Stakes

Each one of the above has different subtypes of: Regular speed, Deep Stack, Turbo, Hyper Turbo, PSKO, and Turbo PSKO....

The 8 Stages of a Poker Tournament

blog ryan laplante tournament Dec 15, 2020

In this article, I am going to discuss the general main stages of a tournament, how to quantify them, and how various types of stacks during each stage should be played. I will also turn this piece into a video, so if you are a LearnProPoker member, please make sure to watch that while reading this article by clicking here.

Non-members: we will be having a big end-of-year sale starting within the next week. It should be our last sale for a while, so don’t miss your chance to join LPP at a discount!

There are effectively 8 stages of a tournament:

-Early (Re-Entry open)
-Early (Entry Closed/Freeze Out)
-Near Bubble
-Money Bubble
-In The Money (Early)
-In The Money (Late)
-Final Table Bubble
-Final Table

The Early Stages

In the early stages of the tournament we have 85%+ of the field remaining. Because play is different whether we are in a re-entry tournament or whether registration is closed, I am splitting these into 2 categories although they play very similarly.

During the Early...

The Journey Ep. 1 - The Journey Begins

blog the journey Dec 03, 2020

It all started when Ryan Laplante had an idea.

“Recently I have given some thought to what is possible as a poker player in today’s industry. I wanted to make sure people knew that the poker dream was still very much alive, and that we at LearnProPoker can help make it into a reality. That’s what inspired my idea for The Journey.”

I started to look for the right kind of player to demonstrate this. They would need to be someone with the type of passion and dedication to the game that would be willing to put in the needed work, but might have struggled previously to have the kind of breakthrough necessary to achieve their goals and dreams.”

It took a bit of searching but Ryan eventually did find the right player. For the next year, Rob Gardner will be partnering with LearnProPoker in a new style of content for everyone to follow along with called The Journey.

Asked about the format, Ryan outlined, “We are starting with putting in volume at...

LearnProPoker Concepts 1 - “The Online Grind”

2020 blog Oct 26, 2020

LearnProPoker Concepts #1 - “The Online Grind”
By: Ryan Laplante

This is the first article in my series on how to approach playing online poker in terms of:

Why?
What?
How?
Where?

Let's get started with...

WHY!?

The main reasons people play online are:
For fun, to improve, to grind out a side income, and to make a living.

For Fun
If you are playing online for fun and don’t take it very seriously, then you are essentially gambling and should treat it as such.

To Improve
This is by far the most common reason people play online. The main reason this works so well is the number of hands you can play, and the relative difficulty is much higher and thus provides good and cheaper practice compared to live tournaments. As an example, the difficulty of an $11 buy-in on ACR is likely equivalent to a $600 buy-in in Las Vegas.

If your goal is to improve, you are going to want to learn how to use the basic study tools like RangeTrainerPro, GTOTrainer, PokerTracker, ICMizer,...

RangeTrainerPro is Making Ranges From the World's Best Pros ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE

gto range trainer rangetrainerpro Sep 15, 2020

Hey everyone, Ryan here!

RangeTrainerPro hasn't disappointed in their latest major update! Over the last several months, they've been making quiet and consistent updates and improvements. But, today they came in with an absolutely nuclear update that is going to supercharge your poker development!

In it, they have launched a Range Subscription to make elite ranges accessible to everyone!

RangeTrainerPro and LearnProPoker strongly believe in giving as many people as possible access to these ranges in an affordable and approachable way. Making learning and playing at the highest level available to everyone willing to work hard for it, and not just to those who can afford to pay thousands of dollars to access.

Let's go over exactly what this update is all about and what you're going to get with a Range Subscription.

What is a Range Subscription?

You can now get access to RangeTrainerPro’s entire library of GTO Solved Ranges, nearly 550 ranges worth $1200, for as little as...

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As always, thanks for for being a LPP member!Your coach,Ryan Laplante

Hello,February has gone by quickly, but I'm closing out the month with a 4-pack of uploads!My deep run in this year's $10,000 WSOP Main Event is now reviewable for all members! Watch along as I breakdown my hands with Daniel Negreanu and others, and see how far I get...

GGPoker Pro Patrick "Egption" Tardif takes a break from the stream grind to join me for our weekly group study session! We review LPP member hand history submissions, so this upload is perfect whether you're looking to watch for the first time or want to review something again!

Shaundle Pruitt and Rob Gardner guest host the weekly study session, analyzing a deep run of Rob's and fielding questions from LPP members!

Ryan and PokerDad have a 1-on-1 coaching session to study a deep run in an ACR $1K GTD! As always, thanks for for being a LPP member!Your coach,Ryan Laplante

LearnProPoker Concepts #1 - “The Online Grind”By: Ryan Laplante

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As always, thanks for for being a LPP member!

Your coach,
Ryan Laplante

Hello,

February has gone by quickly, but I'm closing out the month with a 4-pack of uploads!

My deep run in this year's $10,000 WSOP Main Event is now reviewable for all members! Watch along as I breakdown my hands with Daniel Negreanu and others, and see how far I get...

Ryan and PokerDad have a 1-on-1 coaching session to study a deep run in an ACR $1K GTD!

As always, thanks for for being a LPP member!

Your coach,
Ryan Laplante

LearnProPoker Concepts #1 - “The Online Grind”
By: Ryan Laplante