[REVIEW] Alex Fitzgerald's Master Tournament Poker in One Class

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Jul 05, 2019 6 min read Last updated Jul 11, 2019

With poker coaching and training videos a permanent fixture in the area of self-improvement in poker, it would be easy for an aspiring player to get lost among the many different teachers that exist out there. When it comes to picking a teacher, every student should always ask themselves what they want to succeed in. If the answer to that question is 'tournament poker,' then any aspiring player would benefit from the teachings of Alex Fitzgerald.

Alex is one of the best coaches in the game. He is able to break down hands and strategies for players of all levels.

One of the most popular authors and teachers of the game, Fitzgerald is famous for having penned the popular poker tome The Myth of Poker Talent, which was a bestseller in the poker genre on Amazon, and a book in which he debunks plenty of poker fables that don’t ring true.

Alex Fitzgerald's Resume

Fitzgerald has plenty of bona fides to back up his ability to pass on profit-yielding information. Since starting in the game, he’s earned almost $650,000 in live poker, and under his online pseudonym, "Assassinato," Fitzgerald has racked up an even more notable tally of $3,289,079 in tournament cashes.

If his aim was to describe the perfect poker game in his highly-successful book, the aim of this one-stop shop training class is to set you on the way to playing like it.

Having been a professional in the game since 2006, Fitzgerald has seen the age of the poker boom, been at the coalface while the blast of Black Friday hit online players, and seen all the various changes over the recent years as poker has evolved. He’s perfectly placed to teach you about how to adapt your poker game to the current climate, both in terms of the game theory side of poker which has become so important, and the fundamentals that prevent you being the sucker at the tournament table.

Fitzgerald freely admits that he takes way more pleasure teaching the game than he does playing poker, and he clearly enjoys cracking the various codes tournament poker throws at him.

It’s not unreasonable for Fitzgerald to boast that despite his final table appearances in tournaments such as the EPT and WPT, as well as his famous WCOOP and SCOOP wins online, he’s best known as one of the very best poker coaches in the world. He’s studied tournament poker for over a decade and condensed it into this easy-to-use program. Alex is one of the best coaches in the game. He is able to break down hands and strategies for players of all levels.

What You'll Learn

From what ranges you should be using and identifying in others to knowing when to rejam, Fitzgerald patiently paces through all the fundamentals you need to start attacking poker tournaments with more confidence. Specifically focusing on No Limit Hold’em, the most popular poker game format, he goes through when to raise, three-bet, four-bet, when to cold call, and he breaks down strategy across flop, turn, and river. Oh, and if you thought ICM was a global computer company, then he’ll help you discover its importance and how you implement ICM in tournament poker, too.

Fitzgerald has an appealing self-deferential style and you never feel like you’re being either patronized or confused by an overload of information. Here are the main sections of the training program:

• 4 Hour Video Training Program
• Preflop Raising
• 3-Betting Strategy
• 4-Betting Strategy
• Cold Calling
• How to defend your Blinds Effectively
• Playing the Flop
• Playing the Turn
• Playing the River
• ICM (Independent Chip Modelling)
• Early, Middle, and Late Stage Play

While you can go through the program and make notes, there are slides setting out the most salient points to apply to your game and he’ll have you feeling like you know a lot of the situations you’ll be presented with at the felt, whether it’s live or online.

Being Prepared

Poker is often a game of surprises for fans and drama for viewers, and we found that how Fitzgerald helps most is in making nothing a surprise for the player. As he says, it’s a great feeling when a situation develops at the table where others might not know what to do but you feel totally prepared for. That’s one of the unique selling points of Alex Fitzgerald’s tournament poker program.

The course can be used on its own as a standalone project to make you much better at tournament poker very quickly. But there’s a second merit to going through the training, and that’s to access further improvement. Just like higher education, Fitzgerald always feels like he’s trying to prepare you for the next level, which is handy really, as he supplies various intermediate and expert training programs too for the super-keen student.

“This is the class I put together for the hundreds of students who approached me after my book The Myth of Poker Talent [was released] and said, ‘I'll pay you what you want if you can tell me how to beat poker tournaments in 3-5 hours.’” Fitzgerald says about his program.

“It's a program that takes a short amount of time to go through, yet gives you everything you need,” says Fitzgerald. “You can spend more time playing tournaments and refining your newly found skillset through first-hand experience.”

Fitzgerald has gone through the trial-and-error pain so that you can avoid it, and in this age of poker training guides being everywhere, that could put you in a more advanced position than many new players. That’s a sure-fire way to get more tournament results over time against the players you’ll make your money from, and that’s a key part of the training program. One of the things we liked about Fitzgerald’s program most was the way he can make you find edges you can put into practical use from the very first hand.

Testimonials

Verdict

We found Alex Fitzgerald's class a real benefit at the tables, and it's the practical application of his tips that are the highlight.

Accessible, straight-forward and helpful; his class will definitely help those who struggle to organize their studies. And for first-timers, a lot of short cuts to knowledge provides a good platform for developing your game further. We found it enjoyable to see the key points broken down and explained clearly from start to finish.

If you struggle to break down the basics of tournament poker, then you couldn’t pick a better person to help you do that. Alex Fitzgerald’s Master Tournament Poker in One Class program really does help you do that and sets in place the pillars of your poker game around which to build new knowledge and build up experience.

While there are copious reference materials and analysis provided to back up what Fitzgerald teaches, the proof of his poker program is in the practical use of it, and we’ve noticed an improvement already.

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