
whatstheodds
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2025 Live MTT Results Buy-ins: $842,172 Cashes: $1,670,261 Profit: $828,089 Live MTT entries: 117 (121 days) Online: –$38,320 96 MTTs / 23 days Highest volume year since playing full-time 2008-2015 I’ll share how I stay competitive while running a business + family and honest context on the results. ----------------------------------------- A Quick Reality Check This was a strong year results-wise, and I absolutely ran above expectation. With tournament poker and sample sizes this small, results can swing wildly year to year. I’ve had years where I made far less, and years where I lost. That’s normal when it comes to tournament poker. What I care about far more than any single year is whether my process is sound, my decisions are profitable, and my approach holds up over a decade, not a single year. Volume & Lifestyle Context Live MTTs played: 117 Travel days: 26 Days on the road: 166 Days playing poker (live + online): 144 For comparison, a full-time live pro typically plays 220–300 tournament entries across 250-300 days of poker. To draw meaningful conclusions about ROI in tournaments, you’d need 600+ live MTTs or 1000+ online, and even that can be small depending on field size and structure. Over the four years prior, I averaged 70–75 live tournaments per year, which is likely where I’ll settle again going forward. That’s a deliberate lifestyle choice. I played full-time my entire 20s and loved it. I transitioned to part-time in my 30s with the intention of pursuing my passion for entrepreneurship and building a lifestyle conducive to raising a family. Most of my time now goes into running my business @jakacoaching, raising two kids with a third 👶 on the way, coaching, and staying on top of my health now that I’m 40. I’m playing roughly 25-30% of the volume of a full-time pro, so my edge has to come from how I study, not how much I study. How I Stay Competitive With Limited Time 1. Prioritize The Spots That Matter Most This is the biggest edge for both part-time and full-time players. I identify the 10 most common spots that come up in MTTs and made sure I’m very strong in them. You can cover close to 80% of tournament decisions with about 20% of your study time. Instead of memorizing solutions, I look for patterns, simplify strategies, and build heuristics that are easy to recall and execute under pressure. From there, I break study into three buckets: Bucket 1: The 10 High-Frequency Spots These get constant reinforcement. Bucket 2: Final Table ICM & Heads-Up This one breaks the rule of what I said above. Most players delay these because they happen infrequently. What’s different is that when they do come up, they account for a massive portion of your ROI, because that’s where all the money is. I spend one focused week per quarter studying Final Table ICM and revisit Heads-Up twice a year so I’m never out of shape when deep runs suddenly appear. Bucket 3: Personal Discomfort List I keep a running list of spots where I consistently feel unsure in-game. Whenever I have time to grow beyond maintenance mode, I know exactly what to work on next. 2. Build Strong Peer Circle and Fast Feedback Loops One of the biggest mistakes part-time players make is studying in isolation, thinking a solver can substitute human feedback. The reality is most people are using solvers wrong and don't have anyone to tell them that. When volume is limited, feedback needs to be faster. That means having people you trust who challenge your thinking and pressure-test decisions before bad habits set in. Study with players at or slightly above your level Pay for access to people already where you want to be Outsource learning when time is constrained At the very least you want to have a group chat or access to a Discord to discuss hands with other players. I can't tell you how many times this year I was second-guessing a hand I played or implementing a concept incorrectly, and a simple convo with a friend helped clear things up allowing me to get my head back in the game. 3. 1:1 Coaching Once a month, I get an elite player to review my deep runs or hands I’ve tagged as unclear. Coaching isn’t just for beginners. It’s often most valuable when you’re already doing a lot right but want to reduce blind spots or outsource some study. At the top level, pros constantly learn from each other. No one has time to study everything deeply, so specialization and knowledge-sharing become essential. Pre-committing to these sessions has been huge for me. Even in months where I don’t play much, knowing a review is coming up keeps my poker thinking sharp and prevents drift. I’ve started making these reviews public inside my training community so members can join the process and learn alongside me. 4. Access To The Right Tools Preflop ranges with ICM Non-negotiable. I'm always surprised how many people have been playing for years and still don't use preflop charts. This is like being a real estate agent and not having an MLS account. I use GTO Wizard; they're a partner of ours and you can get most of their preflop charts with a free account here: rebrand.ly/GTOWiz Postflop solvers Don't worry about using solvers if you're newer to studying, but make sure you know how to read solver outputs so you can follow along with teaching material or hand discussions in group chats. Here is a video tutorial on how to read solver outputs: jakacoaching.com/programs/learn… ICM/Preflop tools (ICMizer, HoldemResources) Mostly for advanced pros who have time to run custom sims. It allows you to make custom preflop ranges and exploits based on how your opponents are playing. Since I don't have time to do these anymore I just watch training videos that summarize work other coaches have done or I'll outsource the work to someone to run spots for me. Drilling vs bots Concepts don’t stick without reps. After watching a training video on a particular concept, I’ll drill that spot for 15–30 minutes to get the reps in. I use the GTO Wizard training tool. The idea with tools is when you need to check postflop spots, or you get deep and need to double-check ICM/heads-up ranges, you already have access to the right tools and know how to use them. How Much I Actually Study Target: ~4 hours/week • 1–2h watching training videos on jakacoaching.com • 1h reviewing marked hands on GTOW • 1h discussing hands with peers or coaches • 15–30 min drilling spots vs BOT (some weeks) • 90 min 1:1 coaching session (monthly) In reality, I only hit all 4 study hours about a third of the weeks, the other weeks I do what I can based on my priorities for the week. Final Thought You don’t need to be a pro or have massive volume to be a strong, winning player. But you do need a clear process, honest feedback loops, access to quality tools and players, and the discipline to focus on the spots that actually move the needle. Hope this helps some of you trying to do the same. If you have questions that would be useful for your own game or situation, feel free to ask below.









































