WSOP Academy Announces Cash Game Academy

Despite popular public perception, poker players don’t make their living from paydays in tournaments, its typically earned over many grueling hours in cash games. A classic example is Bobby’s Room at Bellagio, which isn’t a tournament area at all, its strictly reserved for those participating in high stakes cash games only.

In light of this fact, the World Series of Poker Academy has announced a new style of poker camp, which it has named Cash Game Academy. The two day events will give players an intensive poker training focused solely on No Limit Hold’em cash game play. All levels of poker players are welcome and will give them the important foundation and tools they will need to be consistent, successful cash game players.

The first of these events will take place on January 24-25 at Harrah’s Atlantic City. Two weeks later the World Series of Poker Academy will make a stop in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace on February 7-8. Instruction at both events will come from poker pros Mark Seif, Paul Wasicka and Alex Outhred amongst other instructors at the Atlantic City event and Seif, Outhred and Michael Gracz lined up for the Las Vegas event.

The cash game curriculum will consist of in-depth seminars, live play workshops, video analysis and a cash game competition over the two days. A few of the topics being focused on is development of reading ability, transition from tournament play to cash game play, putting opponents on hand ranges, bankroll management and sophisticated plays and strategies specific to cash game play. Further driving the message home, each event will offer video analysis of cash game play with instructors dissecting players hands and situations then discussing alternative lines of play.

The grand finale of the Cash Game Academy will feature players competing against their fellow World Series of Poker Academy classmates to determine who made the most correct decisions as well as who managed their bankroll the best during the simulated cash game. The lucky winner will receive an all expense paid trip to Caesars Palace Las Vegas to participate in the World Series of Poker Academy Tournament of Champions, which is scheduled to take place just before the Main Event of the 2009 World Series of Poker.

Tuition for both of the Cash Game Academies is $1,899 and space is limited. Both events are expected to sell out in advance.