Well, it's been a little over a year since I did the vlog with Daniel (http://www.rawvegas.tv/watch.php?vID=c58140324f96378da83a99347df0df) and I hope this review will be a little better than my first. I was really new to the game and it opened my eyes to fundamentals that I had no idea I was missing. The improvement was dramatic and my post showed it.

Edit: Even though this is still pretty long, I think it's a little more to the point.

Pros:
1. If you're a new player, you'll find a lot of great information about Daniels SB play. The beginner vids are great and can help a lot.
2. The live table videos: They have tables where players have headphones and mics. The headphones keep others from hearing what they are saying so it's pretty cool. You get to hear what the donks are thinking when they make that stupid call and then you have Daniel break in to tell what they should have done. Really the best part about the site.
3. They have a forum that allows members to discuss information, much like FCP. Sometimes pros come in and discuss a few things too. I posted all the numbers earlier on how much they each post, but you can find that for yourself if you go to the forum and click the members icon.
4. They have some nice information from Annette Obrestad and Paul Wasicka what was great for live players. Adam Junglen has some great videos and they are adding a few new ones here and there but so far they haven't added any more live tournament pros.
5. Every Tuesday they add new content. I hope they don't mind but this is what we usually get.

Here's a look at what's new this week:

Online Strategy with David Redlin:
Pokerstars 50 Cubed
- Pokerstars 50 Cubed - 1 of 12
- Pokerstars 50 Cubed - 2 of 12
- Pokerstars 50 Cubed - 3 of 12
- Pokerstars 50 Cubed - 4 of 12
- Pokerstars 50 Cubed - 5 of 12
- Pokerstars 50 Cubed - 6 of 12


Online Strategy with Jon Ettinger:
4 Tables of Live Play at NL100
- 4 Tables of Live Play at NL100 - 1 of 6
- 4 Tables of Live Play at NL100 - 2 of 6
- 4 Tables of Live Play at NL100 - 3 of 6
- 4 Tables of Live Play at NL100 - 4 of 6
- 4 Tables of Live Play at NL100 - 5 of 6
- 4 Tables of Live Play at NL100 - 6 of 6


Online Strategy with Bryan Devonshire:
PokerStars $200 Omaha 8 or Better Replay, First Hand to the Money Part 1
- PokerStars $200 Omaha 8 or Better Replay, First Hand to the Money Part 1
- 1 of 3
- PokerStars $200 Omaha 8 or Better Replay, First Hand to the Money Part 1
- 2 of 3
- PokerStars $200 Omaha 8 or Better Replay, First Hand to the Money Part 1
- 3 of 3

That is pretty much a normal week.

Cons:
1. Hard to navigate around. Needs a search engine because everything just lumped together. There really is no structure to the site.
2. The forum can be nice at times but they have a "ask the pros" section that can be answered by any member so many times you don't get a response from a pro in the "ask the pros" section.
3. The videos really are no different than on most sites. The VIRTUAL TRAINING is a little misleading. I may be wrong but I thought when they had the pros on tables and giving real time thought process as they played, it was unique. That's all but gone. They have done a few since the start up, but not many.
4. There are almost no live tournament or live cash vids since the original sign on. When you ask for live tournament or live cash vids, you're informed that there isn't much difference. I still think that's completely wrong and can quote Daniel on that also.
5. They had a really great way to re-create live tournament when they first started out. They had a great table with situations playing out and Daniel responded to how they should have played the hand. It was great Virtual Training.

Conclusion:

I am no longer a member, but I would say that PVT can help if you are a new live tournament player. If you need a step by step analysis of how to play poker, Daniel's beginner vids and SB then then the site can really help you out. I can't really comment on the on line vids because I play almost 100% in live tournaments only and the online videos were not helping my game a lot.

If you are signing up for PVT for the live tournament or cash aspect, I can't really say that you'll find a lot of content here. They are mainly an online poker training site with few pros that have much success in live tournament poker. I find that really funny because Daniel is number 2 in all time cashes so maybe he'll do some re-creations of some hands he's played in live tournaments or another live table vid like they did when the site first started up. I personally spent many hours watching the same videos over and over on Daniels SB approach and his beginner vids when I first started out and it helped my game tremendously. I believe that at present, if you decide to join, you could get all the information you need in the first three months, which is included in the startup.

Look at the Strat forum here for advice also. Members like BigDMcgee, Tehtoe, Highwaystar, Fluff, and many more will help you out a ton on your particular type of play. This forum is worth a lot more than you pay for it.... wait, I mean it's worth a fortune! JK Stay away from the General Forum unless you have thick skin.

Hope this update helps.

Good review - obviously unbiased. Question for you - have you been a member of any other similar sites (cardrunners and the like)? Can you make a comparison? I know a lot of guys swear by CR - but they were there before PVT existed so they can't really say which is "best" (though some they think they can).

One feature I love on PVT that you did not mention is the N-SPAT test. I have found it to be a great way to mark my progress and reveal where I am weak (maybe not in practice, but in knowledge). The test results are broken into categories to make this possible.

Also the "Know the Math" section section with long winded (but interesting) Prof. Charley Swayne is essential to take your game to the next level.

I have not found PVT to be hard to navigate at all (but does need a search engine). It could use more structure in the section authored by "Winning Online Pros", but as whole the site is pretty navigation friendly. This is the section that needs work - the rest of the site is very professional with high end videos making it very easy to digest. The Online Pros section is pretty much video screen captures of online play with narration and situations. Solid information, but difficult to watch as no professional video dynamics exist that helps the viewer stay tuned in. But these guys are poker pros who make videos. I'm probably more sensitive to it because I am a video pro who plays poker. Really though, what more could an online wannabe want than some pros to capture, comment and show the game they want to master.

As you mentioned, Daniels instruction is AWESOME and worth at least buying in for three months. After spending a day with him my game changed and I finally felt like I was in control while playing versus waiting to see what happens to figure out what I was going to do next. I am glad I spent the money to join.

I do wish that they would have the online instruction separate from the live instruction. At the moment, all the live re-creations that they pros have put up are under the "Online Pro" section. A search engine will be fantastic, if they ever get it up.

I have noticed that others are putting up the testing as well. Not sure, but I think that the WSOP Poker Academy has one and others are working on them as well. There will be a lot of sites in the future that use a lot of PVT's style. There will be those that will improve upon it and those that will slaughter it.

I checked out CR from friends and it's a good site also but not for my style and the games I play. I would recommend pokerxfactor.com and pokervt if you are playing a lot of MTT's. Check it out also. They have free vids to watch and such. An FCP member turned me onto it and it's a great site.

Like I said before, I will probably sign back up with PVT one day, if they get some more live pros doing vids. I will stick with the coach and FCP's strat forum for now. Maybe PVT will put more of the live table vids together. I just have to realize that there are a lot more online players than live tournament players so they have to cater to the masses before they can cater to us.

You put a lot of great advice up and I enjoyed your comments.

GL!