Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Challenge your MTT game like Sam Phillips

Our coach returns with a win in a $320 Six Max tournament, in which he explains why it is important to challenge yourself in tougher games.

Sam Phillips
  • Game Type:
  • MTT
  • Coach:
  • Sam Phillips
  • Status:
  • Platinum
  • Duration:
  • 47 minutes

Our MTT specialist Sam 'SPhillips22' Phillips returns with a new high stakes MTT video. This is part one of a review of a $320 Six Max tournament he won for $6,123.

This is one of the toughest regular tournaments online - a small tough field, big buy-in and low ROI. So why would Sam want to play it in the first place? 

As he explains at the start, Sam thinks it is vital for MTT players to challenge themselves in tougher games and he details why this is so important. This attitude is what helped him win seven-figures in an EPT last year, so it is advice worth following.

Sam Phillips

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.