Final tables are where tournaments are decided, yet most players still rely on guesswork under ICM pressure. Stack distributions change, incentives flip, and chip-EV ranges stop applying.

PeakGTO just released the most powerful ICM tools we’ve ever built: the ICM Trainer and ICM Library Mode.

Together, they let you study real mixed-stack scenarios and train every seat at the table, giving you the confidence to make the right decision when the stakes are highest. Below is an overview of the new ICM tools and a walkthrough of how each one helps you master the final-table strategy.

ICM Trainer: Build Real Final-Table Instincts Through Play

One of the most unique aspects of the new ICM Trainer is that it doesn’t just show you one seat or one scenario — it lets you play every position at the table, hand after hand, in a fluid training loop. If you select a five-handed configuration, for example, you will automatically rotate from hijack to cutoff to button to small blind to big blind, making decisions in each role as they appear.

This single design choice instantly changes the way players understand ICM. Instead of seeing isolated charts, you begin to feel how ranges and incentives shift from seat to seat.

A raise that’s mandatory in the hijack may be a clear fold on the button when a short stack lurks behind. A loose 3-bet in chip-EV becomes reckless when the medium stacks are at risk. A linear strategy in the early stages can become polarized or even jam-heavy under final-table pressure.

The trainer lets you choose between online (12.5% ante) and live (BBA) formats. It also offers both Easy Mode — which deals a full distribution of hands — and Hard Mode, which only serves up the toughest marginal spots. You can customize seats, hand clusters, stack depths, or train everything at once.

What makes the experience especially powerful is that you can instantly pull up:

Range Explorer for all seats
Risk premiums & bubble factors
EV in both percentage of prize pool and dollar value
Range frequencies vs combo frequencies
Undo options to explore alternative lines

This turns training into something much more productive than guessing and checking. You see the “why” behind each decision, and over time, your intuition becomes more confident, structured, and accurate.

ICM Library Mode: Explore Real-World Final-Table Strategy in Depth

While the ICM Trainer helps you experience ICM in motion, the new ICM Library Mode gives you the ability to slow down, explore, and analyze hundreds of realistic final-table scenarios. Unlike traditional chip-EV libraries, where all players have equal stacks, ICM mode automatically populates mixed-stack distributions that reflect actual tournament situations.

Instead of seeing a table of eight players with 50 big blinds each, you’ll see meaningful structures like:

8bb in the Lowjack
52bb in the Hijack
31bb in the Cutoff
90bb on the Button
27bb Small Blind
24bb Big Blind

These are the kinds of distributions that actually appear late in tournaments — and they fundamentally reshape opening ranges, calling thresholds, 3-bet strategies, and jam frequencies.

Table Mode makes it easy to visualize the position of every stack, and clicking any seat instantly reveals that player’s ICM-adjusted strategy. Chip leaders play aggressively, medium stacks tighten dramatically, and short stacks are forced to take high-leverage risks. Seeing these patterns side-by-side helps players understand not just what the solver does, but why the decisions make sense within the payout structure.

One of the most powerful additions is the EV Comparison Tool, which shows how much value each action gains or loses relative to the prize pool. This makes it far easier to identify which hands are critical to execute correctly and which are low-EV candidates where exploitative deviations might be reasonable.

The library also includes bubble factors, risk premiums, tournament equity (TE) outputs, and side-by-side range contrasts — creating a complete study environment for final-table situations.

Why This Matters

ICM mistakes are some of the most expensive errors a tournament player can make. A single misplayed borderline hand can cost thousands of dollars in poker EV.

But learning real ICM has always been difficult because:

Final tables involve unique and constantly shifting stack distributions
Risk premiums vary wildly from seat to seat
Calling ranges collapse under pressure
Chip-EV strategies simply don’t apply
Most software hasn’t made ICM exploration easy

PeakGTO’s new updates fix all of this.

The ICM Trainer lets you experience final-table pressure and learn through repetition and feedback.
The ICM Library Mode lets you study those same scenarios in depth, exploring every range and EV difference with clarity.

Together, they form the most complete and user-friendly ICM study suite ever created on PeakGTO.

If you’ve ever wanted to understand final tables the way professionals do, these new tools will change the way you think about tournament poker.