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Strategy guides, poker concepts explained, and product updates.
We priced nine common preflop habits against the six-max solution Poker Sense trains on, in big blinds per 100 hands. Playing any two suited cards costs the most over a night. The two habits about facing a 3-bet cost the most each time they come up.
Read the postIllustration of the scale Poker Sense grades every decision on: six grades from best to worst, each shown as a coloured badge.
Limping is the most common move at a home game and one of the most expensive. Why calling the big blind first in loses money, and what to do when other players have limped in front of you: fold, call or raise.
GTO is the strategy nobody can beat. Exploitative play is the strategy that takes the most from one particular player. What each one is, what an exploit is worth in dollars, and when to leave the baseline at your home game.
Equity is your share of the pot if every card gets dealt. What it is, the matchups worth knowing, how to measure it against a range, and why a hand with 45% equity rarely wins 45% of the pot.
Six months after our first comparison, prices moved, AI explanations spread, and we shipped a lot. An updated look at GTO Wizard, the phone apps, Lucid Poker, GTO Gecko, and Poker Sense.
Stakes, buy-ins, chips, an end time and the five house rules that end arguments before they start -- a practical guide to hosting a poker night people come back to.
Why poker training is built on six-handed tables with 100 big blind stacks, where the standard stops, and how to use it at a seven-, eight- or nine-handed home game.
Tilt, ego, and losing nights cost home-game players more than bad strategy does. A concrete guide to the mental game, with circuit-breakers that work.
Learn to read the 13x13 poker hand matrix: pairs on the diagonal, suited above, offsuit below, and what the colors, combo counts, and percentages really mean.
How much cash to bring, when a rebuy is smart, and why a ten buy-in poker fund protects your decisions -- practical bankroll management for home games.
GREAT through BLUNDER: how Poker Sense grades poker decisions by solver frequency instead of EV loss, and what a genuinely close spot really means.
The check-raise is poker's most feared move, and most home games barely use it. Learn when to raise for value, when to semi-bluff, and which flops to attack.
The same flop plays completely differently in a single-raised, 3-bet, 4-bet, or limped pot. Learn how preflop action sets ranges, SPR, and your plan.
Every river bet is either a value bet or a bluff. Learn how to sort your hand, bet for value, bluff believably, and call at the right price in your home game.
Poker solvers explained in plain English: what they compute, how they grind to equilibrium, and why studying their output beats running one yourself.
What each bet size is actually for, the logic behind the solver's one-third, two-thirds, and overbet sizings, and why going huge backfires at home games.
A week-by-week plan for a new player: what to study, how to measure progress, and when to level up. The bridge from curious to capable.
The evolution from books to solvers to AI coaching. Why the ability to ask 'why?' changes how people learn poker.
A deep dive into board texture and how it determines your entire post-flop strategy, building on the basics of reading the flop.
3-betting isn't just for aces. When to 3-bet for value, when to 3-bet as a bluff, and what GTO recommends for home game players.
Pot odds without algebra. Practical shortcuts for deciding whether to call a bet with a flush draw or a straight draw.
What 'range' means, why thinking in ranges is the single biggest leap in poker thinking, and how to estimate opponent ranges at the table.
Letting go of top pair or an overpair on a scary board is the discipline that separates good players from everyone else. Here's how to do it.
The mathematical difference between suited and offsuit hands, why AKs and AKo play so differently, and how suitedness changes playability.
The continuation bet is the most common play in post-flop poker. Here's when to fire, when to check back, and how to pick the right size.
The six most common leaks in casual poker games -- and practical fixes you can apply at your next Friday night session.
The blinds are the hardest seats at the poker table -- and the biggest leak in most home games. Here's how to defend smarter and stop giving away chips.
EV is how solvers figure out the optimal action -- and how training tools grade your decisions. Here's what it means and why you don't need to calculate it.
Learn why where you sit matters more than what you hold. Position explained for home game players -- what it is, why it's powerful, and how to use it.
Learn what flop texture means in poker, why it matters, and how to quickly read any board. Dry vs wet boards explained with real examples for home game players.
An honest comparison of poker training apps in 2026 -- GTO Wizard, PioSOLVER, and Poker Sense. Who each tool is built for and what it costs.
Most poker players study wrong -- watching videos passively or cramming charts. Here is how to build a focused training routine that actually improves your game.
GTO often says bet 60% and check 40% with the same hand. Learn what mixed strategies mean, why they exist, and what to actually do at the table.
Preflop decisions shape everything that follows. Learn why hand selection and position are the highest-ROI skills for home game players.
GTO poker explained in plain English. Learn what game theory optimal means, why it matters for your home game, and how to start thinking in GTO terms without a math degree.
Pot odds count the chips in the pot now. Implied odds count the chips you win later, if your draw hits. How to work out how much later money a call needs, why the chips your opponent has left set the limit, and how to tell a home game that pays you more than a solver expects from one that pays you less.