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Texas Hold 'em or Fold 'em - Poker Trainer

Texas Hold 'em or Fold 'em - Poker Trainer is an app meant to turn you into a professional Hold'em player! Unlike other poker training apps, this one will give you a large variety of hands and allow you to learn by trail-and-error instead of throwing blocks of text at you that only explain a small number of hands!
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This app is good for beginners and advanced players a like. New players can learn a wide variety of new strategies and advanced players can hone their skills by playing hands at a fast pace.

Users speed and correctness and tracked so they can see their progress first hand and those using the Game Center can compare their scores to others!

In addition to teaching you poker strategy, you can also play against AI who play with varying amount of skill to test everything you've learned. The hands can be played quickly and with adjustable speed so you aren't waiting around to play a hand.

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Beginner Modes
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Poker Terms: Poker terms allows beginners to learn poker terms and jargon so they know what is being said around them at the table. It is displayed like flash cards and allows users to remove terms they already know so they can focus on what they want to!

Hand Types: Hand Types teaches beginners what the different types of hands are in poker by showing them random hands and asking them to select what rank it is.

Memory: The Memory mode simulates a game of poker and asks the user to memorize both their hand and keep track of how much money is in the pot as each hand bets like they would have to when playing in a casino.

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Moderate Modes:
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Preflop Basics: Preflop Basics teaches the user to play a tight-aggressive strategy before the flop by showing random hole cards and asking the user if they should play or fold the hand based on the cards and current position of the player.

Preflop Odds: Preflop Odds teaches users what the odds two hole cards have to win by giving them a table of percentages. In addition, it allows the user to test their memory by showing a hand guess from the multiple choices.

Counting Outs: Counting Outs shows a random hand and table cards and asks the user to input the number of outs then tells them if they were correct. It also allows them to view all outs if they don't understand why the answer is what it is.

Nuts: The Nuts mode teaches players to recognize if they have a hand that's considered a "nut" or the best possible hand on the table. It will show randomly generated hands and track how often the user is correct.

Poker Math: Poker Math contains a wide variety of formulas associated with poker such as pot odds and expected values. It creates a random problem and asks the user to solve it so they can practice their mental math and make it a lot easier to do it under pressure at the table.

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Advanced Modes
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Ranging: Ranging helps users practice putting their opponents on a range. A random five table cards are displayed and the user is asked to pick what the possible hands an opponent could have.

Preflop Pot Odds: Preflop Pot Odds expands upon Preflop Odds taking the percentage to win and calculating the hand's odds ratio as well as calculating the pot odds ratio based on a given amount of money in the pot and the amount to call.

Disguised Hands: Disguised Hands teaches the user how concealed their hand is and thereby increase their implied odds. It also explains which hands are obvious to opponents. This will teach players to put themselves on a range to give them an advantage over their opponents.

Betting Strategy: Betting Strategy combines Poker Math and Counting Outs to teach the player how much they should bet depending on how many outs they have so they have a positive expected value.

Preflop Strategy: Preflop Strategy expands upon the basics by teaching the user what play they should make depending on what the action of the players before them.

Reviews

So-So
Transporter 1

When hand is over, the red fold is in the way of the persons hand making it difficult to determine the hand. Try putting the signs above or to the side of the hand. “Winner” is not always the correct winner! I’ll bet no one sees this!


Just ‘ok’
Skrappi69

Color scheme for buttons is hard to see. Game will occasionally error and beat a higher hand with a lower one. AI is predictable and not very challenging.


Glitches
reelmac

Shows wrong winner Freezes up and have to start over again


Ads
catforqueen

I understand the necessity of ads, but frequently they pop up and take you out of the app, causing the game to quit out and lose all progress. Mostly I enjoy the app and how it teaches skills, but the ads really make it difficult to tolerate.


Ads before even playing
Marshmellaw1982

Opened the app, clicked on the lesson type, BOOM ad, redirect to the App Store immediately before even playing. Deleted the app instantly and went through the hassle of resetting my Apple ID just to leave this review.


There's a good app in here...somewhere...
AllTh3N1cknamesRTaken

This is the germ of an idea for a decent app. Also, people who are completely clueless about Hold'em (I mean, can't-tell-a-straight-from-a-flush clueless) will find some value in the basic-level training. That's what's saving this app from a one-star rating. Now, the bad news: the explanations are convoluted, and the "poker math" is so complicated as to be ridiculous. Computing your hand odds is okay, but the math required to calculate pot odds is so complex that nobody could possibly do it at the poker table without a calculator. Provide some rules of thumb, not completely unusable algebraic equations! The AI in the poker simulation should stand for Absolutely Idiotic. And I mean players calling All-In bets with 2-3 unsuited when there's 10-10-J-J on the board idiotic. Add to that the fact that the game crashes on a regular basis, and you get me uninstalling as soon as this review is done!


I paid to remove ads, but ads still pop up
TrailingDots

$4.99 to remove ads and still they come. I even got an "ads removed" message - what is going on? Just started playing so I don't know how the rest of this app will fare.


Ads
!@#123$%^

Paid for ad removal,still there. Emailed developer, no response


Gem in the rough
Shakazuuluu

By rough - graphics The gem is in the knowledge and trainer/exercise functions. I think most will find it useful.


Pricy but worth it.
Cooron

Very easy to use and free if you don't mind adds. You pay a bit to unlock ad removal but you can mostly get by without it. I have not seen any app on the App Store that can give as many training tools in one package until I found this app. Very useful.


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