Poker Trainer
Texas Hold'em, one short lesson at a time.
Poker Trainer teaches No Limit Texas Hold'em in lessons of three to five minutes, from hand rankings to push or fold in tournaments. Each exercise is one decision, followed by a short explanation with the cards that matter lit up. The 58 lessons in 13 phases are bundled in the app, work offline and come in English and Portuguese. There is no real money and chips are never sold. Every lesson is free, there are no ads, and one optional purchase removes the wait for lives.
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What it does
Simple premise. Real value.
13 phases
58 lessons from the Kitchen Table to the Final Table. Each phase ends with a challenge that mixes everything it taught.
Real decisions
Act at the table, name the hand, pick the winner at showdown, complete a hand, count outs, or answer a quick question.
Why, after every answer
A short explanation with the cards that decide it lit up. A wrong answer comes back at the end of the lesson, and the summary points out the mistakes you repeat.
Streak, XP, lives and chips
A daily habit, like a language app. Lives refill over time or with chips earned in lessons. Chips are never sold and there is no real money.
Practice and hand rankings
Free practice on any lesson already unlocked, without spending lives, and a hand rankings sheet with how often each hand comes up in seven cards.
The story behind it
The Problem
Poker study material is long, dense and far from the table. A beginner who knows some rules and plays by feel tends to give up before the concepts stick.
What I Built
A Flutter app shaped like a language app: short lessons, one decision per exercise, a path of phases that unlock in order. The content is bundled JSON in English and Portuguese, progress stays on the phone, and the only network use is Firebase Analytics, a Google Play Games leaderboard and the purchase, none of which blocks the app.
What I Learned
Authored answers cannot be trusted. A Node validator with its own hand evaluator scores every hand-based answer and checks that both languages match exercise by exercise, and a Dart port of it decides which cards light up after an answer. Keeping chips off sale was deliberate: chips sold for money in a poker app read as simulated gambling.
Texas Hold'em, one short lesson at a time.
No Limit Hold'em lessons for beginners: 58 lessons in 13 phases, over 400 exercises and an explanation after every answer. No real money.
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