SmartHold Video Poker Trainer

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About this game

SmartHold teaches optimal video poker hold — for beginners starting from zero and advanced players closing the last gap to perfect play. Every hand comes with a plain-English reason and a mnemonic, so you learn to recognize the right hold instead of memorizing a table.

ONE TABLE, YOUR CHOICE OF STAKES

• PRACTICE — every hold is graded against exact computed strategy, with the EV difference and why the best play wins. Misses go straight into your review queue. Every game plays from one shared Practice bankroll: 200 free credits available every day, and anything you win or don't spend stays in it. Jacks or Better and Bonus Poker can also play with the wager off entirely; buying a paid game gives it that same unlimited mode.
• DAILY EV CHALLENGE — race through the same shared hands as everyone else for two minutes. See an instant verdict after every hold, compete by EV earned or EV given up, replay any run, and review your mistakes afterward. The timed run plays locally after its hands download, so network delays never steal time.
• REVIEW — spaced repetition resurfaces exactly the hands you got wrong, so you drill your weak spots instead of replaying hands you already know.
• ANALYZE — enter any five cards, see the best hold and why. Add it to review to drill later.

BUILT TO MAKE IT STICK

• A plain-English reason and memory hook for every best play, not just a verdict
• A review queue that schedules itself — box intervals grow as you get a hand right, reset when you miss it again
• A written strategy guide for every game
• Practice, Review, and Analyze work offline — hands are dealt and graded on your device
• Per-game leaderboards for perfect-hold streak, credits won, return, and accuracy cost
• Daily challenge leaderboards, complete timed replays, and mistakes-first review

TEN GAMES

• Jacks or Better
• Bonus Poker
• Bonus Deluxe
• Double Bonus
• Double Double Bonus
• Double Double Aces & Faces
• Triple Double Bonus
• Joker Poker
• Deuces Wild
• Deuces Wild Bonus Poker

Custom pay tables let you match strategy to the exact machine you play.

PLAY YOUR WAY

No account or connection is required for Practice, Review, Analyze, stats, or strategy guides — every hand is dealt and graded on your device, and your progress saves there. Optional free sign-in syncs stats, review queue, and settings across devices. Challenge preparation and results, sync, and leaderboards need a connection; the timed challenge itself plays locally after its hands download.

WHAT'S PAID

Every game is playable free in Practice, with the full trainer, analyzer, review deck, stats, and strategy guides. One Practice bankroll is shared by every game: 200 free credits are available every day, and anything you win or don't spend stays in it. A one-time game purchase lets you play that game without spending Practice credits, includes its custom pay table, and enters its Daily EV Challenge. Jacks or Better and Bonus Poker challenges are included with a permanent signed-in account. All-Access covers every game's unlimited mode, custom table, and challenge, and adds unlimited credit top-ups. Extra Practice credits are also available as an optional one-time refill. Review and the Analyzer never spend credits.

SmartHold is an educational training simulator for adults (18+), not a gambling app: no real-money wagering, and Practice credits have no real-world value and cannot be cashed out.

What’s new

New: the Daily EV Challenge—a two-minute race through shared hands with instant verdicts, best-score leaderboards, replays, and mistakes-first review. Also adds Double Double Aces & Faces, a tenth game; leaderboards for streak, credits, return, and accuracy cost; wagers from 5 to 1,000; and custom-table wager limits tied to published schedules. Plus deeper stats, the last ten analyzer hands, a new felt, and clearer lessons.