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Texas Hold'em trainer for Android and iPhone
PowerFold Theory

Learn Hold'em.
Or sharpen the
game you have.

Train Your Instinct. Own Your Edge.

One decision at a time, in plain English. Most players judge their poker by whether the hand won.
PowerFold hides the outcome, so you learn the right decision, not the lucky one.

▶  Download Free, Android ◌  iOS Coming Soon

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♠ Ten Lessons, Plain English
♦ Practice Hands, Outcome Hidden
♥ Ask Ace, AI Poker Coach
♣ Lessons Work Offline
♠ Free Plan, for Good

A good fold that would have hit the river is still a good fold. A bad call that got lucky is still a bad call.

The PowerFold Principle
10plain-English lessons, from your first hand to outs and odds
1decision at a time, then the better play and why
Acethe AI coach who answers any poker question, any time
$0free plan, for good: 2 lessons, 5 hands and 1 Ace question a day

The hand you won
taught you the wrong lesson.

Most people learn poker by playing it, and the table is a bad teacher. A bad call that gets lucky feels like a good call. A good fold never shows you the river. Nobody at the game tells you which decisions were right.

PowerFold Theory does. Ten short lessons teach the fundamentals in plain English. The Table deals you a real spot, you choose fold, call or raise, and it tells you the better play and why. And Ace, the coach, answers any poker question as many times as you need.

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Ten lessons, a table that deals real spots, and a coach who never gets tired of the question. All of it in plain English.

The Table: a hand in progress, your two cards, and the Fold, Call and Raise buttons
The Table

Your cards, your seat, the pot, the board. Choose fold, call or raise, then see the better play and why. Whether you would have won stays hidden, on purpose, so you train the decision instead of chasing the lucky one.

Ask Ace: a question about pot odds and Ace's plain-English answer
Ask Ace

Your AI poker coach, a patient mentor in a cowboy hat. Pot odds, position, why that fold was right, what a check-raise means. Ask in plain English and get a plain answer, any time of day.

A lesson's chalkboard: Module 3, Position Play, with its sections and how long each takes
Ten Lessons

Welcome to the Table, Hand Rankings, Position Play, Starting Hands, Betting Basics, Reading the Board, Player Types, Bankroll Management, Live Play, and Outs and Odds. Short, plain, with a checkpoint at the end of each.

The verdict card after a practice hand: Ace confirms the raise was the right call and explains why
The Verdict

Ace's read on every decision: right call or not, the better play, why, and the lesson that fixes a miss. Ten hands make a session, with a streak and four levels that deal harder spots as your accuracy climbs. Town shows how many lessons you have finished.

The Hand Rankings sheet: every hand from Royal Flush down, with the odds of each
Quick Reference

A hand rankings sheet with the odds of each, a poker dictionary, an etiquette guide for home games, casinos and online, and the Posse, a guide to the player types you will meet.

Town, the app's home screen, scrolled to the ten lessons in order
Lessons Go Anywhere

The lessons live on your phone. Read them on the couch, in the waiting room or at a table with no signal. Practice hands and Ask Ace need a connection.

Miss a hand, and the lesson is one tap away.
Finish a lesson, and so is The Table.

When the verdict catches a miss, it names the lesson behind it and opens it with one tap. Every lesson ends with Practice this at The Table, which deals that lesson's spots, and when you are done, The Table takes you back to the lesson. Nothing in the app is a dead end.

The verdict after a miss, with its Brush up button naming the lesson that fixes it
A miss points you to its lesson
The end of a lesson, with the Practice this at The Table button
A lesson deals its own spots at The Table

From your first hand
to a steady game in 4 steps

Download, Start on the Free Plan

No credit card, no clock. Lessons 1 and 2, five practice hands a day and one Ask Ace question a day are free for good. The first screen asks whether you are new to poker or know the basics, and takes you to Lesson 1 or straight to The Table.

Learn the Fundamentals

Ten short lessons in plain English, from how the table works to outs and odds. Read them anywhere, signal or not, check what stuck at the end of each, and tap Practice this at The Table to deal that lesson's spots.

Sit Down at The Table

A real spot: your cards, your seat, the pot, the board. Fold, call or raise, then Ace tells you the better play and why. It never shows whether you would have won, on purpose. Every miss points to the lesson that fixes it.

Ask Ace Anything

Stuck on pot odds, or on why that fold was right? Ask in plain English, as many times as you need. Ace never gets tired of the question.

Ace, the PowerFold coach, holding up the ace of spades at the table

"Train your instinct. Own your edge."
Every hand at The Table is a decision you make and a reason you keep. Sit down at your next home game with decisions you have already practiced.

I'm not a coach who read a book. I've placed in real tournaments, and I've bled those same tournaments away making decisions on pure emotion. PowerFold Theory is the trainer I built to fix my own game, and now it's yours.

Anne, founder

Less than one bad call per month.

Free plan
$0
for good · no card needed
  • Five practice hands a day
  • Lessons 1 and 2
  • One Ask Ace question a day
  • Progress tracking
  • No credit card required
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iOS Version Coming Soon

Available now on Android. Drop your email, be first to know when PowerFold hits the App Store.

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Questions people ask

Straight answers, no fine print.

Is PowerFold Theory free?

Yes, for good. Lessons 1 and 2, five practice hands a day and one Ask Ace question a day are free, with no card and no clock. Premium opens everything for $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year, and you can cancel any time in Google Play.

Do I need to know poker already?

No. Lesson 1 starts with how the table works and the words you will hear. If you already play, skip to The Table and let the feedback find your leaks.

Is this gambling?

No. There is no real money, no betting against other people and no ads. PowerFold Theory is a trainer: one decision at a time, then honest feedback on the better play and why.

Why does it hide whether I would have won?

Because results lie. A good fold that would have hit the river is still a good fold, and a bad call that got lucky is still a bad call. Hiding the outcome keeps you judging the decision, which is the only thing you control.

Who is Ace?

Ace is the app's AI poker coach, a patient mentor in a cowboy hat, built on Anthropic's Claude. Ask him anything about poker, as many times as you need. Your questions are not stored.

Does it work offline?

The lessons live on your phone and work without a signal. Practice hands and Ask Ace need a connection.

Is there an iPhone version?

Not yet. PowerFold Theory is on Android today. Join the waitlist below and you will get one email when it reaches the App Store.

Who makes PowerFold Theory?

Anne Wilson, founder of Anne Another Thing LLC in Surprise, Arizona. She built it to fix her own game. Support is anne@hive-rise.com.