Master the mathematics of poker
Learn poker from the first deal: Foundations, a free course from the rules of Hold'em to a first strategy (hand rankings, odds, position, betting and play after the flop), then a course in the mathematics of poker built on the ideas of The Mathematics of Poker by Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankenman: expected value, variance, hand reading, game theory, bet sizing, bankroll risk and tournaments. Learn each idea, practice it until it is automatic, then prove it at a practice table.
Poker Math Coach is an educational web app. It uses play money only: there is no real-money gambling, no deposits, no prizes and no links to poker or betting sites. It is meant for adults, 18 and older.
Foundations: 39 free lessons in eight modules
How a hand of Hold'em works
Hand rankings
Counting cards and odds
Position and starting hands
Betting with a purpose
After the flop
The player's toolkit
Foundations capstone
The Mathematics of Poker: 25 lessons in five parts
Basics
Exploitive play
Optimal play
- Facing the nemesis: game theory
- Half-street games and the bluffing ratio
- Heads-up with high blinds: jam or fold
- Poker made simple: the AKQ game
- You don't have to guess: no-limit bet sizing
- Full-street games: when the opponent can bet too
- The [0,1] game: continuous hands
- The road to poker: several streets
- Drawing out: hands that change
- A case study: game theory at the table
Risk
Tournaments and more
Read the lessons · Glossary of poker terms
Practice and tools
Guess the Equity, a daily poker odds game · Poker math: formulas, odds and free calculators · Pot odds calculator · Poker outs calculator: the rule of 2 and 4 · Poker EV calculator: expected value of a call, bet or bluff · Poker equity calculator: hand vs hand odds · Preflop odds chart: all 169 starting hands · Push/fold chart: heads-up Nash shove and call ranges · ICM calculator: tournament prize equity from chip stacks
- Drills for pot odds, implied odds, outs, hand combinations, preflop matchups, all-ins on the flop and turn, and calling a shove. Every answer is worked out step by step.
- Equity lab: the odds for any hands and board, the outs on the next card and how each card moves your equity.
- Review: spaced repetition brings back the spots you missed and shows whether your estimates run high or low.
- Practice table: games with play chips against bots or friends, where a coach grades each decision by its expected value.
- My hands: paste a hand history and see each decision graded.
- Mind: short breathing sessions for focus before you play or study.
Plans and prices
Learn the fundamentals free. Pro adds the advanced course and tools for your own game, and removes ads; coaches and creators get the group tools free in the partner program. Prices in US dollars; lower prices apply in many countries and the checkout adds any taxes due where you live. Subscriptions renew until cancelled, and any payment is refunded in full within 14 days (refund policy).
Free
$0
- All of Foundations: 39 lessons from the rules to a first strategy, with the exam and its certificate
- Parts 1 and 2 of The Mathematics of Poker (9 lessons) and the first lesson of Parts 3 to 5, with their tools and checks
- Every drill at Easy and Standard (40 answers a day), the daily spot and spaced review
- A quick seat at a coached bot table (30 hands a day) and tables with up to 3 friends
- 5 lesson practice questions a day
- The lofi radio and the Mind sounds for focus
- The equity lab for hand vs hand or range
- Your last 20 mistakes and 7 days of sessions in Review
- 5 hands a day in My hands
Pro
$12.99 a month, $79.99 a year (7-day free trial; $54.99 a year until 31 January 2027) or $249 once for life
- The advanced course: the rest of Parts 3 to 5, from game theory and bet sizing to risk of ruin and tournaments
- The full table lobby: bot styles, tuning, saved and adapting bots, quiz and exam modes, coach timing
- Range vs range, the 169 grid, the range on the board and the next card in the lab
- All of Review: leaks by position, opponents and style, your whole history, "Train what cost me most"
- Unlimited practice: drills, table hands and lesson questions with no daily cap
- Hard and Expert drills, the timer, unlimited saved sets, the Toy games drill
- Unlimited hands in My hands, saved to Review, imported from files, with leak patterns
- Every lofi style and every Mind sound
- Weekly progress email, CSV export, premium 3D themes, no ads
Partner program, for coaches and creators
Free to join: the group tools from day one, 50% of the net on every payment in a subscriber's first 12 months (lifetime purchases included), and free Pro while at least one subscriber you brought is paying. Shares are held 30 days and paid monthly from US$50 (become a partner)
- A group of up to 10 students who join with a code (free for them)
- Assign lessons and drill sets, with a note
- Each student's week: answers, accuracy, blinds lost, lessons passed
- Your own link, pokermathcoach.com/p/CODE, for your audience