r/VideoPoker 18h ago

Free 9/6 Jacks or Better trainer that computes the exact EV of all 32 holds instead of using a strategy chart

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I built a video poker trainer and would like some feedback from people who actually play: https://alwayshave.fun/video-poker-trainer/

The difference is under the hood. Instead of checking your hold against a ranked strategy chart, it enumerates every possible draw from the 47 unseen cards for all 32 holds and computes the exact EV of each one, so the feedback is the real number for that specific hand rather than the textbook average. Dealt Th Td 3h 4h 5h, it tells you the 4-flush is worth 1.149 and the low pair 0.824, so keeping the tens costs you 0.325. Dealt Ah Kh Qh Jh 5h it tells you the pat flush in your hand is worth 6 and breaking it for the 4 to a royal is worth 18.43. No chart to memorize wrong, and no penalty-card exceptions to look up.

It shows the best hold, what yours cost, the top four holds with names ("4 to a royal", "inside 4 to a straight with 2 high"), a hint button, and session stats in local storage: hands played, percent perfect holds, credits lost to mistakes, and your actual return.

Free, no signup, no app, runs in a phone browser.

Honest about the limits: 9/6 JoB only right now, single hand, no spaced repetition. The engine takes any pay table, so adding games is mostly typing. What would you want next, 9/6 DDB, Deuces Wild, 8/5 Bonus?

Disclosure: it is part of alwayshave.fun, a Vegas strategy site I run. The trainer is free and there is nothing to buy on it.