Turn video poker into a game of skill.
Counter.Software grades every hand you play against the exact optimal strategy, to the coin, across eleven video poker variants, so the math finally works for you, not the house.
Runs in your browser · Nothing to install · Every hand solved exactly, never estimated
Also on Android
Two separate purchases. The Android app is bought on Google Play, this trainer is bought here, and neither unlocks the other.
The Android app has no camera reader: you enter a machine’s pay table by hand.
All eleven variants, included
- Jacks or Better
- Bonus Poker
- Bonus Poker Deluxe
- Double Bonus
- Double Double Bonus
- Triple Double Bonus
- Deuces Wild
- Bonus Deuces Wild
- Joker Poker (Kings+)
- Joker Poker (2 Pair+)
- All American
How it teaches you
Three steps to perfect play.
Play a hand
Deal, choose your holds, and draw, on any variant and pay table, exactly like the machine on the floor.
See the exact verdict
Instant grading with plain-English reasoning: what the best hold was, why, and precisely how much your play cost.
See what it is costing you
Your mistakes are logged and ranked by the coins they cost, so you know which leak to fix first instead of guessing.
Know before you sit down
Full pay is rarely advertised. Spotting it is on you.
Two machines can sit side by side, look identical, and pay out completely differently. The only thing separating a full-pay game from a short-pay one is the pay table printed on the glass, and the floor almost never flags which is which. Reading it yourself is the most valuable skill in the room.
The trainer familiarizes you with real full-pay tables until you know them on sight, and its built-in pay-table analyzer computes the exact return and house edge of any machine you enter. Confirm a game is full pay before you ever put a dollar in.
Under the right conditions, video poker turns profitable
Full-pay tables, promotions and cashback can push a game past a 100% return. The Pay Table Lab computes any table’s exact return, shows what each pay line is worth, and solves the jackpot a progressive needs to clear 100%. On 9/6 Jacks or Better, that is a 4,880-coin royal.
The comp angle
Build real comp value, for pennies on the dollar.
Casinos rate you on your total number of bets and how much each bet costs. Winning or losing has nothing to do with earning a free suite at your local casino. On a full-pay Jacks or Better game, perfect play can cost as little as 46¢ per $100 of bets, or coin-in.
Meanwhile the points, free play, meals and room offers keep accruing on every dollar wagered. The richest club the trainer models pays about 0.15% of coin-in, so on full-pay Jacks or Better, comps cover roughly a third of that theoretical cost.
On 100%+ full-pay tables like Full-Pay Deuces Wild, flawless play is a long-run edge before a single comp is counted. The trainer is how you get there.
Illustrative only. Comp rates, pay tables and offers vary by property and player. Not financial or gambling advice; short-term results swing widely. Play within your means. 21+.
The toolkit
Everything you need to master optimal play.
Exact-EV coaching
Every hand graded to the coin against true optimal play. No Monte Carlo, no approximations: the full draw is enumerated, and each table’s swing is reported, not just its return.
11 game variants
Jacks or Better through Deuces Wild, the Bonus family, Joker Poker and All American, each with multiple real pay tables.
Deals that teach
Choose how hard the deals run, from casino-random up to brutal, so you meet the close, tricky spots far more often than luck would give you.
Hand analyzer
Punch in any five cards and see all 32 holds ranked by expected value, with the full final-hand probability breakdown.
Pay table lab
Enter the payouts on the machine in front of you, or point your camera at the glass. Get the exact return, the correct strategy, and the jackpot it would take to clear 100%.
Leak tracking
Your biggest strategy leaks, grouped by type and ranked by total EV lost, so you know exactly what to fix next.
A rack to fill
Twenty tokens across six chip tiers, ivory up to gold, each one a question asked of your own record: hands played, streaks held, accuracy.
Your record follows you
Progress lives on your Counter.Software account, not in one browser: hands, lifetime totals, custom pay tables and tokens, on any machine.
English and 日本語
Every screen, every verdict and every strategy note reads in either language, down to the reason a hold was wrong.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Can I train the exact machine I’m looking at?
Yes. Enter its pay table in the lab or analyzer, or photograph the glass and let the reader fill in the lines it recognises. The trainer solves that exact table: all 2,598,960 deals, or 2,869,685 in a joker game, in a second or two.
Is this gambling?
No. It’s a trainer: no real money, no wagering, nothing to deposit. It helps you recognize situations and make the correct decision each time without hesitation.
How is expected value calculated?
By exact enumeration of every possible draw for all 32 holds, never simulation. Returns are verified against published full-pay figures.
Does perfect play guarantee I’ll win?
No. Optimal play minimizes the house edge; short-term results still vary widely, and volume is what turns a mathematical edge into a real one. A few full-pay tables exceed 100% long-run with flawless play. Most do not.
Pricing · one price, everything unlocked
Stop guessing. Start playing the math.
The trainer grades your first hand in seconds, exactly, in your browser. Launching soon. A single one-time payment, no subscription.
*100%+ long-run return applies only to specific full-pay tables with flawless play. A training tool, not a gambling product: no real money or wagering. Nothing here is financial or gambling advice; real-world outcomes vary and gambling can lose money. Please play responsibly.