Free Poker Trainer: Drill Real Decisions, No Paywall
A good free poker trainer puts you in a real spot (open, call, raise or fold), makes you commit to an answer, then explains why one line is better. Poker Puzzle Trainer has 647 graded spots across 8 chapters and 3 difficulty levels, from preflop to the river, in 6‑max cash games and heads-up. There is no daily hand limit, no sign-up and no money involved, so you can play your first spot right here.
Try a spot now
It folds to you on the button in a 6‑max game, 100 big blinds deep. You hold A♠5♠. What is your play?
See the answer
The expected answer is a 2.2 big blind open. Suited A5 plays well after the flop (flushes, wheel straights), and the ace makes it less likely that the blinds hold a premium hand. You face this kind of decision dozens of times per session, and fixing it off the table is cheaper than paying for it at the table.
What "free" usually means, and what it means here
Most trainers that rank for this search are free to download, then cap you. Typical free tiers are a few hands per day or a single street, with everything else behind a subscription.
| Typical "free" trainer app | Poker Puzzle Trainer | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily limit | a few hands per day | none |
| Streets covered for free | often one or two streets | preflop, flop, turn, river |
| Account required | usually | no |
| Platform | iOS or Android app | any browser, offline-ready |
| Price of the full corpus | subscription | free |
What is inside
- 8 progressive chapters: preflop foundations, flop c‑bets, turn pressure, river discipline, then heads-up and advanced 6‑max. Every chapter is open from the start.
- Heads-up and 6‑max: two chapters for each format (5–6 heads-up, 7–8 6‑max), so you drill the one you actually play.
- 5 opponent profiles: the best answer changes against a tight regular or a calling station. Each spot scores both the baseline answer and the exploitative one.
- Spaced repetition: missed spots come back later until they stick.
- Daily spot: the same situation for everyone each day, with a leaderboard.
A 20-minute daily routine
- Start with chapter 1, then move to the next chapter once you get almost everything right.
- Play one 10-spot run per day, staying in the same chapter until you clear it.
- Read every explanation, especially when you were right for the wrong reason.
- Let the review queue work: replay the spots that come back without looking up the answer.
- Switch opponent profile once a chapter is cleared, to feel when to deviate from the default line.
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The common mistake: counting hands instead of decisions
Grinding 500 free hands feels like work, but most of those hands are automatic preflop folds. What improves your game is the number of hard decisions you make and get corrected on. Ten well-reviewed spots beat an evening of freerolls.
Keep going
- New to the game? Start with how to practice poker without money and the starting hands chart.
- Check your level with the poker quiz.
- Mostly online 6‑max? Move on to the 6‑max cash game trainer.
- Tournament player? See the MTT poker trainer.
- The math behind every answer: pot odds.
- New to poker? The path to learn poker free.
- Where to start in the trainer: the poker skill test.
- Choosing an app: how to choose a poker training app.
- Before real money: poker bankroll management.
- Three hands to solve as a taste: poker puzzles.
- How it compares: the best free poker trainers.
- Without a subscription: the free GTO Wizard alternatives.
Sources
- Poker Puzzle Trainer corpus: 647 spots, 8 chapters (app data as of October 10, 2026).
- Free-tier limits of other apps: their App Store listings as of October 2026 (for example GTO Poker Trainer: Postflop).
- Answers are written by the app's author; they are not solver outputs.