Frequently Asked Questions

Cash-game players who want to get better between sessions: a warm-up before you play, a review after, or reps on a night off. It fits players who know the basics and want to learn how to adjust to the people at their table.

Every hand you play is saved and tracked: VPIP, PFR, aggression by street, results, and the leaks that show up in your own play. The longer you use it, the more it shows you about your game.

A small team of cash-game players who spent their careers building models in quantitative finance and software.

We build all six opponent types by hand. Five come from published research on how real players play and our own analysis of real hands. The sixth, the GTO opponent, is modeled on solver play. Each has its own ranges and its own rules for calling, raising, folding and bluffing by position, street and bet size. Then we play 20,000 hands with it and publish the stats it produces.

Every decision an opponent makes follows those rules, so when one check-raises you, there is a pattern behind it you can learn. Anything the app tells you about a hand comes from those tendencies and your own play.

Every Arena hand is heads-up at a six-seat table: one opponent plays you and the rest fold before the flop, so there are no multiway pots. In the campaign that opponent is usually the level's own, sometimes another player type from the room, and both of you are dealt hands worth playing.

How the Arena deals

Our opponents play like the player types you meet at real tables, with the same leaks and patterns. Spotting and punishing those patterns here is the same skill you use against real players.

Every hand is saved. In replay you can take over at any decision and play a different line against the same opponent on the same cards, so you see what the other choice would have done.

Early access opens October 9, 2026. It is free during early access, with no credit card required. Public launch is planned for October 22, 2026; pricing after early access will be announced separately.

Early access includes everything: every opponent type, unlimited Arena runs, replay with take-over, and the Hand Lab.

No. Poker Shark is a study tool for between sessions: you play, review, and drill here so the adjustments are automatic when you sit down for real. Nothing in it is designed for real-time assistance during a live or online game.

Using any tool for live assistance breaks the rules wherever you play, and we want no part of that. Train here, then go play on your own.

There are no coach tools yet: no student list, no assigning work, and no way to see a student's hands unless they share them.

During early access, students can send you a link to any hand and you can watch the replay without an account. You can use screenshots and replays in your own content, including paid courses, with credit to Poker Shark. If you coach a group, email contact@pokrshark.com and tell us what you need.

Poker Shark runs in the browser, so there's nothing to install, and there's no native iOS or Android app yet. The game works in a mobile browser, but it's built desktop-first: the table, replay, and analytics screens are all better on a bigger display.

Most players study at a desk and use their phone for casual reps. If mobile-first study is non-negotiable for you, that's a real limit today.