Basic
Default71of 169 starting hands bet 4×
The widest chart, close to the widely published UTH basic strategy. Bets 1× on the river with up to 21 dealer outs.
Hold'em CoachUltimate Texas Hold'em Coach · Suena InteractiveUltimate Texas Hold'em trainer with a live coach
Play full UTH hands against the dealer while a coach shows the right call on every street, with a one-line reason. Then read the debrief, check your stats and learn where you drift from the chart.
Version 1.6.3 · Profile, table & Settings polishiPhone with iOS 17+ · Android 8.0+ · Free with optional Coach+
Virtual chips only. No real-money gambling and no prizes of real-world value. 18+.
- 10Coach Academy lessons
- 3coaching profiles
- 3casinos, from $5 antes to $500K
- 11Game Center achievements on iPhone
- 5Kpractice chips to start
Learn it. Practice it. Own it.
- 01
Learn the strategy
Free guides explain every Ultimate Texas Hold'em decision in plain English, with a chart for all 169 starting hands.
Read the strategy guide - 02
Pick your coach
Basic, Balanced or Disciplined: three coaching styles that don't always agree. Deal a hand and see each one's call.
Compare the three profiles - 03
Play with a coach
The coach advises you on every street, then debriefs the hand so you see exactly where you drifted.
See the live coach
01 · Live coach
A live coach on every street
Before you act, the coach's call appears above the felt with a one-line reason. You still press the button, so follow it or play your own line and compare later.
Preflop
Bet 4×Check
"Any ace — bet 4×"
Flop
Bet 2×Check
"Flush draw — bet 2×"
Turn + river
Bet 1×Fold
"Only 7 outs — bet 1×"
You can place a 3× preflop bet, but the coach only ever recommends 4× or Check. The coach stays on for your first 50 hands; after that you can switch it off. New to the rules? Read the Ultimate Texas Hold'em strategy guide.
02 · Three coaches
Pick the coach that fits how you play
Same game, same bet sizes. The three profiles differ in how often they press. Basic is the default, none of them costs extra, and you can switch between hands.
Balanced
Middle ground24of 169 starting hands bet 4×
Pairs of fours and up, big aces, KJ+ and QJ suited. No flop draw raises. River line at 19 outs.
Disciplined
Tightest9of 169 starting hands bet 4×
Only pocket sixes or better bet 4×. Stricter river folds, with the line at 17 outs.
Same hand, three answers. King-nine offsuit is a 4× bet for Basic and a check for the other two.
Basic Bet 4×Balanced CheckDisciplined Check
Balanced and Disciplined aren't "more optimal". They give up a little expected value for smaller swings, which makes them good for steady practice.
03 · Review
Debrief every hand. Find the pattern. Ask why.
Playing builds habits. Reviewing is how you catch the bad ones.
Coach Debrief
After every hand, the coach's line next to yours, street by street, with the chip difference and a one-line lesson such as "coach was right" or "bold line paid off".
Coach Report
Coach Alignment shows how often you follow the coach and how you do when you don't. Deviation Hotspot names the street you drift on, and "Do this next" tells you what to work on.
Ask Coach
Ask about the hand you just played: "What were the dealer outs?" 10 messages a day. Powered by Google Gemini, which receives the hand's details and your leaderboard nickname (what's sent).
04 · Daily Stars
Something to play for, without real money
Stars reward discipline, not luck. You earn 1 ★ for every hand where you follow the coach on every decision, plus a bonus when you also win with a straight or better.
- +1 ★Straight or flush
- +2 ★Full house
- +3 ★Four of a kind
- +5 ★Straight flush
- +10 ★Royal flush
Daily, Weekly and Lifetime boards. The Daily board resets at 08:00 UTC, and the top three can claim practice chips: 15,000, 10,000 and 5,000. You get a fun nickname and avatar automatically; your country flag comes from your store country and can be changed or hidden. Tap any row to open that player's profile card. Lifetime ★ unlock ten prestige shields on your own profile — see thelifetime badges guide or the release notes (also in Settings → About → Changelog).
Ten lifetime ★ badges — prestige, not chips
Separate from Game Center: shields from Fortuna to Ra, earned only from lifetime Daily Stars. Your highest badge shows on leaderboard rows and your profile; the full ladder lives under Edit Profile → Badges.
Fortuna50 lifetime ★
Janus500 lifetime ★
Hermes2,500 lifetime ★
Tyche5,000 lifetime ★
Apollo10,000 lifetime ★
Athena25,000 lifetime ★
Poseidon50,000 lifetime ★
Zeus100,000 lifetime ★
Odin500,000 lifetime ★
Ra1,000,000 lifetime ★
11 Game Center achievements on iPhone, each worth practice chips
Five of them can be earned again and again. Game Center also keeps Lifetime Hands and Biggest Hand Win leaderboards.
First FivePlay 5 hands+1,000 chips 
House Hopper5 hands at each casino+5,000 chips 
ValedictorianFinish every Academy lesson+5,000 chips 
Fifty Strong50 hands (unlocks coach-off)+2,500 chips 
Five HundredPlay 500 hands+10,000 chips 
High VolumePlay 5,000 hands+50,000 chips 
Week on Fire7-day check-in streak+5,000 chips Repeatable
Full HouseWin with a full house+1,000 chips Repeatable
QuadsWin with four of a kind+10,000 chips Repeatable
Straight FlushWin with a straight flush+25,000 chips Repeatable
Royal FlushWin with a royal flush+100,000 chips Repeatable
05 · iPhone Duo
Made for iPhone Duo
Version 1.5.8 adds iPhone Duo layouts for both the closed and the open display, including flipping the open display. The coaching works the same either way.
iPhone Duo layouts are on iPhone (iOS 17+). Read the 1.5.8 release notes.
06 · Screenshots
Hold'em Coach on the App Store
07 · Coach+
Coach+ for players who practise a lot
Everything that teaches you the game is free. Coach+ adds the coach's reasoning on demand and a lot more table time.
What Coach+ includes
- Ask Coach on every coached hand10 messages a day, reset at local midnight.
- 50,000 practice chips every dayDays you miss are credited when you return.
- 2× chips on chip packsStacks with chip sales.
- 1.5× daily streak check-insOn every day of your streak.
- Coach+ badge on the leaderboardsOn your Daily, Weekly and Lifetime rows.
- No interstitial adsWhile active. Optional rewarded videos stay available.
7 days free for eligible new subscribers
Monthly$1.99per month
Annual$11.99per year
US price; varies by region. Billed by Apple or Google Play. Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your store subscriptions or in Settings → Purchases → Manage Coach+.
Prefer a one-time purchase? Remove Ads ($3.99 in the US) permanently stops interstitial ads, which otherwise appear between hands and when you end a session. There are no banner ads.
Is Hold'em Coach free?
Yes. Hold'em Coach is a free download on the App Store and Google Play, and the live coach, Coach Academy, Coach Debrief, Coach Report and the leaderboards are all free. Coach+ is an optional subscription ($1.99 a month or $11.99 a year in the US; prices vary by region) with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Chip packs and Remove Ads are optional one-time purchases.
Can I win real money in Hold'em Coach?
No. Hold'em Coach uses virtual practice chips only. There is no real-money gambling, no cash-out and no prizes of real-world value, and practice chips cannot be exchanged for anything. The app is intended for adults 18 and over.
What strategy does the coach follow?
You choose one of three coaching profiles. UTH Basic Strategy (the default) is the widest chart and is close to the widely published UTH basic strategy, though not identical: it also raises T9 and T8 suited and plays flop draws more loosely. Balanced and Disciplined are tighter, lower-variance training styles. Change profiles in Settings → Gameplay → Coaching profile, or with the brain pill at the table between hands.
I have never played Ultimate Texas Hold'em. Where do I start?
Open Coach Academy from the lobby. Its 10 short lessons cover the rules, hand rankings, the Ante, Blind and Play bets, Trips, dealer qualifying, payouts, the win odds meter, dealer outs and the three coaching profiles. Four lessons are scripted hands at a training table, and finishing them earns up to 4,250 practice chips.
What is Ask Coach, and what data does it use?
Ask Coach is a Coach+ chat about one specific hand, opened from the Coach Debrief or from your Coach Report history. It is powered by Google Gemini through Firebase AI Logic. Each message sends that hand's cards, actions and the coach's recommendations, your leaderboard nickname, an optional summary of your play stats, your question and the earlier messages in the thread. You get 10 messages a day, reset at local midnight. Details are in the Hold'em Coach privacy policy.
Which devices does Hold'em Coach support?
iPhone with iOS 17 or later, and Android phones with Android 8.0 or later. On iPhone, layouts support iPhone Duo, Game Center achievements are available, and your bankroll, hand history and settings sync through your private iCloud account.
Free on the App Store and Google Play
Play your first coached hand tonight.
Start in Coach Academy or sit straight down at Lucky Palms with 5,000 practice chips. The coach will tell you what to do, and the debrief will tell you why.
Version 1.6.3 on iPhone (iOS 17+) and Android (8.0+). Virtual chips only. No real-money gambling and no prizes of real-world value. 18+.
