Guides

Play smarter, one guide at a time.

Plain-English strategy and how-to-play guides for the games behind our apps. Each one matches what the app's coach or rules actually do.

In-depth guides

Ultimate Texas Hold'em · Hold'em Coach

The rules in a minute, the preflop chart for all 169 hands, flop and river decisions, dealer outs and a seven-day practice plan.

Blackjack · Blackjack Coach!

Interactive Classic chart and a quick drill — the same hard, soft and pair lines Blackjack Coach! uses at the table.

Ultimate Texas Hold'em · Hold'em Coach

Dealer qualify, the Blind bonus ladder, and the optional Trips side bet — the same tables as ⓘ on the Hold'em Coach felt.

Ultimate Texas Hold'em · Hold'em Coach

The slang Hold'em Coach uses with Poker lingo on — hand ranks, pocket nicknames, and UTH table terms like dealer outs.

Hold'em Coach · Hold'em Coach

Ten shields from Fortuna to Ra — how they differ from Game Center achievements, where they show, and why they never pay chips.

Honeycomb sudoku · CombDoku

One bear per patch, no two bears in a comb lane. The two rules, how gaps split lanes, and the techniques that crack every board.

Block puzzles · Shapes Blast!

How multi-line multipliers and combo streaks add up, when to spend power-ups, and tips for each board shape.