{ "schemaVersion": 1, "published": "2026-09-03", "routingRule": "Answer all five checkpoints. Suggest the review topic attached to the earliest answer that is not correct; if all five are correct, suggest applied-study.", "privacy": "The browser component enables controls only after React owns them, evaluates answers in local state, and does not submit or persist them.", "id": "poker-learning-router", "version": "2026-09-03", "title": "Find a first review topic from five checkpoints", "purpose": "Suggest a review topic from five narrow no-limit Hold’em items.", "disclaimer": "Each checkpoint has one item. This router is a study prompt—not a comprehensive assessment, skill score, certification, or prediction of poker results.", "questions": [ { "id": "showdown", "number": 1, "skill": "Five-card showdown reading", "prompt": "The board is A♣ K♦ 7♠ 7♥ 2♣. Hero holds A♥ Q♥ and Villain holds K♣ Q♣. Who wins at showdown?", "detail": "Use the highest-ranking five-card hand available to each player.", "routeId": "rules", "options": [ { "id": "hero", "label": "Hero", "correct": true, "feedback": "Correct. Hero has aces and sevens with a king kicker; Villain has kings and sevens with an ace kicker." }, { "id": "villain", "label": "Villain", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: pair each hole-card pair with the shared sevens. Hero’s pair of aces outranks Villain’s pair of kings." }, { "id": "tie", "label": "They tie", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: the shared pair does not force a chop. Each player can still improve the five-card hand with a hole card." }, { "id": "not-sure", "label": "Not sure", "correct": false, "feedback": "That is useful evidence. Start with hand rankings and repeated showdown reading before strategy vocabulary." } ] }, { "id": "position", "number": 2, "skill": "Postflop action order", "prompt": "In a heads-up pot between the Button and the big blind, who normally acts first after the flop?", "detail": "Assume both players remain in the hand and there is no unusual house rule.", "routeId": "position", "options": [ { "id": "big-blind", "label": "The big blind", "correct": true, "feedback": "Correct. The Button has position after the flop, so the big blind acts first." }, { "id": "button", "label": "The Button", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: the Button acts before the blinds preflop, but acts last after the flop in this heads-up pot." }, { "id": "preflop-aggressor", "label": "Whoever raised preflop", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: betting initiative can influence strategy, but seat position—not the previous aggressor—sets the action order." }, { "id": "not-sure", "label": "Not sure", "correct": false, "feedback": "Start with action order and position. Later range charts make much more sense once every seat is clear." } ] }, { "id": "pot-odds", "number": 3, "skill": "Final-pot call threshold", "prompt": "The pot is 100 chips. An opponent bets 50, and calling costs you 50. With no future betting, what equity does a break-even call need?", "detail": "Ignore rake and the possibility of a tie.", "routeId": "pot-odds", "options": [ { "id": "25-percent", "label": "25%", "correct": true, "feedback": "Correct. You call 50 to contest a final pot of 200, so the threshold is 50 ÷ 200 = 25%." }, { "id": "33-percent", "label": "33%", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: 50 ÷ 150 compares the call with the pot before your call. Break-even equity uses the final 200-chip pot." }, { "id": "50-percent", "label": "50%", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: matching a 50-chip bet does not mean you need to win half the time; the existing pot improves the price." }, { "id": "not-sure", "label": "Not sure", "correct": false, "feedback": "Start with pot odds and equity. Learn the final-pot denominator before adding implied odds or range estimates." } ] }, { "id": "combos", "number": 4, "skill": "Known-card combo removal", "prompt": "The flop is A♠ 7♦ 2♣, and you hold A♥ K♥. How many pocket-ace combinations can one opponent still have?", "detail": "The flop’s only ace is A♠. Treat all shown cards as known and count unordered two-card combinations.", "routeId": "ranges", "options": [ { "id": "one-combo", "label": "1 combination", "correct": true, "feedback": "Correct. Only A♦ and A♣ remain, so there is one possible pair: A♦A♣." }, { "id": "three-combos", "label": "3 combinations", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: the board ace removes one card, and your ace removes another. Two unseen aces make only one pair." }, { "id": "six-combos", "label": "6 combinations", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: six is the preflop count for AA before any ace is visible. Known cards block combinations." }, { "id": "not-sure", "label": "Not sure", "correct": false, "feedback": "Start with range and combo counting. It is the bridge from “my hand” to the hands an opponent can still hold." } ] }, { "id": "solver-ev", "number": 5, "skill": "Mixed-frequency solver output", "prompt": "In one solved model, betting has EV 2.10 bb and checking has EV 2.09 bb. The solver mixes them 60% and 40%. What is the safest conclusion?", "detail": "Assume the displayed values use the same game tree and rounding convention.", "routeId": "ev-solver", "options": [ { "id": "near-indifferent", "label": "The actions are nearly equal in this model; frequency is not a confidence score", "correct": true, "feedback": "Correct. The displayed EV gap is 0.01 bb. A 60% frequency describes the strategy in this model, not 60% confidence that betting is right." }, { "id": "always-bet", "label": "Betting is mandatory because its EV is higher", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: rounding and a tiny modeled EV gap do not justify turning a mixed strategy into an “always” rule." }, { "id": "check-mistake", "label": "Checking is a 40% mistake", "correct": false, "feedback": "Review point: strategy frequency is not an error rate. The model itself assigns checking almost the same EV." }, { "id": "not-sure", "label": "Not sure", "correct": false, "feedback": "Start with expected value and solver output. Learn what the numbers mean before memorizing mixed frequencies." } ] } ], "routes": [ { "id": "rules", "order": 1, "title": "Review five-card showdown reading", "summary": "This item flags five-card hand comparison. Use varied showdowns to see whether the pattern repeats.", "practice": "Deal or generate ten showdowns, name each highest-ranking five-card hand aloud, then check every answer.", "links": [ { "label": "Poker hand rankings", "href": "/blog/poker-hand-rankings-guide" } ] }, { "id": "position", "order": 2, "title": "Review postflop action order", "summary": "This item flags Button-versus-big-blind postflop order. Check other seats and raised pots separately.", "practice": "For ten table diagrams, name the first scheduled actor preflop and postflop, then trace one raised sequence.", "links": [ { "label": "Poker position and action order", "href": "/blog/poker-position-strategy" } ] }, { "id": "pot-odds", "order": 3, "title": "Review the final-pot denominator", "summary": "This item flags the denominator in a simplified call threshold. Estimate equity as a separate skill.", "practice": "Calculate the break-even percentage for five bet sizes, then estimate equity separately.", "links": [ { "label": "Pot odds and poker math", "href": "/blog/pot-odds-poker-math" }, { "label": "Poker equity explained", "href": "/blog/poker-equity-explained" } ] }, { "id": "ranges", "order": 4, "title": "Review card removal and combo counting", "summary": "This item flags one pocket-pair count after two known aces. Test more hand classes before generalizing.", "practice": "Choose one flop and count three value-hand classes before discussing a betting strategy.", "links": [ { "label": "Combo counting in poker", "href": "/blog/combo-counting" } ] }, { "id": "ev-solver", "order": 5, "title": "Review mixed-frequency solver output", "summary": "This optional item flags frequency-versus-confidence and a tiny displayed EV gap in one solved model.", "practice": "For one solved spot, explain the highest-EV actions and one important model assumption in plain language.", "links": [ { "label": "How to use a poker solver", "href": "/blog/how-to-use-poker-solver" } ] }, { "id": "applied-study", "order": 6, "title": "Begin with applied, feedback-rich practice", "summary": "You cleared these five narrow checks. Use drills and reviewed hands to discover the next real gap.", "practice": "Run a short baseline drill, log one repeated error, and study that error before widening the topic.", "links": [ { "label": "How to practice poker", "href": "/blog/how-to-practice-poker" } ] } ] }