The coach speaks after the hand
Afterhand separates two things that casinos blur together: whether a decision was right, and whether it worked. A correct play that lost is still a correct play, and the review says so.
Five minute walkthroughs
Blackjack in five minutes
Everything you need to sit down at a blackjack table and play a hand without guessing.
Texas Hold'em in five minutes
The shape of a hand, the vocabulary, and the one idea that decides most calls.
Baccarat in five minutes
The simplest table game in the room, and the reason it stays that way.
Roulette in five minutes
The clearest illustration of how payouts and probability relate.
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Stored in this browser only. Nothing is sent anywhere.How decisions are graded
- Optimal
- The play matches basic strategy for the rules at your table.
- Acceptable
- A close alternative, or the right direction with some value given up, such as hitting when doubling was available.
- Mistake
- A clearly better play was available.
- Major mistake
- A play that gives up a large amount, such as standing on a total that cannot bust or refusing to split aces.
Recommendations come from a fixed basic strategy chart that accounts for the number of decks, the dealer's soft 17 rule, whether doubling after a split is allowed, and whether surrender is offered. Probabilities in the review are calculated from an infinite deck model, so they are close approximations rather than exact figures for the current shoe.