Three study routines

The post-session review, the weekly range audit and the circle review. Three concrete routines with the Tracker, the Lab and circles, and how long each takes.

Knowing the tool is not enough without a routine. Here are the three that pay the most, in the order to adopt them.

1. The post-session review (15 to 20 minutes)

The best habit to build, and the only non-negotiable one.

During the session, when a hand makes you hesitate, mark it “To review” in the Tracker (from the hand's menu, in My Hands or in the replayer). Ten seconds, and you are back at your tables.

After the session (the Lab reopens 20 minutes after your last hand, or as soon as you click “End session”):

1. Open My Hands › To review, in the Tracker or in the browser. Pick 3 to 5 hands you were unsure about, not the biggest pots.
2. “Start an analysis”: the hand opens in the Lab, prefilled (Import a hand).
3. Look at who you were up against: the replayer shows their profile and stats as of the date of the hand.
4. Assign the villain's range from their position, profile and actions. A standard range from your Ranges can serve as a base.
5. Read the verdict and the EV.
6. Look at the range composition: more strong hands than expected? More draws?
7. Write a street note about what you learned, not about what you decided.

The classic trap: only reviewing hands you lost. A hand won on a bad call is still a bad call.

On the Free plan, one hand a day gets the full analysis, up to the flop, and the opponent's profile in the replayer is a Grinder feature: pick the day's hand with care. See Getting started.

2. The weekly range audit (30 minutes)

1. Pick one position for the week, for example big blind defense.
2. On the Tracker's Statistics page, look at that position's column: your frequency and its BB/100. A row that costs big blinds is a starting point.
3. In My Hands, filter that spot with “Spot”, then sort by result. The “Hands” filter isolates a starting hand that puzzles you.
4. Reread your range in Ranges: hands you play that lose regularly? Hands missing?
5. Update it, with a note on what changed and why.

One position a week is a full pass over your preflop in a month and a half. If a statistic stands out (a fold to 3-bet that is too high, for example), make it a goal for the month.

The per-position columns and the “Spot” and “Hands” filters are part of Grinder.

3. The circle review

1. Analyze a hand you are unsure about, or pick the whole game in Games.
2. “Share to a circle”, with a note that says where your doubt is: “Not sure about my river bet…”.
3. Members open the item from the circle feed and give their review: a verdict per street, and why.
4. Compare: the real question is “at which range assumption do our conclusions diverge”. Reply under each review.
5. Return the favor: review two or three items in the feed. “Next Review” moves you from one item to the next.

This format makes the disagreement about the range visible, rather than about the decision. Without a circle, a public link sent to a coach or a friend does the same job: see Reviews.

Where to start

Routine 1 alone for a month: it builds the habit and fills My analyses. Routines 2 and 3 come once you have material to audit and share.