Beyond GTO. Exploit like a pro.
GTO baseline with exploitative adjustments — adapts to player tendencies, ICM pressure, and tournament stage on every hand. You make every decision.
No credit card required. 5 free decisions every day, forever.
How it works
Install once. Sit at a table. Get a recommended play in seconds, every time it is your turn.
Install in one command
Run a single curl-bash command from the download page. No App Store, no installer wizard. Works on any Mac running macOS 12 Monterey or later.
Sit at a table
PokerBuddy detects your seat, opponent stacks, blinds, antes, tournament stage, and board state from your screen — automatically. No setup, no calibration.
Get the optimal play
When it is your turn, PokerBuddy recommends an action, sizing, and the reasoning behind it. You make every decision yourself.
Built for tournament poker
Every player's stats, every stack depth, every stage of the tournament — analyzed on every hand.
GTO Baseline + Exploitative Adjustments
Starts from game-theory optimal ranges then deviates based on player tendencies, VPIP stats, and opponent types for maximum exploitation.
ICM & Tournament Stage Aware
Adjusts strategy for pre-bubble, bubble, post-bubble, and final table. Understands ICM pressure, pay jumps, and stack-relative dynamics.
Multi-Table Support
Grind up to 4 tournament tables simultaneously. Each table gets independent analysis and guidance.
Hand & Board Analysis
Precise hand evaluation every street — made hand strength, draw quality (nut vs non-nut), pot odds, and effective stack calculations.
Example decisions
A peek at the kind of advice PokerBuddy gives you in real spots — with the reasoning behind every play.
AJo plays poorly post-flop at 18bb stack-depth out of position. ICM pressure on the table makes the shorter stacks fold tighter than chip-EV — fold equity is elevated, raise-fold leaks chips into the bubble, and flat-call is dominated by the 8bb BB stack. Shove maximizes fold equity while keeping equity-when-called.
Premium hand vs the SB chip leader (50bb). At 4-handed final-table dynamics, chip leader will defend wide from the blinds. Smaller sizing keeps the SB calling range wide and lets you realize equity post-flop — overbetting only folds out the dominated hands you want to play against.
Suited connector with playability against a CO 2.2x open. Pot odds (31%) plus implied odds against a deep-stacked aggressor justify the defend over a 3-bet. Folding 98s here is a leak at 45bb deep — equity realization is high in position post-flop.
Illustrative scenarios. Real recommendations adapt to opponent VPIP, observed tendencies, exact stack distribution, and live tournament stage.
Supported platforms
Currently available on GGPoker macOS. More platforms coming soon.
GGPoker
LiveACR
SoonCoinPoker
SoonClubGG
PlannedWPT Global
PlannedWindows
SoonFrequently asked
Real questions from real players considering PokerBuddy.
Is using PokerBuddy allowed by poker sites?+
PokerBuddy reads what is on your screen and shows you the strategically optimal action. It is a strategy advisor — not automation, not a bot, not a server-side hack. Different operators have different rules around third-party software, and you are responsible for understanding the terms of the site you play on. PokerBuddy never acts on your behalf. Every decision and every click is yours.
Is this a bot? Does it play hands for me?+
No. PokerBuddy does not click, decide, bet, or take any action in your poker client. It analyzes the table state and recommends a play. You read the recommendation, decide whether you agree, and execute the action yourself. The product is positioned and built as a strategic advisor with you as the sole decision-maker.
How does PokerBuddy know what is happening at the table?+
Computer vision and OCR on the visible window of your poker client. PokerBuddy reads your cards, the board, opponent stacks, blinds, antes, tournament stage, and player tendencies directly from the pixels on your screen. There is no integration with poker site servers, no packet inspection, no game memory hooks.
How accurate is the advice?+
On a benchmark of 9,130 GGPoker tournament scenarios, PokerBuddy class-matches the expert-labeled optimal action 82.7% of the time, with sizing precision roughly 3.6× tighter than a frontier general-purpose LLM. The decision engine combines GTO baselines, a curated corpus of 5,000+ expert-labeled spots retrieved per request, and exploitative adjustments based on observed opponent stats.
Tournaments only, or cash games too?+
Tournaments today. ICM, bubble, pay-jump, and stage-aware reasoning is what PokerBuddy is built around — that is also where most of the EV difference between optimal and merely-good play sits. Cash-game support is on the roadmap.
What platforms work today?+
GGPoker on macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) is live. The Mac client requires macOS 12 Monterey or later. Windows support and additional poker rooms (PokerStars, ACR, WPT Global, CoinPoker) are on the roadmap — the underlying engine is platform-agnostic.
Is there a free trial?+
Yes. Every account gets 5 free decisions every day, forever. No credit card required to sign up. Try it on real hands at the stakes you actually play before paying for anything.
What is your refund policy?+
Each account is eligible for one lifetime pro-rated refund — pay nothing for the credits you have already used and get a refund for the unused balance. You can also cancel a subscription at any time from your dashboard and keep access until the end of the current billing period.
Still have questions? Email support@pokerbuddy.ai.
Simple, transparent pricing
Pay for what you use. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime.
Free Tier
35 decisions per week — no credit card required
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