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Quads Poker

Get sharper at poker, one hand at a time.

Five-minute lessons that climb from what beats what to position, pot odds and reading a range. Start at your level.

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Every lesson free, forever. No real money, ever.

A hand on the Quads table: your two Aces make Quads with the board, beat Sam's Full House, and win the pot.
  • 6tables
  • 15ranks
  • 20famous hands
  • Freeforever

How it works

Short lessons. Real progress.

  1. A Quads lesson asks Who wins? Ben’s hand is marked right, and the sheet under it says why: the kicker decides.

    Learn

    Five-minute lessons. Tap an answer, get the reason.

  2. A lesson won in Quads: the table’s chip stack in the spotlight, Flawless for Best five of seven, the XP it earned and the rank bar on the way to Home Game Hero.

    Climb the ranks

    Every lesson won drops a chip. Fifteen ranks to climb.

  3. A table won in Quads: Table 2 open, the Red table’s felt, How a Hand Plays, the XP earned and the new rank, Home Game Hero.

    Open new tables

    Win a table, rank up, and the next one opens.

The climb

From your first hand to reading a range.

Six tables and 41 lessons, each table a colour of clay further up. Start with Welcome!, win a lesson and its chip is yours; win a table and the next one opens.

Played before? Say how much, and Quads starts you there.

  • I’m newStart with Welcome!
  • I know the rulesStarts you as a Home Game Hero
  • I play home gamesStarts you as a Rounder
  • I study rangesStarts you as a Mind Reader

A few quick questions check what you say first, and anything you skip stays open.

  1. Table 1 · WhiteCards & Hands

    Suits, ranks and the ten poker hands.7 lessons

    1. Welcome!
    2. Suits & ranks
    3. The ten hands, part 1
    4. The ten hands, part 2
    5. Which hand wins?
    6. Best five of seven
    7. Kickers & ties
  2. Table 2 · RedHow a Hand Plays

    Every move, the pot and all in, from the deal to the showdown.6 lessons

    1. Seats & the button
    2. Blinds
    3. Preflop: fold, call or raise
    4. Flop, turn, river: check or bet
    5. The pot & all in
    6. Showdown
  3. Table 3 · BlueBetting Basics

    Check-raises, bet sizes, stacks and side pots.6 lessons

    1. Check-raise
    2. How much to raise
    3. Bet sizes
    4. Stacks
    5. Side pots
    6. Limping
  4. Table 4 · GreenPosition & Preflop

    Seats from under the gun to the button, 3-bets and squeezes.9 lessons

    1. Seats have names
    2. Why last is best
    3. Four kinds of player
    4. Where they raised from
    5. What a limp says
    6. Isolating a limper
    7. 3-bet & 4-bet
    8. Cold calls
    9. Squeezes
  5. Table 5 · BlackPot Math

    Outs, pot odds and the rule of 2 and 4.5 lessons

    1. Counting outs
    2. Rule of 2 and 4
    3. The price of a call
    4. Call or fold
    5. Putting it together
  6. Table 6 · PurpleReading Bets

    What they bet tells you what they have.8 lessons

    1. Ranges
    2. Count the combos
    3. The board
    4. Sizing: tight players
    5. Sizing: loose players
    6. Lines that tell
    7. What do they have?
    8. Put a friend on a hand

Every answer

Right or wrong, you get the why.

The reason comes in one plain line, and the math is there when you want it. Back from your home game? Log a hand and see what your bets told the table.

A Quads answer after the question Who wins?: Ship it, with the reason, the top card ties so the next card (the kicker) decides, Ten beats Nine, and the math open: the hands compared, King against King, then Ten against Nine, so Ben wins.

The top card ties, so the next card (the kicker) decides.

On a tie

Past the basics

Read a range, not just a hand.

The top tables teach you to put a player on a range and narrow it bet by bet. In the Hall of Hands, play twenty famous hands from the pro’s seat, with the math behind every call.

Table 6 in a Quads lesson: Paint Omar’s range. Omar, a nit, raises 88+, AJs+, KQs and AQo+ from early position; the hands are painted on the grid, and the sheet says Well read: 13 squares, 82 combos.

A range is the list of hands someone could have.

Table 6, Reading Bets

The Arcade

Then take a seat at the table.

Sit down at a cash table with play chips and size every bet on one slider.

  • Five bots with tells
  • Beat the Table in ten hands
  • Opens after How a Hand Plays

Play chips only. No real money, ever.

The Arcade’s Micro cash table in the app: six seats with their play chips, your Jack and King of hearts on the button, and the bet slider open on a pot-sized raise to 7.

More than lessons

Then use it, every day.

A new hand each day, famous hands to replay, your own hands to log, and friends to climb with.

  • Hand of the Day

    One new hand every day, a little harder as the week goes on. Read what your opponent holds, then call or fold. Everyone gets the same hand, so you can challenge a friend, and every past day is in the archive with its answer.

  • Twenty famous hands

    Real hands from the World Series and big cash games, told street by street. Play each one from the pro’s seat, one decision at a time, and see what they did.

  • Log a hand

    Back from your home game? Log a hand, see what your bets told the table, and tag the friends who were there.

  • Friends and leaderboards

    Invite friends and see where you stand side by side: rank, lessons won, tables beaten and day streak. Weekly boards count XP, day streaks, hands read right and chips won, and you choose whether you appear on them.

Welcome to the club

See your game in full.

Every call and fold at the cash tables scored in chips, every skill followed week by week, and a new look each month. Every lesson stays free.

Every decision, reviewed

In the Arcade, where the chips show it.

  • Where you lost chips this week at the cash tables, pattern by pattern, in Quads+. An example.

    Replays, scored in chips

    Your last 400 cash-table hands kept, every call and fold scored in chips.

  • Your move on the river in Quads+: your chances against the price of a call, and the math. An example.

    The math at your move

    Your chances and the price of a call, as you decide.

  • The Dealer’s read on two bots at your table in Quads+. An example.

    Reads on every bot

    The Dealer’s read on each bot at your table, between hands.

Your game, over time

Where you’re sharp, what costs you, and what moved.

  • Trends in Quads+: every topic week by week. An example.

    Your trends

    Every topic and skill, week by week.

  • The Dealer’s week in Quads+: three picks each Monday, and on Sunday what moved. An example.

    The Dealer’s week

    Each Monday, three things worth your time, from your own record.

  • The leak report on the hands you log in Quads+. An example.

    Every hand you log, kept

    Every hand you log, with your leak report month by month.

Yours to keep

looks, made for members. Your rank looks stay earned.

  • A new look each month in Quads+: this month’s Night Sky back, with the Paper Linen and Ink Linen backs beside it.

    A new look every month

    A new back or chip set every month. Every past look stays yours.

  • The Quads+ membership card, with a name and the day they joined. An example.

    Your membership card

    Your name, and the day you joined.

Pick how you pay.

  • Monthly$4.99a month
  • Yearly$39.99a year, about $3.33 a month
  • Founding$99once, for as long as Quads runs, with the Founding back and a numbered card. Offered for the first 90 days.

Join

Prices in US dollars; sales tax is added at checkout where required. Monthly and yearly renew until you cancel, and you can cancel any time in the app. Every lesson stays free. Terms

What’s free, and what adds
Free
Lessons, checks and ranksEvery one, foreverThe same
The ArcadeEvery table you’ve earned, and all its chipsThe same
Reviewing a handThis visit’s hands, with the mathYour last 400 hands, each decision in chips
The math in a handAfter the handAt your move
ReadsHands played with each botThe Dealer’s read on each one
Your statsYour last 30 answers in each topic, and what to practise nextTrends, first tries and every skill
The DealerA note a day, and your next lessonThe full read, and your week
Hands you logThe last 45 days, with your leak reportEvery one, month by month, to print
LooksEvery look your rank earnsA new one each month, too

What stays free. Every lesson, rank, table, Hall hand, review and the Arcade, and the basics of every feature adds to. None of them ever needs .

Questions

Before you sit down.

What is Quads Poker?

Quads Poker is a free, Duolingo-style app for learning poker. You learn in five-minute lessons that climb from what beats what to position, pot odds and reading a range, and you can start at your level. It runs in your browser, on a phone or a computer.

Is Quads like Duolingo for poker?

In format, yes: short lessons, XP, a day streak, hearts and a path to climb. The poker is its own: the Arcade to play hands at a live table, famous hands to replay decision by decision, and the reason behind every answer. Quads is not affiliated with Duolingo. More on how it compares.

How long is a lesson?

About five minutes. Win a lesson and you earn XP and keep your day streak going, so a lesson fits a coffee break.

Is Quads free?

Yes. Every lesson, rank and table is free, and no card is needed. is an optional membership, $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year (or Founding, $99 once, for as long as Quads runs), that adds replays of your cash-table hands scored in chips, the math at your move, the Dealer’s read on every bot, your trends and the Dealer’s week, every hand you log kept, and a new look every month. Cancel it any time.

Is the Dealer an AI?

No. The Dealer follows fixed rules over your own record. It uses no model and sends nothing anywhere.

Can I cancel ?

Any time, in More › . You keep it until the end of the period you paid for.

What happens if I stop ?

Nothing is deleted. Your progress stays on your account; your Arcade hands, your answers and the hands you log stay on this device. The views go back to free, and your table goes back to the looks you’ve earned. Join again and it all comes back.

Is there real money?

No, never. Quads takes no bets and pays nothing out. The chips are for learning, and they stay on the table.

Do I need to download anything?

No. Quads runs in your browser, on a phone or a computer. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app, even offline.

Do I need an account?

Yes, a free one, with Google or email. It keeps your lessons, rank and hands on every device.

I’ve played before. Do I start at zero?

No. Say how much you’ve played and answer a few quick questions, and Quads starts you there, with the tables before it already won. Anything you skip stays open.

Who is it for?

Adults, 18 and over, from first-timers to regulars who want to get sharper. Never held a hand? Start with the first lesson. Already play? Say how much, and Quads starts you further up the climb.

Your first hand is five minutes away.

Let’s go!

Start at the first card or at your own level. No real money, ever.