LiveHands Blog
Strategy guides, hand tracking tips, and insights for serious live poker players.
How to Submit Poker Hands to Your Coach (The Right Way)
How to send hands to your poker coach in the format they need, how many to send, and how coaches can turn a live student's hand histories into a diagnosis.
How to Set Up a Poker Study Routine Around Your Live Sessions
A poker study routine built around live sessions: a 15-minute post-session review, a weekly study block, a three-question framework and a simple study log.
How Many Hands Do You Need to Find Poker Leaks?
Learn how many hands you actually need to identify poker leaks. Practical sample size guidance for live players working with smaller databases.
Best Poker Books for Live Tournament Players
Seven poker books that sharpen your live tournament game — from satellite strategy and short stack play to bluffing, mental game, and theory.
Results-Oriented vs Process-Oriented Thinking in Poker
Learn why process-oriented poker thinking beats results-oriented thinking for long-term improvement. A mindset shift that changes how you review hands.
How Many Hands Do You Actually Remember After a Live Session?
Most live poker players remember only 3–5 hands from a full session. Learn why memory decay works against you and how to capture the hands that matter.
Choosing the Right Poker Analysis Tool for Your Skill Level
A practical guide to choosing between PokerTracker 4, Holdem Manager 3, Hand2Note, and other poker analysis tools based on your experience, goals, and platform.
Who Owns Your Poker Hands? A Guide to Reading the Fine Print
Most poker players tap 'I agree' without reading. Learn what poker app privacy policies actually say about your hand data — who owns it, who can sell it, and what rights you have.
Tournament Poker Preparation: How to Use Hand Data from Past Events to Play Better
Learn how to prepare for poker tournaments using hand data from past events. Review by stage, position, and opponent to find your edge.
LiveHands: The Live Poker Hand Tracking App Built for Speed
LiveHands is a mobile hand logging app for live tournament poker players. Log hands at the table between deals, review them in detail, and export to PokerTracker 4, Holdem Manager 3, and Hand2Note.
The 8 Most Common Leaks in Live Tournament Poker
Spot the 8 most common leaks in live tournament poker and learn how hand data reveals each one. Fix your biggest weaknesses faster.
What Is SPR in Poker and Why Does It Matter for Hand Review?
SPR (stack-to-pot ratio) shapes every postflop decision in live poker. Learn how to calculate SPR, what the key thresholds mean, and how to use SPR to sharpen your hand reviews.
Online to Live Poker: The Complete Transition Guide
Moving from online to live poker? Learn what skills transfer, what's different, and how to avoid the most common mistakes online players make at the table.
How to Find Your Poker Leaks Using Hand Data
Learn how to use hand data from tracking apps and analysis software to find and fix systematic leaks in your live poker game.
How to Review Poker Hands Effectively: A Step-by-Step Process
A street-by-street process for reviewing poker hands, with a worked example: when to review, which hands to pick, and how to turn analysis into action.
The Data Gap: Why Live Poker Players Are Flying Blind
Online players get automatic hand histories. Live players get almost nothing. Here's how the live poker data gap holds back your game — and what you can do about it.
The Live Tournament Player's Guide: Everything You Need Before, During, and After the Event
A comprehensive guide covering tournament selection, bankroll management, logistics, and building routines that keep you performing at your best through long tournament days.
How to Improve at Live Poker Tournaments: A Data-Driven Approach
A comprehensive framework for improving at live poker tournaments through hand tracking, structured study, and data-driven leak identification.