LiveHands Blog
Strategy guides, hand tracking tips, and insights for serious live poker players.
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.
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.
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.
The 7 Most Common Leaks in Live Tournament Poker
Spot the 7 most common leaks in live tournament poker and learn how hand data reveals each one. Fix your biggest weaknesses faster.
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 Analyze Live Hands in Hand2Note: A Practical Workflow
Learn how to use Hand2Note to analyze your live poker hands — from reviewing individual hands to building positional stats and opponent profiles over time.
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.
How to Review Poker Hands Effectively: A Step-by-Step Process
A structured, street-by-street process for reviewing poker hands — from when to review, what to focus on at each decision point, 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 Complete Live Poker Study System: From Table to Improvement
Build a repeatable live poker study system from hand capture to analysis to implementation. Includes post-session routines for every schedule.
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 leading analysis tools.
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.
Poker Coaching with Hand Histories: How Coaches and Students Can Work Better Together
Learn how structured hand histories transform the poker coaching process. A guide for coaches and students on submission formats, review workflows, and getting more from every session.
Hand of the Day: How to Learn from Notable Tournament Hands
Learn how to break down tournament poker hands for maximum study value. A step-by-step hand analysis example covering preflop decisions, stack depth, and bet sizing.
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.
How to Set Up a Poker Study Routine Around Your Live Sessions
Build a poker study routine that fits around your live sessions. Practical scheduling, habit-building tips, and a weekly framework for consistent improvement.
Quick Poker Study: How to Review Hands in 15 Minutes
A quick post-session poker study routine you can do in 15 minutes. Review key hands, spot patterns, and build a study habit that sticks.
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.
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.
How to Submit Poker Hands to Your Coach (The Right Way)
Learn how to send hands to your poker coach in the format they actually need. Stop wasting coaching time on incomplete hand descriptions.
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.