How Artificial Intelligence Has Changed the Study of Poker — and how any player can use it today.

You finish a session, take a ridiculous bad beat on the river, close your laptop and go to sleep without really understanding what happened. The following week, you make the same mistake. And the following month, the same thing.

This cycle is familiar to almost every player who doesn't have access to a coach, doesn't have an active study group, or simply doesn't have the time (or money) to invest heavily in developing their game.

The good news: artificial intelligence has changed this equation. Not magically, not overnight—but in a real and accessible way. And the best part: most of the tools I'll present here have a free plan.

AI won't play for you. But it can teach you faster than anything else.

Before diving into the tools, it's worth aligning expectations. AI doesn't replace hand volume, it doesn't replace real-time situation analysis, and it won't transform a freeroll player into a high-stakes regular overnight.

What she does — and does very well — is help you to understand what you've already played, organize your study and maintain a routine away from the table without needing a coach or study group.

Think of it this way: you have an assistant available 24 hours a day, who knows poker, doesn't judge your questions, and answers them instantly. That's basically what tools like Claude offer today.

1. Use AI to review your hands — no need for a solver.

This is the most straightforward and useful application for most players.

You play a hand that leaves you unsure. Instead of letting it go or posting on a forum and waiting hours for a response, you paste the hand description into an AI chat and ask for your thoughts.

This is how it works in practice:

You describe the hand — position, stack, pre-flop action, flop, turn, river — and ask your question. Here's a real-world example of a prompt that works:

“"I was on the button (BTN) with AJs, 40bb stack. A player from UTG opened 2.5x, I 3-bet to 7.5bb, he called. Flop KT2 rainbow. He checked, I bet 40% from the pot, he called. Turn 9. He checked again, I bet 60%, he went all-in. I flaked. Did I do it right?"”

Claude will analyze the line, point out what makes sense within the context you provided, and explain the reasoning. It's not a solver—it won't give you exact GTO frequencies—but it works very well for understanding concepts and reviewing glaring errors. And it is... free.

For more advanced players, it's possible to go further: ask the AI to explain opening ranges by position, discuss bluff catch spots, or simulate study questions as if it were a flashcard. The level of the response matches the level of the question.

Claude is just one option — and not necessarily the best for everyone. If you already use another AI in your daily work (ChatGPT, Gemini) or want to know which one is truly worthwhile for this type of analysis, it's worth considering. Compare the options side-by-side here. before making a final decision.

2. Record your sessions without having to type anything.

This is a habit that everyone knows they should have, but almost no one maintains: record the sessions.

It's not just the financial outcome—but what happened, how you felt, what situations tilted you, what decisions made you doubt yourself. This record, reviewed frequently, is one of the most efficient ways to improve in poker.

The problem is that after 3 or 4 hours at your desk, the last thing you want to do is sit down and type a report.

This is where the Wispr Flow. It's a voice dictation tool that works in any text field on your computer — and the difference is that it doesn't transcribe like a recorder: it processes what you say and delivers clean text, without the "uhhhs," without repetitions, without speech errors.

In practice: you close the session, open Notepad or Google Docs, activate Wispr, and start talking. “"Today I played 3 hours in NL10 on GGPoker. The result was +3 buy-ins. I had a spot in the cutoff against a fish that I probably played wrong, I'll describe it..."” In two minutes you have a complete report, without having typed a single letter.

Then all you have to do is share this report with Claude and ask him what he thinks about the spots that raised questions for you.

There is a free plan available. For those who take logging seriously, the paid plan is inexpensive compared to the value the habit generates.

3. Organize your study routine with the help of AI.

Another practical use that many people ignore: using AI to Establish and maintain a study routine..

It works better than it seems. You describe your current level, how much time you have per week, which format you play most (MTT, cash, Spin?) and ask the AI to suggest a study plan. It will give you a structure — which concepts to prioritize, in what order to work on them, what type of exercise to do in each phase.

You don't have to follow it blindly. But having a structure is better than studying randomly, which is what most people do.

Another useful application: generating study situations. You ask the AI to create hypothetical scenarios — “"Give me 5 river situations with a failed draw so I can decide whether to bluff or not."” — and use it as a reasoning exercise. It's simple, free, and surprisingly effective for training your thinking away from your desk.

Which AI should I use for each task?

There are many tools on the market, and it can be confusing to know where to start. Claude is my top recommendation for hand analysis and study—but there are other models that perform better at specific tasks, and what works for me may not be ideal for your workflow.

Before choosing blindly, it's worth comparing: the Which AI Is Better It compares the main AI tools for specific tasks — writing, analysis, organization — with objective data and without sponsored ranking. Two minutes there and you'll know exactly which one to use for each part of your study.

Practical summary

You don't need an expensive coach, a study group, or a paid solver to start studying smarter. What you need is:

• Claude (free): to review hands, clarify conceptual doubts, and generate study exercises.
• Wispr Flow (free/paid): to record voice sessions effortlessly
• Consistency: 20 minutes of studying with AI after each session is worth more than a study marathon once a month.

Poker will always be about luck in the short term. What separates those who improve from those who stay at the same level for years is what you do off the table. And it has never been so cheap and accessible to do that right.

Good luck at the tables!