Show HN: PokerHelper – deep learning backed poker assistant

I've just launched the beta version of PokerHelper.app - its a deep-learning backed poker assistant for Texas holdem that provides recommendations for the best possible next move, given your current cards and hand situation.

Unlike other poker assistant apps that use maths to calculate hand strength, Poker Helper's use of deep learning is capable of bluffing, and is aware that other AIs may also bluff, too.

Poker Helper is currently completely free while in Beta, as the AI is not yet 100% production ready. It is currently capable of beating average human players and many other AIs, and I've managed to make some money playing poker online with this app already, but it will be refined further before the paid version is launched.

Thanks for looking, Chris

A quick feedback, can you explicitly show shortcuts while selecting cards. It will reduce a lot of cognitive load on the brain. Also give quick keyboard shortcuts to be able to input/update the variables and evaluate.

Nonetheless, I wish you the best :)

I just signed up to check out your web app! It looks nice, and I have a couple of feedback notes:

- Didn't look in to this, but when I input the verification code, LastPass popped up an alert that there was a non-secure web form submission. In this case it is of pretty small consequence, but that's probably not great for a first-time user to see during the registration process. The login form appears every time I reload the page, and I'm presented with the same non-secure form submission dialog.

Actual App Feedback:

- On the first welcome screen, there is probably some UI/UX Room for improvement. Remove the initial back button, colored buttons for next/close, Escape key has weird behavior.

- Welcome screen is fine, but I've seen some tutorial stuff that will step through by highlighting the actual items on the page.

- The Help button in Safari takes you to a new page, links inside take you to new pages, which makes going back to the game a hassle. Same for support. These are very different from Game Settings and should be visually differentiated.

- On the first Welcome screen, I would present the user with a quick start button. This should automatically configure the hand and everything so that the user could get an idea of the app without digging through settings first.

- Player cards should be at the bottom.

- There should be options to actually draw cards. Maybe I'm missing something, but instead of me selecting what cards I have and what cards the community cards have, let the app pick cards for you. Then the player can learn while actually playing.

- For Card Selection, have the card value as a selection, and then a dropdown below with the suit selection. This dropdown could be always visible or toggled by clicking the card value.

- Get some art for card backs/fronts! Obviously not necessary at this stage. Table Art? Get some felt!

- Might need to iterate on the "Evaluate". This could be a button on the table. I would treat it as a toggle, and have the information always available. Users could select what information to keep pinned.

- Show the other players, even if they're smaller cards. Hovering over cards should let you see possible cards.

- Button tooltips.

- I can have 22 opponents?

I know a lot of this is polish work that isn't necessary at the moment, but I wanted to call it out anyway for reference. I do think this is a great idea and hopefully I can learn to play poker by the cards instead of looking at my friends faces and guessing what they're thinking!