# NLH Trainer: For Tournaments — Play the field, not a solver > Play the field, not a solver (iPhone/iPad app by AKW WORLD.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nlh-trainer-for-tournaments/id6793470178 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [AKW WORLD](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896748227) - Category: Games, Board, Casino - Price: $0.99 - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 1 MB - Released: 2026-08-03 - Data updated: 2026-10-04 ## What is NLH Trainer? Step into the toughest fields in poker — without risking a cent. NLH Trainer is a no-limit hold'em tournament simulator built for one purpose: getting you ready for real live events. Recreate a 10,000-runner main event, a regional 300-runner main, or a 100-player super high roller — then play it hand by hand against opponents who actually play back. REALISTIC TOURNAMENTS • 2 to 10,000 entrants, configurable buy-in, starting stack, table size, and level length • Real tournament clock with breaks, big-blind antes, and escalating blinds — pause any time • Full No-Limit rules engine: side pots, min-raise rules, short all-ins, split pots, uncalled-bet refunds • Table balancing, eliminations, bubble pressure, payout ladders, and a final table • Quit whenever you like — the app saves automatically and reopens right at your paused table OPPONENTS WORTH BEATING • Four skill tiers from loose-passive beginners to tough, positionally-aware pros • Every opponent is individually randomized — calling stations, nits, TAGs, LAGs, maniacs • Field composition matches the event: soft amateur fields or shark-infested high rollers • Opponents size their bets, defend their blinds, shove short stacks, and occasionally tank — call the clock on them, and if you tank too long, they'll call it on you A COACH THAT WATCHES EVERY HAND • Every decision you make is logged with pot odds and Monte-Carlo equity • Session Analyzer tracks VPIP, PFR, 3-bet, c-bet, WTSD, W$SD, aggression, and bb/100 • Preflop range charts per position show the recommended opening range versus what you actually played — overplays in red, missed opens in amber • A full list of every hand you played: cards, position, line, board, outcome, net big blinds • Named strengths and weaknesses with concrete evidence and practical advice — the more you play, the sharper the reads DRILLS — ONE DECISION AT A TIME • Five decks: push/fold, preflop, postflop, ICM money spots, and a mix • Each drill deals a real tournament spot with your cards, the board, every stack, and the action so far — you make one decision • Instant verdict: best play, fine, mistake, or blunder, with the chips or dollars each line would have made and a plain-English why • Money spots use ICM: near the bubble and at the final table, a chip-winning call can be a money-losing one — the drill shows both • Graded by replaying the hand against opponents like your training field, so the answer reflects the players you actually face • Per-deck accuracy and streaks, saved on your device; sets of 20, replay any spot WHY NOT A SOLVER • Solver tools tell you the perfectly balanced play. Live fields are not balanced. • NLH Trainer grades you by replaying the hand against opponents like the ones you actually face — a call can be wrong here because this villain rarely bluffs • Near the bubble and at the final table the clock bar says how far the money is and what the next pay jump is worth; at the last two tables, Study Mode prices a call in dollars, not just chips • One price, no subscription, nothing to upload, nothing collected BUILT FOR STUDY • Study Mode overlays live pot odds and equity on every decision — turn it off for tournament-realistic conditions • At the last two tables, Study Mode also prices the decision in dollars: what folding keeps, what calling and losing leaves, what calling and winning is worth • Hand-history rewind: step back through recent hands to see who did what and who won • Press and hold your seat after folding to peek at your mucked cards • Four-color deck, landscape table built for touch, and synthesized table sounds PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% offline — no account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking, nothing collected • All data stays on your device Also on Mac. Play chips only. No real-money play, no prizes, no in-app purchases. ## Is NLH Trainer safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess NLH Trainer. ## Is NLH Trainer legit? NLH Trainer: For Tournaments has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for NLH Trainer is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-26 Money at the table. Near the bubble and at the final table the clock bar says how far the money is and what the next pay jump is worth; at the last two tables, Study Mode adds what your stack is worth in prize money and what a call risks in dollars, not just chips. Opponents defend against 3-bets like people, so a junk 3-bet no longer grades above folding. Train this leak: a weakness the session analyzer names now starts a 20-spot set built around it. Close calls: clear-cut spots can be skipped, genuinely close ones are labeled, and the verdict is usually ready the moment you act. The app now asks for a rating — once per version, and only after a cash or a run of graded drills. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-15 Drills — one decision at a time. Five decks (push/fold, preflop, postflop, ICM money spots, mixed) deal you a real tournament spot; make your move and get an instant verdict with the chips or dollars every line would have made and a plain-English why. Money spots use ICM, so you see when a chip-winning call is a money-losing one. Per-deck accuracy and streaks, saved on your device. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-03 No release notes. ## More apps by AKW WORLD - [한울새빛큐티](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6770495234) All apps by AKW WORLD: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896748227 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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