Introducing Hand of the Week: Community Poker Study

Every Tuesday at 12:00 UTC, Royalgrind publishes a Hand of the Week — a curated spot from the community, anonymized and stripped of player names.

The spot is chosen for its educational value: ambiguous lines, multiple defensible actions, ICM implications, or a spot that most players at low-to-mid stakes consistently get wrong.

How it works

Vote: Four options — Fold, Call, Raise, Check. You vote once. Results are revealed after voting closes (Thursday 12:00 UTC).

Discuss: Threaded comments, max 3 levels deep. Write “I’d raise here because villain’s flop check-raise range is uncapped on this texture” — and debate it.

Leaderboard: Top commentators earn “Community Coach” badge for the week. Comments are upvoted by quality, not volume.

Weekly digest: Opt into the Sunday email — you get the hand summary, vote results, top 3 comments, and your own weekly stats.

Why this matters for improvement

The Hand of the Week forces you to form and defend a position on a difficult spot, then compare against the community.

Most players have dozens of hands they’d mark as “unclear” in a session but never return to. The Hand of the Week gives you one spot per week that’s already been curated for being genuinely interesting — and a structured community to analyze it with.

Spots are chosen to highlight leaks common at stakes from $0.05/$0.10 to $2/$5 — the range where 95% of online players live.

How to submit a hand

Import a session → find a hand you’re unsure about → tap Share → tap “Submit to Hand of the Week.” We review all submissions weekly and select the one with the most educational value.

Join the community. Vote on this week’s hand. See what you’re missing.