TWO CHAIRS. A WHOLE WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES.
Distance DrawHeads-up Hold’em
A quiet table, a thinking partner, and a new way to see the cards. Play a hand. Follow a neighborhood. Peek inside the little brain.
Each partner and stack size has a separate remembered table. Play chips · no clock.
A FAMILIAR PLACE AT THE TABLE
A seat with Fern
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Our story so far
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YOUR TABLE IS READY
Deal a hand whenever you’re ready.
Blinds 10 / 20. No purchase, timer, or real-money stakes.
A GOOD DECISION DESERVES A MOMENT
One habit for the next hand
A winning hand and a thoughtful choice are different things. Pick a small reminder to bring back to the table.
A SMALLER MAP OF A BIG DECK
Your card neighborhoods
Your two cards will give us four reference points.
0-away sits on a reference point. 1-away sits beside it, wrapping from ace to two.
How this compresses the math
Map 2 through ace to 0 through 12. From values a and b, use a, b, (a + b) mod 13, and |a − b|. A rank’s distance is its shortest circular step count to any reference.
The four displayed groups collect cards by 0, 1, 2, or 3+ steps. The guide calls distances 0–1 “LIKELY.” Here, their probability is counted from the cards unseen to you. Some hands have much larger neighborhoods than others.
Grouping helps you see relationships. A group’s size determines its chance in a fair shuffle; being near a reference is a different question from completing a strong poker hand.
The dynamic LRO variation starts with your hole cards, then uses the last two board cards already revealed. It never looks at the next card.
A FRIEND AT YOUR SHOULDER
A little training guide
Deal a hand to meet your adviser.
WSRF estimates a win plus half a tie against a uniformly random opponent if all cards run out. Betting can change an opponent’s range, so this is a starting point for judgment.
What should I pay attention to?
- Count the price: call ÷ (pot + call). That is the break-even share for a final call with no further betting.
- Look at your rank neighborhoods, then check pairs, straights, and suits. Nearby cards can help either player.
- Consider position and the size of the commitment. The button acts first before the flop and last afterward.
Gentle nudges change the action policy’s caution. The forest’s equity estimate stays the same.
Try one tiny map question
Your cards will set the question.
Peek inside the little brain Your adviser’s actual WSRF estimate
The inputs it sees
Walk through one real tree
Why the action policy prefers a move
These scores come from the published action policy using the forest estimate. Tree spread is disagreement between trees, not a probability interval or the standard deviation of your winnings.
Review your partner’s last decision · after this hand
Your opponent’s private inputs stay hidden while the hand is live.