User Manual
Everything you need to know to master SnapHand and dominate the live tables.
How to use the tracker
Seat the players
Start by selecting and assigning a player to every active seat at the table.
Record player actions
As the hand progresses, track each player's moves by pressing the corresponding action button located under their name.
Handling 4-bets and 5-bets
For the sake of simplicity during live play, if a player makes a 4-bet or 5-bet preflop, you can simply record it as a 3-Bet.
The 3-bet stat in SnapHand is calculated differently than in traditional online trackers (such as PokerTracker, Holdem Manager, or Hand2Note). If you want to calculate a mathematically exact 3-bet stat the way online trackers do, you can do this in the HUD popup. There, you can track the exact 3-bet stat by manually recording every single opportunity a player had to 3-bet, marking "yes" or "no". Doing this manually at a live table is extremely difficult and time-consuming. Because of this, our main tracker uses a simplified approach that is practical and easy to use during live sessions.
Understanding the stats display
Next to each named player, you will see two rows of numbers. The large numbers on top are their overall lifetime stats, and the smaller numbers directly underneath are their stats for the current session. Additionally, right below the plus (+) button, you will see a small number indicating the total amount of hands you have saved for that specific player.
Reading unknown player stats
You can assign an "Unknown player" to multiple seats at the table. For unknown players, the stats display is reversed to help you focus on the current game: the large numbers at the top reflect their stats for the current session only, while the smaller numbers underneath show the combined overall stats of all unknown players you have ever tracked.
Move to the next hand
Once all preflop action is entirely finished, simply press the "Next hand" button to complete the current hand and start a new one.
How to use the HUD
Accessing the HUD
In the main tracker view, look for the stat numbers (such as VPIP, PFR, and 3Bet) displayed next to each player. Tap directly on those numbers to open the Advanced HUD for that specific player.
Tracking specific actions
Inside the HUD, you can manually track a custom or specific stat. Whenever a situation occurs where the player has the opportunity to take that action: press Yes if they took the action, or press No if they had the opportunity but did not take the action.
Renaming stats
If you want to customize the name of the stat you are tracking, simply tap on the stat's name. A window will appear allowing you to type in a new name.
Renaming a stat here will update the name for all players across the app.
Resetting a stat
If you need to start over or clear the data for a specific stat, just tap directly on the percentage number (%). This will reset that specific stat to zero for the selected player.
Viewing overall table stats
While inside the HUD menu, you can also view the combined, overall statistics for all the tracked players at your table, helping you quickly understand the dynamics of your current game.
How to save a hand
Select the player
Press the plus button next to the player for whom you want to save a hand.
Choose board cards
Select the community cards. It is not necessary to select all the cards; you only need to enter the information that is known to you or that you want to remember.
Record the actions
Click the "Select action" button to record what happened on each street. You can also create your own custom actions. Keep in mind that the purpose of this feature is to record only the actions performed by this specific player, rather than tracking the entire hand for the whole table.
Categorize the hand
When finishing, you must classify how the hand was played:
Categorizing the hand this way is very important. It allows you to quickly filter your statistics later so you can analyze specific lines and tendencies in the analytics section.
How to use the analytics tab
The Analytics tab is the most important part of the app. This is the ultimate reason why we track and save hands in the first place.
Choose who to analyze
To look at a specific player's statistics, you can tap the Analytics icon (the fourth icon on the far right) located under their name in the Tracker tab. Alternatively, you can open the Analytics tab directly and choose a specific player from the dropdown menu. You can also select "All players" to analyze the general tendencies of the entire field.
Postflop action sequences
In this section, you can see a player's most frequent betting lines (for example, "Call-Check-Bet"). By analyzing these sequences, you might discover massive leaks—such as finding out that a player absolutely never bluffs when they take a specific line. Tapping on any sequence will instantly apply it as a filter, allowing you to quickly view all the saved hands where that exact betting line was used.
Bet sizing tendencies
In the Flop size, Turn size, and River size categories, you can see exactly which hands a player shows down based on the specific size of their bets. This makes it incredibly easy to see if a player uses certain bet sizes only for value, or if they use them to bluff.
Speed of the last action (timing tells)
In live games, the time a player takes to make a decision is a crucial tell. Many players unknowingly differ in their timing when deciding to bluff versus value bet. We recommend counting silently in your head (like slow counting or breaths, from 0 up to 11+) while a player is thinking, and recording that number. By reviewing this data later, you can find exact patterns in how their decision time correlates to their actual hand strength.
Reading the hand history colors
When viewing filtered hands in the history section, they are color-coded so you can instantly understand how the hands were played:
How to use filters
Open the filter menu
While in the analytics tab, tap the filter icon located in the top right corner.
Choose your criteria
You can filter your saved hands using several different options:
Filtering by board texture
You can also filter hands based on the community cards.
Board filters will only work if a minimum of 3 board cards were saved during the hand. Additionally, our system calculates texture based on the entire known board (up to all 5 cards), rather than only looking at the flop.
Saving filter presets
If there are specific filters you use often, you can save them for quick access later. This is incredibly useful when playing online, allowing you to instantly pull up a saved preset to see exactly how a specific opponent—or the entire player pool—tends to play a specific line. Just select your desired parameters, press the plus button in the "Saved presets" section, enter a name, and save it.
Apply the filters
After selecting all the criteria you want to see, press the "Show hands" button at the bottom of the screen to view your matching results.
How to install as an app
While we are not yet available in the official app stores, you can still install SnapHand directly to your phone's home screen as an application.
Due to technical restrictions with home screen apps, Google login does not work on iPhones. Because of this, if you are using a mobile phone, we strongly recommend the following:
On iPhone — always use Apple login.
On Android — always use Google login.
- 1 Open the Safari browser and go to the website.
- 2 Tap the share icon at the bottom of the screen (the square with an arrow pointing up).
- 3 Scroll down the list of options and tap "Add to home screen".
- 4 Tap "Add" in the top right corner to place the app on your home screen.
- 1 Open the Google Chrome browser and go to the website.
- 2 Tap the menu icon (three dots) in the top right corner of the screen.
- 3 Tap "Install app" or "Add to home screen" from the menu list.
- 4 Follow the on-screen prompt to add the app to your home screen.