Overview of the Drill Features in Lucid Poker
Lucid Poker Drills put you in real hands with instant GTO feedback after every decision. This article covers all three drill modes: Leaderboard Drills, the Preflop GTO Trainer, and Custom Drills, plus a full breakdown of the drill interface.
How It Works
Drills put you inside real poker hands and ask you to make decisions, just like you would at the table. After every action, Lucid compares your decision to the GTO solution for that exact spot and gives you immediate feedback. There is no waiting until the end of a session to find out where you went wrong.
This instant feedback loop is what makes drills one of the fastest ways to fix leaks. You see the mistake, you see what the solver recommends, and you move on to the next hand.
Replace idle scrolling with drill reps. Even five minutes of drills on your phone while you wait in line is more useful than it sounds. The habit compounds quickly.
The Drill Interface
Before jumping into drill modes, here is what you will see on screen during any standard drill session.
The game area
The center of the screen shows the hand in progress: total pot, player positions, the actions taken so far, and your available decisions. Bet sizing buttons appear at the bottom. If a spot has multiple viable bet sizes, you can cycle through them before committing.
Session stats (top of screen)
While you play, Lucid tracks four numbers across the top of the screen:
- Hands played: Total hands completed in this session.
- Accuracy: Your overall decision accuracy across all hands so far.
- EV differential: How many big blinds you have lost compared to GTO across the session. Lower is better.
- Score: A composite number used for leaderboard ranking. It reflects accuracy, EV loss, and volume of hands played.
Streak
Your streak counter tracks consecutive correct decisions. It resets to zero if you make an inaccuracy or mistake.
The RNG button
In the bottom right of the screen, you will find a random number generator. In spots where the solver uses a mixed strategy (for example, calling 22% of the time and folding 78%), the RNG helps you regulate your frequencies correctly. If you are new to mixed strategies, you can skip this for now. More detail is available in a dedicated article and in the Lucid Discord.
Use "Sit Out Next Hand" before ending a session. Tap this button in the bottom half of the screen when you want to stop. It lets the current hand finish cleanly so your stats are not affected by an incomplete hand.
Reading Your Action Rating
After every hand, the bottom of the screen shows a rating for your last decision. This is the most important feedback in the drill interface.
Rating labels
- Best: Your decision was the solver's top action at your exact RNG number. This is the highest possible rating.
- Good: The solver does make this play, and at a meaningful frequency, but your RNG number fell outside that window this time. A correct action, slightly mistimed.
- Inaccuracy: The solver makes this play, but only at a very low frequency. Your action is not wrong in principle, but it is well outside what GTO would do most of the time.
- Mistake: The solver would never make this play, but the EV loss is small. Study the frequency breakdown to understand what you should have done.
- Blunder: The solver would never make this play and the EV loss is significant. Use the spot link to open the full node in the Solver Library and study it carefully.
Scenario: You call an all-in with A♥Q♣ for 20 big blinds. The solver calls 22% of the time and folds 78%. If your RNG number is 15 (within the 22% call window), you get a Best rating. If your RNG is 50 (outside the call window), the same action gets an Inaccuracy, because the solver does call here, just not this often.
Detailed stats panel
Next to the rating label, you will see:
- The solver's recommended frequency breakdown for that spot (fold X%, call Y%, raise Z%)
- Your cards and board (if postflop)
- The action you took
- Your EV loss for that decision
- Your RNG number for that hand
- Your accuracy percentage for the decision
Reviewing past hands
Tap the Last dropdown at the bottom of the screen to expand a list of all hands played in your current session. Each entry shows your rating at a glance. Tap any hand to dive deeper. From there, you can follow the link into the Solver Library to see the full GTO node and explore the surrounding range.
Drill Modes
Lucid offers three different drill modes. Each serves a different purpose.
Leaderboard Drills
The default drill mode. You play hands from a curated set of game types and compete against other Lucid users on a global leaderboard. Available leaderboards include cash games, heads-up, sit-and-go, spin-and-go, and tournaments.
- Free users: 20 leaderboard hands per day.
- Pro users: Unlimited hands.
To see where you rank, visit the Leaderboard tab from the drills home screen. It shows the current top players and how far you are from the top 10.
Preflop GTO Trainer
A free, unlimited drill mode focused entirely on preflop decisions. Set up a session in a couple of taps and start working on your opening ranges, 3-bet frequencies, and preflop calling ranges. No Pro subscription required.
Custom Drills (Pro only)
Build a drill session targeting a specific spot type. Filter by position, street, board texture, stack depth, and more to isolate exactly the situation you want to work on. This is the most efficient way to fix a specific leak in your game.
Custom Drills pair well with Study Plans. If your Progress Tracking shows a consistent weakness in a particular spot type, build a Custom Drill around it for targeted reps.
Next Steps
Once you are comfortable with the drill interface:
- Try the Preflop GTO Trainer for a free, low-pressure starting point
- Play a Leaderboard Drill to see how your score compares to other players
- Review your session using the Last hand history dropdown
- Follow the solver link on any mistake or blunder to open the full node in the Solver Library
- Check your trends over time in Progress Tracking