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Blackjack · the flagship

Card Shark 21

First-person blackjack on a full Vegas table, with two trainers behind it: basic strategy on every hand, and a running-count trainer with a live count readout so you can check yourself mid-shoe. Split, double, insurance — the trainer has an opinion on all of it, and tells you which card in the dealer's window drove the answer.

• Decisions per handSeveral — hit, stand, double, split, insurance
• Side bets, free21+3 · Perfect Pairs
• Pro addsEvery rule variant, the remaining side bets, all betting systems, and counting deviations

Video poker

Card Shark Poker

Six full-pay video poker games on a proper credit meter — one to five coins, royal at 4000. The hold trainer works on every one of them: it marks the optimal hold before you draw, and the Weak-Spot report tells you which hand types you keep misplaying.

• Decisions per handOne — which of the five to hold
• FreeJacks or Better, plus the hold trainer on all six games
• Pro addsBonus · Double Bonus · Double Double Bonus · Deuces Wild · Joker Poker, and the Weak-Spot report

Punto Banco

Card Shark Baccarat

Player, Banker or Tie, with a live Big Road and Bead Plate down the side for anyone who tracks the shoe. The trainer here is a third-card-rule drill — the one part of baccarat most players never actually learn, because the dealer always does it for them.

• Decisions per handOne — where the money goes before the deal
• Side bets, freePlayer Pair · Banker Pair
• Pro addsPerfect Pair · Either Pair · Dragon Bonus · Dragon 7 · Panda 8, plus EZ and no-commission variants

Ultimate Texas Hold'em

Card Shark Ultimate Hold'em

The full game: Ante and Blind, 4× or 3× pre-flop, 2× on the flop, 1× or fold on the river, against a dealer who has to qualify. Three real decisions a hand, and the trainer covers all three — including the expensive one nobody talks about, checking pre-flop with a hand that wanted 4×.

• Decisions per handThree — pre-flop, flop, river
• Side bets, freeTrips · Bad Beat · Pocket Bonus · Ultimate Pair
• Pro addsThe Progressive (royal flush pays 10,000×) and the full flop/river trainer

Three Card Poker

Card Shark 3 Card Poker

Ante, look, then play or fold against a dealer who needs queen-high to qualify — and yes, a straight beats a flush here. One decision, one rule to get right, and the trainer teaches it properly: Q-6-4 or better. Every side bet on this table shows its real house edge, because a paytable you can't price isn't a choice.

• Decisions per handOne — play or fold
• Side bets, freePair Plus (house edge shown: 7.28%)
• Pro addsPrime (3.62%) and the 6-Card Bonus (8.5%), plus the full edge report

Mississippi Stud

Card Shark Mississippi Stud

No dealer to beat — post an Ante, then fold or raise 1×, 2× or 3× on 3rd, 4th and 5th Street, and get paid on everything you put out. Three decisions a hand makes it the most punishing game on the floor to play by feel, so the trainer implements the full point-count strategy. It will also show you that 2× is never the book play.

• Decisions per handThree — 3rd, 4th and 5th Street
• Side bets, free3-Card Bonus
• Pro addsThe Progressive (royal pays 10,000×) and the complete 4th/5th Street trainer

Pai Gow Poker

Card Shark Pai Gow Poker

Seven cards and a semi-wild joker, split into a five-card high hand and a two-card low hand — and you have to win both. It's the deepest decision in the pit and the one most players hand straight to the dealer. The entire house-way trainer is free: set your hand, and it shows you what the house would have done and why.

• Decisions per handOne, but it's the biggest one in the room
• Side bets, freeFortune Bonus — plus the whole house-way trainer
• Pro addsThe Progressive (five aces pays 2,000×) and the trainer's edge reports

Let It Ride

Card Shark Let It Ride

Three equal bets out, two chances to pull one back. A pair of tens or better pays, and the whole game is knowing when the two community cards have not earned your money. The trainer scores both pull-backs.

• Decisions per handTwo — pull it back, or let it ride
• Side bets, free3 Card Bonus
• Pro addsThe 5 Card Bonus (up to 5,000×) and the edge report

Caribbean Stud

Card Shark Caribbean Stud

Ante, five cards, one look at the dealer's up card, then raise 2× or fold against an ace-king qualifier. Simple to play, easy to play wrong — the trainer covers the borderline raises that cost the most.

• Decisions per handOne — raise or fold
• Side bets, free5+1 Bonus
• Pro addsThe Jackpot side bet (up to 1,000×) and the edge report

Criss Cross Poker

Card Shark Criss Cross Poker

Two antes, two hole cards, and a five-card cross on the layout — then Across, Down and Middle each get their own fold-or-raise. The two blind antes are brutal on their own; the Middle bet is the one that rescues the game, so the trainer prices it exactly rather than approximating.

• Decisions per handThree — Across, Down, Middle
• Side bets, freeNone — the three-decision game is the whole game
• Pro addsThe Five Card Bonus (up to 250×) and the Middle-bet edge report

DJ Wild Stud

Card Shark DJ Wild

Five wild cards in the deck — all four deuces and the joker — so the hands run big and the dealer always plays. Ante and Blind, then 2× or fold. Nearly always a raise, which is exactly why the folds matter.

• Decisions per handOne — play 2× or fold
• Side bets, freeNone
• Pro addsThe Trips side bet — five wilds pays 2,000×

I Luv Suits · High Card Flush

Card Shark I Luv Suits

Seven cards, and rank barely matters — you're building the longest flush you can, and the length of it forces how big you're allowed to raise. The dealer needs a three-card nine-high to qualify. Odd game, genuinely fun, almost nobody plays it correctly.

• Decisions per handOne — fold or play (raise size set by flush length)
• Side bets, freeFlush Rush
• Pro addsSuper Flush Rush — up to 8,000×

Casino War

Card Shark War

High card wins. Tie, and you either surrender half or go to war. That's the entire game and we've priced it accordingly — but the one decision it does have is worth knowing, and the app shows you the real 2.33% edge rather than a rounder, friendlier number.

• Decisions per handOnly on a tie — war, or surrender
• Side bets, freeNone
• Pro addsThe Tie bet at 10:1, plus the edge report