Concepts

A concept is a structured markdown note for capturing your poker knowledge. Whether it's a spot analysis, a theoretical concept, coaching notes, or a strategic reflection, concepts let you document everything in one place.

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Why Create Concepts?

Most poker players accumulate ideas in scattered text files, phone notes, or just in their memory. The problem: that knowledge is quickly lost.

Concepts let you:

• ✅ Centralize your strategic reflections in a single space
• ✅ Structure your ideas with markdown (headings, lists, bold, etc.)
• ✅ Connect your notes to your ranges with embedded links
• ✅ Transform your knowledge into flashcards for memorization
• ✅ Find information easily thanks to folder organization

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Creating a Concept

From the Strategy Finder

1. Open the Strategy section from the main menu
2. Click the Create button, then select Concept
3. Give your concept a title (e.g., "3-bet range BTN vs CO")
4. Start writing in the markdown editor

From Coaching

The AI coach can create concepts for you during a conversation. When you're discussing a strategy topic and the coach detects valuable insights, it can suggest capturing them as a concept — with a pre-filled title and structured key points based on your discussion.

You'll see the concept card appear directly in the chat. From there, you can open it, edit the content, and even extract flashcards.

Tip

You don't need to ask explicitly — the coach will naturally suggest creating a concept when the discussion contains insights worth keeping. You can also ask directly: "Create a concept about what we just discussed."

Folder Placement

The concept is created in the folder you are currently viewing. If you are not inside any folder, the concept is created at the root. You can move it later.

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Editing a Concept

Markdown Editor

The concept editor supports full markdown:

Syntax	Result
# Title	Main heading
## Subtitle	Sub-heading
**bold**	bold
*italic*	italic
- item	Bullet list
1. item	Numbered list
> quote	Blockquote

Read Mode vs Edit Mode

Each concept has two modes:

• Read Mode: Displays the formatted markdown content. This is the default view when you open a concept.
• Edit Mode: Shows the raw markdown text for editing. Toggle with the edit button.

Tip

Use read mode to comfortably review your notes, and switch to edit mode when you want to add or modify content.

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Organizing with Folders

You can organize your concepts into folders to quickly find your notes by theme.

Example structures:

📁 Preflop
  ├── 📝 3-bet ranges
  ├── 📝 BB Defense
  └── 📝 Squeeze spots
📁 Postflop
  ├── 📝 C-bet strategy
  ├── 📝 Check-raise spots
  └── 📝 River bluffs
📁 Mental
  ├── 📝 Tilt management
  └── 📝 Session routine

What you can do:

• Create folders and sub-folders
• Move concepts between folders
• Navigate via breadcrumb trail

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Embedded links

Embedded links let you embed interactive elements directly into your concepts. This is a powerful feature for connecting your notes to your ranges and other concepts.

Embedded Link Types

Range Link

Embed an interactive 13×13 grid directly in your concept. Ideal for illustrating a spot with the corresponding range.

Example: In a concept "UTG Open 100bb", you embed your UTG Open grid to see the combos directly while reading.

Folder Link

Create a link to a range folder in your notes. Useful for referencing a set of ranges related to your concept.

Concept Link

Create a link to another concept to build an interconnected knowledge network. For example, a concept "3-bet BTN" can link to your concept "BB Defense vs 3-bet".

Inserting an Embedded Link

To insert an embedded link in your concept:

1. Place your cursor at the desired location in the editor
2. Type [[ to open the autocomplete picker, or right-click to use the context menu
3. Browse your files or search to find the grid, folder, or concept you want to link
4. Select the item — the embedded link is automatically inserted into your text

Tip

In the autocomplete picker, you can type to search across all your items or browse through folders. Use arrow keys to navigate and Enter to select.

In read mode, embedded links display as interactive elements: ranges show the grid, folders and concepts are clickable links.

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Mermaid Diagrams

Concepts support Mermaid diagrams, a diagram language embedded in markdown. You can create decision trees, flowcharts, or any other diagram to illustrate your strategic concepts.

Example: A decision tree for a preflop spot:

```mermaid
graph TD
    A[Villain opens UTG] --> B{My hand?}
    B -->|Premium| C[3-bet]
    B -->|Speculative| D{Position?}
    B -->|Weak| E[Fold]
    D -->|IP| F[Call]
    D -->|OOP| G[Fold]
```

Diagrams are rendered visually in read mode.

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Practical Examples

Example 1: Documenting a Coaching Session

Goal: Capture the takeaways from a coaching session

1. Create a concept "Coaching Feb 24 - 3-bet ranges"
2. Note the key points in markdown (even rough notes are fine)
3. Use AI Structuring to organize your notes
4. Extract flashcards on the key points
5. Review regularly to memorize

Example 2: Building a Personal Poker Wiki

Goal: Create an interconnected poker knowledge network

1. Create one concept per topic (3-bet, squeeze, c-bet, etc.)
2. Organize into folders by theme (Preflop, Postflop, Mental)
3. Use embedded links to connect concepts to each other
4. Embed your ranges in the relevant concepts
5. You now have a personal wiki you can consult anytime

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Learn More

• AI Structuring — Structure your concepts with artificial intelligence
• Flashcards — Turn your concepts into flashcards
• Spaced Repetition — Memorize your flashcards for good
• Ranges — Create ranges to embed in your concepts
• Coaching — The AI coach can help you build your concepts

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Tip

Don't aim for perfection from the start. Write your ideas down rough, then use AI Structuring to organize them automatically. The important thing is to capture your thoughts before you forget them!