Your hands, the solver, and the pool — in one comparison.
rivnode is analysis software for no-limit hold'em. It reads the
hand-history files your poker client writes after a session has ended and shows
you where your past decisions diverged from a game-theory baseline, and where
the player pool diverges from it too.
Both halves matter. Equilibrium tells you what is unexploitable.
The pool tells you what is actually happening. The gap between them is where the
money is, and rivnode is built to put those two readings next to your own game
at the same node.
One node, every answer.
Status
rivnode is in development and is not yet on sale. There is no purchase
option on this site and no download. This page exists so you can read what the
product is and what the licence terms will be before anything is offered.
Questions are welcome at the address below.
What it does
Reviews your own hands
Point rivnode at the folder where your poker client saves hand histories. It
parses them into a local database and reports the spots where your action
frequencies drift furthest from the baseline, ranked by what that drift costs in
expectation. Every finding links back to a replay of the specific hand it came
from.
Reads solver output
rivnode loads solved game trees produced by PioSolver and presents them as
navigable range grids and decision trees. PioSolver is separate commercial
software you install and licence yourself; rivnode does not include, bundle or
resell it. The hand-history and reference features work without a solver.
Shows what the pool actually does
rivnode ships anonymised, aggregated action-frequency statistics — how often a
typical player at a given stake takes a given action in a given situation. These
are statistical aggregates only: no player names, no account identifiers, no
personal data and no reproduction of any individual hand.
What it is not
This category has a real line running through it, and rivnode sits firmly on
one side of it. Stated plainly, because it matters both to players and to anyone
assessing what this software is:
Not gambling. No wagers, no stakes, no odds, no funds held,
no connection to any real-money gaming platform. Nothing can be won or lost
inside rivnode.
Not real-time assistance. rivnode does not run during play.
Its only input is a text file your client has already finished writing.
Not a HUD. It draws no overlay on any poker client, at any
time.
Not attached to any game client. It does not read, hook
into, inject into, screen-scrape or automate any other application.
Not a bot. It sends no input to any program and cannot take
an action in a game.
Reviewing your own finished hands away from the table is ordinary study — the
same activity as a chess player analysing a game they have already played. The
licence agreement requires you to comply with the terms
of any poker platform you use, and prohibits using rivnode for real-time
assistance.
Licence & pricing
Price
249 USD, one time. Not a subscription.
The app
Yours permanently. It keeps working with no further payment, indefinitely.
Included for 12 months
App updates, content-pack downloads, and AI assistant access.
After 12 months
Your installed version continues to work exactly as it is. Updates, new packs and the assistant pause until you buy another year. Nothing is removed.
Another year
69 USD, whenever you choose. A separate one-time purchase, not a subscription — there is no recurring charge and nothing lapses if you never buy it.
Machines
Up to 3 of your own machines at once.
Delivery
Licence key issued immediately at checkout; the installer is downloaded with that key.
Payments
Handled by Polar as merchant of record, including tax and VAT.
Requirements
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. There is no macOS or Linux build.
Solver features require your own licensed copy of PioSolver. Not included.
The AI assistant uses an API key you supply from your own model provider.
Requests go from your machine to that provider directly.
Where your data lives
Your hand histories stay on your machine. rivnode does not upload them, and we
never receive or store them. The only traffic to our servers is licence
activation and update checks. Full detail in the
privacy policy.