Poker Drill Master is structured into four main modes: Drill, Calculator, System, and Outs. You complete your poker training in Drill Mode. Semi-random poker games in various states of completion are presented to you, with a betting decision. You are guided through a series of questions about pot odds that you must answer, ultimately ending in a question on the correct betting action (fold, call or raise). Every aspect of Drill Mode is configurable from the Options item in the File menu, so you can tune the testing to exactly what you need the most help on.

Calculator mode is the brains behind Poker Drill Master. To determine your winning probabilities and pot odds, a powerful poker simulator is used to run millions of random games (or all permutations, if the number of combinations is manageable). The pot odds and probabilities are calculated from the averages of these simulations. While Drill Mode uses the poker simulator to ultimately decide the right decisions, you can also use the simulator to test any possible Texas Hold'em game. A unique aspect of our poker calculator is that you can test any combination of both known and unknown hands. The calculator automatically figures out if it can exhaustively run every permutation of the game, or runs a few million random games instead. Using pot odds in low-limit poker games to determine your decisions is the most common and recommended method for post-flop hands. But pre-flop, the pot is often not big enough and it is better to base your decision on other factors (such as betting position, raises, callers, and of course your starting hand). Many well known experts have published their own pre-flop poker systems that tell when to fold, call or raise with different opening hands. System Mode is where you access, edit and create poker systems. Poker Drill Master includes a number of popular published systems, but you can always copy and tinker with them, or create new ones. The powerful editor lets you define arbitrary rules that indicate under what conditions you should take difference actions. The poker simulator powering this program is great, but does not represent a practical way human players can determine their edge in live play. Most experts recommend computing your outs: the number of remaining opportunities or cards that can complete a given high-probability winning hand. The Outs Mode shows you your chances of securing a hand with a single card in one or two draws. Outs are a great estimating tool for determining your minimum required pot odds, and hence the correct betting decisions.