Range advantage
The situation where one player's range of possible hands has more equity — or more of the strongest hands — than the opponent's on a given board. It drives who should bet and how big.
Frequently asked questions
What is range advantage in poker?
Holding more overall equity than the opponent on a particular board, because the hands you could have fit it better than the hands they could have. It is a property of the whole range, not of your actual cards.
How do you tell who has the range advantage?
Compare what each range contains against the board. A preflop raiser has more big cards, so an ace-king-seven flop favours them; a big-blind caller has more small and connected cards, so a six-five-four flop favours the caller instead.
What do you do with a range advantage?
Bet frequently, usually small — you can apply pressure with most of your range cheaply, because the opponent cannot continue often enough. Without it, check more and let them bet into your stronger holdings. The related idea, nut advantage, asks who holds the very best hands rather than more equity overall.