Poker
Poker range percentage
In poker, range percentage is the proportion of all possible starting hands that a player could hold in a given situation, shown as a percentage.
- Also called
- Range percentage
- Applies to
- Hand-range analysis in poker strategy, especially when estimating what portion of possible private hands an opponent can hold in a given situation12
- How it works
- A player or analyst assigns a set of possible hands to a player, then expresses that set as a percentage of the total relevant hand space. The percentage changes with betting action, position, board texture, and other inference factors12
Key points
- A range percentage is the numeric proportion of a player's possible hand set, not the set itself12.
- The percentage narrows or widens as the hand progresses, reflecting new information from actions and community cards12.
- Range percentage applies to any street or situation, not only preflop12.
Where this term is used
Not the same as
- Poker preflop ranges — a range used before the flop, whereas range percentage is a measurement that can apply to any street
- Poker ranges by position — a positional chart or recommendation, whereas range percentage is a numeric proportion, not a strategy set
Related terms
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Poker range
The broader concept of the set or distribution of possible hands a player can hold.
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Poker hands
The ranking and combinations of private cards used in hand analysis.
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Omaha poker
A variant where range percentage calculations differ due to four hole cards.
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Flush poker
A hand type that may be part of a range percentage calculation.
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Quads poker
A rare hand type that may be included in a range percentage.
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Sources
- PokerSkill: LLMs Can Play Expert-Level Poker without ... arxiv.org Defines range as a distribution over possible private hands and supports the concept of range percentage.
- Glossary of poker terms en.wikipedia.org Glossary entry that defines range and supports the explanation of range percentage.
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