Poker · Stage 3: Reading and betting

New to poker? Play your first hands, with a coach at every decision. Practice points only.

What they could hold

A range is every hand the other side could hold. Equity is how your hand does against all of them, on average.

You rarely know an opponent's two cards. But from how they play, you can list the hands they might hold: their range. Your equity is the share of the pot your hand wins on average against that range. A careful player who raises twice has a narrow range of strong hands; a bold player's range is wide.