Nut advantage
Holding more of the very strongest hands on a board than the other player does.
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- What it means
- Nut advantage looks only at the top of each range: the sets, two pairs, straights and other hands near the nuts. A player can have the range advantage without the nut advantage, and the other way round.
- How it is calculated
- The app evaluates every possible hole-card pair on the board and marks the strongest 5% as the strongest hands. Each side's share is the fraction of its own combos in that group. A gap of more than 2 points counts as a nut advantage.
- Worked example
- With the app's charts, on 5♥4♥3♣ about 7.5% of the big blind's calling range is among the strongest hands, against about 4.5% of an under-the-gun opener's: straights, sets and two pairs the opener rarely holds. On A♠K♦7♣ it flips to about 26% for the opener against 7%.
- Why it matters
- The side with the nut advantage can use big bets and overbets, because it can hold hands the other side cannot, so large bluffs are credible too.
Lessons that teach it: The better range and the best hands · lessons other than the free one need an invite
See also: Range advantage, The nuts, Bet sizing, Range