Quote Originally Posted by mcatdog
Quote Originally Posted by iopq
that's why it's "polarized" - because the hands are polar opposites, as opposed to a continuum of hands
I'm afraid you, sir, do not know the etymology of polarized
Huge draws and sets are hardly polar opposites seeing as they're both on the same side of villain's range (the top of it).
if you imagine a graph of equity vs. our range with sets/straights and with huge draws you'll find that the draws would clump at 50% equity, while straights/sets would clump at like 80% equity

so the distribution has two peaks at 45% and 80% and no hands that have 60% for example

but if the flop was for example 356cc he could have a lot more hands that want to stick it in on the flop including a lot of combo draws that are not possible on this flop texture
so his range would be a lot wider

but yeah, saying he's at the top of his range in this spot is more specific