Questions tagged [nuts]

Slang for the best possible hand.

6 questions
5
votes
5 answers

How to fish with nuts?

This is a psychological question. Sometimes the Murphy's law turns its back on your opponents instead of you: you flop the stone-cold nuts. However, for me, this is the most difficult (though very much desired, of course) situation in the game. I…
user3612
5
votes
3 answers

In what situations will you lose the low-pot in Omaha Hi/Lo while holding Ace-Deuce?

In Omaha hi low, will holding an Ace and a Deuce card automatically give you the "nut low" hand in the event of a qualifying low hand?
ethan
  • 51
  • 3
3
votes
2 answers

How to play when you block all your opponents' value range

This is a generic question on what is a good strategy when flopping the nuts like quads, particularly when there are no scare cards on turn/river. It seems like any quads always freeze action because you're afraid of scaring opponents off the pot,…
sakon
  • 1,036
  • 5
  • 12
2
votes
1 answer

Uncapped betting in FL game HU on river with nuts on board?

My understanding is that it's common in limit games where usually there is a 4-bet (or 3-raise) betting cap to remove this cap when a hand is heads-up. If so, what happens in a situation where we reach the river (in a flop game like hold'em) and the…
3N1GM4
  • 1,564
  • 7
  • 26
1
vote
2 answers

Probability of flopping the unbreakable nuts

So I've been trying to figure out the probability of flopping the unbreakable nuts. And I'm a little confused on how exactly it will work out. Essentially, I think that having some sort of straight could possibly be the unbreakable nuts but then…
user2582622
  • 201
  • 1
  • 3
  • 5
0
votes
0 answers

Why is this hand the nuts?

In the book No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice, at page 62, the author gives an example of a bad bluff during the 1979 World Series of Poker Main event. The cards on the table after the river are A:spades: K:spades: Q:clubs: T:clubs: 7:spades:.…
Shamaz
  • 101
  • 1