Slang for the best possible hand.
Questions tagged [nuts]
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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…
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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?
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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:.…
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