Nut hand

In the card game of poker, the term referred Nuts the best in a given situation hand which at this time is not so beatable. Usually this term is applied only in Hold'em variants.

Often the nuts on the flop are no sure winner, as new Nuts can be caused by the turn and river card. With a Royal Flush and in some straight flushes the nuts, however, are already on the flop sure winner. Thus, for example, on a flop of 9 ♠ 10 ♠ J ♠ sure winner when you hold yourself Q ♠ K ♠ and obvious. The smallest score which can mean on the flop the nuts, is a set with the highest community card on the flop J93 so three boys. If the flop J97 shows the nuts would be a road with eight and ten.

The " worst best hand " on the river, which is possible, would QQ on a board of 2378Q if no flush is possible.

Examples

If in Texas Hold'em a player's cards 7 ♠ 8 ♠ and holds and the community cards 5 ♠ 6 ♠ A ♣ 9 ♠ 5 ♥ are, the player keeps to the straight flush, the best possible hand, since no higher combination is possible. In the same community cards Vierling from 5 ♣ 5 ♦ would be the second nuts, so the second best hand (also Second Nuts ), which for the one who keeps them, he can be very expensive.

It is also possible that the nuts are not the best possible current source. When the community cards 7 ♥ 2 ♣ K ♠ K ♥ 3 ♦ Although the hand would be K ♣ K ♦ the best, but if a player holds K ♣ 7 ♣, he knows that no other player has a better hand, since it is impossible two to keep more kings.

Terms such as nut flush or full house groove denote the best possible hand this combination.

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