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Hold 'em Poker Nut Hands II - Straights Straights win a lot of pots in Texas Hold 'em Poker but not all straights are the nuts. In Texas Hold 'em Poker, you have the nuts when you have an ace high Broadway straight, any one of the five cards that make the straight in the hole, no pair or better on the board and no possibility of a flush. You also have the nut straight if your straight is king high or smaller, both of your hole cards play, both of your hole cards are higher than the bottom card of the straight, neither hole card is paired, there's no pair or better on the board, no possibility of a flush and no possibility of a higher straight. With a nut straight you will split the pot if one or more other players have the same hand. You cannot lose if all five cards of an ace high straight are on the board and there's no possibility of a flush. All the players who are in the hand at the showdown will split the pot. Scroll down through the examples below to get a better understanding of the nut straights in Texas Hold 'em Poker. |
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| This Broadway straight is the nuts. There is no pair on the board and no possibility of a flush. The pot will be split if any other players have a ten in the hole at the showdown. | |||||||||
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| The hole cards don't play. The nut straight is on the board. All the players in the hand at the showdown will split the pot. | |||||||||
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| This ace high straight was flopped then counterfeited by the turn and river cards. The nut straight is on the board and the hole cards don't play. | |||||||||
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| The ace on the river completed the straight but it was the third spade on the board making a flush or straightflush possible. The nut hole cards are king-queen of spades, a royal flush. | |||||||||
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| The river card paired the board. Pocket fives are the nut hole cards. | |||||||||
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| This jack high straight is the nuts. Both hole cards play. Both hole cards are higher than the bottom card of the straight. Neither hole card is paired. There's no pair on the board, no possibility of a flush and no possibility of a higher straight. | |||||||||
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| This jack high straight is not the nuts. The ten paired on the river and a higher straight is possible. The nut hole cards are queen-jack. | |||||||||
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| This ten high straight is not the nuts. The hole cards are the bottom two cards of the straight and a higher straight is possible. The nut hole cards are king- jack. | |||||||||
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| This wheel is not the nuts. The ace is the bottom card of the straight and the ace is paired. Only the five plays. The nut hole cards are six-five. | |||||||||
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| This wheel is not the nuts. A higher straight is possible. The turn and river cards make king-ten the nuts. | |||||||||
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