What Are the Nuts in Poker? Meaning + Strategy Guide
The Nuts in poker means the best possible hand. It is often referred to as the stone cold nuts for emphasis. While the nuts in Hold’em is technically the royal flush, the term nuts is used to describe the strongest possible holding given the situation. For example in Hold’em, on a QT8 rainbow texture, J9 in the hole is the nuts because it makes the nut straight.
What is Nut low in Poker?
Nut low means the best possible low hand in games with a low hand ranking system. For example in Razz, the nut low is A,2,3,4,5 while in 2-7 Triple Draw the nut low is 2,3,4,5,7. The hand which constitutes the nut low will change depending on the board texture. For example, if the flop comes 247 in Omaha Hi/lo, the current nut low is A,2,3,4,7 made by any player with A3 in the hole.
What is No Limit in Poker?
No Limit is a term used to describe the betting structure of a poker game. No limit means there is not restriction on how large a player can bet or raise at any given moment (although they can’t ever bet more than what is in their stack). The other types of betting structure are pot-limit (maximum bet or raise is the size of the pot) and fixed-limit (bets and raises occur in fixed increments). The most popular poker game currently is no limit Hold’em.
What Is a Nit in Poker? All You Need to Know about Nit Players!
A nit is an exceptionally tight poker player who only enters the pot with top tier premium holdings. Nits spend most of their life folding on the first betting round (preflop in Hold’em), but if they do start betting and raising, they nearly always have the nuts (or close to it).
