Posts Tagged ‘strong hand’

Poker bad beat

Posted by Nicolae on July 18th, 2008 under Poker, Poker terminology Guide
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In poker, a bad beat occurs when a hand, which was at one time a big favourite to win, loses. Typically the term is only applied in this way when the player holding the eventual winning hand misplayed it spectacularly.Alternatively, the term is also applied when a particularly strong hand loses to [...]

Nut hand

Posted by Nicolae on June 22nd, 2008 under Poker, Poker terminology Guide
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In poker, the nut hand, or just the nuts, is the strongest hand possible in any particular situation. The term applies mostly to community card poker games to mean the individual holding that makes the strongest hand possible with the given board of community cards. By extension, the term is used [...]