The stone cold nuts

It's always good to have the nuts, but there's nothing like having the stone cold nuts.

This is an excerpt from my August 14, 2013 post. Last night, on my final hand of the session, I had the stone cold nuts - an ace high flush where I had the ace and the board hadn't paired. Every street, someone else had bet and I was content just to call, not wanting to scare anyone off the hand. I didn't bet on the river, putting a check raise in play. Unfortunately, neither opponent who was still in the hand bet at that point, but regardless of that, I raked in a huge pot and vaulted into the black. Needless to say, my feeling of invincibility hasn't gone away :-)

delta: $359,410
Cash game NLHE balance: $5,878,177
2022 balance: $-138,440
blue distance: $395,140
balance: $94,705,513

The stone cold nuts

Some unlikely holdings can turn out to be the stone cold nuts - an unbeatable hand. I had such a holding last night. I was dealt the jack of diamonds and a forgettable card - call it the seven of clubs. Four of the five community cards were diamonds. Moreover, the ace, king, and queen of diamonds were three of those four. I knew I had the stone cold nuts. The only question was how much I should bet on the river, to extract the most value out of my opponent. I decided to min bet, and got called. Mission accomplished :-)

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      86   21    21   329000

delta: $129,000
MTT NLHE balance: $26,395,768
2021 balance: $3,024,000
blue distance: $648,000
balance: $80,689,453

The stone cold nuts

It's always good to have the nuts, but there's nothing like having the stone cold nuts. That's what I ended up having on the penultimate hand of last night's session. I was dealt Qh Ac, and the flop came Td Js Kc. Not only did I flop a straight, but it was a rainbow flop, drastically reducing my chances of being beaten by a flush. So I'd flopped the nuts, but would need to pay some attention to the turn and river cards. When the turn came 2c and the river came 8h, I knew I had the stone cold nuts. In order for a flush or a straight flush to beat me, the board needed to have three cards to a flush, which it didn't. In order for a full house or a four of a kind to beat me, the board needed to have paired, which it hadn't. In other words, I couldn't lose the hand; the worst I could do was tie with another Broadway (ace high straight). I raked in a pot worth $23,100, and called it a night the next hand.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 37 hands and saw flop:
 - 5 out of 5 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 1 out of 5 times while in small blind (20%)
 - 15 out of 27 times in other positions (55%)
 - a total of 21 out of 37 (56%)
 Pots won at showdown - 2 of 3 (66%)
 Pots won without showdown - 4

delta: $18,060
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $4,785,095
balance: $7,142,048