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The nuts

The best possible hand given the current board.

Level 2

Also: nuts, nut flush, nut hand

If you hold the nuts, you can’t be beaten. The nuts changes as each card is dealt: the nut hand on the flop may not be the nuts by the river. Drawing to the nuts gives your draws the best implied odds.

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