You like my hook to get you to read my thread? What a teaser.
Anywho. What is it called when you have the best hand possible in a situation, but you don't have the nuts, but the best hand still considering what you hold.
Example.
I've got
And the board is
I don't have the absolute nuts which would be poket K's, but given that I have one king, there's no way anyone else can have quads. I have the best possible hand and at worst tie with another K,Q hand. Is it the nuts? Or is it called something else.
I can't stand it when someone says they have the nuts, when they seem to forget quads would beat a full house...but in this hand, quads just ain't happenin'.
Just a stupid random thought on a dull Friday afternoon....