Nut-Nut for the Scoop
In hold'em, the best possible hand is "the nuts". In omaha split, the best possible hand it the "nut-nut" -- the nut hand for both halves of the pot. That's the hand Michael Freits turned over in a recent pot against Alexander Kravchenko.
Freits was one of four players in for a flop of
. Freits bet and was called only by Kravchenko. That same action repeated itself on the
turn and the
river. At showdown, Freits turned over
-- ace-deuce for low and a seven-high straight for high. Kravchenko nodded his head and mucked his hand.
Freits is up to 40,000. Kravchenko has 36,500.