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Broadway - An ace high straight, AKQJT.
There are many different nicknames in poker. Some nicknames are given to players like Doyle Brunson (Texas Dolly). Some
are given for starting hand combinations like King Jack (Kojak) and other nicknames are for five card hand combinations
such as A2345 (The Wheel). For the ace
high straight, the nickname is Broadway or Broadway Straight.
A Broadway is a powerful hand especially in Holdem. If a
flush is not possible and there are no
pairs on board, then a player who is holding the Broadway would have the
nut hand. If a player held
Big Slick (ace king) on a QJT84 board,
he would have an unbeatable hand. The great thing about a hand like this is that players will often get paid by other players
who have the idiot end of the straight (the lower straight). If this happens in No Limit Holdem, players can get paid
off handsomely. In Pot Limit Omaha,
players with a broadway straight on the flop should proceed with caution. A lot of players lose too much money in situations
where they have the nut hand, but their opponents are
freerolling on them (have the same hand
with a big redraw).
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