How he played a classic Poker game

 

Nick’s Hole Cards:

A♣ K♠ (Ace of clubs, King of spades)

Board:

• Flop: Q♣ 6♣ 10♠

• Turn: J♣

Dark Knight's cards:

Not revealed (unknown), but let’s focus on what we do know.

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Nick’s Hand After Turn:

Let’s build his best possible hand:

• Board: Q♣ 6♣ 10♠ J♣

• Nick's hand: A♣ K♠

From this, Nick has:

✅ Ace-high flush draw
✅ Broadway straight: 10♠ J♣ Q♣ K♠ A♣
✅ Royal flush draw (needs 10♣ on the river for Royal Flush)
✅ Nut potential in nearly every direction

He has the nuts at this stage — the best possible hand: Ace-high straight (A-K-Q-J-10).
Only possible way he could lose is if someone already has a flush, and even then:

• If opponent has flush but not the A♣, Nick has a redraw to the nut flush on the river.

• If opponent somehow has A♣ + another club, Nick is beat, but that’s such a narrow range.

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Nick folds here?!

• Top straight

• Nut flush draw

• Overcards to most top pairs

• Position against a raise (not even an all-in)

→ Folding is extremely unorthodox.

And here is the result

❌ Dark Knight had:

• Pocket 3s — basically nothing on this board.

• No straight draw, no flush draw, not even a blocker.

• Just pure heart and guts.

And he bluffs into a super connected, super wet board where most competent players would expect to be drawing dead against even marginal made hands.

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💣 The Bluff:

Dark Knight’s move is bold. He’s bluffing:

• Into a huge pot

• On a turn card (J♣) that heavily favors Nick’s range

• With zero equity — not even a backdoor draw to lean on

• Against a player holding the nuts at that point

👀 So why did it work?

That’s the mystery. But let’s explore what may have been going through Nick’s head:

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🤔 Possible reasons for the fold:

1. Overthinking a flush:
   The turn completes a lot of flushes (any two clubs). Nick might’ve thought Dark Knight had a combo like K♣ Q♣ or even a sneaky suited hand like 7♣ 9♣.

2. Dark Knight’s image:
   He looks super confident, arms crossed, chill body language. If he’s been tight or solid so far, Nick might’ve respected the overbet and assumed strength.

3. The raise size:
   A $41.5K raise into a ~$28K pot is massive. That overbet screams “I want a fold” to pros, but to more cautious players, it can also scream “I have the nuts and I’m pricing you out.”

4. Nick second-guessed the nuts:
   Maybe he thought he misread the board. Or maybe, with the clubs out there, he convinced himself he was up against a made flush that would still beat his straight.

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🧠 Final Thoughts:

• Nick folded the nuts with redraw potential to the nut flush.

• Dark Knight pulled off one of the purest bluffs possible with the worst hand at the table.

• This is the type of play that ends up in highlight reels for years.

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🗣️ TL;DR:

Nick folded the nuts. Dark Knight had pocket 3s and no draw. Bluff worked. Minds blown.