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Originally Posted by As2s3s4s5s
You are not required to bet the nuts on the river in position according to TDA rules. This rule does not exist and it never has in the TDA rule set. If the player does so in order to softplay he is subject to penalty. If done strategically or accidentally the player is not subject to penalty.
I would not be surprised, however, if it is a WSOP rule. They have some "interesting" rules.
Does the TDA define the term "nuts" or "nut hand"? Prior to the tournament, the TD says "a player in position with the nut hand must take an aggressive action after the river card is dealt, and failure to do so could result in a one orbit penalty." But this particular TD has a different definition of the "nuts" than I do. I would define it as a hand that cannot be beaten based on what's on the board. His definition is that the nuts is the best hand possible based on what's on the board. Most of the time, those would be the same, but in certain instances they are not.
Let's say the board reads 7h 8h 10h 3d 4s. If you are on the button and holding Ah 9h, should you be required to bet/raise? I would say yes, since you have the straight flush blocker. TD would say no because 9h Jh is the nuts for that board.
So if there is an accepted definition of the "nuts", then maybe this TD will see that if you're going to penalize the guy holding 9h Jh, then, for the sake of consistency, you should also penalize the guy holding Ah 9h.