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So with a board of 9 9 8 8 2 at a three way showdown, a player holding 22 vs. two players who each hold 98 should say he lost with the 2nd nuts?

Again, I know this is pretty much a semantics thing and in the end really doesn't matter but I just feel the current popular usage is so inaccurate.

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We all know not to be results-oriented. This is a situation that is relative for each player. From the point of view of 22, he has the fifth nuts (since it's possible for four players each to have the remaining 9s and 8s). From the point of view of the 98s, they know they have at least half the first nut. And I know a guy with one nut. I think Einstein covered most of this.

At showdown, however, when all players are in the same time and space, 22 knows he's the third nuts (tie for first).

BTW, this may all be completely wrong, but within my own little construct, it makes total sense.