The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain although it truly is thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful factor, practice or experience". It is really a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold’em the poker nuts could be the finest feasible hand that you are able to have at any level in the game.
If you’ve got the nuts, you can’t be beaten…at that stage in the hand. This would be the crucial factor that loads of unskilled players fail to consider, the nuts can move from one gambler to one more and your side which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The following example really should show the fickle nature of the cards in Texas hold em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You might be wagering a hands of Texas hold em poker and there are 3 players even now in the game at the flop. You receive dealt seven of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s side is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This really is a excellent flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this stage you may have a straight – five, six, 7, 8, nine – which cannot be beaten by any other combination of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hands and attempt to draw a wager from somebody with a good pair who will like this flop, so you merely check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she has flopped 3 5 spades so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s with a King kicker. You like the way it is going so you call the bet.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now smiling to himself as he has just managed to generate the poker nuts which has a flush, his 2 hearts in his side plus the 3 around the table with Ace King superior now give him an unequalled hand. Mike bets as he knows he has got the nuts except he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he keeps his wager low sufficient to get called. You nonetheless assume you are winning with all the straight, in fact the Ace has strengthened that belief as you now think Mike probably has an Ace in his palm and perhaps even two pairs.
He’s dropped into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. This is a blow to you as you’ll find now four hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is beating you which has a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he nevertheless feels he’s succeeding together with the top flush, while his opponents may well also have manufactured a flush and believe they’re winning. Amy of course may be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with 4 5s, her 4 of the type can only be outdone by a directly flush or a greater 4 of a kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts showing around the table to generate a directly flush and there is not one more pair showing so it can be impossible to generate four of the kind.
Amy wins the pot although you and Mike reflect on what really should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one level in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas hold’em can change completely with 1 turn of a card.
