The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it can be thought to have been dirived from old jargon which means "delightful thing, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" needless to say, because in Texas hold’em the poker nuts will be the ideal achievable side that it is possible to have at any stage in the game.
If you have the nuts, you cannot be beaten…at that point in the hand. This may be the crucial factor that lots of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one player to an additional as well as your palm which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!
The subsequent example need to illustrate the fickle nature of the cards in Hold’em poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!
You are wagering a palm of Hold’em poker and there are three players still in the game at the flop. You obtain dealt 5 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s side is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This is a excellent flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you’ve got a straight – 5, six, 7, eight, nine – which can not be beaten by any other combination of cards.
Now you decide to "slow play" your palm and attempt to draw a wager from somebody using a high pair who will like this flop, so you basically 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 using a King kicker. You like the way it is going so you call the wager.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now grinning to himself as he has just managed to make the poker nuts which has a flush, his 2 hearts in his palm plus the 3 on the table with Ace King great now give him an unequalled hand. Mike bets as he knows he’s got the nuts but he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he maintains his wager low enough to receive called. You even now assume you are succeeding using the directly, in fact the Ace has strengthened that opinion as you now think Mike probably has an Ace in his hands and perhaps even two pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. This really is a blow to you as there are now four hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is defeating you with a flush. Mike is happy with the five as he nonetheless feels he’s winning with the top flush, though his competitors may perhaps also have created a flush and assume they are winning. Amy naturally may be the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 five spades, her four of a variety can only be beaten by a straight flush or a much better 4 of a kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts displaying on the table to generate a straight flush and there is not one more pair displaying so it really is impossible to make four of the kind.
Amy captures the pot although you and Mike reflect on what need to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the casino game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Texas holdem can change entirely with 1 turn of a card.
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