The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear even though it truly is thought to have come from old slang meaning "delightful point, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" of course, because in Texas hold’em the poker nuts may be the best achievable hands that you can have at any level in the game.
If you might have the nuts, you can not be beaten…at that stage in the hand. This may be the crucial factor that plenty of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one player to one more as well as your hands which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The subsequent example should demonstrate the fickle nature of the cards in Hold’em poker and how your nuts can swiftly turn to pulp!
You’re playing a side of Texas hold em poker and there are 3 gamblers nevertheless in the casino game at the flop. You obtain dealt 7 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 is a fantastic flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this level you might have a straight – 5, six, 7, eight, nine – which can’t be defeated by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your palm and try to draw a bet from somebody that has a good pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she’s flopped three five spades so she makes a bet which is known as by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s that has a King kicker. You like the way it’s 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 generate the poker nuts using a flush, his 2 hearts in his palm plus the three on the table with Ace King good now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike wagers as he knows he’s got the nuts except he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he maintains his wager low sufficient to receive called. You still think you’re succeeding with all the directly, in fact the Ace has increased that opinion as you now reckon Mike possibly has an Ace in his palm and perhaps even two pairs.
He has fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it is the 5 of hearts. This really is a blow to you as you can find now four hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is beating you that has a flush. Mike is happy with the five as he nonetheless feels he is succeeding using the top flush, although his opponents may possibly also have produced a flush and believe they are winning. Amy obviously will be the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with 4 5s, her four of the variety can only be outdone by a directly flush or a much better four of a kind. There are not adequate connected hearts showing around the table to produce a directly flush and there isn’t yet another pair showing so it’s impossible to generate four of the kind.
Amy wins the pot though you and Mike reflect on what must have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one point in the 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 the card.
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