The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear even though it truly is thought to have come from old slang which means "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" needless to say, because in Texas hold’em the poker nuts would be the very best feasible side that you’ll be able to have at any stage in the game.
If you might have the nuts, you can not be beaten…at that level in the hand. This could be the crucial factor that a lot of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one gambler to a different and your hand which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!
The following example must show the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas holdem poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You’re betting a palm of Hold em poker and there are three players even now in the game at the flop. You get dealt 5 of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s hand is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, 6 of hearts and five of diamonds. It is a fantastic flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you might have a directly – 5, 6, seven, eight, 9 – which can’t be defeated by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hand and attempt to draw a wager from somebody having a good pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she’s flopped 3 five-s so she makes a bet which is known as by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s having a King kicker. You prefer the way it is going so you call the bet.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now grinning to himself as he has just been able to generate the poker nuts using a flush, his 2 hearts in his side plus the three around the table with Ace King high now give him an unequalled hand. Mike wagers as he knows he has got the nuts but he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he keeps his bet low adequate to have called. You nevertheless assume you are succeeding using the straight, in reality the Ace has heightened that perception as you now reckon Mike most likely has an Ace in his hands and perhaps even 2 pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it is the 5 of hearts. This is a blow to you as you will discover now four hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is beating you using a flush. Mike is happy together with the five as he even now feels he is winning using the top flush, even though his competitors may well also have created a flush and think they are winning. Amy of course is the real winner as she has just created the nuts with 4 five-s, her 4 of a sort can only be beaten by a straight flush or a much better four of a kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a straight flush and there is not one more pair displaying so it’s impossible to generate four of the kind.
Amy captures the pot though you and Mike reflect on what really should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas hold em can change totally with one turn of a card.
