The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain although it really is thought to have come from old slang meaning "delightful thing, practice or experience". It can be a "delightful thing" of course, because in Hold em the poker nuts will be the ideal achievable hand that you can have at any level in the game.
If you have the nuts, you can not be beaten…at that point in the hand. This would be the essential factor that a lot of unskilled gamblers fail to consider, the nuts can move from one player to one more as well as your hand which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!
The following example must demonstrate the fickle nature of the cards in Hold’em poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!
You are wagering a side of Texas hold em poker and there are three gamblers even now in the game at the flop. You receive dealt seven of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s side is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 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 may have a straight – five, 6, 7, eight, 9 – which can not be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your hand and try to draw a wager from somebody having a great pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she has flopped three 5s so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s with 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 smiling to himself as he has just been able to generate the poker nuts which has a flush, his two hearts in his palm plus the three on the table with Ace King good now give him an unequalled hand. Mike bets as he knows he’s got the nuts except he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he keeps his bet low adequate to obtain called. You still believe you’re winning using the straight, in fact the Ace has strengthened that perception as you now reckon Mike most likely has an Ace in his hands and maybe even 2 pairs.
He has fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. This can be a blow to you as you will find now four hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is beating you having a flush. Mike is happy together with the 5 as he still feels he’s succeeding with all the top flush, although his opponents may well also have made a flush and believe they’re winning. Amy needless to say will be the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with four 5 spades, her four of the type can only be beaten by a directly flush or a much better 4 of the kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts displaying around the table to produce a directly flush and there is not another pair showing so it is impossible to generate four of a kind.
Amy captures the pot even though you and Mike reflect on what ought to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one stage in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Hold’em can change entirely with one turn of the card.
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