The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain although it truly is thought to have come from old slang which means "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold’em the poker nuts would be the greatest feasible hand that it is possible to have at any point in the game.
If you might have the nuts, you cannot be outdone…at that level in the hand. This may be the critical factor that a great deal of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from 1 gambler to one more and your palm which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!
The following example should demonstrate the fickle nature of the cards in Texas hold em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You might be betting a hand of Holdem poker and there are three gamblers still in the game at the flop. You receive dealt 5 of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s hands is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and five of diamonds. This can be a excellent flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this point you may have a straight – five, six, seven, 8, 9 – which can’t be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your palm and try to draw a bet from somebody that has a high pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her side now as she has flopped three 5s so she makes a bet which is named by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s which has a King kicker. You prefer 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 been able to generate the poker nuts which has a flush, his two hearts in his hands plus the three on the table with Ace King great now give him an unbeatable 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 maintains his wager low enough to get called. You even now assume you’re succeeding together with the straight, in reality the Ace has heightened that opinion as you now think Mike most likely has an Ace in his palm and maybe even 2 pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. This can be a blow to you as you can find now four hearts on view, so anyone with a heart is defeating you having a flush. Mike is happy with all the 5 as he nevertheless feels he’s winning with all the top flush, though his opponents may perhaps also have manufactured a flush and believe they’re winning. Amy naturally may be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with 4 5s, her 4 of a sort can only be beaten by a directly flush or a better four of a kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts showing around the table to make a directly flush and there isn’t another pair displaying so it can be not possible to produce four of a kind.
Amy captures the pot while you and Mike reflect on what ought to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 stage in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Hold em can change totally with 1 turn of a card.
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