The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it really is thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful thing, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" needless to say, because in Hold’em the poker nuts would be the best possible hand that you can have at any stage in the game.
If you may have the nuts, you can not be beaten…at that level in the hand. This is the essential factor that a great deal of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from 1 gambler to an additional along with your palm which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!
The following example really should show the fickle nature of the cards in Holdem poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You are playing a side of Texas hold em poker and there are three gamblers even now in the game at the flop. You get dealt seven of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s hands is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, 6 of hearts and five of diamonds. This can be a great flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you may have a straight – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – which can’t be defeated by any other mixture of cards.
Now you decide to "slow play" your hand and attempt to draw a bet from somebody having a good pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her hand now as she has flopped 3 5s so she makes a wager which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s having 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 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 3 on 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 extract the maximum cash from the table so he keeps his wager low sufficient to get called. You still assume you are succeeding with the straight, in fact the Ace has increased that opinion as you now reckon Mike possibly has an Ace in his hand and maybe even two pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. It is a blow to you as you’ll find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone using a heart is defeating you that has a flush. Mike is happy together with the five as he even now feels he’s winning together with the top flush, even though his opponents might also have produced a flush and feel they’re winning. Amy obviously is the real winner as she has just created the nuts with four 5 spades, her four of the type can only be defeated by a straight flush or a far better four of a kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts showing around the table to produce a straight flush and there is not an additional pair showing so it can be not possible to make 4 of the 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 but failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Hold’em can change completely with one turn of the card.
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