The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it’s thought to have been dirived from old slang meaning "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold’em the poker nuts may be the very best possible hands that it is possible to have at any point in the game.
If you have the nuts, you cannot be outdone…at that level in the hand. This is the essential factor that a lot of unskilled players fail to consider, the nuts can move from 1 player to one more as well as your hands which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!
The subsequent example need to show the fickle nature of the cards in Hold em poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!
You are betting a hands of Texas holdem poker and there are three gamblers nonetheless in the game at the flop. You get dealt 7 of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s palm is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This is a fantastic flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you might have a directly – five, six, 7, eight, nine – which can not be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hands and attempt to draw a wager from somebody that has a great pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she has flopped 3 five spades so she makes a wager which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of nines that has a King kicker. You prefer the way it’s going so you call the bet.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now smiling to himself as he has just managed to produce the poker nuts that has a flush, his two hearts in his side plus the three on the table with Ace King high now give him an unequalled hand. Mike wagers as he knows he’s got the nuts but he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he keeps his bet low adequate to acquire called. You still assume you are succeeding with the directly, in fact the Ace has increased that perception as you now reckon Mike possibly has an Ace in his hands and perhaps even two pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. This really is a blow to you as you’ll find now four hearts on view, so anyone using a heart is defeating you with a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he nonetheless feels he’s winning using the top flush, although his opponents may also have created a flush and consider they’re winning. Amy obviously could be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with four 5 spades, her four of a form can only be outdone by a straight flush or a far better 4 of a kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts showing on the table to produce a directly flush and there isn’t one more pair displaying so it can be not possible to make four of a kind.
Amy wins the pot while you and Mike reflect on what need to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one level in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Texas hold em can change entirely with one turn of the card.