The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure even though it’s thought to have come from old slang meaning "delightful factor, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" obviously, because in Texas hold em the poker nuts could be the greatest feasible hands that you can have at any point in the game.
If you’ve the nuts, you can not be beaten…at that point in the hand. This could be the crucial factor that a great deal of unskilled players fail to consider, the nuts can move from one player to one more as well as your side which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!
The subsequent example should demonstrate the fickle nature of the cards in Hold em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You are playing a side of Holdem poker and there are three gamblers nonetheless in the game at the flop. You acquire dealt seven of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s hand is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and five of diamonds. This really is a wonderful flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this point you’ve a straight – five, 6, seven, eight, 9 – which can not be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hand and try to draw a wager from somebody with a superior pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she has flopped three 5 spades so she makes a bet which is known as by Mike as he now has a pair of nines having 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 produce the poker nuts having a flush, his 2 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’s got the nuts except he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he keeps his bet low enough to have called. You nonetheless think you’re winning with all the straight, in reality the Ace has strengthened that perception as you now reckon Mike probably has an Ace in his palm and maybe even two pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. This is a blow to you as there are now 4 hearts on view, so anyone that has a heart is defeating you having a flush. Mike is happy using the five as he nevertheless feels he is succeeding with all the top flush, though his opponents may possibly also have made a flush and assume they are winning. Amy of course may be the real winner as she has just created the nuts with 4 five-s, her 4 of a form can only be defeated by a straight flush or a far better 4 of a kind. There are not enough connected hearts displaying around the table to make a directly flush and there isn’t a different pair showing so it really is impossible to produce four of a kind.
Amy wins the pot whilst you and Mike reflect on what ought to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Texas holdem can change completely with one turn of a card.