The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it’s thought to have come from old jargon meaning "delightful factor, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" obviously, because in Texas hold’em the poker nuts would be the finest achievable hands that you can have at any point in the game.
If you may have the nuts, you cannot be beaten…at that stage in the hand. This could be the crucial factor that a lot of unskilled players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one gambler to a different and your side which was the nuts previous on can end up being smashed!
The subsequent example need to show the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas hold’em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You are wagering a hand of Hold’em poker and there are three players still in the casino game at the flop. You acquire dealt seven of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s side is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. It is a wonderful flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this point you’ve a directly – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – which cannot be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your side and attempt to draw a bet 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’s flopped three five spades so she makes a wager which is referred to as by Mike as he now has a pair of nines having a King kicker. You prefer the way it’s 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 that has a flush, his 2 hearts in his palm plus the three around the table with Ace King superior now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike bets as he knows he has got the nuts except he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he maintains his wager low sufficient to acquire called. You still believe you are winning together with the straight, in fact the Ace has increased that perception as you now reckon Mike possibly has an Ace in his palm and perhaps even 2 pairs.
He’s dropped into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. It is a blow to you as you will discover now four hearts on view, so anyone which has a heart is beating you using a flush. Mike is happy with all the 5 as he nonetheless feels he’s winning with the top flush, while his opponents might also have created a flush and assume they are winning. Amy needless to say could be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with four five-s, her four of the kind can only be outdone by a straight flush or a greater 4 of a kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts showing on the table to make a straight flush and there isn’t an additional pair displaying so it truly is impossible to generate 4 of the kind.
Amy wins the pot while you and Mike reflect on what must have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 point in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Hold em can change entirely with 1 turn of a card.