The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it is thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful point, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold’em the poker nuts is the ideal possible hands that you’ll be able to have at any stage in the game.
If you may have the nuts, you can not be outdone…at that point in the hand. This may be the essential factor that a great deal of inexperienced gamblers fail to consider, the nuts can move from 1 gambler to an additional and your hands which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The following example should show the unpredictable nature of the cards in Hold’em poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!
You’re wagering a hands of Texas holdem poker and there are 3 gamblers even now in the casino game at the flop. You receive dealt five of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has five 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 five of diamonds. This is a good flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you have a straight – 5, 6, 7, eight, 9 – which cannot be beaten by any other combination of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hand and attempt to draw a bet from somebody using a superior pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her side now as she has flopped 3 five spades so she makes a bet which is referred to as by Mike as he now has a pair of nines having a King kicker. You like the way it’s going so you call the wager.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now smiling to himself as he has just managed to make the poker nuts using a flush, his 2 hearts in his palm plus the 3 around the table with Ace King great now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike bets as he knows he has got the nuts except he wants to extract the max cash from the table so he maintains his bet low adequate to obtain called. You nonetheless feel you’re winning with the directly, in reality the Ace has heightened that belief as you now think Mike possibly has an Ace in his palm and maybe even two pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. This is a blow to you as you will discover now 4 hearts on view, so anyone which has a heart is beating you having a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he even now feels he is winning with the top flush, although his opponents might also have produced a flush and feel they’re winning. Amy naturally would be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with four 5 spades, her four of the form can only be defeated by a straight flush or a better four of the kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts displaying around the table to make a directly flush and there is not yet another pair displaying so it can be impossible to produce 4 of the kind.
Amy captures the pot while you and Mike reflect on what need to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Hold’em can change entirely with one turn of a card.
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