Posted by Reese | Posted in Poker | Posted on 26-06-2013
The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain although it truly is thought to have come from old slang meaning "delightful thing, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" of course, because in Holdem the poker nuts is the ideal feasible hand that you’ll be able to have at any level in the game.
If you have the nuts, you cannot be beaten…at that point in the hand. This may be the essential factor that a lot of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one player to an additional along with your palm which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The following example should show the fickle nature of the cards in Texas hold em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You are playing a hand of Holdem poker and there are 3 gamblers nevertheless in the casino game at the flop. You obtain dealt seven of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, five 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 really is a good flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this level you’ve got a straight – five, six, 7, eight, nine – which can’t be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hands and attempt to draw a bet from somebody that has a high pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she has flopped 3 5 spades so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s which has a King kicker. You prefer the way it is going so you call the bet.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now grinning to himself as he has just managed to make the poker nuts using a flush, his two hearts in his hands plus the 3 around the table with Ace King good now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike wagers as he knows he’s got the nuts but he wants to extract the max cash from the table so he keeps his wager low adequate to acquire called. You nonetheless feel you’re succeeding with the directly, in reality the Ace has heightened that belief as you now reckon Mike possibly has an Ace in his side and maybe even two pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it is the 5 of hearts. This can be a blow to you as you will find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone with a heart is beating you that has a flush. Mike is happy together with the 5 as he nevertheless feels he is winning with all the top flush, whilst his opponents may also have manufactured a flush and feel they are winning. Amy of course could be the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 5 spades, her 4 of the variety can only be defeated by a directly flush or a far better four of the kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts showing on the table to make a directly flush and there isn’t an additional pair displaying so it’s not possible to make 4 of the kind.
Amy wins the pot even though you and Mike reflect on what really should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one point in the casino game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas hold’em can change totally with 1 turn of the card.