The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain even though it is thought to have been dirived from old jargon meaning "delightful point, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold’em the poker nuts could be the very best feasible side that it is possible to have at any point in the game.
If you have the nuts, you cannot be outdone…at that stage in the hand. This will be the crucial factor that lots of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one gambler to another and your hands which was the nuts previous on can end up being smashed!
The following example really should demonstrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Holdem poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!
You might be betting a side of Hold’em poker and there are 3 players nonetheless in the game at the flop. You acquire dealt five 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 5 of diamonds. It is a great flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this stage you’ve a straight – 5, 6, seven, eight, nine – which cannot be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your palm and attempt to draw a bet from somebody using a superior pair who will like this flop, so you merely check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she’s flopped three 5s 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’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 generate the poker nuts with a flush, his two hearts in his hand plus the three on the table with Ace King high now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike wagers as he knows he has got the nuts but he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he maintains his wager low enough to get called. You nevertheless believe you are succeeding together with the straight, in fact the Ace has increased that opinion as you now reckon Mike probably has an Ace in his hand and perhaps even 2 pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. This can be 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 together with the five as he nonetheless feels he is succeeding with all the top flush, whilst his opponents may possibly also have made a flush and think they are winning. Amy naturally could be the real winner as she has just created the nuts with four five-s, her 4 of a kind can only be beaten by a straight flush or a greater four of the kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts displaying on the table to produce a directly flush and there isn’t a different pair displaying so it’s impossible to generate 4 of a kind.
Amy captures 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 casino game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Hold’em can change completely with 1 turn of the card.