The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it can be thought to have been dirived from old jargon which means "delightful thing, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Texas holdem the poker nuts may be the ideal possible side that it is possible to have at any point in the game.
If you’ve the nuts, you can not be defeated…at that point in the hand. This may be the essential factor that plenty of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from 1 gambler to yet another and your hand which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!
The subsequent example must demonstrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Holdem poker and how your nuts can swiftly turn to pulp!
You’re wagering a hands of Hold’em poker and there are 3 players nevertheless in the casino game at the flop. You acquire dealt seven of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s hand is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This can be a great flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you might have a directly – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – which can’t be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your palm and attempt to draw a wager from somebody that has a good pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her side now as she has flopped three five-s so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of nines using 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 smiling 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 unbeatable hand. Mike bets as he knows he has got the nuts but he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he maintains his bet low adequate to acquire called. You nonetheless assume you’re succeeding together with the straight, in reality the Ace has strengthened that opinion as you now think Mike most likely has an Ace in his palm and maybe even 2 pairs.
He has fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. It is a blow to you as you will find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is defeating you that has a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he nonetheless feels he is winning together with the top flush, although his competitors may well also have produced a flush and assume they’re winning. Amy needless to say may be the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with 4 five spades, her four of a variety can only be outdone by a straight flush or a better 4 of a kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a straight flush and there isn’t one more pair showing so it is impossible to produce 4 of the kind.
Amy captures the pot even though you and Mike reflect on what should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one stage in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Texas hold em can change completely with one turn of a card.