The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain although it can be thought to have come from old slang meaning "delightful thing, practice or experience". It can be a "delightful thing" of course, because in Texas hold’em the poker nuts could be the very best achievable side that you can have at any point in the game.
If you’ve got the nuts, you cannot be outdone…at that point in the hand. This may be the essential factor that a lot of unskilled players fail to consider, the nuts can move from one gambler to yet another as well as your side which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!
The following example must show the fickle nature of the cards in Hold em poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!
You are betting a palm of Texas hold’em poker and there are 3 players even now in the casino game at the flop. You obtain dealt 5 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s hand is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, 6 of hearts and five of diamonds. It is a excellent flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this point you’ve got a straight – five, six, 7, 8, nine – which cannot be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your side and try to draw a wager from somebody that has a high pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she’s flopped 3 5s so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of nines which has a King kicker. You like the way it’s 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 having a flush, his two hearts in his palm plus the 3 on the table with Ace King high now give him an unequalled hand. Mike bets 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 adequate to obtain called. You nevertheless believe you’re succeeding with all the straight, in reality the Ace has heightened that belief as you now think Mike probably has an Ace in his hand and maybe even two pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. This really is a blow to you as there are now 4 hearts on view, so anyone which has a heart is defeating you that has a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he even now feels he’s succeeding with all the top flush, even though his opponents may well also have manufactured a flush and consider they’re winning. Amy naturally is the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with four five spades, her four of a variety can only be outdone by a straight flush or a greater four of the kind. There are not adequate connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a directly flush and there is not an additional pair showing so it really is not possible to generate four of the kind.
Amy wins the pot though you and Mike reflect on what need to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 stage in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas hold em can change entirely with 1 turn of a card.