The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it can be thought to have come from old slang which means "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is really a "delightful thing" obviously, because in Texas hold em the poker nuts will be the very best feasible hands that you are able to have at any stage in the game.
If you have the nuts, you can’t be beaten…at that point in the hand. This is the critical factor that loads of inexperienced gamblers fail to consider, the nuts can move from 1 gambler to a different along with your hand which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The following example must demonstrate the fickle nature of the cards in Texas holdem poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!
You are wagering a hands of Texas hold’em poker and there are 3 gamblers even now in the game at the flop. You get dealt 7 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s hands is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. It is a excellent flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you may have a straight – 5, six, seven, eight, 9 – which can’t be beaten by any other combination of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your side and attempt to draw a wager from somebody using a high pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her side now as she’s flopped 3 five spades so she makes a wager which is referred to as by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s 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 smiling to himself as he has just managed to make the poker nuts which has a flush, his 2 hearts in his palm plus the three around the table with Ace King great now give him an unequalled hand. Mike bets as he knows he’s got the nuts except he wants to extract the max cash from the table so he maintains his bet low enough to have called. You still feel you are succeeding using the straight, in reality the Ace has heightened that belief as you now think Mike possibly has an Ace in his side and maybe even two pairs.
He’s dropped into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it is the 5 of hearts. This is a blow to you as you can find now four hearts on view, so anyone with a heart is beating you which has a flush. Mike is happy with the 5 as he nevertheless feels he is winning with all the top flush, although his competitors might also have manufactured a flush and assume they are winning. Amy of course may be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with 4 five-s, her 4 of the variety can only be defeated by a straight flush or a greater 4 of the kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts showing around the table to produce a straight flush and there is not yet another pair showing so it can be not possible to generate four of the kind.
Amy wins the pot although you and Mike reflect on what really should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas holdem can change entirely with one turn of the card.
