Be Alert or Your Poker Nuts Might Get Crushed!
The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it is thought to have come from old jargon meaning "delightful point, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" of course, because in Texas holdem the poker nuts will be the greatest achievable hand that you may have at any level in the game.
If you might have the nuts, you can’t be beaten…at that level in the hand. This may be the essential factor that loads of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one player to an additional and your side which was the nuts previous on can end up being smashed!
The subsequent example ought to show the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas hold’em poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!
You’re playing a side of Texas hold em poker and there are 3 gamblers even now in the casino game at the flop. You have dealt seven of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s side is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This can be a fantastic flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this stage you’ve got a straight – five, 6, 7, eight, nine – which can’t be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hand and attempt to draw a bet from somebody which has a superior pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her hand now as she’s flopped three 5 spades so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s having a King kicker. You like 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 produce the poker nuts with a flush, his 2 hearts in his hands plus the 3 around the table with Ace King superior now give him an unequalled 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 bet low sufficient to obtain called. You still believe you’re succeeding with all the straight, in reality the Ace has heightened that perception as you now reckon Mike probably has an Ace in his hand and perhaps even two pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. This is a blow to you as you will discover now 4 hearts on view, so anyone which has a heart is defeating you which has a flush. Mike is happy together with the five as he nevertheless feels he’s succeeding together with the top flush, whilst his opponents may perhaps also have created a flush and think they are winning. Amy obviously would be the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 5s, her four of the variety can only be outdone by a directly flush or a much better four of the kind. There are not adequate connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a directly flush and there is not another pair showing so it is impossible to make four of the kind.
Amy wins the pot though you and Mike reflect on what ought to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 point in the game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Holdem can change totally with one turn of the card.
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