Posted by Hugo | Posted in Poker | Posted on 02-05-2013
The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it’s thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" of course, because in Hold’em the poker nuts could be the finest possible hands that you may have at any stage in the game.
If you’ve the nuts, you can not be outdone…at that point in the hand. This may be the essential factor that lots of unskilled gamblers fail to consider, the nuts can move from one gambler to yet another along with your palm which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!
The following example should demonstrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Holdem poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!
You are wagering a hands of Texas holdem poker and there are 3 players even now in the casino game at the flop. You acquire 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, six of hearts and five of diamonds. This is a fantastic flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this level you’ve a straight – five, six, 7, 8, nine – which cannot be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you decide to "slow play" your side and attempt to draw a wager from somebody having a high pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she has flopped 3 five-s so she makes a bet which is referred to as by Mike as he now has a pair of nines having a King kicker. You like the way it is 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 produce the poker nuts that has a flush, his 2 hearts in his hand 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 except he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he keeps his wager low sufficient to have called. You even now think you are succeeding with the directly, in reality the Ace has increased that perception as you now think Mike most likely has an Ace in his side and maybe even 2 pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. It is a blow to you as there are now four hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is defeating you that has a flush. Mike is happy with all the five as he nonetheless feels he’s succeeding with all the top flush, while his competitors may well also have manufactured a flush and think they are winning. Amy of course would be the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with 4 five spades, her four of the sort can only be defeated by a directly flush or a much better four of a kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a directly flush and there is not yet another pair showing so it really is impossible to generate 4 of a kind.
Amy wins the pot whilst you and Mike reflect on what need to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one level in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas hold’em can change completely with one turn of the card.