The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure even though it truly is thought to have come from old jargon meaning "delightful factor, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" of course, because in Texas holdem the poker nuts will be the best feasible palm that you are able to have at any stage in the game.
If you may have the nuts, you can not be beaten…at that point in the hand. This would be the essential factor that loads of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one player to another along with your side which was the nuts previous on can end up being smashed!
The subsequent example should illustrate the fickle nature of the cards in Holdem poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!
You might be wagering a hands of Hold’em poker and there are 3 players even now in the game at the flop. You have dealt seven of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, five 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 5 of diamonds. It is a fantastic flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you may have a directly – 5, six, 7, 8, nine – which cannot be beaten by any other combination of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your hands and attempt to draw a bet from somebody which has a great pair who will like this flop, so you merely check. Amy likes the look of her hand now as she has flopped three five spades so she makes a bet which is named by Mike as he now has a pair of nines that has 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 managed to produce the poker nuts using a flush, his 2 hearts in his palm plus the three on the table with Ace King superior now give him an unequalled hand. Mike wagers as he knows he’s got the nuts but he wants to extract the max cash from the table so he keeps his wager low enough to get called. You even now assume you’re succeeding using the directly, in fact the Ace has strengthened that belief as you now think Mike most likely has an Ace in his hands and perhaps even 2 pairs.
He has fallen into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. This really is a blow to you as you’ll find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone which has a heart is beating you using a flush. Mike is happy with all the five as he nevertheless feels he is winning together with the top flush, though his opponents may also have produced a flush and consider they are winning. Amy of course could be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with 4 five spades, her 4 of a type can only be beaten by a straight flush or a better 4 of the kind. There are not enough connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a straight flush and there is not one more pair showing so it truly is not possible to generate 4 of a kind.
Amy wins the pot while you and Mike reflect on what should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one level in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Holdem can change entirely with 1 turn of the card.