The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure even though it really is thought to have come from old jargon meaning "delightful thing, practice or experience". It can be a "delightful thing" obviously, because in Texas hold em the poker nuts is the ideal achievable hands that it is possible to have at any point in the game.
If you may have the nuts, you can’t be defeated…at that stage in the hand. This may be the critical factor that loads of unskilled gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from 1 gambler to an additional and your palm which was the nuts previous on can end up being smashed!
The following example really should illustrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas holdem poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!
You are wagering a palm of Texas hold’em poker and there are 3 players even now in the game at the flop. You have dealt seven of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s palm is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This really is a wonderful flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this level you’ve got a straight – five, 6, seven, eight, 9 – which cannot be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your palm and attempt to draw a wager from somebody having a good pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she has flopped three five-s so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s which has a King kicker. You prefer the way it is going so you call the bet.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now smiling to himself as he has just been able to generate the poker nuts with a flush, his two hearts in his hand plus the 3 around the table with Ace King good now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike bets as he knows he’s got the nuts but he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he maintains his bet low enough to obtain called. You still assume you’re winning with all the straight, in fact the Ace has increased that belief as you now think Mike most likely has an Ace in his hand and perhaps even two pairs.
He has dropped into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. It is a blow to you as you will find now four hearts on view, so anyone with a heart is defeating you using a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he even now feels he’s winning with the top flush, although his competitors may also have produced a flush and assume they’re winning. Amy of course will be the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 5 spades, her four of the form can only be outdone by a straight flush or a much better 4 of the kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a directly flush and there isn’t another pair displaying so it can be not possible to generate four of the kind.
Amy captures the pot although you and Mike reflect on what must have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – and your fortunes – in Holdem can change entirely with 1 turn of a card.
