The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it’s thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful thing, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold em the poker nuts is the greatest feasible side that you may have at any level in the game.
If you have the nuts, you cannot be defeated…at that level in the hand. This may be the critical factor that a lot of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one gambler to yet another along with your hands which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!
The subsequent example should illustrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas hold’em poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!
You might be playing a hands of Holdem poker and there are 3 gamblers nonetheless in the game at the flop. You receive dealt 5 of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s palm is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, 6 of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This is a good flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this stage you have a straight – 5, six, 7, eight, nine – which cannot be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your side and attempt to draw a bet from somebody that has a great pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her side now as she has flopped three 5s so she makes a wager which is referred to as by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s that has a King kicker. You like the way it’s 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 generate the poker nuts which has a flush, his 2 hearts in his hands plus the 3 around the table with Ace King superior now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike wagers as he knows he’s got the nuts except he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he maintains his wager low sufficient to obtain called. You still think you’re succeeding using the straight, in reality the Ace has heightened that perception as you now reckon Mike most likely has an Ace in his hands and perhaps even 2 pairs.
He’s fallen 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 having a flush. Mike is happy together with the five as he even now feels he is succeeding using the top flush, even though his opponents may possibly also have made a flush and believe they’re winning. Amy obviously is the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with 4 five-s, her 4 of a variety can only be beaten by a directly flush or a much better four of a kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts showing on the table to make a straight flush and there isn’t another pair displaying so it can be impossible to make 4 of a 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 stage in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas hold’em can change entirely with 1 turn of the card.
