Be Alert or Your Poker Nuts Will Get Destroyed!
April 25th, 2013 at 16:21
The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain even though it truly is thought to have come from old jargon meaning "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" obviously, because in Hold’em the poker nuts is the ideal achievable side that you are able to have at any stage in the game.
If you’ve got the nuts, you can not be defeated…at that stage in the hand. This is the crucial factor that loads of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one gambler to yet another along with your hand which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The following example should show the fickle nature of the cards in Hold em poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!
You’re wagering a hand of Texas hold em poker and there are three players still in the casino game at the flop. You get dealt seven of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s hand is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. It is a excellent flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this level you may have a directly – 5, six, 7, 8, 9 – which can’t be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your side and attempt to draw a bet from somebody having a good 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 wager which is named by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s with 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 grinning to himself as he has just managed to produce the poker nuts that has a flush, his two 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 but he wants to extract the maximum cash from the table so he maintains his bet low sufficient to acquire called. You even now think you’re succeeding with the straight, in fact the Ace has strengthened that belief as you now reckon Mike most likely has an Ace in his hand and maybe even two pairs.
He’s 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 discover now four hearts on view, so anyone with a heart is beating you which has a flush. Mike is happy using the five as he still feels he’s winning with the top flush, although his competitors may perhaps also have produced a flush and feel they’re winning. Amy obviously will be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with 4 5 spades, her four of a type can only be defeated by a directly flush or a far better 4 of a kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts displaying around the table to produce a straight flush and there is not an additional pair showing so it really is not possible to produce four of a kind.
Amy captures the pot though you and Mike reflect on what really should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the casino game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Hold’em can change entirely with 1 turn of a card.