The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it is thought to have been dirived from old jargon meaning "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" obviously, because in Hold em the poker nuts is the best feasible hands that it is possible to have at any stage in the game.
If you’ve the nuts, you can not be defeated…at that stage in the hand. This would be the essential factor that a great deal of unskilled gamblers fail to consider, the nuts can move from one player to an additional along with your hand which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!
The following example need to illustrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas hold’em poker and how your nuts can swiftly turn to pulp!
You’re playing a hand of Holdem poker and there are 3 gamblers nevertheless 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 9 of hearts, 6 of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This is a fantastic flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this point you might have a straight – five, 6, seven, eight, 9 – which can not be defeated by any other mixture of cards.
Now you decide to "slow play" your hands and attempt to draw a wager from somebody that has a great pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she’s flopped three 5 spades so she makes a bet which is referred to as by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s that has a King kicker. You prefer the way it’s going so you call the wager.
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 on the table with Ace King great now give him an unequalled hand. Mike wagers as he knows he’s got the nuts except he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he maintains his bet low enough to obtain called. You even now believe you are winning together with the directly, in fact the Ace has strengthened that belief as you now think Mike most likely has an Ace in his palm and perhaps even two pairs.
He has fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. This really is a blow to you as you will discover now four hearts on view, so anyone that has a heart is beating you that has a flush. Mike is happy using the five as he nevertheless feels he is winning together with the top flush, while his opponents may also have created a flush and consider they are winning. Amy naturally will be the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 five spades, her 4 of a variety can only be defeated by a directly flush or a much better 4 of a kind. There aren’t enough connected hearts displaying around the table to make a straight flush and there is not yet another pair displaying so it can be impossible to produce 4 of a kind.
Amy wins the pot even though you and Mike reflect on what need to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 point in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Hold em can change entirely with 1 turn of the card.