Be Cautious or Your Poker Nuts Might Get Destroyed!

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The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain even though it is thought to have come from old jargon meaning "delightful thing, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold em the poker nuts would be the very best achievable hand that you can have at any stage in the game.

If you have the nuts, you can not be defeated…at that level in the hand. This would be the essential factor that loads of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from 1 player to another and your palm which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!

The following example must demonstrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas hold em poker and how your nuts can quickly turn to pulp!

You might be betting a palm of Holdem poker and there are three players even now in the game at the flop. You receive dealt seven of clubs, 8 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, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This really is a great flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this stage you have a straight – five, 6, seven, 8, 9 – which cannot be defeated by any other combination of cards.

Now you determine to "slow play" your hands and attempt to draw a wager from somebody which has a high pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her hand now as she has flopped 3 five-s so she makes a bet which is known as by Mike as he now has a pair of nines using 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 make the poker nuts with a flush, his 2 hearts in his side plus the 3 on the table with Ace King superior now give him an unequalled hand. Mike bets as he knows he’s got the nuts but he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he maintains his bet low adequate to receive called. You nevertheless feel you are winning with all the straight, in fact the Ace has increased that perception as you now reckon Mike most likely has an Ace in his hands and maybe even 2 pairs.

He’s dropped into your trap! Or so you think.

The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. This really is a blow to you as you’ll find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone using a heart is beating you with a flush. Mike is happy together with the five as he nonetheless feels he’s winning with the top flush, although his opponents might also have made a flush and assume they’re winning. Amy obviously may be the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with 4 five-s, her four of the sort can only be outdone by a directly flush or a greater 4 of the kind. There are not enough connected hearts displaying on the table to produce a straight flush and there isn’t a different pair displaying so it is not possible to produce four of a kind.

Amy captures the pot while you and Mike reflect on what should have been.

Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the casino game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Holdem can change totally with 1 turn of a card.