Be Careful or Your Poker Nuts Might Get Crushed!
Posted in Poker on 02/25/2011 07:21 pm by Skyla
The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it’s thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful thing, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" of course, because in Hold em the poker nuts would be the ideal possible side that you can have at any stage in the game.
If you might have the nuts, you can not be beaten…at that stage in the hand. This would be the critical factor that loads of unskilled players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from 1 player to another along with your palm which was the nuts previous on can end up being smashed!
The following example ought to demonstrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas holdem poker and how your nuts can swiftly turn to pulp!
You’re wagering a palm of Hold em poker and there are 3 players nevertheless in the casino game at the flop. You acquire dealt 7 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has 5 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 can be a excellent flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this point you have a straight – 5, six, 7, eight, nine – which can not be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you decide to "slow play" your palm and attempt to draw a bet from somebody with 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 spades so she makes a wager which is referred to as by Mike as he now has a pair of nines that has 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 smiling to himself as he has just been able to make the poker nuts which has a flush, his two hearts in his hands plus the three 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 max cash from the table so he keeps his wager low enough to obtain called. You still think you are winning together with the straight, in fact the Ace has strengthened that belief as you now think Mike possibly has an Ace in his hand and maybe even two pairs.
He has fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. This can be a blow to you as you will discover now four hearts on view, so anyone using a heart is defeating you with a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he even now feels he’s winning together with the top flush, although his opponents may also have made a flush and believe they’re winning. Amy of course would be the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with 4 five-s, her 4 of a variety can only be outdone by a straight flush or a greater 4 of the kind. There are not adequate connected hearts showing around the table to produce 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 though you and Mike reflect on what should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 point in the game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Holdem can change totally with one turn of a card.