Posted by Marilyn | Posted in Holdem | Posted on 22-04-2011
The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are uncertain although it can be thought to have been dirived from old jargon which means "delightful factor, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" naturally, because in Hold em the poker nuts will be the ideal achievable hand that you’ll be able to have at any point in the game.
If you may have the nuts, you can not be outdone…at that point in the hand. This is the essential factor that a great deal of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one gambler to one more and your hands which was the nuts previous on can end up being smashed!
The following example should show the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas hold’em poker and how your nuts can swiftly turn to pulp!
You’re wagering a palm of Holdem poker and there are three gamblers still in the game at the flop. You obtain dealt 7 of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 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, 6 of hearts and five of diamonds. This really is a great flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this level you may have a straight – five, six, seven, eight, nine – which can not be defeated by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hands and try to draw a bet from somebody which has a high pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she’s flopped three 5 spades so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of nines using a King kicker. You prefer the way it is going so you call the wager.
The turn card is Ace of hearts. Mike is now smiling to himself as he has just managed to produce the poker nuts having a flush, his two hearts in his side plus the three 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 draw out the max cash from the table so he maintains his wager low enough to receive called. You still think you’re winning with all the directly, in reality the Ace has strengthened that opinion as you now reckon Mike probably has an Ace in his palm and perhaps even two pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. This is a blow to you as you’ll find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone that has a heart is beating you with a flush. Mike is happy with the five as he nonetheless feels he is succeeding using the top flush, though his opponents may also have created a flush and think they’re winning. Amy naturally 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 greater four of the kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts showing around the table to produce a directly flush and there is not another pair showing so it can be not possible to generate 4 of a kind.
Amy captures the pot although you and Mike reflect on what ought to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at one stage in the game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Holdem can change completely with 1 turn of the card.