Be Attentive or Your Poker Nuts Might Get Crushed!
Posted in Poker on 04/27/2013 04:21 pm by Shelby
The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are unclear although it is thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful factor, practice or experience". It is really a "delightful thing" needless to say, because in Texas hold em the poker nuts may be the ideal possible palm that you’ll be able to have at any stage in the game.
If you’ve got the nuts, you can not be outdone…at that level in the hand. This would be the critical factor that a great deal of inexperienced gamblers fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one player to a different along with your hands which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The subsequent example should illustrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Hold’em poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!
You are betting a side of Hold em poker and there are 3 players nevertheless in the game at the flop. You have dealt 7 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s hands is King, nine of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, 6 of hearts and five of diamonds. This is a fantastic flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this point you might have a directly – 5, six, 7, 8, 9 – which can not be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your hand and attempt to draw a bet from somebody that has a great pair who will like this flop, so you merely check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she has flopped 3 5 spades so she makes a bet which is known as by Mike as he now has a pair of nines using 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 managed to generate the poker nuts that has a flush, his 2 hearts in his hands plus the 3 on the table with Ace King great 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 obtain called. You even now consider you’re succeeding together with the directly, in fact the Ace has strengthened that perception as you now think Mike possibly has an Ace in his side and maybe even 2 pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. This really is a blow to you as you will discover now four hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is defeating you with a flush. Mike is happy with all the five as he nonetheless feels he is succeeding together with the top flush, although his opponents might also have manufactured a flush and consider they’re winning. Amy obviously will be the real winner as she has just created the nuts with four 5s, her 4 of a sort can only be outdone by a straight flush or a better 4 of a kind. There are not adequate connected hearts displaying on the table to make a straight flush and there is not an additional pair showing so it is not possible to generate four of a kind.
Amy captures the pot although you and Mike reflect on what need to have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 level in the casino game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Texas holdem can change entirely with 1 turn of a card.