10.21
Be Cautious or Your Poker Nuts Might Get Destroyed!
The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure even though it can be thought to have been dirived from old jargon which means "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is really a "delightful thing" needless to say, because in Texas hold em the poker nuts may be the best possible palm that it is possible to have at any point in the game.
If you’ve got the nuts, you cannot be defeated…at that level in the hand. This is the essential factor that a lot of unskilled players fail to consider, the nuts can move from 1 player to another as well as your hands which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The following example must show the fickle nature of the cards in Texas hold em poker and how your nuts can swiftly turn to pulp!
You might be betting a hand of Texas hold em poker and there are three players nevertheless in the game at the flop. You get dealt 7 of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s side is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, 6 of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This can be a great flop for you – you’ve got the poker nuts! At this point you may have a straight – five, six, 7, 8, nine – which cannot be beaten by any other mixture of cards.
Now you choose to "slow play" your hand and try to draw a wager from somebody using a great pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she’s flopped 3 five-s so she makes a bet which is known as by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s with 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 grinning to himself as he has just managed to make the poker nuts having a flush, his 2 hearts in his palm plus the three on the table with Ace King good now give him an unequalled hand. Mike wagers as he knows he’s got the nuts but he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he keeps his bet low adequate to have called. You nevertheless feel you’re winning with the straight, in reality the Ace has increased that perception as you now think Mike probably has an Ace in his hand and perhaps even 2 pairs.
He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it is the 5 of hearts. This is a blow to you as you can find now four hearts on view, so anyone with a heart is defeating you using a flush. Mike is happy with the five as he still feels he is winning with the top flush, though his opponents might also have manufactured a flush and feel they are winning. Amy obviously would be the real winner as she has just created the nuts with 4 5s, her four of a kind can only be defeated by a directly flush or a greater four of a kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts showing around the table to make a directly flush and there is not another pair showing so it is impossible to produce 4 of a kind.
Amy wins the pot while you and Mike reflect on what must have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 stage in the game but failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Texas holdem can change entirely with one turn of a card.