Be Mindful or Your Poker Nuts Might Get Crushed!
Posted in Poker on 02/15/2014 03:21 am by Caylee
The origins of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it truly is thought to have been dirived from old slang which means "delightful point, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" of course, because in Texas hold em the poker nuts could be the greatest possible side that you’ll be able to have at any stage in the game.
If you’ve got the nuts, you cannot be defeated…at that level in the hand. This would be the crucial factor that loads of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from 1 player to yet another along with your side which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!
The subsequent example must show the fickle nature of the cards in Hold’em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You are wagering a hand of Texas hold’em poker and there are 3 gamblers nevertheless in the casino game at the flop. You get dealt 5 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s hands is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and five of diamonds. This really is a fantastic flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this point you might have a directly – 5, 6, seven, eight, 9 – which can’t be defeated by any other mixture of cards.
Now you determine to "slow play" your palm and try to draw a wager from somebody having a good pair who will like this flop, so you merely check. Amy likes the look of her hands now as she has flopped three five-s so she makes a wager which is named 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 grinning to himself as he has just been able to generate the poker nuts that has a flush, his two hearts in his hands plus the 3 on the table with Ace King superior now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike bets as he knows he’s got the nuts except he wants to extract the max cash from the table so he maintains his wager low adequate to obtain called. You nonetheless consider you’re succeeding with the straight, in reality the Ace has increased that opinion as you now reckon Mike possibly has an Ace in his side and maybe even two pairs.
He’s dropped into your trap! Or so you believe.
The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. This is a blow to you as you will find now four hearts on view, so anyone that has a heart is beating you having a flush. Mike is happy with all the five as he nonetheless feels he’s winning using the top flush, though his competitors may perhaps also have manufactured a flush and think they’re winning. Amy obviously is the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 5s, her 4 of the variety can only be beaten by a straight flush or a greater four of a kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts displaying around the table to generate a directly flush and there isn’t another pair showing so it is impossible to generate 4 of the kind.
Amy captures the pot whilst you and Mike reflect on what should have been.
Both of you held the poker nuts at 1 point in the casino game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Texas holdem can change completely with 1 turn of the card.