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The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it can be thought to have been dirived from old slang meaning "delightful factor, practice or experience". It is actually a "delightful thing" of course, because in Holdem the poker nuts will be the very best achievable hands that you are able to have at any stage in the game.

If you might have the nuts, you can’t be defeated…at that point in the hand. This may be the crucial factor that a great deal of inexperienced players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one player to yet another and your side which was the nuts earlier on can end up being smashed!

The subsequent example need to illustrate the fickle nature of the cards in Texas hold em poker and how your nuts can rapidly turn to pulp!

You’re wagering a side of Hold em poker and there are three players even now in the casino game at the flop. You acquire dealt 5 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, 5 of clubs and Mike’s hands is King, nine of hearts.

The flop is dealt and the cards are 9 of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This can be a great flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this point you have a straight – five, six, seven, 8, nine – which cannot be defeated by any other combination of cards.

Now you decide to "slow play" your palm and try to draw a bet from somebody having a high pair who will like this flop, so you merely check. Amy likes the look of her hand now as she’s flopped 3 five-s so she makes a bet which is named by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s which has a King kicker. You like 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 make the poker nuts using a flush, his two hearts in his palm plus the 3 around the table with Ace King superior now give him an unbeatable hand. Mike wagers as he knows he has got the nuts but he wants to draw out the maximum cash from the table so he keeps his wager low sufficient to obtain called. You even now believe you are winning together with the directly, in fact the Ace has strengthened that perception as you now reckon Mike probably has an Ace in his hand and maybe even 2 pairs.

He’s fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.

The river is dealt and it’s the 5 of hearts. It is a blow to you as you will find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone which has a heart is defeating you which has a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he nonetheless feels he is succeeding together with the top flush, although his opponents may perhaps also have manufactured a flush and believe they’re winning. Amy needless to say would be the real winner as she has just produced the nuts with four 5s, her four of a kind can only be beaten by a directly flush or a much better four of a kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts showing on the table to generate a directly flush and there isn’t one more pair displaying so it truly is not possible to generate 4 of the kind.

Amy wins the pot while 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 – as well as your fortunes – in Texas holdem can change completely with 1 turn of a card.