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The beginnings of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure even though it is thought to have come from old jargon which means "delightful issue, practice or experience". It is often a "delightful thing" needless to say, because in Hold em the poker nuts may be the ideal achievable hand that you are able to have at any level in the game.

If you might have the nuts, you can’t be beaten…at that level in the hand. This could be the essential factor that loads of inexperienced players fail to consider, the nuts can move from one gambler to an additional and your palm which was the nuts previous on can end up being crushed!

The subsequent example must demonstrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas holdem poker and how your nuts can swiftly turn to pulp!

You might be playing a hands of Texas hold em poker and there are three players still in the game at the flop. You obtain dealt 7 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 5 of diamonds. This can be a great flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this stage you have a straight – 5, 6, 7, eight, 9 – which can’t be beaten by any other mixture of cards.

Now you choose to "slow play" your hands and try to draw a bet from somebody that has a high pair who will like this flop, so you basically check. Amy likes the look of her side now as she has flopped 3 5 spades so she makes a wager which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s that has 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 produce the poker nuts which has a flush, his 2 hearts in his side plus the three on the table with Ace King great now give him an unequalled hand. Mike wagers as he knows he has got the nuts but he wants to draw out the max cash from the table so he keeps his bet low adequate to receive called. You nonetheless believe you’re winning together with the straight, in reality the Ace has strengthened that perception as you now think Mike possibly has an Ace in his hand and perhaps even two pairs.

He has dropped into your trap! Or so you think.

The river is dealt and it is the 5 of hearts. This can be a blow to you as there are now 4 hearts on view, so anyone using a heart is defeating you with a flush. Mike is happy using the 5 as he even now feels he is succeeding using the top flush, although his opponents may well also have created a flush and believe they’re winning. Amy naturally would be the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 5 spades, her four of the sort can only be defeated by a straight flush or a far better 4 of a kind. There aren’t adequate connected hearts showing around the table to produce a straight flush and there isn’t a different pair displaying so it really is not possible to produce 4 of a kind.

Amy captures the pot though you and Mike reflect on what really should have been.

Both of you held the poker nuts at one point in the casino game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – along with your fortunes – in Texas hold’em can change totally with one turn of a card.