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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" of course, because in Holdem the poker nuts could be the ideal feasible side that it is possible to have at any stage in the game.

If you’ve the nuts, you can’t be beaten…at that level in the hand. This is the essential factor that plenty of unskilled players fail to consider, the nuts can move from one gambler to yet another along with your side which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!

The subsequent example should show the unpredictable nature of the cards in Hold em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!

You are playing a hands of Texas hold em poker and there are three players even now in the casino game at the flop. You acquire dealt five of clubs, eight of diamonds; Amy has 5 of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s side is King, 9 of hearts.

The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. This is a wonderful flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this stage you may have a straight – five, six, 7, 8, 9 – which can not be beaten by any other mixture of cards.

Now you determine to "slow play" your hands and try to draw a wager from somebody that has a good pair who will like this flop, so you merely check. Amy likes the look of her palm now as she has flopped three 5 spades so she makes a bet which is called by Mike as he now has a pair of 9s which 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 smiling to himself as he has just been able to make the poker nuts that has a flush, his two hearts in his side plus the 3 around 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 draw out the maximum cash from the table so he maintains his bet low enough to get called. You nonetheless consider you’re winning using the straight, in fact the Ace has heightened that perception as you now reckon Mike probably has an Ace in his side and perhaps even 2 pairs.

He has fallen into your trap! Or so you believe.

The river is dealt and it’s the five of hearts. This really is a blow to you as you can find now 4 hearts on view, so anyone having a heart is beating you with a flush. Mike is happy with the 5 as he even now feels he is winning together with the top flush, whilst his opponents may well also have made a flush and assume they are winning. Amy needless to say may be the real winner as she has just made the nuts with 4 5 spades, her 4 of the kind can only be beaten by a directly flush or a far better 4 of a kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts displaying on the table to generate a straight flush and there isn’t yet another pair displaying so it truly is not possible to generate 4 of a kind.

Amy captures the pot whilst you and Mike reflect on what must have been.

Both of you held the poker nuts at one point in the game except failed to realise that the poker nuts – as well as your fortunes – in Hold’em can change completely with 1 turn of a card.