The roots of the phrase "poker nuts" are unsure although it is thought to have been dirived from old jargon meaning "delightful point, practice or experience". It is a "delightful thing" of course, because in Texas hold em the poker nuts would be the ideal feasible side that you are able to have at any stage in the game.
If you have the nuts, you cannot be beaten…at that stage in the hand. This could be the essential factor that a great deal of unskilled players fail to take account of, the nuts can move from one gambler to one more and your palm which was the nuts earlier on can end up being crushed!
The following example should demonstrate the unpredictable nature of the cards in Texas hold’em poker and how your nuts can speedily turn to pulp!
You are wagering a hands of Texas hold em poker and there are 3 gamblers nevertheless in the game at the flop. You have dealt 7 of clubs, 8 of diamonds; Amy has five of spades, five of clubs and Mike’s hand is King, 9 of hearts.
The flop is dealt and the cards are nine of hearts, six of hearts and 5 of diamonds. It is a great flop for you – you have got the poker nuts! At this stage you’ve a directly – five, six, 7, eight, 9 – which can not be defeated by any other combination of cards.
Now you decide to "slow play" your hand and try to draw a wager from somebody using a good pair who will like this flop, so you simply check. Amy likes the look of her hand now as she’s flopped 3 5 spades so she makes a bet which is named by Mike as he now has a pair of nines having a King kicker. You like the way it’s 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 which has a flush, his two hearts in his side plus the three around the table with Ace King great now give him an unequalled hand. Mike bets as he knows he has got the nuts except he wants to extract the maximum cash from the table so he keeps his bet low enough to have called. You still believe you are succeeding with the directly, in reality the Ace has strengthened that belief as you now think Mike possibly has an Ace in his hands and maybe even 2 pairs.
He has fallen into your trap! Or so you think.
The river is dealt and it is the five of hearts. It is a blow to you as you will discover now 4 hearts on view, so anyone which has a heart is beating you which has a flush. Mike is happy together with the 5 as he even now feels he’s winning using the top flush, while his opponents may perhaps also have produced a flush and assume they’re winning. Amy obviously may be the real winner as she has just manufactured the nuts with 4 five-s, her four of the sort can only be defeated by a straight flush or a much better 4 of the kind. There aren’t sufficient connected hearts showing on the table to generate a straight flush and there isn’t an additional pair showing so it’s impossible to make 4 of a kind.
Amy wins the pot whilst you and Mike reflect on what 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 – as well as your fortunes – in Texas hold em can change completely with 1 turn of a card.