February 22, 2009 : Posted by admin
When playing Texas Hold’em, have you ever caught yourself thinking:
“Damn, I thought I held the best poker hand! How can I be beat?”
or
“Wow, I totally didn’t recognize that a straight was possible…”
These mistakes can cost you money or knock you out of a tournament in no time!
That’s why it’s so important to always know what the best possible hand in a given betting situation is. Poker pros refer to the best poker hand also as Poker Nuts, The Nuts in Poker or simply The Nuts.
This website will teach you everything you need to know about Poker Nuts and how to recognize them, including:
This is truly your first step to becoming an excellent poker player!
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March 12, 2009 : Posted by admin
Once you understand what conditions need to be met for a specific hand to become the poker nuts, the question is: How can you use this knowledge to identify the poker nuts in a live playing situation?
I have come up with the following routine to do this and it has saved me some money, trust me!
The idea is to first check for the obvious (like pairs) and then gradually move down to the more complex issues (like straight potential)
Here’s an illustration of the routine: Read more…
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March 09, 2009 : Posted by admin
When looking at the board, it is sometimes difficult to check whether a straight is possible or not and whether it can be the nuts (see my post on determining the best poker hand and check for poker nuts potential).
Here are some examples to show you how to determine whether a straight is possible. Each example begins with a full Texas Hold’em board and is followed by an explanation.
Example 1a: Unpaired board, no ace
1) How many cards to form a straight? Read more…
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February 25, 2009 : Posted by admin
The first step in determining the best poker hand consists in understanding under which conditions a certain hand is possible. Once you get a grasp of that, you can develop a routine to quickly scan the board and rule out impossible hands. This post will focus on the first part.
Not every poker hand is possible with every Texas Hold’em board and not every hand can become the poker nuts. Consider the following hand ranking to understand what conditions must be met so that someone can hold a specific hand that might be the nuts. Note that all descriptions refer to a full Texas Hold’em board, i.e. with all five cards from flop to river face up.
Straight flush and royal flush
Possible: Since a straight flush has the lowest probability and therefore the highest value, the conditions to get one are also very restrictive.
You can only have a straight flush if: Read more…
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February 22, 2009 : Posted by admin
You might have heard poker pros, friends or poker buddies refer to Poker Nuts, The Nuts in Poker, or simply The Nuts. Of course, they’re not talking about dried seeds and fruit when they tell you: “I’m glad you called, cause I’ve got the nuts anyway!”
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But what is it then and why is it important to you as a poker player?
Generally, Poker Nuts refers to the best possible hand in poker in a given betting situation. Simply put, if you have the nuts, nobody can beat you.
In their famous book “Gambling For a Living”, poker authorities David Slansky and Mason Malmuth give their no. 1 strategy tip for becoming an excellent Texas Hold’em player: Read more…
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