![]() ![]() You didn't have the "stone cold nuts" after the flop. You now have the "stone cold nuts", meaning that you can't be beaten in the hand. Your opponent checks, you bet and your opponent calls. You raise it up and are called by the Big Blind. Both refer to an unbeatable hand.Įxample I: You are dealt 9d9h on the button. The stone cold nuts is the same as holding the "nuts". ![]() No matter what card is left to come or no matter what cards your opponent holds, you can NOT be beaten in a hand if you hold the stone cold nuts. (Go here for a discussion on when it’s OK to leave the table during a poker game).įor as the great Green Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi once said to a player reaching the end zone: “Act you’ve been there.In poker, the "stone cold nuts" refers to a hand that is absolutely unbeatable. He or she may be trying to make an opponent look bad, but it’s the slow roller who comes across as the inexperienced donkey.Īfter all, a good poker player is used to winning pots, and doesn’t treat winning one pot as cause for a huge display of showmanship. You’re only hurting yourself.” Looking back on it it’s true, and is sound advice for the would-be slow roller. Our parents always used to tell us in school, “Don’t cheat on a test. Always take the high road, no matter how hard it is to do sometimes. No matter if there’s been a rude, obnoxious player slow rolling the table all night, it’s still not good poker behavior to slow roll him when given the opportunity. There’s never an acceptable time to slow roll a fellow player, for as they say, “what comes around, goes around.” The dealer will look at your hand and the board, and determine whether or not you’ve won the pot. In cases where you’re new, (or in my case, had too many beers), and not sure if you’ve won, it’s acceptable to flip your cards over and “let the cards speak for themselves.” What this means is that you don’t have to say you’ve won or lost or anything. However if you have the bettor beat, it’s good sportsmanship to turn your winning hand over right away. If his or her hand has you beat, it’s OK to toss your cards into the muck. (Go here to see who shows their cards first in a poker game.) In situations where you’ve called a final bet, and are unsure where you stand in the hand, you’re allowed, as the “caller,” to hide your cards and see the bettor’s hand first. You know you’re going to hurt your opponent, so rip the band-aid off quickly.īut in most situations, you’ll have a good, but not necessarily a great hand. With only one other player in the pot however, an all-in bet to you or the “call” of your bet to your opponent is your signal to flip your cards over quickly. It’s called “Hollywood’ing” which comes from the fact you know for sure you are going to be in the pot, you’re just putting on an act to try to get more action. This is often done in attempt to induce other players into the pot. ![]() If there has been a bet to you and you hold the nuts, it is acceptable to hem and haw or pause before calling or raising. If you are holding the nuts, and you’re at the showdown portion of a hand, with nobody left to act, it’s important to flip the hand over as soon as possible. Traditional poker etiquette dictates that when the hand is over, you immediately flip your cards over if you feel you have won. Ironically, it’s always the slow roller who ends up looking bad. This is done to either showboat himself, or denigrate his opponent. Most other folks, however, consider it to be a slow roll whenever a player senses he has won, and pauses, or slows, the revealing process in order to milk his win. Some experienced poker players consider a slow roll to occur only when the winning player is holding “the nuts,” or, the best hand possible. ![]() I’ve never slow rolled a person in my life. No less than professional poker player Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has said, “It’s the most disgusting thing you could ever do. While perhaps making the slow roller feel good about himself for a minute or two, a slow roll is a mean act that creates a bad vibe at a poker table, making the game less fun for all involved.Įven poker players with less than stellar reputations when it comes to good manners despise the slow roll. ![]()
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