Many times you sit a poker table never getting any good hands for half the day making no real money. Often times many will envision winning with the nuts. You visualize how amazing it would be to win with the nuts. The fact of the matter remains that it required not only the nuts, but skill to win time and time again.



The goal is still to take as much chips from the other players as possible, with any hand even if you don't have the nuts. Many will say their is not one ultimate strategy to use when you flop the nuts. Some will even say that you should just check when having the nuts allowing others to make a move at the pot. The best hand will not always win but the nuts is different. You don't want others to know you are super powerful right? Wrong!

While it is true that this may be the right approach at certain times, it is not always the right thing to do. There could be times where you might want to go all in right there or make a big bet. It all depends on your opponents and the situation that is going on in the game.

The first thing to think about when flopping the nuts is how strong of a nut hand it is. It is very possible to have the nuts and to still have a very vulnerable hand. If you do have a vulnerable hand it maybe a good decision to protect it.

You know you cannot lose at this point, but there is a good chance that someone may draw out on you. This is an instance that you should protect that hand and make sure that you are protecting that hand. If you see that you do have the nuts, and it cannot ever be beat in this hand, then it maybe wise to check your hand and see what your opponents do.

Your approach is reliant on your opponents and your strategy of play. If you are very aggressive player you should not check here. Others expect you to push the pot, so do it. They are not going to think you have the nuts. They will think its odd if you check in this position if you normally don't. But, let others bet at you if you know that they are aggressive. But on the other hand if you believe that the player wont take the bait with the trap set you have to do what ever you believe is possible to steal as much money as you can in this situation.

The last thing that plays a big role in your decision is the amount of people that are in the hand. If there are a few people in the hand, you should be able to let them take the action over. Keep them around so they can better there hands, and still lose to you.

If you have a hand that they can out draw you with then that's a different story but if now why push them out. I love flopping the nuts, but it totally sucks when you don't make much money from the event.