Throughout the five years I have been playing Poker I have heard a large variety of funny nicknames for starting Texas Hold’em hands. Here are some of them.

 

A-A: Pocket Rockets, Rockets, American Airlines, bullets

A-K: Big Slick, Anna Kournikova

A-Q: Big Chick

A-J:  Apple Jacks, AJAX, Black Jack

A-8: Dead man’s hand

A-2: Acey Deucy

K-K: Cowboys, King Kong, Ace Magnets (my personal favorite)

K-J:  Kojack

K-9: Canine

Q-Q: Ladies, Siegfried and Roy and panty droppers.

J-J: Fish Hooks, Johnnies

J-5: Jackson 5, Motown

10-10: Dimes, TNT

10-4: Good Buddy

10-2: Brunson (of course)

9-9: Wayne Gretzksy

9-5: Dolly Parton

8-8: Snowmen, Octopus

7-7: Candy canes, Hockey Sticks

7-2 off suit: The Hammer

6-: Route 66

5-5: Speed limit.

4-4: Sailboats

3-3: Crabs, treys

2-2: Ducks, deuces

 

I’m sure many of you have heard these yourselves while sitting around the poker table or chatting in an online poker room. or simply when you interact in a poker forum. Also there are commonly used nicknames for different poker hands. For example three kings known as” Three wise men” or a boat is an expression for a full house. “Broadway” is used to describe a straight ace to ten. “The Nuts” often referred to as the best possible hand after all the cards have been dealt.  Keep on playing and paying attention to the different names used to describe opponent’s holdings and enjoy the slang used by the players to describe their hands.