Hand Nicknames

 

The following list contains most of the popular poker hand nicknames: 

Pocket Pairs

AA

American Airlines

Rockets

Bullets

Snake Eyes

KK

Cowboys

King Kong

QQ

Ladies

JJ

Fishhooks or Hooks

1010

Dimes

99

Phil Hellmuth (won the 1989 Main Event with two black nines) Wayne Gretzky (the Great One's number)

88

Snowmen

Piano Keys (88 keys on a piano)

77

Walking Sticks

Sunset Strip (TV show title)

66

Route 66

Boots (for the slight resemblance of a 6)

55

Speed Limit

Presto

44

Magnum (.44 Magnum pistol - Dirty Harry's gun)

Sailboats

33

Crabs

Treys

22

Ducks (the 2 is similar to a duck's shape in water)

 

Unpaired Starting Hands

AK

Big Slick

Walking Back to Houston (the old-time poker players would play this hand so well that they'd leave their opponents walking back to Houston)

AQ

Doyle Brunson (the poker legend hates to play AQ)

AJ

Ajax

A10

Johnny Moss

A8

Dead Man's Hand (Wild Bill Hickok was holding Aces and Eights when he was shot and killed)

A3

Baskin-Robbins (an Ace is also a 1, making 31 for 31 flavors)

KQ

Marriage

KJ

Kojak

Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)

K9

Canine

Fido

K3

King Crab or Commander Crab (a 3 is often called a "crab")

QJ

Maverick (Jacks and Queens from the "Maverick" theme song)

Q7

Computer Hand (statistically, this is the average winning hand in hold'em)

J6

Railroad Hand (supposedly, repeating "Jacks and sixes" sounds like a train on its tracks)

J5

Jackson Five

Motown

J4

Flat Tire (what's a jack for?)

10-5

Woolworth (discount store chain)

10-4

Broderick Crawford (his catchphrase in "Highway Patrol")

10-2

Doyle Brunson or Texas Dolly (he won both his WSOP Championships with this modest holding)

98

Oldsmobile (the classiest model was the 98)

93

Jack Benny (always claimed to be 39 years old)

76

Union Oil (owns Union 76 gas stations)

75

Heinz (for Heinz' 57 flavor varieties)

72

The Hammer

63

Blocky (from Doyle Brunson's Super System)

54

Jesse James (he was allegedly killed with a shot from a .45 pistol)

 Other Hands

AKQJT

Broadway

A2345

Wheel

KKK

Three Wise Men

TTT

Thirty Miles of Bad Road (Gilroy to San Jose)

QQKK

Mommas and Poppas

AK47

Assault Rifle (named after the Russian machine gun)

222

Huey, Dewey, and Louie (three famous "ducks")

Unbeatable Hand

Nuts

Four of a Kind

Quads

Club Flush

Golf Bag

3 of a Kind

Set (using a pocket pair)

Trips (using a pair on the board)

Paint

Any face card

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