Poker Hand Nicknames
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The first column is the two hole cards (e.g. AA being two aces) the second the most common nickname(s).
AA | Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines, Snake Eyes |
KK | Cowboys, King Kong |
Ladies | |
JJ | Fish Hooks |
10-10 | Dimes |
99 | Phil Hellmuth |
88 | Snowmen, Two Fat Ladies |
77 | Sunset Strip, Hockey Sticks |
66 | Route 66, Kicks |
55 | Speed limit, Presto |
44 | Magnum, Sail boat |
33 | Crabs |
22 | Ducks |
AK | Big Slick |
AQ | Big Chick, Little Slick |
AJ | Black Jack, Jack-ass |
A8 | Dead man’s hand (Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 holding this hand) |
A3 | Baskin Robbins (as in 31 flavours). |
KQ | Royalty, Marriage |
KJ | Kojak, Harry Potter |
K9 | Canine, Fido |
QJ | Maverick |
Q7 | Computer Hand (apparently this is the average winning hand in hold'em ) |
JA | Jackass, Ajax |
J5 | Jackson Five, Motown |
J4 | Flat tyre (as in: what's a jack for?) |
10-5 | Woolworth's (because it was used to be a chain of 5- and 10-cent stores), Five & Dime |
10-4 | Over And Out, Roger That, Convoy, Good Buddy |
10-2 | Doyle Brunson (because he won the WSOP with this hand twice) |
9-8 | Oldsmobile |
9-5 | Dolly Parton |
7-8 | RPM |
7-6 | Union Oil |
4-5 | Jesse James, Colt 45 |
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