If you are serious about poker, or just really love the game, it is fun to know about it as much as possible. On today´s post, I´m going to deal a little more poker trivia for you. Knowing the most common Texas Hold´Em poker hand names gives you credit as a poker player, since most of the active poker players know at least some of these terms.

These poker hand names are more like nicknames, they are not “official” names. However, at poker tables players use these terms all the time. Many of these names may seem a little absurd or funny. Well, they are funny. They are nicknames, after all. This is a list of the most popular Texas Hold´Em hand nicknames from A to W.

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A

1. A flop saw Ivey lead for $35,000 into the $49,500 pot; Dwan called. The turn was the which gave both players a straight, but Dwan the nuts. Ivey fired a bet of $90,000, Dwan made it $232,600.
2. Texas Holdem Glossary. Newcomers to Texas holdem often get confused by some of the colorful slang and jargon used at the tables. We’ve put together this lengthy and (hopefully) comprehensive Texas holdem terms page to provide definitions for some of the.
3. Pocket Pair Nicknames The term pocket pair is used in poker games such as Texas Hold’em where there are cards dealt to the players (hole cards) and cards dealt to the board (community cards). A pocket pair is when a player has a pair in their hole cards.

Straight Hands vs Other Hands. On the poker hand rankings chart, a Straight weighs in at fifth position. Directly above a straight is a Flush poker hand. The best flush you can form is an Ace-high Flush. In a standard game of Texas Hold’em poker, a Straight is still a great hand to form.

AMERICAN AIRLINES

AA

Probably the most common nickname for the best Texas Hold´Em starting hand, pocket aces, is the name of an airline.

ANNA KOURNIKOVA

AK

Ace King has received a nickname from the Russian tennis player, because just like Anna Kournikova, Ace King “looks good, but never wins”. Obviously, this is not quite true. Against any two cards, Ace King wins around 66% of the times.

B

BARBARA HUTTON

T5

“A five and a dime” are named after the dime-store heiress. Ten Five is not a great poker hand, and Hutton did not do well in life. Hutton was “a poor little rich girl”, an unhappy heiress. The most famous of her seven husbands was the film star Cary Grant.

BASKIN ROBBINS

A3

Ace Three is named after the American ice cream chain, because they have 31 flavors of ice cream.

BEER HAND

72offsuit

It is better to have a beer than play this hand, so it is called a beer hand.

BITCHES

QQ

Obviously, this refers to pocket queens, although there are other names for this great pair too.

BLACK JACK

AJ

BRODERICK CRAWFORD

T4

BULLETS

AA

C

COLT 45

45

COMPUTER HAND

Q7

I do n´t see the logic of calling it a “computer hand”, but Q7 is exactly middle-ranked starting hand between AA and 72offsuit.

COWBOYS

KK

COWGIRLS

QQ

CRABS

33

I love it when poker hands are named after animals! Pocket threes do look like two crabs, right?

D

DARTH VADER

4♠4♣

I do n´t know if this is a very common one, but as a Star Wars fan I just had to mention it. The “dark fours” sounds like “dark force”, so it´s called Darth Vader. Of course!

DEAD MAN´S HAND

A8

Wild Bill Hickock was shot at the poker table holding this hand.

DEUCES

22

“Deuces never loses.”

DIMES

TT

DOLLY PARTON

95

“Working nine to five.” Poker pros usually try to avoid that, so maybe you should avoid this hand too?

DOYLE BRUNSON

T2

Ten two is usually a poor poker hand, but it is named after the legendary poker player Doyle Brunson, because he won a World Series Of Poker championship twice with this hand (1976 and 1977)!

DUCKS

22

Pocket twos are called ducks, because they look like two swimming ducks. Do n´t they?

E

ELVIS PRESLEY

KK

The Kings are also named after “The King”.

F

FISHHOOKS

JJ

Can you actually hook the fish with pocket jacks? At least they look like two hooks.

H

HOCKEY STICKS

77

J

JACK DANIELS

J7

JACKSON FIVE

J5

JESSE JAMES

54

K

KATIE

KT

This poker hand nickname makes more sense to me than many of the other ones. When you pronounce “KT”, it sounds like “Katie”, hence the name.

KING CRAB

K3

There´s a king next to a crab, so it´s called king crab, right?

KING KONG

KK

King Kong is what the second best starting hand in Texas Hold´Em is often called.

KOJAK

KJ

Kojak was an American crime TV show in the 1970´s.

L

LADIES

QQ

LOLLIPOP HAND

AQ

“Looks good, but often gets licked.”

N

NEWLYWEDS

KQ

Mr and Mrs.

P

Phil Hellmuth

99

Phil Hellmuth won the World Series Of Poker Main Event 1989 with pocket nines.

R

RAQUEL WELCH

38

This hand has been named after the curvy actress.

ROUTE 66

66

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S

SAILBOATS

44

Sail to victory with pocket fours! They look like two sails, so they are called sailboats.

SNOWMEN

88

Pocket eights look like snowmen, so that´s what they are called. I wish all poker hand nicknames were that easy to figure out!

SPEED LIMIT

55

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SUNSET STRIP

77

W

WAYNE GRETZKY

99

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The famous hockey player´s player number was 99.

Do you know any other funny poker hand nicknames? Which one is your favorite? Have you invented any own nicknames for poker hands? Please share them on the comment section below!

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Ever heard of Cowboys, American Airlines, or Ladies? Sure you have... but do you know what they represent in the context of Texas Hold'em? Just about every hand dealt in Hold'em has a nickname. Some are more regionally valid than others, but they all have a reason for being. Learning these nicknames isn't important to the game - it just makes you sound cooler. This isn't a complete list (omitted are the 5 4 'Moneymaker', the 8 4 'Orwell', and the 7 2 'Beer Hand' to name a few). Most of these combinations here are shown offsuit, but unless it specifies - it doesn't matter. So let's get down to it.

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