poker nicknames

While knowing how to play texas holdem, its useful to know the poker nicknames.

Poker players have Texas Holdem nicknames for many hands, and it is good to know them. It is not a bad thing to hear someone say, “I have a spare tire” and has no idea what it means, but you look more up to date if you do.

Since we all know the idea of poker is to look stylish, here are some nicknames for poker hands:

Poker Hands	Poker Nicknames
AA	American Airlines, bullets, pocket rockets
KK	Cowboys, Elvis Presley, King Kong
QQ	Cowgirls, Ladies, Siegfried and Roy, Four Tits, Bitches, the Hilton sisters
JJ	Fishhooks, Hooks, Jokers, Kid Dyn-o-mite, Johnnies
TT	Binary, Dimes, TNT, Boxcars
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	Hockey Sticks, Candy Canes, Walking Sticks
66	Route 66
55	Presto, Speed Limit, Nickels
44	Sailboats (looks like two sails), Midlife Crisis, Magnum, Luke Skywalker ("May the fours be with you")
33	Crabs, Hooters
22	Ducks (from "deuces"), Swans, Sleepers, Quack Quack

 

Poker Hands	Poker Nicknames
AK	Big Slick, Anna Kournikova (looks good but rarely wins), Machine Gun (AK-47), Walking Back to Houston
AQ	Big Chick
AJ	Ajax
A10	Johnny Moss
A8	Dead Man's Hand (Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed while hold Aces and Eights)
A3	Baskin Robbins (an Ace is also a 1, making 31 for 31 flavors)
A2	Drinking Age
KQ suited	Royal Marriage
KQ unsuited	Mixed Marriage
KJ	Kojak
K9	Canine, Fido
K7	King Salmon
K3	Three Kings, Alaska Hand, King Crab
QJ	Maverick
QT	Q-Tip, Varkonyi (named after Robert Varkonyi, the 2002 WSOP winner who liked this hand.)
Q9	Quinine
Q7	Computer Hand
Q3	Gay Waiter, San Francisco Busboy ("Queen with a tray")
JT	Cloutier
J9	T.J. Cloutier (T.J. flopped three straight flushes with this hand in one year)
J8	Jeffrey Dahmer ("Ate Jack")
J7	Jack Daniel's
J5	Motown, Jackson Five
J4	Flat Tire ("What's a jack for?")
T5	Five and Dime, Woolworths
T4	Good Buddy, Over and Out, Roger That, Broderick Crawford
T2	Doyle Brunson, Texas Dolly (Brunson won the WSOP with it twice in a row—1976 and 1977)
98	Oldsmobile
96	Big Lick, Porno, Dinner for Two (play on the number 69), Prom Night ("Sixty-nine suited"), Valentine's Day
95	Dolly Parton (made famous from her song 9-5)
94	Gold Rush, San Francisco (play off the number 49)
86	Maxwell Smart (Agent 86 in Get Smart)
76	Union Oil
75	Heinz, Ketchup (play on words from Heinz's 57 varieties)
54	Colt 45

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