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

 

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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
Jpoker nicknames: club9club 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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