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Nicknames for Texas Hold’em Poker Hands

With the literal poker explosion in the last several years and millions of new players flocking the the game, poker hand nicknames have become more prevalent and popular than ever.

With poker television announcers spreading the word and old-time cardroom regulars passing along the word like cultural oral tradition, new poker players might feel lost amongst the jargon and lingo of seasoned veterans. With the obscurity of some of these nicknames, who can blame them?

While some hand nicknames are fairly transparent (American Airlines, Fish Hooks, and Jackson Five), the newer poker generation may have trouble with others (Broderick Crawford, Dead Man’s Hand, and Walking Back to Houston). Whether to add a bit of humor and sociality to the game or just made out of boredom in between deals, poker is one of the great purveyors of nicknames both for its players and its hands. While Texas Hold’em starting cards have inspired most of the two-card hand nicknames, some have their roots way back in the Wild West draw poker days.

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

Nicknames for Hold’em 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 jersey 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 boot to a 6) 55 Speed Limit Presto 44 Magnum (the .44 Magnum pistol was Dirty Harry’s gun) Sailboats 33 Crabs Treys 22 Ducks (the 2 is similar to a duck’s shape in water)

Unpaired Hold’em Starting Hands

AK Big Slick Walking Back to Houston (the old-time Texas poker players were cautious with this tempting, but vulnerable, Hold’em hand. Overplay Ace-King and you’d be left 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 when playing lowball, 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 (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 Dime Store Woolworths (the old discount five and dime store chain) 10-4 Broderick Crawford (his catchphrase in “Highway Patrol”) Roger That 10-2 Doyle Brunson (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 the 76 gas station brand) 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)

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