Hand Nicknames
The following list contains most of the popular poker hand nicknames:
Pocket Pairs
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AA |
American Airlines Rockets Bullets Snake Eyes |
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KK |
Cowboys King Kong |
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Ladies |
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JJ |
Fishhooks or Hooks |
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1010 |
Dimes |
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99 |
Phil Hellmuth (won the 1989 Main Event with two black nines) Wayne Gretzky (the Great One's number) |
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88 |
Snowmen Piano Keys (88 keys on a piano) |
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77 |
Walking Sticks Sunset Strip (TV show title) |
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66 |
Route 66 Boots (for the slight resemblance of a 6) |
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55 |
Speed Limit Presto |
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44 |
Magnum (.44 Magnum pistol - Dirty Harry's gun) Sailboats |
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33 |
Crabs Treys |
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22 |
Ducks (the 2 is similar to a duck's shape in water) |
Unpaired Starting Hands
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AK |
Big Slick Walking Back to Houston (the old-time poker players would play this hand so well that they'd leave their opponents walking back to Houston) |
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AQ |
Doyle Brunson (the poker legend hates to play AQ) |
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AJ |
Ajax |
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A10 |
Johnny Moss |
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A8 |
Dead Man's Hand (Wild Bill Hickok was holding Aces and Eights when he was shot and killed) |
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A3 |
Baskin-Robbins (an Ace is also a 1, making 31 for 31 flavors) |
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KQ |
Marriage |
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KJ |
Kojak Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling) |
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K9 |
Canine Fido |
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K3 |
King Crab or Commander Crab (a 3 is often called a "crab") |
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QJ |
Maverick (Jacks and Queens from the "Maverick" theme song) |
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Q7 |
Computer Hand (statistically, this is the average winning hand in hold'em) |
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J6 |
Railroad Hand (supposedly, repeating "Jacks and sixes" sounds like a train on its tracks) |
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J5 |
Jackson Five Motown |
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J4 |
Flat Tire (what's a jack for?) |
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10-5 |
Woolworth (discount store chain) |
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10-4 |
Broderick Crawford (his catchphrase in "Highway Patrol") |
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10-2 |
Doyle Brunson or Texas Dolly (he won both his WSOP Championships with this modest holding) |
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98 |
Oldsmobile (the classiest model was the 98) |
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93 |
Jack Benny (always claimed to be 39 years old) |
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76 |
Union Oil (owns Union 76 gas stations) |
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75 |
Heinz (for Heinz' 57 flavor varieties) |
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72 |
The Hammer |
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63 |
Blocky (from Doyle Brunson's Super System) |
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54 |
Jesse James (he was allegedly killed with a shot from a .45 pistol) |
Other Hands
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AKQJT |
Broadway |
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A2345 |
Wheel |
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KKK |
Three Wise Men |
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TTT |
Thirty Miles of Bad Road (Gilroy to San Jose) |
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QQKK |
Mommas and Poppas |
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AK47 |
Assault Rifle (named after the Russian machine gun) |
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222 |
Huey, Dewey, and Louie (three famous "ducks") |
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Unbeatable Hand |
Nuts |
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Four of a Kind |
Quads |
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Club Flush |
Golf Bag |
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3 of a Kind |
Set (using a pocket pair) Trips (using a pair on the board) |
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Paint |
Any face card |
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