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Pokertionary: Poker hand nicknames

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Well I guess I shouldn’t assume that everyone knows all the terms that are used here so I will try and update this as much as I can in the FAQs section and keep it somewhat easy to read.

I’ll use Hold’em starting hands as the go to on this, if you don’t know, you get dealt two cards to start with in Texas Hold’em also known as your “hole cards” and a lot of these hands have nicknames.

AA-Aces, Bullets, American Airlines, Pocket Rockets

KK-Cowboys, King Kong

QQ- Ladies, Siegfried & Roy, Hilton Sisters

JJ-Fish Hooks, Hooks, Jays

TT-Bo Derek

99-Gretzky, The Great One

88- Snowmen, Eric Lindros

77-Sunset Strip, Hockey Sticks, Walking sticks

66-Mario Lemieux, Route 66, Lesser Evil, Almost Evil

55-Presto, Speed Limit, Sammy Haggar

44-Magnum

33-Crabs

22-Ducks, The Double Deuce, The Dalton

AK-Big Slick, Anna Kourikova

AQ-Big Chick

AJ-Ajax

Q3-Gay Waiter (Queen with a trey)

J6-The Foran

J5- Jackson Five

69- Big Lick