| AA |
Pocket
Rockets, American Airlines, Bullets, Two Pips |
| AK |
Big Slick (originally
referred to AS KS, but the name has become common for any Ace-King,
especially suited), Anna Kournikova (looks good but rarely wins),
Machine Gun (AK-47) |
| AQ |
Little Slick, Big
Chick, Mrs. Slick |
| AJ |
Blackjack, Ajax,
Jackass |
| AT |
Johnny Moss, A-Team,
Bookends |
| A8 |
Dead Man's Hand (by
analogy with Wild Bill's aces and eights) |
| A3 |
Friday The 13th (An
ace played low would be considered equivalent to 1) |
| A2 |
Acey-Deucey, Drinking
Age |
| KK |
Cowboys, Elvis Presley,
King Kong, Ace Magnets (when the flop comes Ace high with no
King) |
| KQ
suited |
Royal Marriage |
| KQ unsuited |
Mixed Marriage |
| KH QH |
Valentine's Day |
| KJ |
Kojak, King John |
| KJ unsuited |
achelor Hand (from
Jack-King-Off) |
| K9 |
Canine, Dog, Fido,
Sawmill, The Donk |
| K7 |
King Salmon |
| K3 |
King Crab, Alaska
Hand, Three Kings |
| QQ |
Cowgirls, Ladies,
Siegfried and Roy, Four Tits, Bitches |
| QJ |
Maverick (the theme
song for the television series Maverick speaks of he title character
as livin' on jacks and queens) |
| QT |
Q-Tip, Varkonyi (named
after Robert Varkonyi, 2002 World Series of Poker main event
champion, who rather liked this hand) |
| Q9 |
Quinine, The Hellory |
| Q7 |
Computer Hand |
| Q3 |
Gay Waiter, San Francisco
Busboy (Queen with a tray) |
| Q3 suited |
Posh Gay Waiter |
| QH 3H |
Flaming Gay Waiter |
| JJ |
Fishhooks, Hooks,
Jokers, Kid Dyn-o-mite, Johnnies |
| JT |
Cloutier (play on
name: T. J. Cloutier) |
| JC 9C |
T.J. Cloutier (T.J.
flopped three straight flushes with this hand in one year) |
| J8 |
effrey Dahmer (Ate
Jack) |
| J7 |
Jack Daniel's (Jack
Old No. 7) |
| J6 |
Railroad Hand |
| J5 |
Motown, Jackson Five |
| J4 |
Flat Tire (What's
a jack for?) |
| TT |
Binary, Dimes, TNT,
Boxcars |
| T5 |
Five and Dime, Woolworths |
| T4 |
Good Buddy, Over
and Out, Roger That (play on radio code 10-4), Broderick Crawford |
| T2 |
Doyle Brunson, Texas
Dolly (Brunson won the World Series of Poker Main Event with
it twice in a row 1976 and 1977) |
| 9C 9C |
Phil Hellmuth (winning
hand of the 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event) |
| 99 |
Wayne Gretzky (his
jersey number), German Virgin (nein, nein means no, no in German) |
| 98 |
Oldsmobile |
| 96 |
Big Lick, Porno,
Dinner for Two (play on number 69) |
| 96 suited |
Prom Night (Sixty-nine
suited) |
| 9H 6H |
Valentine's Day |
| 95 |
Dolly Parton (she
sang 9 to 5), Full-time job |
| 94 |
Gold Rush, San Francisco
(play off the number 49) |
| 93 |
Jack Benny (play
off his running gag of always being 39 years old), The Sik |
| 92 |
Montana Banana |
| 88 |
Octopussy, Little
Oldsmobile, Snowmen, Infinities, Double Infinity |
| 86 |
Maxwell Smart (Agent
86 in Get Smart) |
| 83 |
Raquel Welch |
| 77 |
Hockey Sticks, Candy
Canes, Walking Sticks |
| 76 |
Philadelphia, Union
Oil, Trombones (from the song 76 Trombones) |
| 75 |
Heinz, Ketchup (play
on Heinz's 57 varieties) |
| 74 |
Double Down, Blackjack
hand, Cambodian Slick |
| 73 |
Hachem (named for
Joe Hachem, winner of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event
who won the $7.5 million prize with this hand when he flopped
a straight) |
| 72
offsuit |
The Hammer, Beer
Hand (72 offsuit is the worst possible starting hand; this name
implies that you would have to be drunk to play this hand.) |
| 72 suited |
Velvet Hammer |
| 66 |
Route 66 |
| 63 |
Blocky |
| 62 |
Ainsworth |
| 55 |
Presto, Speed Limit,
Nickels |
| 54 |
Jesse James, Colt
45 (both play off the number 45), Moneymaker (winning hand of
Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion) |
| 52 |
Bomber (B-52 bomber) |
| 44 |
Sailboats (looks
like two sails), Midlife Crisis, Magnum, Luke skywalker (May
the fours be with you) |
| 4S 4S |
Darth Vader (Dark
Side Of The Fours) |
| 42 |
Willie Mays |
| 33 |
Crabs, Hooters |
| 32 |
Can of Corn |
| 22 |
Ducks (from deuces),
Swans, Sleepers, Quack Quack |
| Any pocket pair |
Wired pair, Wired (for example, a starting hand of 8-8 might
be called or eights wired)
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