List of starting card nicknames

[aikoaiko]

Hello,

This is my first post (n00b).
Is there a comprensive list of the names for starting hands out there? AA = pocket rockerts, KK = cowboys, AK = Big Slick, etc.

Most poker glossaries have a few, but I was wondering if someone compiled a comprehensive list.

aiko

[pokerfanatic]

At the bottom of this page you'll find a ton of the nick names
http://www.geocities.com/pokerfanatic01/hands.htm

[Sykedupp]

a name my buddy came up with that i dont see on the list:

set of 2's: ducks on steroids

[Les_Worm]

JKo = Bachelors Hand

[aikoaiko]

Any additions? I don't get a lot of the names. LIke Doyle Brunson with AQ or 10s2s, JOhnny Moss for A10, or Saw Mill for K9 or Robert Varkonyi for Q10. The list had suits mixed in but some of the names seemed independent of suits so I removed them (correct me if I;m wrong).

AA: American Airlines, Pocket Rockets, Bullets
AK: Walking Back to Houston, Big Slick in a Suit, Big Slick
AK47: - Machine Gun (AK-47)
AQ: Little Slick, Doyle Brunson, Big chick
AJ: Blackjack
A10: Johnney Moss
A2345 suited: Steel Wheel, Bicycle, Wheel
AA889: Dead Man's Hand
A2: Hunting Season
A3: Ashtrey, Baskin-Robbins
KKKK: Four Horsemen
KKK: The Alabama Night Riders, The Three Wise Men
KK: Cowboys
Kc 10h: Duke Hand
KQsuited: Royal Couple
KJ: Kojak, King John, Tucson Monster
K9: Saw Mill, A Pair Of Dogs
QQ: Ladies, Jailhouse Rock, Sigfried and Roy, 4 Tits
Qs 10h: Robert Varkonyi
Q5: Grannie Mae
Qh3h: San Francisco Busboy, Gay Waiter
JJ55: Rock and Roll(Jackson Five)
JJ: Jay Birds, Hooks
JA: Jack Ass
Jd Kh: Harry Potter, People Who Need People
Jd Qs: Oedipus
Js 5d: Motown
Js 6h: Jeff Tally
Js 4s: Flat Tire
101010: Thirty Miles Of Bad Road
10h 4d: Broderick Crawford, Over and Out, Roger That, The Good Buddy
10s 2s: Doyle Brunson
98: Oldsmobile
99: Popeye's, Phil Hellmuth
9h 5h: Dolly Parton, Hard Working Man
9s 4d: Joe Montana Banana
9c 2h: Montana Banana, Twiggy
8h 8c: Pocket Snowmen, Two Fat Ladies, Dawg Balls, Racetracks
8c 3s: Sven
7h 7d Saturn, Mullets, Sunset Strip, Walking Sticks
78: RPM
7c 6s: Union Oil
7s 2h: Beer Hand
6d 6s 6c: The Devil, Lucifer, The Beast
6s 6d: Route 66 Kicks
6c 4c: The Rabbit
6h 9d: Joe Bernstein, Big Lick, Dinner For Two, The Good Lover
6s 3h: Blocky
5h 5d: Presto, Speed Limit
5d 10d: Woolworth
4d 4s: Diana Dors, Magnum, Sail Boats
4h 5s: Jesse James, Colt 45
3s 3c 3h 3d: Forest, Four Trees
3d 3c: Crabs
9h 3c: Jack Benny
3s 8c: Raquel Welch
3s 2h: Hooter Hand, Mississippi Slick, Can of Corn
22: Ducks, Pocket Swans
222: Ducks on steroids

[kling]

I've heard J7 called the car before.

When some guy that folded hand after hand after hand said he was gonna play the next hand no matter what blind... it ended up being J7. As it turns out, he ended up busting his buddy that held AA when 2 pair came on the flop. The reason it's called the car was because his friend was so pissed off, that he made him walk home instead of giving him a ride in his car.

[scottyses]

I like to call QQ pocket bitches cause they always seem to screw me over.

[Corey]

I like to call QQ pocket bitches cause they always seem to screw me over.

or lesbians...


damn dikes

[LeFou]

In S/S Doyle says AQ is called Doyle Brunson in Texas because he refuses to play them
T2 is obviously called Doyle Brunson because he won the WSOP twice in a row, and held those cards in the last hand. Both times.

I vote that 66 be called "Annie Duke" because of her two big pots in tournament of champions with sixes.

Also 74 should forever be called ripptyde.

And for kicks I call A9 McManus. This is the writer guy who made it to the final table. In his book, Positively Fifth Street he talks about at least two big pots he took with A9.

[LockLow34]

69 - Indoor Sports

J4J4 - Tow truck (this is my own name for it)

[Northwood_dk]

The full list with a short explanation to each.

Source: www.holdemsecrets.com

A* - Bullet(s) (looks like a bullet, possibly a reference to the Dead Man's Hand, two pair of aces and eights, suggesting that Wild Bill drew a third bullet in the back, which filled his hand in death)

A* - MasterCard (the best card of its suit)

A* - Rocket(s) (looks like rockets)

A* - Seed(s) (???)

A* - As-Nas (the persian game from which some think poker is derived, which is probably a french mis-spelling for Az-Nas, "my beloved Ace")

A* - Bull(s) (???)

A* - Eye(s) (probably from snake eyes in dice)

A* - Sharp Toy(s) (or sharp tops, sharp on top, see also A4)

A* - Spike (spiked on top)

A* - Spot (all numbered cards are spots, 5-spots, etc, and an ace is a one-spot, or just spot)

A* - Tee Pee(s) (looks like tee pees)

Ac - Puppyfoot (looks like one)

Ad - Pigs Eye (???)

A-A - Pocket Rockets (looks like rockets)

A-A - Alan Alda (an alliteration, star of Mash)

A-A - Eyes of Texas (from the Elvis Presley song, probably an elaboration on dice)

A-A - Needles (looks like needles)

A-A - Rat's Eyes (an elaboration from dice?)

A-A - Snake Eyes (from dice)

A-A - Sticks (looks like sticks)

A-A - Albert Anastasia (first mob boss killed gangland style in 1957, as per clevelandrounder on RGP)

A-A - Rocky Mountains (looks like mountains, from Mat Rampson)

ArAr - American Airlines (if both red, because the logo is red)

ArAr - Visine (if both red, two red eyes, it gets the red out, from Gary Phillips on RGP)

AsAc - Joe Louis (two black eyes, what you will get in the ring if you fight Joe Louis, from Gary Phillips on RGP)

AsAc - Banditerna (swedish for "the Bandits")

A-K - Big Slick (???, if same suit = Big Slick in a Suit)

A-K - Santa Barbara (due to a big oil spill off Santa Barbara)

A-K - Walking Back to Houston (gamblers who played this hand too strongly were often left with no getaway money)

AdKd - Mike Haven (Mike played two pre-flops all-in in a row with these cards to win the final table, coming from behind.)

AdKd - Barry Greenstein (from 5th annual JBWPO in Tunica MS, as per Hooter Huon)

AsKs - Exxon Valdez (if both spades, The Valdez created a big black oil slick in Alaska, as per Peder Jakobsen on RGP)

A-Q - Big Chick (imitating Big Slick)

A-Q - Anthony & Cleopatra (A & Queen)

A-Q - Big Trick (vulgar, reference to big slick, as per coninthian420 in RGP in 2004)

A-Q - Mrs Buttersworth (???)

A-Q - Not According to Doyle (because he never plays this hand, see also T2. Doyle was the first player to win $1 million in tour)

A-J - Ajax (Ace Jacks)

A-J - Arctic Highway (???)

A-J - Foamy Cleanser (ajax)

A-J - Jack Ass (jack ace)

A-Jo - Ace Jackoff (if offsuit, from Bachelor Hand, sounds like a starship pilot, as per Paramecium on RGP)

AbJb - Black Jack (if both black, from 21)

A-T - Bookends (both ends of a top straight)

A-T - Johnny Moss (???, Poker hall of fame, won the WSOP in 70, 71 and 74)

A-9 - Rounders Hand (from the movie)

A-9 - Driving the Truck (from the movie, Rounders, as per Jay DeucesUp on RGP)

A-9o - Chris Ferguson (Chris has been said to look like Jesus and used an A9 twice to win the 2000 WSOP)

A-9o - Jesus (see Chris Ferguson)

Ac9c - McDerment (if both clubs, Matt Damon lost all his money with this in the movie Rounders, as per clevelandrounder on RGP)

A-8 - Dead Man's Hand (Wild Bill Hickok was holding aces and eights when he was shot in the back by Jack McCall in the M)

A-7 - Red Barron (Sven, the Flying Ace)

A-6 - Mile High (the Flying Ace and sex, or Airplane and Sex)

A-5 - High Five (Ace "high five")

A-4 - Amen (pronounced Ah-men, the traditional 'amen' cadence in church music is IV to I)

A-4 - Sharp Tops (these two cards both have sharp tops)

A-4 - Filipino Aces (derogatory misreading of two sharp tops)

A-4 - Transvestite (because you anticipated a second Ace, but were quite disappointed when you looked closely)

A-4o - Crashing Airlines (because peeking at the corners, sometimes people mistake a 4 for an A, as per The Beet Man on RGP)

A-3 - Baskin Robbins (31 Flavors)

A-3 - Ashtray (imitates Ace-trey)

A-2 - Acey-Duecy (from the game, as per b_add9 on RGP)

A-2 - Hunting Season (A Bullet and a Duck)

A-2 - Shocker (possibly from the band AC/DC which sounds like AceDuece, and their album, Shocker)

A-2 - Arizona (AZ, Z looks like a 2)

A-2 - Big Balls (if you raise with it, song by AC/DC which sounds like AceDuece, as per Bill Henderson)

A-2 - Highway to Hell (if you call with it, song by AC/DC which sounds like AceDuece, as per Bill Henderson)

A-2 - Problem Child (if you make a pair of aces, song by AC/DC which sounds like AceDuece, as per Bill Henderson)

A-2 - The Candlestick (???, as per Supe and friends on RGP)

Ab2r - Shocker (sexual reference, two fingers in the front and a pinky in the back is called a shocker)

Ab2b - Back in Black (if both black, song by AC/DC which sounds like AceDuece, as per Bill Henderson)



K* - Cowboy(s) (starts with K sound)

K* - Man (because a king is a man)

K* - Ace Magnet(s) (because they draw out aces to beat you)

K* - Gorilla(s) (from King Kong)

K* - K-Boy(s) (Starts with K)

K* - King Kong (King K*ng)

K* - Monarch(s) (kings)

K* - Sergeant(s) (from K company)

K* - Eds (???)

Kc - Alexander (from Alexander the Great, one of the"four original kings" put on cards in fourteenth-century Europe)

Kd - One-eyed King (the king of diamonds is the only one with a side view of his face)

Kd - Jack Nicholson (mad man with an ax, aka "Heeere's Johnny")

Kd - Julius Caesar (one of the"four original kings" put on cards in fourteenth-century Europe)

Kd - Man with the Axe (the king of diamonds is the only one holding an axe)

Kh - Charlemagne or Charles (from King Charles VII of France, one of the"four original kings" put on cards in fourteenth-century)

Kh - King without a Mustache (the king of hearts is the only one with a mustache)

Kh - Suicide King (the king of hearts has a sword at his head)

Ks - David (from the Biblical King, one of the"four original kings" put on cards in fourteenth-century Europe)

K-K - Cold Turkey (term borrowed from five card stud, a pair of kings, back to back, on the first two cards)

K-K - Cowboy Wolford (from Byron "Cowboy" Wolford, not sure of reason)

K-K - Gorillas in the Mist (from the movie starring Seguorny Weaver)

K-K - Kangaroos (kangaroos are used on childrens alphabet cards to illustrate a K)

K-K - Kinkerbells (courtesy of Vince Van Patton on Celebrity Poker)

K-Q - Divorce (if it loses, and Marriage if it wins)

K-Q - Ferdinand and Isabella (Spanish King & Queen)

K-Q - Lucy & Ricky (king and queen of TV)

K-Q - Royal Couple (king and queen)

K-Q - Parents (they are parents of the prince, as per Mat Rampson)

K-Qo - Mixed Marriage (if off-suit, comes from the game of pinochle)

K-Qo - Othello (as per Mat Rampson)

K-Qs - Marriage (if suited, comes from the game of pinochle)

K-J - Kojak (mimics KJack)

K-J - Bachelor's Hand (if offsuit "Jack-King-Off")

K-J - Harry Potter (written by JK Rowling)

K-J - King John (KJ)

K-J - Tucson Monster (???)

K-J - King Jackoff (if offsuit, a reference to the Bachelor Hand, as per cpowers38 from RGP)

K-J - People Who Need People (Barbara Streisand Song, the luckiest hand in the world when it pays off)

K-T - Big Al (???, named after Big Al Emerson)

K-T - Katie or Katy (imitative)

K-T - Woodcutter (offsuit, possibly from the Legend of King Edward and the Woodcutter???)

K-9 - Pair of Dogs (from canine)

K-9 - Canine (sounds like k9)

K-9 - Dirty Dog (if both are black)

K-9 - Mongrel (from canine)

K-9 - Pedigree (from canine)

K-9 - Bird Dog (A dog that hunts birds, if you play it you join the rail birds)

K-9 - Bust-All (Named after Joe Abrahan from Los Angeles, as per Hooter Huon)

K-9 - Dog Pound (see canine)

K-9 - Dope Dog (In Mississippi Casinos, as per Hooter Huon)

K-9 - Fido, What a Dog (a derivative of canine)

K-9 - The Mutt (see canine)

K-9 - Turner & Hooch (from the movie, see canine, as per Supe and friends from RGP)

K-9o - Sawmill (if you play K9 off-suit too much you'll end up working)

Ks9s - Bob Barker (game show host, last name barker as in canine, Barker believes in spading dogs, as per Dealer Buttons on RGP)

K-8 - The Feast (the King Ate)

K-8 - Kokomo (imitative)

K-8 - Dr Spoon (The Dentist's Favorite Hand, as per Hooter Huon)

K-8 - Gorilla Biscuits (old school hardcore band) (Old school hardcore band, as per Mat Rampson)

K-8 - Monica Lewinsky (she ate the king)

K-8 - My Girlfriend Kate (sounds like kate, as per Mat Rampson)

K-7 - Columbia River (there's no place like the Columbia River to grab the King Salmon when they run)

K-7 - King Salmon (in the northwest, the say "seven" like "saban," see King Crab)

K-7 - Kevin (Kseven sounds like Kevin, as per Supe and friends from RGP)

K-6 - The Concubine (the with whom the King has sex)

K-5o - Rotten Cowboy (because peeking at the corners, sometimes people mistake a 5 for a K, as per The Beet Man on RGP)

K-4 - F**king the Queen (what is a king for?, as per Skins on RGP)

K-4 - Fork (FourK, if offsuit = Fork Off, if spades = Spork)

K-3 - King Crab (3 looks like crab)

K-3 - Alaska Hand (from Alaskan King Crag)

K-3 - Sizzler (the home of all-you-can-eat King Crab)

K-3 - Commander Crab (a derivative of King Crab)

K-2 - White Men Can't Jump (from the movie, they play the king and the duck at the end of the film, as per Supe and friends )

K-2o - Big Fritz (???, offsuit)



Q* - Lady(ies) (if they win, but if they lose they are whores)

Q* - Broad(s) (if they lose)

Q* - Girls (a euphemism for whores, only if they lose, coined by Swen Larsen)

Q* - Madam (if it wins, with respect, referring to a senior hostess in a poker house, or if it loses, referring to the proprietor of a house of ill-repute)

Q* - Whores (only if they lose, but if they win, they are ladies)

Q* - Bitch(es) (from the poker game, Follow the Bitch, where the card after a queen is wild)

Q* - Dame(s) (if they lose)

Q* - Dyke(s) (vulgar, if they lose)

Q* - Hen(s) (female chickens)

Q* - Hooker(s) (if they lose, but if they win, they are ladies)

Q* - Joy Girl(s) (if they lose, a reference to prostitutes)

Q* - Mop Squeezer(s) (politically incorrect, women in the kitchen)

Q* - Puta (vulgar, spanish whore, only if she loses)

Q* - Stenographer(s) (traditionally a women's job, came from 1930's term for Queens, typewriter)

Q* - Typewriter (see stenographer)

Q* - Witch(es) (if she loses, Lady if she wins)

Q* - Girls with Curls (???)

Qc - Argine (one of the"four original queens" put on cards in fourteenth-century France, may represent Juno, the)

Qd - Rachel (the biblical Rachel, one of the"four original queens" put on cards in fourteenth-century France)

Qh - Helen of Troy (one of the"four original queens" put on cards in fourteenth-century France)

Qh - Judith (from the Bible, one of the"four original queens" put on cards in fourteenth-century France)

Qs - Black Maria (a variant of the game of Hearts, where the Queen of Space is 13 points, but King and Ace are also p)

Qs - Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary who was buried in Deadwood next to Wild Bill Hickok)

Qs - Maria (aka Black Maria, a variant of the game of Hearts, where the Queen of Space is 13 points, but King a)

Qs - Molly Hogan (???)

Qs - Pallas Athena (one of the"four original queens" put on cards in fourteenth-century France)

Qs - Slippery Anne (a variant of the game of Hearts, where the Queen of Space is 13 points, but King and Ace are also p)

Q-Q - Siegfried and Roy (two queens)

Q-Q - Canadian Rockets (???, or Canadian Aces, because they revere the Queen of England)

Q-Q - Four tits (vulgar)

Q-Q - Pair of Wire Cutters (dikes)

Q-Q - San Francisco Wedding (gay reference)

Q-Q - Two Chicks at the Same Time (sexual reference)

Q-Q - Jailhouse Rock (homosexuality in prison)

Q-J - Maverick (from Maverick TV show theme song, "Livin' on jacks and queens. Maverick is a legend of the west.")

Q-J - Fred & Ethel (if Lucy and Ricky are KQ)

Q-J - Oedipus Rex (incestuous mother and son)

QsJd - Pinochle (the big hand in pinochle)

Q-T - Goolsby (???, named for Everett Goolsby, well known Texas gambler. Crony of Doyle Brunson,Cowboy Wolford, Bennie )

Q-T - Greyhound (if you play it you ought to catch the next greyhound out of town)

Q-T - Quint (imitative)

Q-T - Robert Varkonyi (in the 2002 WSOP, Varkonyi knocked out Phil Hellmuth? and eventually won the final event with thi)

Q-T - Grattitude (ten-q, thankyou, as per Will Johnson on RGP)

QsTs - Chipwich (???, if both spades)

Q-9 - Quinine (imitative, from lowball)

Q-8 - Face Sitter (vulgar, the queen ate)

Q-8 - Kuwait (sounds like Kuwait, as per Mat Rampson)

Q-7 - Computer Hand (there is a story of an early computer simulation in which Q7 was a break-even hand)

Q-6o - Peanut Butter & Jelly (???, offsuit)

Q-5 - GrannyMae (if both spades, an old-time player, Granny=Queen, Mae=5th Month, some say Q5 spades was her favorit)

Q-4 - B-Diddy (???, the rap artist)

Q-3 - Gay Waiter (queen with a tray)

Q-3 - Posh Gay Waiter (queen with a tray, only if 3 is spades)

Q-3 - San Francisco Bus Boy (queen with a tray)

Q-3 - Bitch with Crabs (queen, with a three that looks like a crab, as per felixgufin from RGP)

Q-2 - Windsor Waiter (queen with a tray)

Q-2 - Aunt Jemima (see Mrs Buttersworth)

Q-2o - The Vesty (coined by Chris Wiley from RGP in honor of a friend they know that wins with it)



J* - Boy(s) (the male children in the kingdom)

J* - Hook(s) (vulgar, jack's in the hole)

J* - Jackal(s) (starts with J)

J* - Jackson(s) (starts with J)

J* - Jacksonville (starts with J)

J* - Jacksonville Florida (starts with J)

J* - Jake(s) (starts with J)

J* - J-bird(s) or Jaybird(s) (starts with J)

J* - J-boy(s) or Jayboy(s) (starts with J)

J* - John(s) (starts with J)

J* - Johnny(ies) (imitative)

J* - Knave(s) (subject to the king)

J* - Valet(s) (French)

Jc - Lancelot (Sir Lancelot from the knight of King Arthur's Round Table, one of the original Jacks on cards in 14)

Jd - Hector (the hero of Troy, one of the original Jacks on cards in 14th century France)

Jd - Roland (Charlemagne's nephew, one of the original Jacks on cards in 14th century Europe)

Jh - La Hire (The Hero" of France, Etienne de Vignoles, a knight under Charles VII of France, one of the origina)

Js - Hogier (Hogier La Danois, one of Charlemagne's lieutenants, one of the original Jacks on cards in 14th cent)

Js - Ogier (Ogier the Dane, a ficticious hero built on Hogier that went to Avalon and returned after 200 years )

Js - Eunuch (spaded, or castrated Jack)

J-J - Two Jakes (the movie sequel to "Chinatown" staring Jack Nicholson and Harvey Keitel)

J-J - Dyne-O-Mite (JJ from TV's "Good Times")

J-J - Fishhooks (they look like them, and because fish get beat with overpairs)

J-J - Jack Jackson (an alliteration)

J-J - Jackson Hole (city in Wyoming, Jacks in the hole)

J-J - Railbound (If you play this heavy, you are bound for the rail)

J-J - Wyoming Twins (from Jackson Hole, WY, coined by Al Morris))

J-J - SHIP (Shittiest Hand In Poker, because you always raise pre-flop and still get beat)

JsJh - One-eyed Jacks (if the jack of spades and the jack of hearts, both side views)

J-T - Morgan (JT Morgan, the financier)

J-9 - Braggars (jacks and nines are wild in the game of Bragg)

J-9 - Jeanine (imitative)

J-9 - Virgin Princess (nein to Jack)

J-9 - Emergency (9-11, as per clevelandrounder on RGP)

J-9 - Lobster Trap (???)

J-8 - Jeffery Dalmer (he ate Jack, serial killer who ate his victims)

J-7 - Dice (7-11, winning dice at craps, as per clevelandrounder on RGP)

J-6 - Railroad Hand (say it rhythmically, jacks and sixes, jacks and sixes)

J-6 - Jeff Talley (???)

J-6 - Jack Sikma (from the Seattle Sonics)

J-5 - Motown (record label for Jackson Five)

J-5 - Jackson Five (Michael Jackson's childhood group)

J-5 - The Meat (vulgar, probably about jacking off with five fingers)

J-4 - Flat Tire (what's a jack for?)

J-4 - Done Hand (when you play it, you're usually done)

J-4 - Austin Squatty (named after John "Austin Squatty" Jenkins due to his penchant for raising and reraising with this hand)

J-4 - Full Employment (because "If you play J4, you'll always have a day job.")

J-4 - Jermaine (it is the Jackson Five, minus one, as per Robbie C on RGP)

J-4 - Kid Grenade (after a poker dealer who when he played was "liable to go off at any moment")

J-3 - Bird Table (jay tray, as per Edward Bird on RGP)

J-3 - Fortran (The J-3 committee is responsble for developing Fortran, as per Bill Henderson on RGP)

J-3 - Jennifer Lopez (aka J-Lo, 3 is low, as per Richard Serton on RGP)

J-3 - San Francisco Waitress (Lesbian, as per Hooter Huon)

J-2 - Bennifer (J-Lo-2, nickname for Ben Aflec once connect to Jennifer Lopez, probably some hand he played on Cele)

J-2 - The Jew (Jtwo sounds like Jew, as per Supe and friends on RGP)



T* - Dime(s) (ten cents)

Tr - Big Casino (either of the red tens)

Td - Big Casino (from the game, Casino, see Little Casino)

T-T - Tension (imitative)

T-T - Twenty Miles (thirty miles if you flop a set)

T-T - Thirty Days (???, 30 days said the judge)

T-9 - Count Down (ten nine …)

T-8 - Tetris (imitative)

T-8 - Golden Dan (???)

T-8 - Tenaciously (the only hand that tells you how to play itself)

T-7 - Bowling Hand (the difficult ten-seven split)

T-7 - Split (a bowling reference, a ten-seven split)

T-6 - Driver's License (because you get your driver's license at 16, as per Chris Wiley on RGP)

T-6 - Ringwold (Molly Ringwold, the star of the movie, Sweet Sixteen, as per Bill Henderson on RGP)

T-6 - Stoudemire (Amare Stoudemire is 6' 10", as per M Lindon on RGP)

T-6 - Sweet Sixteen (six and ten, as per M Lindon on RGP)

T-5 - Woolworth (the Five and Dime store chain)

T-5 - Nickels and Dimes ()

T-5 - Barbara Hutton (the Woolworth dimestore heiress, 5 & dime)

T-5 - Dimestore (from 5 & dime)

T-4 - Broderick Crawford or Brokerick (from 50s "Highway Patrol," who said "10-4" into radio)

T-4 - CB Hand (ten-four is CB radio language for OK)

T-4 - Over and Out (two-way radio language for end of conversation, ten-four is radio language for OK)

T-4 - Roger That (two-way radio language for OK, ten-four is also radio language for OK)

T-4 - The Good Buddy (old trucker radio language, ten-four is CB language for OK)

T-4 - Adam 12 (from the TV Police Show, ten-four)

T-4 - The Trucker (from CB radio, as per Supe and friends on RGP)

T-4 - We got us a Convoy (from the old trucker song, Ten-Four good buddy)

T-3 - Weinberg (???, possibly referring to Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate in Physics)

T-2 - Doyle Brunson (he won 2 back to back WSOPs with this hand)

T-2 - Texas Dolly (Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson twice won the WSOP in 1975 and 1976 turning these hole cards into full )

T-2 - Terminator II (T2 is abbreviation for Terminator II)



9* - Neener(s) (imitative)

9* - Nina Ross (neener for nine)

9* - Nina(s) (imitative)

9* - Pot hook(s) (looks like them)

9d - Scourge of Scotland (aka Curse of Scotland - because every ninth Scottish king was a tyrant and diamonds were a symbol o)

9-9 - German Virgin (nein, nein!)

9-9 - Gretzky (hockey player's uniform)

9-9 - Barbara Feldon (played Agent 99 on Get Smart)

9-9 - Phil Helmuth (he won the 1989 WSOP with this hand)

9-9 - Popeye's (???)

9-9 - Prince (from his song, gonna party like it's 1999, as per Chris Wiley)

9-8 - Oldsmobile (the Olds 98 car)

9-7 - Grapefruit (Grapefruit, 79 cents a pound)

9-7 - Monkey See Monkey Do (???)

9-6 - Big Lick (69, sexual reference to Big Slick)

9-6 - Breakfast of Champions (69, sexual reference)

9-6 - Dinner for Two (69, sexual reference)

9-6 - Joe Bernstein (???, a gambler from the 30s, a sharp road gambler. Joe was known as a dapper dresser at the poker t)

9-6 - Soixante Neuf (pronounced swa-za-noof, which is 69 in French)

9-6 - The Good Lover (69, sexual reference)

9-6 - Gutter Slut (vulgar, as per Supe and friends on RGP)

9-6 - Happy Meal (69, sexual reference)

9-6 - Overtime (one more hour than working 9-5, as per Chris Wiley)

9-6 - Percy (offsuit, 69 sexual reference)

9-6s - Prom Night (if suited because the wear a tux on prom night, 69 sexual reference)

9-5 - Office Hours (because these are typical office hours, coined by George Coffin)

9-5 - Dolly Parton (from the movie 9 to 5)

9-5 - Hard Working Man (works 9 to 5)

9-5 - Betty Hutton (from a version of stud with nines & fives wild)

9-4 - Joe Montana Banana (49ers quarterback, borrowed from 92 Montana Banana, when he was benched the joke was 49 unsuited)

9-4 - San Francisco (49ers, the football team)

9-3 - Jack Benny (always 39 years old)

9-3 - Buns Madrick (???)

9-2 - Twiggy (from the 70's model's top measurement of 29)

9-2o - Montana Banana (either the proposition # that legalized poker in Montana or because bananas will grow in Montana be)



8* - Ocho (Spanish for eight)

8* - Frog Eyes (looks like them)

8* - Hogs or Hognuts (looks like them)

8-8 - Snowmen (looks like two snowmen)

8-8 - Little Oldsmobile (big was olds 98, smaller car called olds 88)

8-8 - Mighty Wurlitzer (the number of keys on the organ)

8-8 - Dog Balls or Dawg Bawls (looks like them)

8-8 - Racetrack (goes round and round like a race track)

8-8 - Two Fat Ladies (looks like two fat ladies)

8-8 - Catnuts (because they look like them)

8-8 - Infinity and Beyond (from toy story, 8 on side is infinity)

8-7 - RPM (78 records)

8-7 - Tahoe (from the seven/8 variation of holdem)

8-6 - Eubie (If you play these, you be broke)

8-6 - Maxwell Smart (from TV show Get Smart, agent 86, see also 99)

8-6 - Henry Bowen (a Texas gambler, ???)

8-6 - Pacheco Nuts (???, offsuit)

8-5 - Finky Dink (if you play this hand, you will lose your money, and want to exclaim F*** a Duck, but then change i)

8-5 - Nacogdoches Gumbo (???)

8-5 - Cornerstone (if clubs then Cornerstone Crusher, ???, as per Xmas and friends on RGP)

8-5 - The Scag (named after Paramecian from RGP, because it seems to flop straights or boats)

8-4 - Big Brother (from George Orwell's book titled "1984")

8-4 - George Orwell (author of the book titled "1984")

8-3 - Raquel Welch (38=TopHeavy, if unsuited=Raquel Welch in Playboy Magazine)

8-3 - Sven (???)

8-3 - 38 Special (38 special, a type of gun, as per Mat Rampson)

8-3 - Most Feared Hand in Holdem (???)

8-3o - Suzanna Banana (if offsuit, ???)

8-2 - Fat lady and a duck (8s are fat ladies, and 2s are ducks)

8-2 - Sixty Nine (I ate too)



7* - Corn Cutter(s) (because they look like corn stalk cutting tools)

7* - Salmon (imitative of seven, a hand for fish)

7* - Savanna (imitative of seven)

7* - Heaven (a rhyme, from rgposter's little brother on RGP)

7* - Honeysticks (???)

7* - Meathook(s) (because they look like them, from an RGPers old college professor)

7* - Sheep Posts (they look like a seven, as per clevelandrounder on RGP)

7* - Walking Stick(s) (looks like walking sticks, as per Mat Rampson)

7-9 - Yugo (Named after a gentleman at Sycuan Casino, as per Hooter Huon)

7-7 - Buggy Tops (looks like it)

7-7 - Hockey Sticks (looks like them)

7-7 - Mullets (because of the hair style, flat in front, long in back)

7-7 - Saturn (Saturn VII Rocket)

7-7 - Sunset Strip (from "77 Sunset Strip," a TV series that aired from '58-'64 starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr.)

7-6 - Union Oil (Union 76 gas stations)

7-6 - Trombones (from the song "76 Trombones", from the movie "Music Man")

7-6 - America (1776, the birth of the nation, as per Chris Wiley)

7-5 - Heinz 57 Sauce (Heinz invented 57 different sauces)

7-5 - Pickle Man (refers to Heinz of 57 sauces fame)

7-5 - KillingFields (Communist regime in Cambodia started in 1975, as per Hooter Huon)

7-5o - Filipino Slick (???, offsuit)

7-4 - Barn Owl (???)

7-4o - Cambodian Slick (???, offsuit)

7-3 - Dutch Waiter (Sven with a Tray)

7-3 - Swedish Busboy (Sven with a Tray, see also San Francisco Busboy and Dutch Waiter)

7-3o - Rusty Trombone (???, as per The Beet Man on RGP)

7-2 - Beer Hand (If you win with this, you have to buy everyone a round)

7-2 - The Terminator (???, 27)

7-2 - The Whip (the Worst Hand In Poker, as per Supe and friends on RGP)

7-2 - A Little Slice of Heaven (sarcasm, see WHIP, as per Supe and friends on RGP)

7-2 - Par (I made par, a golf term)

7-2 - The Fridge (After football player "The Refrigerator" William Perry)

7-2o - Death (because you are dead if all-in with this hand, and because average age of death is 72, as per Chris Wiley)

7-2o - The Big Man Hand (because it takes a big man to play it, as per friends of McD on RGP)



6* - Boot(s) (looks like a boot)

6* - Sax (imitative)

6* - Sex (imitative)

6* - Sickening (imitative, and embarrased to show it)

6-6 - Route 66 (The road from Chicago to LA)

6-6 - Hellish (from 666 in the Book of Revelations)

6-6 - Kicks (get your kicks on route 66)

6-6 - Phillips (Phillips 66 Gas Stations)

6-5 - Ken Warren (won with this hand at WSOP)

6-4 - Rabbit (???)

6-4 - The Question (from TV's $64000 Question)

6-4 - LBJ (the year he became president, see JFK, as per RazzO on RGP)

6-4 - Revolution (from the Beetles song)

6-3 - Blocky (another nickname of Broomcorn from the story in Super/System. He used to play 63 as an ambush hand)

6-3 - Blocky (???, nickname of Lawrence Herron or Herring, a gambling contemporary of Moss, Binion, Titanic Thompson, )

6-3 - JFK (the last year he was president, see LBJ, as per RazzO on RGP)

6-3 - Jimmy Somerfield (Jimmy won a huge pot in Tunica after a dealer told him to play this hand, he was the tournament director at the 5th JBWPO)

6-3 - Three Dozen (36 is three dozen, people think you are going to say three of a kind)

6-2 - Bed & Breakfast (darts term for shooting 20+5+1, also Bingo term, 2 shillings and 6 pence being the cost of a B&B)

6-2 - Ainsworth (???, possibly a reference to someone in the Austrialian Ainsworth family, known as the poker machin)



5* - Magic Number (from five card hands, etc)

5* - Fever (imitative, as in "Fever in the North, and the Doctor went South" when it loses)

5* - Five-spot (can add spot to any card)

5* - Pedro (because 5s are important in the game of pedro)

5-5 - Presto (originally a blackjack term, later adopted by rec.gambling holdem players due to magical experience)

5-5 - Speed Limit (55 MPH)

5-5 - Double Nickels (five cents per nickel)

5-5 - Irwin? (After RGer Frank Irwin, when someone wins and says "presto," another RGer countersigns with "Irwin?)

5-5 - Sammy (Sammy Hagar, who sang, I can't drive 55, used in Pacific Northwest)

5-4 - Colt 45 (the gun, and the beer)

5-4 - Jesse James (because the outlaw was rumored to have been shot by a .45.)

5-3 - Bully Johnson (???)

5d3d - Redbird Shifter (if both diamonds, ???)

5-2 - Two Bits (25 cents)

5-2 - Quarter (25 cents)



4* - One Legged Ace (because they are missing a leg)

4* - Quatro (Spanish for four)

4* - Sharp Top(s) (because they have sharp tops, Aces are sharp toys)

4* - Sore Spot (rhymes with 4-spot)

4* - Crooked House(s) (looks like crooked houses, as per Mat Rampson)

4* - Drunk Man's Ace (pointy top, looks like an ace)

4c - Devil's bedpost (???, possibly four poster bed)

4-4 - Sailboats (looks like two sails)

4-4 - Darth Vader (the two black fours are the "dark force")

4-4 - Diana Dors (her top measurement)

4-4 - Magnum (the .44 cal gun)

4-4 - Canadian Presto (lower than 55, which is called Presto)

4-4 - The Poker Dean (???)

4-3 - Waltz Time (3/4 meter)

4-2 - Lumberman's Hand (a 2x4)

4-2 - Lumberjack (a 2x4)

4-2 - The Answer (from Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, the computer decided that the answer to everything in the univ)

4-2 - The Miracle (if it wins, from Miracle on 42nd Street)



3* - Trey(s) (???, Spanish for 3)

3* - Crab(s) (because a 3 looks like it has pincers)

3-2 - Mites & Lice (because they are parasites)

3-2 - Nits & Buggers (because they are parasites)

3-2 - Aggie Slick (a putdown of Texas A&M poker players who think this is a good hand and play it)

3-2 - Little Pete (???)

3-2 - Mississippi Slick (derogatory reference to Mississippians who value 3-2 as much as big slick A-K)

3-2 - Polish Big Slick (a bad Pollock joke mimicking AK Big Slick)

3-2o - Can of Corn (???, offsuit)

3-2o - Big Gulp (it was the first 32oz drink)

3-2b - O J (if spades or clubs, OJ Simpson, if it wins, or "Ron & Nicole" if it loses, as per Chirs Wiley)

3-2s - Hooter Hand (suited, minimum measurements to fit the uniform)

3-2s - Jordan (suited Michael Jordan, uniform number)



2* - Deuce(s) (probably from the French word for two, duex)

2* - Duck(s) (from duex, French word for two, also a 2 looks like a duck)

2* - Dewey Duck (in pun, Asian pan players call a deuce a Gooey Duck)

2* - Water Chickens (ducks)

2c - English Joker (named after English Peter, who catches it whenever he draws to a high hand that does not need it, or to a low hand that has another duece)

2s - Curse of Mexico (a parody on Scourge of Scotland)

2s - Little Casino (from the game, Casino, see Big Casino)

2-2 - Barely Legal (just over 21)

2-2 - Deuces Never Loses (bad rhyme)

2-2 - Pocket Swans (looks like swans)

2-2 - Quackers (see ducks)

2-2 - Mini me (from the Austin Powers movies, as per clevelandrounder on RGP)

[elanto]

Ok so my favorite hand is "Not according to doyle", but who ever said doyle brunson is a top class player :P


-anto

Just remember that 74o = the rippy.

Also same hand 3 times in a row, if it is bad = beautifuk

[thepokerdude]

i like the big slick, family too:

AK = big slick
AQ = big chick
AJ = little slick
69 = big lick

also, i know it is the most nicknamed hand, but a buddy of mine calls AA the missle silo, as in rockets in the hole. thought it was clever. i wonder if like the big time old players know all these names by heart. if at every hand, they think, hey i've got 63, that's the Blocky, while they fold.

[Sykedupp]

anto if you ever diss doyle again ill come to wherever you live and murder you in your sleep (apparently i play like doyle, says all the friends i play with haha)

[Corey]

anto if you ever diss doyle again ill come to wherever you live and murder you in your sleep (apparently i play like doyle, says all the friends i play with haha)

lol you rookie.

Anto is from columbia a flick of his wrist hes got the drug cartel upon you and your family including your dead dogs.

[aikoaiko]

The full list with a short explanation to each.

Source: www.holdemsecrets.com

Now thats a list!!!!! Thanks.

[highroller]

a couple that I heard used and now use myself...

A-5 - "Jim Morrison" he has a song called "five to one"

4-5 suited - "the Kid" Ive known this one for ages but only found out a couple weeks ago that it was called the Kid because Stu Ungar had these cards heads up against Brunson in the 80 WSOP and won his first main event.

[highroller]

BTW, jim morrison was the singer for the 70s band "The Doors"

[Humphrind]

BTW, jim morrison was the singer for the 70s band "The Doors"

Who?

They must not have been big. I would have heard of them.

[Spook]

BTW, jim morrison was the singer for the 70s band "The Doors"

Who?

They must not have been big. I would have heard of them.

No no.. "Who" was another band all together.

[highroller]

BTW, jim morrison was the singer for the 70s band "The Doors"

Who?

They must not have been big. I would have heard of them.

No no.. "Who" was another band all together.

[steelwheel]

a couple that I heard used and now use myself...

A-5 - "Jim Morrison" he has a song called "five to one"

4-5 suited - "the Kid" Ive known this one for ages but only found out a couple weeks ago that it was called the Kid because Stu Ungar had these cards heads up against Brunson in the 80 WSOP and won his first main event.

The Doors are a cool band.
Yea Ive heard of 45s being called the Kid, I even call that myself. Might have to add A5 "jim morrisson" to my list of names.

steel wheels

[ryoung11]

K9 is walking back to huston not AK

[elanto]

K9 is walking back to huston not AK

nope..AK is walking back to houston


-anto

[Molinero]

BTW, jim morrison was the singer for the 70s band "The Doors"

Who?

They must not have been big. I would have heard of them.

No no.. "Who" was another band all together.

All (in unison): "WHO" WAS ANOTHER BAND.

[whileone]

I think pearl jam was being heckled by this kid for breaking their insturments on stage. smashing their guitars into amps and such. The kid was saying you can't do that, nirvana did that first, you're just ripping them off!!

somebody from the band responded with "Who?"

The kid got even more upset "Nirvana! Smells like teen spirit! They did it FIRST!"

"WHO?"

kids today.
*whileone shakes his head*

[lolzzz_321]

awesome

[Availtapollam]

The only instance I saw that much yellow skin was at a jaundice convention.

ps. many thanks for wrecking my childhood

[ScoupeMep]

pics or it didn't happen. (or link). i hate when people post something without a link... what the hecks the point then?

[mbiz]

K9s : the french poodle
K9o : the dirty dog

[kiwiMark]

99 is the german virgin ldo

[eugmac]

99 is the german virgin ldo

haha

[Acemonk]

Any additions? I don't get a lot of the names. LIke Doyle Brunson with AQ or 10s2s, JOhnny Moss for A10, or Saw Mill for K9 or Robert Varkonyi for Q10. The list had suits mixed in but some of the names seemed independent of suits so I removed them (correct me if I;m wrong).

AA: American Airlines, Pocket Rockets, Bullets
AK: Walking Back to Houston, Big Slick in a Suit, Big Slick
AK47: - Machine Gun (AK-47)
AQ: Little Slick, Doyle Brunson, Big chick
AJ: Blackjack
A10: Johnney Moss
A2345 suited: Steel Wheel, Bicycle, Wheel
AA889: Dead Man's Hand
A2: Hunting Season
A3: Ashtrey, Baskin-Robbins
KKKK: Four Horsemen
KKK: The Alabama Night Riders, The Three Wise Men
KK: Cowboys
Kc 10h: Duke Hand
KQsuited: Royal Couple
KJ: Kojak, King John, Tucson Monster
K9: Saw Mill, A Pair Of Dogs
QQ: Ladies, Jailhouse Rock, Sigfried and Roy, 4 Tits
Qs 10h: Robert Varkonyi
Q5: Grannie Mae
Qh3h: San Francisco Busboy, Gay Waiter
JJ55: Rock and Roll(Jackson Five)
JJ: Jay Birds, Hooks
JA: Jack Ass
Jd Kh: Harry Potter, People Who Need People
Jd Qs: Oedipus
Js 5d: Motown
Js 6h: Jeff Tally
Js 4s: Flat Tire
101010: Thirty Miles Of Bad Road
10h 4d: Broderick Crawford, Over and Out, Roger That, The Good Buddy
10s 2s: Doyle Brunson
98: Oldsmobile
99: Popeye's, Phil Hellmuth
9h 5h: Dolly Parton, Hard Working Man
9s 4d: Joe Montana Banana
9c 2h: Montana Banana, Twiggy
8h 8c: Pocket Snowmen, Two Fat Ladies, Dawg Balls, Racetracks
8c 3s: Sven
7h 7d Saturn, Mullets, Sunset Strip, Walking Sticks
78: RPM
7c 6s: Union Oil
7s 2h: Beer Hand
6d 6s 6c: The Devil, Lucifer, The Beast
6s 6d: Route 66 Kicks
6c 4c: The Rabbit
6h 9d: Joe Bernstein, Big Lick, Dinner For Two, The Good Lover
6s 3h: Blocky
5h 5d: Presto, Speed Limit
5d 10d: Woolworth
4d 4s: Diana Dors, Magnum, Sail Boats
4h 5s: Jesse James, Colt 45
3s 3c 3h 3d: Forest, Four Trees
3d 3c: Crabs
9h 3c: Jack Benny
3s 8c: Raquel Welch
3s 2h: Hooter Hand, Mississippi Slick, Can of Corn
22: Ducks, Pocket Swans
222: Ducks on steroids

Hahah great post man! Some of those seem just random tho... or I don't get them Js4s flat tire?