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Poker Hand Nicknames

If you are playing a lot of poker online it is easy to get into the bad habit of not remembering what your pocket cards are. In online poker this is fine, however at a poker table in a casino or at your "friendly" house game this will kill you. Some of the easiest to read poker tells come from player when and how they look at their pocket cards for a second time. Below you will find a list of mnemonics or slang for different poker hands. This should help to keep you for having to take a second look at your pocket cards. The less you have to look at your cards the less information you will give away to you opponents.

A		A		American Airlines
A		K		Big Slick
A		J		Ajax
A		8		Dead Man's Hand
3		A		Baskin Robbins
K		Q		Marriage
K		J		Kojack
K		9		Canine
Q		J		Mavrick
Q		T		Quint
Q		7		Computer Hand
Q		3		San Francisco Busboy
T		4		Broderick Crawford
T		2		Doyal Brunson
9		8		Oldsmobile
3		9		Jack Benny
2		9		Montana Banana, Twiggy
8		8		Little Oldsmobile
3		8		Raquel Welch
7		6		Union Oil
6		5		Ken Warren
5		T		Woolworth
5		7		Heinz
4		5		Jesse James
3		3		Crabs

 

May you always be learning in poker and life.

By: Dart L Wooden 2005

source: Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker