Poker strategy articles, tips and tricks

28. June 2005

Hand nicknames in Texas Hold' em Poker

The following abbreviations show the nickname of the hand in a poker game. Be familiar with them so you will know what the others are talking about!

AA – Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines
KK – Cowboys, King Kong
QQ – Double date, Canadian Aces, Siegfried and Roy
JJ – Fish hooks
99 – German virgin (no, we don’t know why)
88 – Snowmen
77 – Sunset strip
66 – Route 66
55 – Speed limit
44 – Magnum, Sail boat
33 – Crabs
22 – Ducks
AK – Big slick
AQ – Big chick
AJ – Black Jack, Jack-ass
KQ – Royalty, Marriage
KJ – Kojak
J5 – Jackson five
Q3 – Gay waiter
95 – Dolly Parton
A8 – Dead man’s hand (A player named Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 after winning with it!)
K9 – Canine
J4 – Flat tyre
93 – The Sik.

We will try to research where the nicknames did come from in a later article.

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