Valeria's Hold'em Poker Slang Fun to read

Posts: 1825 · Posted: 08.01.2007, 10:35

Just for fun I decided to list some Hold'em Poker Slang for those that might want to learn some fun stuff so you can sound like a real pro LOL.

Texas hold'em slang
The following refer to hole (pocket) cards in Texas hold 'em:

Starting hand Slang name
AA Pocket Rockets, American Airlines, Bullets, Two Pips
AK Big Slick (originally referred to A♠K♠, but the name has become common for any Ace-King, especially suited), Anna Kournikova (looks good but rarely wins), Machine Gun (AK-47), Walking Back to Houston ("I can see you learned to play in Houston. Those Houston players would come to Dallas and play that ace-king, but they'd always end up against a pair of aces. That's why we call that hand ‘Walking back to Houston.'" - T.J. Cloutier, quoted by Barry Greenstein)

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 Baskin-Robbins (plays off the number 31: 31 Flavors), 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 Marriage, Royalty
KQ suited Royal Marriage
KQ offsuit Mixed Marriage
K♥Q♥ Valentine's Day
KJ Kojak, King John
KJ offsuit Bachelor 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, Hilton Sisters, Siegfried and Roy, Four Tits, Twin Sluts
QJ Maverick (the theme song for the television series Maverick speaks of the 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
Q♥3♥ Flaming Gay Waiter
JJ Fishhooks, Hooks, Jokers, Kid Dyn-o-mite, Johnnies
JT Cloutier (play on name: T. J. Cloutier)
J♣9♣ T.J. Cloutier (T.J. flopped three straight flushes with this hand in one year)
J8 Jeffrey 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)
9♠9♣ 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")
9♥6♥ 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 or that you'd better fold and go get more beer for everybody)
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")
4♠4♣ Darth Vader ("Dark Side Of The Fours")
42 Willie Mays (his jersey number was 24), Jack Bauer (In reference to the TV series '24')
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 "wired eights" or "eights wired")

Posts: 2053 · Posted: 08.01.2007, 21:35

i love reading these, ty so much for sharing

Posts: 2913 · Posted: 09.01.2007, 01:03

Unpredictable member, Valeria! You don't know it, but you just saved me a lot of time to work on something else for you!

My very next poker lesson was to make sure everyone understood most of the words they will be likely to hear at the tables when we start playing as a team!

I just took a quick glance at your terms so far, so will review them closer later tonight. But I feel sure many are the new ones I was going to introduce. Sooooo THANK YOU! If I think more may be needed, I will give them to you in a post.

The LAST thing I would want would be for a conversation going on at a table with players from various teams.......and have any of the players whose coach I AM not know what they were talking about! I will go to great lengths to insure that my team is never embarrassed by any such thing as that! OR any OTHER thing!

I am not worried about it, though. You have all come so far in such a short time, most of it due to your own initiative and involvement! See why I admire my poker scholars so much? This is a perfect example!

Again, I thank you, and hope everyone will use what you have contributed to build themseves up farther on the poker ladder!

Your blessed Guru