These are the common nicknames for pairs of starting cards in texas hold’em. Have a nickname you want to suggest? Use the contact page and send it over. I’ll even credit you.
Poker Hand Nicknames
Poker players employ a stock of clever and often colorful slang terms to refer to different combinations of hole cards. Below are some of the more notable. Many are derived from a marriage of the phonetic sound of the card’s names’ and elements of popular culture, especially American culture, or Americana.
| HOLE CARDS | ALSO KNOWN AS |
| A-A | Bullets; Pocket Rockets; American Airlines |
| A-K | Big Slick; Anna Kournikova |
| A-Q | Little Slick; Big Chick |
| A-J | Ajax; Black Jack |
| A-10 | Athos; Johnny Moss |
| A-2 | Acey-Duecey |
| K-K | Cowboys; King Kong; Ace Magnets |
| K-Q | Marriage; Royal Marriage |
| K-J | Kojack |
| K-9 | Canine |
| K-8 | Kokomo; Kate |
| K-3 | King Crab |
| Q-Q | Ladies; Sigfried and Roy |
| Q-J | Maverick |
| Q-10 | Q-Tip |
| Q-9 | Quinine |
| Q-7 | Computer Hand |
| Q-3 | Gay Waiter; San Fransisco Busboy |
| J-J | Fish Hooks |
| J-7 | Jack Daniel’s |
| J-5 | Motown; Jackson Five |
| 10-10 | Rin-Tin-Tin; Dimes |
| 10-5 | Woolworth |
| 10-4 | Good Buddy; Over and Out |
| 10-2 | Doyle Brunson |
| 9-9 | Wayne Gretsky |
| 9-8 | Oldsmobile |
| 9-5 | Dolly Parton |
| 9-2 | montana banana |
| 8-8 | Snowmen |
| 7-7 | Walking Sticks; Hockey Sticks |
| 7-6 | Philadelphia; Trombones; Union Oil |
| 7-2 | Beer Hand |
| 6-9 | Dinner For Two |
| 6-6 | Route 66; Mario Lemeiux |
| 6-3 | Blocky |
| 6-2 | Ainsworth |
| 5-7 | Heinz Ketchup |
| 5-5 | Speed Limit; Presto; Nickels |
| 5-2 | B-52 Bomber |
| 4-9 | Gold Rush |
| 4-5 | Jesse James; Colt 45 |
| 4-4 | Sailboats; Midlife Crisis; .44 Magnum |
| 3-3 | Crabs |
| 3-2 | Can Of Corn |
| 3-A | Baskin Robbins (31 Flavors) |
| 2-4 | Lumberman’s Hand; Willie Mays |
| 2-2 | Ducks; Swans; Sleepers |
