Free Online Poker Guide To Card Pocket And Hand Names

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In this online for free poker the way to play poker for for beginners guide we intend to unravel most of the code names used in poker to name different cards hand combinations. By the end providing be totally lost when playing poker and words including Fishhooks, Little Slicks and Maverick (to call just a few) get thrown about!

First lets consider individual card names. Then the ranked order of 'pocket cards' (what you'll receive dealt at the outset of a poker game). Here we'll define pocket pairs as well as the better meaning playable) unpaired starting hands. Finally you'll learn some of more popular and famous hands.

The 13 cards employed in poker are often nicknamed. A letter or number symbol is also often employed to identify they.

Ace - Bullet, Rocket (A)


King - Cowboy, Monarch (K)


Queen - Lady, Dame, Dyke (Q)


Jack - Knave, Hook, Fishhook, (J)


10 - Dime (T)


9 - Niner (9)


8 - Snowman, Fat Lady, Ocho (8)


7 - Hockey Stick (7)


6 - Boot (6)


5 - Spot (5)|Jesse James


4 - Sailboat, Sharp Top, Four spot (4)


3 - Trey, Crab (3)


2 - Deuce, Duck (2)

At the start of any poker game you get dealt 2 cards, they're referred to as the pocket cards or pockets, they'e the ones only you obtain to see. About once every 16 times you will definately get a set of the identical, known as a pocket pair.

In order of "power" they are:

AA - Pocket Rockets, Rockets, Bullets, or American Airlines


KK - Cowboys, King Kong, Gorillas, Kangaroos, Monarchs, or Krispy Kreme


QQ - Ladies, Hookers, or Siegfried & Roy


JJ - Fishhooks, Hooks, Jokers, or Jay Birds


TT - Dimes or Tension


99 - Gretzky, Popeye's, or Phil Hellmuth


88 - Snowmen, Fat Ladies, Dog Balls, or Race Tracks


77 - HockeySticks, SunsetStrip, or Mullets


66 - Route 66, Kicks, or Cherries


55 - Presto, Speed Limit, or Nickels


44 - Magnum, Sail Boats, or Middle Age


33 - Crabs or Treys


22 - Ducks, Pocket Swans, or Deuces.

You'll always at the very least need to search the flop with pocket pairs in reality once every 16 isn't often. The following unpaired pockets though, are ones you could play with respect to the risk and value amongst gamers and that which you are reading off their players, in order of potential, they're:

AK - Big Slick or Walking time for Houston


AQ - Little Slick, bandarq Big Chick, or Doyle Brunson


AJ - Blackjack, Ajax, or Jackass


AT - Bookend or Johnny Moss


A5 - High Five


A4 - Topped Four


A3 - Ashtray or Baskin and Robbins


A2 - Hunting Season or Acey-Deucy


KQ - Marriage (if suited) or Mixed Marriage (or else suited)


KJ - Kojak, King John, or Tucson Monster


KT - Kate or Katie


QJ - Maverick or Oedipus


QT - Quentin Tarantino


JT - Days of Old


T9 - Paint Plus Connector


98 - Oldsmobile


87 - RPM


76 - Union Oil


65 - Medicare


54 - Jesse James or Colt.

There are tons of names for larger hand combinations and finishing hands, below are a few of the better known ones.

KKK - Alabama Night Riders or Three Wise Men


TTT - Thirty Miles of Bad Road


222 - Huey, Dewey and Louie.


AA88Q - Dead Man's Hand


AKQJT - Broadway


A5432 - Wheel


3 of the Kind - Set (if you hold a pocket pair matched with a 'community card')


3 of a kind - Trips (if you're on your bottom line and 2 are 'board cards')


Full House - Boat or All The In-Laws


4 of the Kind - Quads or Quad Set.

I hope this gives which you good insight into the weird and wonderful realm of poker words and nicknames!