Free Online Poker Guide To Card Pocket And Hand Names

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In this free online poker the best way to play poker for for novices guide we will unravel many of the code names used in poker to mention the different cards hand combinations. By the end so long as be totally lost when playing poker and words like Fishhooks, Little Slicks and Maverick (to mention just a few) get thrown about!

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

The 13 cards utilized in poker will often be nicknamed. A letter or number symbol can be often employed to identify them.

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 a sluggish start any poker game you get dealt 2 cards, they're referred to as the pocket cards or pockets, they'e those only you get to see. About once every 16 times you're going to get a pair of exactly the same, termed 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 99poker Nickels


44 - Magnum, Sail Boats, or Middle Age


33 - Crabs or Treys


22 - Ducks, Pocket Swans, or Deuces.

You'll always no less than desire to search the flop with pocket pairs however once every 16 isn't often. The following unpaired pockets though, are ones you could possibly play with regards to the risk and cost amongst people and what you are reading business players, so as of potential, they may be:

AK - Big Slick or Walking returning to Houston


AQ - Little Slick, 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 (otherwise 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, here are a couple from 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 your Kind - Set (should you hold a pocket pair matched by a 'community card')


3 of an kind - Trips (if one is in your pocket and two are 'board cards')


Full House - Boat or All The In-Laws


4 of your Kind - Quads or Quad Set.

I hope this provides you with a good clues about the weird and wonderful world of poker words and nicknames!