Free Online Poker Guide To Card Pocket And Hand Names

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In this online for free poker how you can play poker for for newbies guide we are going to unravel a lot of the code names used in poker to name the various cards hand combinations. By the end providing be totally lost when playing poker and words such as Fishhooks, Little Slicks and Maverick (to call just a few) get thrown about!

First let me go over individual card names. Then the ranked order of 'pocket cards' (what you'll get dealt at the beginning of an online poker game). Here we'll define pocket pairs and also the better meaning playable) unpaired starting hands. Finally you'll learn several of popular and famous hands.

The 13 cards used in poker are often nicknamed. A letter or number symbol can be often used 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 a sluggish start any poker game you will get dealt 2 cards, permainan capsa susun they're known as the pocket cards or pockets, they'e the people only you will get to see. About once every 16 times you will definately get a couple of exactly the same, known as the pocket pair.

In order of "power" these 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 no less than need to go onto the flop with pocket pairs but of course once every 16 isn't often. The following unpaired pockets though, are ones you could play depending on the risk and price amongst gamers and what you're reading business players, in order of potential, they are:

AK - Big Slick or Walking 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 (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 loads of names for larger hand combinations and finishing hands, here are a couple 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 your Kind - Set (in case you hold a pocket pair matched with a 'community card')


3 of an kind - Trips (if you're in the bank 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 you a good understanding of the weird and wonderful arena of poker words and nicknames!