Slang names for poker hands
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Slang names for poker hands
In
poker, players may often use slang terms for particular
types of
hands. Though most are recent
neologisms, others date to poker's antiquity. All such
slang terms typically connect a common concept (from life
experience or storytelling) to the hand, in order to more
easily characterize its general status relative to other
hands. The terms range from whimsical to bawdy, with some
being of a racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise
controversial nature.
The following lists should not be confused with
"official" poker terminology. See
poker jargon.
Individual card slang
The following table lists slang terms commonly associated
with individual cards:
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| Card |
Slang name |
| A |
Bullet, Rocket |
| K |
Cowboy |
| K♥ |
Alexander |
| K♦ |
Ceasar |
| K♠ |
David |
| K♣ |
Charles (Charlemagne) |
| Q |
Lady, Bitch, Girl,
Cowgirl, Mop Squeezer |
| Q♥ |
Judith (may come from Bible) |
| Q♦ |
Rachel (may come from Bible) |
| Q♠ |
Black Bitch |
| J |
Johnny, Jackal, Knave,
Hook (play on shape), Valet (from
French) |
| T |
Dime |
| 8 |
Snowman (play on shape), Ocho
(from Spanish) |
| 7 |
Hockey Stick,Walking Stick,
Candy Cane (play on shape) |
| 5 |
Nickel |
| 4 |
Sailboat (play on shape) |
| 3 |
Trey (standard usage, not slang),
Crab (play on shape) |
| 2 |
Deuce (standard usage, not slang),
Duck (play on deuce), Quacker (play
on duck) |
Five-card hand slang
Refer to the article on
Rank of hands (poker) for more information about poker
hands.
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| Hand |
Slang name |
| Straight flush, ace to five |
Steel wheel |
| Four of a kind |
Book, Quads (e.g., "Quad
Kings") |
| Four of a kind, aces |
Four Pips (Each ace has one
pip) |
| Full house |
Full boat, Boat, Full
- A full house is commonly referred to as
Xs full of Ys where X is the three of
a kind and Y is the pair. For example, 555KK
would be "fives full of kings"
|
| Flush of hearts or diamonds |
Pink, All Pink |
| Flush of clubs or spades |
Blue, All Blue |
| Flush of clubs |
Golf Bag, Puppy Feet, Puppy
Toes, Pups |
| Straight, ten to ace |
Broadway |
| Straight, ace to five |
Wheel, Bicycle, Bike |
| Three of a kind |
Trips (or Trip as in Ted has trip
kings.), Set
- In
Hold 'em the term "set" refers to when a
player has a pair in the hole and one
matching card on the board, with "trips"
referring to a pair on the board and one in
the hand or three of a kind on the board.
|
| Three of a kind, kings |
Klan Rally, Alabama Night Riders,
Three Wise Men |
| Three of a kind, sixes |
Devil's hand, Mark of the Beast
(referring to the Number of the Beast in the
Book of Revelation) |
| Two pair, aces and eights |
Dead Man's Hand (hand held by
Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot and
killed) |
| Two pair |
- Two pair is commonly shorthanded as
Xs up or Xs over Ys, with the top
pair as X and the bottom pair as Y. For
example, KK998 would be "kings up" or "kings
over nines".)
|
| One pair, aces |
Aces and spaces (a hand with one pair
of aces, and nothing else. Used derogatorily,
especially in games such as seven-card stud,
where two pair is a typical winning hand) |
| Outside straight draw |
Bobtail, Open-ended
- An outside straight draw: cards of two
different ranks could complete the high or
low end of the straight (e.g., _3456_)
|
| Outside straight flush draw |
Big Bobtail |
| Inside straight draw |
Gutshot, Belly buster
- An inside straight draw: only cards of a
single rank could complete the straight
(e.g., 34_67)
|
| Double inside straight draw |
Double gutshot, Double belly
buster
- Double inside straight draw: cards of
two different ranks could fill gaps in the
straight (e.g., 2_456_8)
|
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
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