Poker Hand Nicknames

Poker hand nicknames have been around from about the time poker began.  Hands like rockets, cowboys and fish hooks have been coined as some of the earliest known nicknames that still exist today.  Other hands like Darth Vader, The Phil Hellmuth, American Airlines and Speed Limit are more recent.  Many hands have clear documentation as to how and when they were derived, others simply spread via word of mouth and have become viral hits.

Here is a list of the most popular poker hand nicknames that are used in poker today.

Pocket Pair Hand Nicknames

Pocket twos – Ducks, Deuces, Quack Quack
Pocket threes - Treys, Crabs, City Park, Geese
Pocket fours - Sail boats, Darth Vader(Black 4s), Midlife, Crisis, Magnum
Pocket fives – Speed Limit, Snakes
Pocket sixes – Route 66, Boots, Kicks
Pocket sevens – Walking Sticks, Hockey Sticks, Candy Canes, Saturn, Mullets, Sunset Strip
Pocket eights – Snowmen, Dog Balls, Racetracks, Ocho
Pocket nines – The Phil Hellmuth
Pocket tens – Dimes, Audi
Pocket Jacks – Fish hooks, Hooks, Jaybirds
Pocket Queens – Siegfried and Roy, Ladies, San Francisco Wedding, Snowshoes, Canadian Aces/Rockets, Four Tits
Pocket Kings – Cowboys, King Kong, Gorillas, Krispy Kreme, Brokeback
Pocket Aces – Rockets, American Airlines, bullets, Alan Alda, Needles

Non-Pair Hand Nicknames

Two Nine - Twiggy
Three Deuce - The Nut Low, Michael Jordan, Hooter Hand, Mississippi Slick, Can of Corn, Ice, Frozen Water
Three Nine - Jack Benny
Five Four - Colt 45, Jesse James, Jane Russell
Seven Five - Heinz( 57 Flavors)
Seven Six - Philadelphia
Nine Four - Joe Montana, 49ers
Nine Five – Full Time Job, Dolly Parton
Nine Six - Big Lick, Prom Night(suited)
Ten Deuce – The Doyle Brunson, Texas Dolly, Terminator 2
Ten Four - Over and Out, Roger That, Truckers Hand
Ten Five - Five and Dime, Dime Store
Ten Seven - Split(Bowling)
Ten Nine - Countdown
Jack Two - Jack Shit
Jack Four – Flat Tire
Jack Five – The Jackson Five, Motown
Jack Seven - Jack Daniels
Queen Three – Posh(gay) Waiter, San Francisco Busboy
Queen Seven - Computer Hand
Queen Jack - Maverick, Quack, Pinochle
King Four - Soprano Hand
King Nine – Canine, Mutt, Pedigree, Mongrel
King Ten – Moosecock, Katie
King Jack - Kojak
King Queen - Married(if suited), Divorced(if offsuit), Royal Couple
Ace Two - Acey Deucey, Hunting Season
Ace Three - Ashtray, Ace Trey, Baskin Robbins
Ace Four - Fake Aces(Faces), "Stu Ungar" hand, Plane Crash
Ace Five - High Five
Ace Six - Milehigh Club
Ace Seven - Slapshot
Ace Eight – Dead Man’s Hand
Ace Nine - "Rounders" hand
Ace Ten - Bookends
Ace Jack – Ajax, Hijack, Blackjack
Ace Queen - Big Chick, Mrs Slick, Big Slut, Little Slick
Ace King – Big Slick, Walking back to Houston, Anna Kournikova

Hand Value Nicknames

Trip Aces(AAA) - Beatles Reunion
Trip Kings - Three Wise Men
Trip Queens - Six Tits
Aces and Eights - Dead Man's Hand
Four of a Kind - Quads
Straight Ace through Five – The Wheel, Steel Wheel(if Suited)
Straight Ten through Ace - Broadway

This is a list is non-conclusive in terms of all the different poker hand nicknames out there.  There are some nicknames that may not be mentioned due to their lack of popularity.  If you happen to see a nickname missing, or one that you've come up with that's creative…let us know and we will be sure to add it to our list.