Poker Hand Slang

Posted By : CarbonPoker March 10th, 2009

Theres a lot of slang terms these days for poker hands, some coined from pop culture references, others from the pictures on the cards and others from terms that have been coined from players and infamous hands. Below you’ll find an introductory list of poker hand terms. Try dropping some next time your at the tables.

Card

Slang name

A

Bullet, Rocket

K

Cowboy

Q

Lady, Girl, Mop Squeezer, Cowgirl

J

Johnny, Jackal, Knave, Hook (play on shape), Fishhook, Valet (from French)

T

Dime

9

Nina Ross (Also hip-hop slang for 9mm pistol)

8

Snowman (play on shape), Ocho (from Spanish)

7

Hockey Stick, Walking Stick, Candy Cane (play on shape)

5

Nickel

4

Sailboat

3

Trey (standard usage, not slang), Crab (play on shape)

2

Deuce (standard usage, not slang), Duck (play on deuce), Quacker (play on duck)

Can you put cards to these names?

Brunson
Alan Alda
Hooker
Truckers Hand
CB Hand
Maverick
King Salmon
Canine
Big Chick
Three Kings
Bitches
Jack Daniels
Flat Tire
TNT
Boxcars
Kojak
Maxwell Smart
Barbara Feldon
Kid Dynomite
T2
Terminator 2
Bomber
Beer Hand
Double Down
Heinz
Nickels
Can of Corn
Quentin Tarantino
Luke Skywalker
Clint Eastwood
San Francisco
Motown
Jackson 5
Ajax
Krispy Kreme
Baskin Robbins
Marriage
Big Brother
Othello
Harry Potter

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2 Responses to “Poker Hand Slang”

  1. Liberati1 says:

    A 2 is NOT called a duck because it sounds like “deuce” but because the numeral “2″ is the shape of a duck.

  2. mamabo1988 says:

    Brunson 10-2
    Alan Alda
    Hooker
    Truckers Hand 10-4?
    CB Hand
    Maverick
    King Salmon
    Canine
    Big Chick
    Three Kings
    Bitches
    Jack Daniels
    Flat Tire
    TNT
    Boxcars 6’s
    Kojak
    Maxwell Smart 86
    Barbara Feldon 99
    Kid Dynomite jj
    T2
    Terminator 2
    Bomber
    Beer Hand
    Double Down
    Heinz 57
    Nickels 55
    Can of Corn
    Quentin Tarantino
    Luke Skywalker
    Clint Eastwood
    San Francisco
    Motown
    Jackson
    Ajax
    Krispy Kreme
    Baskin Robbins
    Marriage
    Big Brother
    Othello
    Harry Potter

    k, whats the answers?

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