Poker Hand Nickname

Spend enough time sitting at the poker table and you're bound to hear some hands referred to by interesting nicknames, some of which may leave you confused! Why not familiarize yourself with our guide to poker hand nicknames, and at your next home game you can sound like a seasoned pro!

AA   Rockets; Bullets; American Airlines
KK   Cowboys
QQ  Canadian Rockets; Canadian Aces; Siegfried & Roy
JJ    Fishhooks; hooks
88   Snowmen; Doggie Balls
77   Sunset Strip
66   Route 66
55   Presto; Speed Limit
44   Canadian Presto
33   Crabs
22   Ducks

AK    Big Slick
AQ   Big Chick; Walking Back to Houston
KQs  Marriage
KQo  Mixed Marriage
KJ     Kojak
K9    Fido; What a Dog
K3    Commander Crab; King Crab
Q7    Computer hand
Q3    Gay Waiter (queen with a tray)
J5     Motown; Jackson Five
T8    Golden Dan
T5    F&W Woolworth's; Five and Dime
T4    Broderick Crawford; Convoy; Good Buddy
T2    Texas Dolly
98    Oldsmobile
96    Big Lick; Dinner for Two
95    Dolly Parton
92    Montana Banana
83    Most feared hand in Holdem
7T    Split
76    Union Oil

There is the case of J4. First named after John "Austin Squatty" Jenkins due to his penchant for raising and re-raising with this hand of "hidden value", the hand later also became known as "Kid Grenade" after a poker dealer who when he played was "liable to go off at any moment". He once told me the hand's true nickname should be "Full Employment" because "If you play J4, you'll always have a day job."