Nicknames for Texas Hold'em Hole Cards

While playing Texas Hold�em you�ll hear people announce they've got "Ajax" or "I've got cowboys!" They're not being literal -- they're talking about the hole or pocket cards they've been dealt in the lingo of poker.

Learn the slang for poker hands so when you hear these nicknames while playing Texas Hold'em, you'll know what everyone is talking about.

A-A � American Airlines, bullets, pocket rockets

A-K � Big Slick, �Walking back to Houston�

A-J -- Ajax

K-K � Cowboys

K-Q � Marriage

K-J � Kojak

K-9 -- Canine

Q-Q � Dames, divas, ladies, the Hilton sisters, Siegfried & Roy

Q-J � Maverick, Oedipus Rex

Q-7 -- Computer Hand

Q-3 � A San Francisco Busboy

J-J � Jokers, hooks

J-9 � T.J.

J-5 � Jackson Five, Motown

10-5 � Five and dime

10-2 � Doyle Brunson. (He won two World Series of Poker titles with this hand.)

8-8 � Snowmen, Octopuses

7-7 � Hockey Sticks, walking Sticks

7-2 � The Hammer

5-5 � Nickels, presto

5-4 � Jesse James, for his Colt .45

4-4 -- Sailboats

2-2 -- Ducks

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