I was given a book called Schott’s Sporting Gaming & Idling Miscellany for my birthday. In there is a list of popular nicknames for poker hands. I’m dubious about some of them myself, but they are:
- Ace, King, 4, 7 – The AK47 Machine Gun
- 4, 4 – Magnum (Colt 44)
- Jack, Jack, 5, 5 – Motown (‘Jacks on fives’)
- King, King, King, King – The Horseman (of the Apocalypse)
- 3, 3, 3, 3 – Forest (‘four trees’)
- Queen, Queen, Queen, Queen – Village People (‘four Queens’)
- 10,4 – Over and out
- 6, 6, 6 – The Devil/The Beast
- Jack, Queen – Oedipus
- Queen, Queen, Queen, 3, 3 – San Francisco Waiters (‘queens with treys’)
- 9, 5 – Dolly Parton (‘working 9-5’)
- Ace, Ace – Pocket Rockets/Bullets
- Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5 – Wheel (Steel Wheel if suited)
- Jack, King – Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)
- Ace, 3 – Ashtray
- King, King, 9, 9 – Pair of Dogs (two K-9’s)
Whilst playing at Pacific Poker I’ve also come up with a few of my own:
- Jack, 6 – Jack Shit
- King, Ace – f**king ace!
- 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 – not quite a run (doesn’t generally win you much)
- 2, 2 – A Desmond (Tutu)
- Ace, Ace, Ace, Ace, Ace – Cheating Bastard
- Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9 – Annoying Beatles track
I have a gem…For two Cowboys (Ks) in the hole…Brokeback Mountain…Ned
I call 3 kings clooneys, because of the movie he was in. I’ve heard others refer to it as the same, but I can’t find any reference to it on line.