Texas hold'em slang

Cards:

Die Pockets:

Startinghand	Slang name
AA	Pocket Rockets, American Airlines, Bullets, Two Pips
AK	Big Slick (originally referred to A♠K♠, but the name has become common for any Ace-King, especially suited), Anna Kournikova (looks good but rarely wins), Machine Gun (AK-47), Walking Back to Houston ("I can see you learned to play in Houston. Those Houston players would come to Dallas and play that ace-king, but they'd always end up against a pair of aces. That's why we call that hand ‘Walking back to Houston.'" - T.J. Cloutier, quoted by Barry Greenstein)
AQ	Little Slick, Big Chick, Mrs. Slick
AJ	Blackjack, Ajax
AT	Johnny Moss, A-Team
A8	Dead Man's Hand (by analogy with Wild Bill's aces and eights)
A3	Baskin-Robbins (plays off the number 31: 31 Flavors), Friday The 13th (An ace played low would be considered equivalent to 1)
A2	Acey-Deucey, Drinking Age
KK	Cowboys, Elvis Presley, King Kong, Ace Magnets
KQ	Marriage, Royalty
KQ suited	Royal Marriage
KQ unsuited	Mixed Marriage
K♥Q♥	Valentine's Day
KJ	Kojak, King John
K9	Canine, Dog, Fido, Sawmill, The Donk
K7	King Salmon
K3	King Crab, Alaska Hand, Three Kings
QQ	Cowgirls, Ladies, Siegfried and Roy
QJ	Maverick (the theme song for the television series Maverick speaks of the title character as "livin' on jacks and queens" )
QT	Q-Tip, Varkonyi (named after Robert Varkonyi, 2002 World Series of Poker main event champion, who rather liked this hand)
Q9	Quinine
Q7	Computer Hand
Q3	Gay Waiter, San Francisco Busboy ("Queen with a tray" )
Q3 suited	Posh Gay Waiter
Q♥3♥	Flaming Gay Waiter
JJ	Fishhooks, Hooks, Jokers, Kid Dyn-o-mite
JT	Cloutier (play on name: T. J. Cloutier)
J♣9♣	T.J. Cloutier (T.J. flopped three straight flushes with this hand in one year)
J7	Jack Daniel's (Jack Old No. 7)
J6	Railroad Hand
J5	Motown, Jackson Five
J4	Flat Tire ("What's a jack for?" )
TT	Binary, Dimes, TNT
T5	Five and Dime, Woolworths
T4	Good Buddy, Over and Out, Roger That (play on radio code 10-4), Broderick Crawford
T2	Doyle Brunson, Texas Dolly (Brunson won the World Series of Poker Main Event with it twice in a row—1976 and 1977)
99	Wayne Gretzky (his jersey number), German Virgin ("nein, nein" means "no, no" in German)
98	Oldsmobile
96	Big Lick, Porno, Dinner for Two (play on number 69)
96 suited	Prom Night ("Sixty-nine suited" )
9♥6♥	Valentine's Day
95	Dolly Parton (she sang "9 to 5" ), Full-time job
94	Gold Rush, San Francisco (play off the number 49)
93	Jack Benny (play off his running gag of always being 39 years old), The Sik
92	Montana Banana
88	Little Oldsmobile, Snowmen, Infinities, Double Infinity
86	Maxwell Smart (Agent 86 in Get Smart)
83	Raquel Welch
77	Hockey Sticks, Candy Canes, Walking Sticks
76	Philadelphia, Union Oil, Trombones (from the song "76 Trombones" )
75	Heinz, Ketchup (play on Heinz's 57 varieties)
74	Double Down, Blackjack hand
73	Hachem (named for Joe Hachem, winner of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event who won the $7.5 million prize with this hand when he flopped a straight)
72 offsuit	The Hammer, Beer Hand (72 offsuit is the worst possible starting hand; this name implies that you should order a beer rather than attempt play these cards.)
72 suited	Velvet Hammer
66	Route 66
63	Blocky
62	Ainsworth
55	Presto, Speed Limit, Nickels
54	Jesse James, Colt 45 (both play off the number 45), Moneymaker (winning hand of Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion)
52	Bomber (B-52 bomber)
44	Sailboats (looks like two sails), Midlife Crisis, Magnum, Luke Skywalker ("May the fours be with you" )
4♠4♣	Darth Vader ("Dark Side Of The Fours" )
33	Crabs, Hooters
32	Can of Corn
32 offsuit	Houta Hand (pronounced like "Hooter", named for a Native American dealer who advocates playing this hand)
22	Ducks (from "deuces" ), Swans, Sleepers, Quack Quack
any pocket pair	Wired pair, Wired (for example, a starting hand of 8-8 might be called "wired eights" or "eights wired" )

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