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List of slang names for poker hands

Many individual cards and hands have slang names in poker. Some examples:

dead man's hand: Two pair, aces and eights, all cards black. This is the hand held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot and killed. The fifth card is unclear in historical records.

Pink|All Pink: Flush of Hearts or Diamonds

Blue|All Blue: Flush of Clubs or Spades

One Jack off: JJJxx

more specifically in the pocket in hold'em.

A-A: American Airlines, [Pocket] Rockets, Bullets

K-K: Cowboys

J-J: Fishhooks

5-5: Presto, Speed Limit

A-J: Blackjack

A-Ks: Big Slick (sometimes this refers to any A-K)

A-K: Big Ugly

K-J: Kojak

Q-4: B-Diddy

Q-3: Gay Waiter ("Queen with a trey|tray")

Q-3s: Posh Gay Waiter

J-4: Flat tire ("What's a jack for?")

3-9: Jack Benny

9-8: Oldsmobile

4-5: Jesse James

6-3: Blocky

6-9: Big Lick

6-9s: Prom Night (Sixty-nine suited)

3-A: Baskin-Robbins

3-8: Raquel Welch

A-10: Johnny Moss

10-2: Doyle Brunson

2-9: Twiggy

5-10: Woolworth

9-5: Dolly Parton

A-8: Dead Man

7-2: Beer Hand

10-4: Broderick Crawford

In the hole in Omaha:

A-K-4-7: Assault Rifle

Omaha including the board:

four pairs: Noah's Ark

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