Poker Slang
- A-A: American Airlines, bullets, pocket rockets
- A-K: Big Slick, “Walking back to Houston”
- A-Q: Little Slick
- A-J: Ajax, Trepasso
- A-8: Dead man’s hand
- 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: San Francisco Busboy (a queen with a trey)
- J-J: Jokers, hooks
- J-9: T.J. Cloutier.
- J-5: Jackson Five, Motown
- 10-4: Trucker
- 10-2: Doyle Brunson. (He won two WSOP titles with this hand)
- 9-9: Wayne Gretzky
- 9-8: Oldsmobile
- 9-5 : Dolly Parton
- 8-8: Snowmen, Octopuses
- 7-10: Split
- 7-7: Hockey Sticks, candy canes, sunset strip
- 7-2: The Hammer, Beer Hand (worst starting hand in hold’em)
- 6-9: Big lick, prom date
- 6-6: Route 66
- 5-10: Five and dime, Woolworth’s
- 5-5: Nickels, presto, the speed limit
- 5-4: Jesse James, for his Colt .45
- 4-9: San Fransisco
- 4-4: Sailboats
- 3-3: Crabs
- 2-2: Ducks