Texas Holdem Starting Hand Nicknames


	hand: The set of cards played by one player. A aces and spaces A hand with one pair of aces, and nothing else. Used derogatorily, especially in games such as seven-card stud, where two pair is a typical winning hand. Ainsworth A term used in hold’em; 6 – 2 as a player’s first two cards. all blue/all pink A flush, "blue" usually referring to black suits and "pink" to red ones. Occasionally one hears "all green" or "all purple". Anna Kournikova In Texas Hold 'Em, referring to a player who is dealt A-K for his or her pocket cards and never having the hand improve. This parodies tennis player Anna Kournikova in that the hand looked good, but didn’t win. B bicycle, bicycle wheel The best possible hand to win the low side of the pot in hi/low split pot games, or the best possible hand in lowball games: most frequently the hand A-2-3-4-5. In "Deuce to Seven lowball" the hand 2-3-4-5-7 is known as the Wheel. See wheel. big chick A Texas Hold'em starting hand that consists of an Ace and Queen regardless of suit. This is a variation of Big Slick. big slick A Texas Hold'em starting hand that consists of an Ace and King regardless of suit. blaze A hand of five face cards that used to outrank a flush. boat A full house. See also "full boat", "tight". book Four of a kind. bottom end The lowest of several possible straights, especially in a community card game. For example, in Texas hold 'em with the cards 5-6-7 on the board, a player holding 3-4 has the bottom end straight, while a player holding 4-8 or 8-9 has a higher straight. Also "idiot end". bottom pair, bottom set In a community card game, a pair (or set) made by matching the lowest-ranking board card with one (or two) in one's private hand. broadway An ace-high straight. A "broadway card" is any card that might make such a straight, namely a 10, J, Q, K, or A. bullet An ace. C cheese A poor hand. Throw that piece of cheese in the muck and move on to the next hand. connectors Two or more cards of consecutive rank. cowboy A king. And he's flopped a pair of cowboys D dead hand A player's hand that is not entitled to participate in the deal for some reason, such as having been fouled by touching another player's cards, being found to contain the wrong number of cards, being dealt to a player who did not make the appropriate forced bets, etc. dead man's hand A dead man's hand is the famous hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot and killed in 1877, consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights of the black suits (spades and clubs); but often refers to any two pairs of aces and eights. deuce 1. A 2-spot card. dominated hand A hand that is extremely unlikely to win against another specific hand, even though it may not be a poor hand in its own right. Most commonly used in Texas hold 'em. A hand like A-Q, for example, is a good hand in general but is dominated by A-K, because whenever the former makes a good hand, the latter is likely to make a better one. A hand like 7-8 is a poor hand in general, but is not dominated by A-K because it makes different kinds of hands. double-ace flush Under unconventional rules, a flush with one or more wild cards in which they play as aces, even if an ace is already present. See Double ace flush. drawing hand In any game, an incomplete hand which is not likely to win unless future cards, received by whatever means the game specifies, improve it. For example, having four club-suited cards but no pair in a stud game, hoping that one of the cards to come will be a fifth club, making a flush. See draw. F fish hooks 1. Pair of jacks five of a kind A hand possible only in games with wild cards, defeating all other hands, comprising five cards of equal rank. See five of a kind. flush A hand comprising five cards of the same suit. See flush. foul hand A hand that is ruled unplayable because of an irregularity, such as being found with too many or two few cards, having been mixed with cards of other players or the muck, having fallen off the table, etc. Compare "dead hand". four-flush Four cards of the same suit. A non-standard poker hand in some games, an incomplete drawing hand in most. See "bobtail", "four-straight". four of a kind, fours A hand containing four cards of equal rank. See four of a kind. four-straight Four cards in rank sequence; either an open-ender or one-ender. A non-standard poker hand in some games, an incomplete drawing hand in most. See "bobtail", "four-flush". full, full boat, full hand, full house A hand with three cards of one rank and two of a second rank. The term "full hand" seems to have been the original, but today "full house" is standard. See full house, "boat", "tight". G garbage 1. The muck. 2. A worthless hand. H high, high hand The best hand using traditional poker hand values, as opposed to lowball. Used especially in high-low split games. high card 1. A no pair hand, ranked according to its highest-ranking cards. 2. To defeat another player by virtue of high-ranking cards, especially kickers. 3. To randomly select a player for some purpose by having each draw one card, the highest of which is selected (for example, to decide who deals first). When all the players get here, we'll high card for the button. Often high card by suit is used for this purpose. K Kansas City low Deuce-to-seven lowball. Knave A jack. Kojak In Texas Hold 'Em, having a King and a Jack in the hole L lady (ladies) Queen(s) N nuts, the The best possible hand given the cards on the board. If the board is Ks-Jd-Ts-4s-2h, then As-Xs is the nuts. You will occasionally hear the term applied to the best possible hand of a certain category, even though it isn't the overall nuts. For the above example, somebody with Ah-Qc might say they had the "nut straight." P pair Two of the same cards in a given hand. pocket pair In Community card or Stud poker, when two of a player's private cards make a pair. pocket rockets A pair of aces in the hole also known as American Airlines AA. presto! In Texas Hold 'em, a pair of 5's in the hole. Q quads Four of a kind. S sailboats Often referred in a Hold'em game as having a pocket pair of fours San Francisco Busboy In Texas Hold'em, being dealt a Queen and a Three ("A Queen and a Trey") Siegfried and Roy In Texas Hold 'Em, being dealt a pair of Queens steel wheel A five-high straight flush (A-2-3-4-5 of a single suit). Also known as a lock-lock in Omaha High/Low Split. It is the best possible hand in that game. straight Hand of five consecutive cards which are not all the same suit. straight flush Hand of five consecutive cards of a single suit. The highest of these is the royal flush, or 10 through Ace of one suit. T tourettes To be dealt AK suited, only to see the remainder of the cards fail to give a hand any better than Ace High. Mark was always suffering from tourettes. Top Pair A pair with the highest card on the flop. If you have As-Qs, and the flop comes Qd-Th-6c, you have flopped top pair. See "second pair." Top Set The highest possible trips. Example: you have Tc-Ts, and the flop comes Td-8c-9h. You have flopped top set. Top Two Two pair, with your two hole cards pairing the two highest cards on the board. Top and Bottom Two pair, with your two hole cards pairing the highest and lowest cards on the board. trips Three of a kind. V Valentine's Day In Texas Hold'em, being dealt the King and Queen of Hearts W weak ace an ace with a low kicker (e.g. three). wheel A 5-high straight. wired pair In Community card or Stud poker, when two of a player's private cards make a pair. Also called a "pocket pair." A hand to which you're drawing, or one good enough that it doesn't need to improve.