We all know that AK is called "big slick" or Anna Kournikova (cruelly named because it looks good but supposedly rarely wins). AQ is known as the "big chick".
I believe that Jason Barrasford christened AJ as the Anjelina Jolie because it looks good but is far from impregnable.
My personal favourite came from a commentary by Victoria Coren.
She said that JK offsuit was known as the bachelor hand:- Jack-ing off - geddit?
Anyway, anyone else got any favourite names for poker hands?
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j 5 ... motown ( jackson 5)
55 speed limit (u.s.a)
my new fav hand hand 88- Snowmen
Surely Ten King has to be the "Old Man's Hand", being as it is TK...
2,2 = 'The Desmond' (as in 'Archbishop Desmond Tutu')
4,4 = Desmond & The Missus
9,9 = Achtung!
A,A = 'Pocket-Heartache-If-Slow-Played-Against-Multi-Opponents' (If you're really pushed for time, you might simply want to refer to these as: 'PHISPAMO'... Or if you can't be messed with that, then 'Rockets' is still good. Failing that, you may not want to call them anything for fear of nobody betting into you)
3,7 = Irish Full House
5,6 = Cannibal 7 (because if you play this, then on the flop, you're really hoping to see that seven ate nine)
5,7 = 'You Have The Cake & I'll Have The Biscuits' (no particular reason, just thought I'd be the first to call 5,7 by that name)
Thinking about this some more... Wouldn't it be simpler if we stopped naming poker hands using convoluted slang, and instead, just used real Christian names?
For example:
AA = Steve
22 = Doris
33 = Keith
44 = Lionel
Etc. Etc.
I know it's not as creative, and I know it will never catch on, but wouldn't it make the World Series a little more entertaining if you could hear the commentators say: “Hansen's under the gun with Keith, Ivey's in the small blind holding Lionel, and I suspect they're both about to be re-raised by Annie, who's woken up with Steve!”
Don't say 'No' immediately. Give it some thought first. I'll bet you start warming to the idea...
3-2 won- dustybin