Texas Hold’em Starting Hands – Slang Terms

There are plenty of names for Texas Hold’em starting hands. Find out some below.

Texas Hold’em has a language of its own. Well, almost. The game certainly has a lot of colorful terms for starting hands. If you’ve ever watched the World Poker Tour, then you know what we’re talking about.

If not or if you just need a refresher. Here are some basic starting hands and their nicknames. If you know of any we missed, feel free to let us know in the comments section.

Here goes:

• A-A – American Airlines, bullets, pocket rockets
• A-K – Big Slick, “Walking back to Houston”
• A-J – Ajax
• 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 – A San Francisco Busboy (a queen with a trey)
• J-J – Jokers, hooks
• J-5 – Jackson Five, Motown
• 10-5 – Five and dime
• 10-2 – Doyle Brunson. (He won two World Series of Poker titles with this hand.)
• 9-9 – Meat hooks
• 8-8 – Snowmen, Octopuses
• 7-7 – Hockey Sticks, walking Sticks
• 7-2 – The Hammer
• 5-5 – Nickels, presto, speed limit
• 4-4 – Sailboats
• 3-3 – Treys
• 2-2 – Ducks

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