Sunday, November 01, 2009

Hold’em Hand Names

Some of these you know. I know some you don’t

A-A: American Airlines, Eyes of Texas, Pocket Rockets
A-K: Anna Kournikova, Big Slick, Santa Barbara, Walking Back to Houston
A-Q: Little Slick
A-J: Ajax or Foamy Cleanser
A-8: Dead Man’s Hand (Wild Bill Hickock was holding AA88 when killed)
A-3: Baskin-Robins (31 flavors)
A-2: Acey-deucey
K-K: Cowboys, King Kong
K-Q: Marriage, Newlyweds
K-9: Canine
K-3: King crab
Q-Q: Ladies, Siegfried and Roy
Q-J: Pinochle
Q-9: Quinine
Q-7: Computer hand
Q-3: The Gay Waiter
J-J: Hooks
J-6: Railroad Hand (sounds like a steam engine)
J-5: Jackson Five
T-T: Totem Poles, Tent Stakes
T-8: 4Putt (108, Dave's average score for 18 holes)
T-5: Barbara Hutton (dime store heiress), Dime Store, Woolworth
T-4: Broderick Crawford (A Highway Patrol radio call)
T-2: Doyle Brunson
9-9: Wayne Gretzky
9-8: Oldsmobile
9-5: Dolly Parton (who played in the movie ‘9 to 5’), Office Hours
9-2: Montana banana (because bananas will grow in Montana before this hand wins)
8-8: Infinity, Mighty Wurlitzer (number of keys on the piano),
8-6: Eubie (from the expression ‘you play those, u be broke’)
7-7: Hockey sticks, Walking sticks
7-6: Trombones (from the song ’76 trombones’), Union Oil
7-2: Beer hand
6-6: Route 66
5-7: Heinz (the steak sauce)
5-5: Presto, Speed Limit
4-5: Colt 45, Jesse James (the gun he was killed by)
4-4: Darth Vader (both black fours), Jane Manfield
3-9: Jack Benny (the age he always claimed to be)
3-8: Raquel Welch
3-3: Crabs
2-9: Twiggy (the model’s boob or hip size)
2-4: Lumberman’s Hand
2-2: Ducks

Hat tip to Card Player Magazine and Michael Wiesenberg for most of these.
Did we miss any?

7 comments:

Matchy said...

The gay waiter Q-3 (queen with a trey). Now you can start the brokeback jokes.

Anonymous said...

Isn't AK also known as Anna Kornakova (spelling!?!?)...... since it looks good but never wins!!!

Boother

Nik Faldo said...

Added your additions guys. And our readers are much to mature and adult to stoop to BBM jokes, and other types of crude humor.
One more thing....Pull my finger!

BigBri said...

Faldo you missed T-8 (108), 4Putts score for 9 holes.

Nik Faldo said...

Now that is just cruel BigBri. You know 4Putt quit golf for knitting and pedicures.

Anonymous said...

I doubt 29" is Twiggy's waist, perhaps it's her bust or hip measurement.
LittleRedElf

Nik Faldo said...

Made the change Elf. Thanks!