Texas Holdem Pocket Card Names

Poker slang nicknames, commonly used for various combinations of pocket cards in a game of Texas Holdem.

Ajax

An Ace and a Jack.

American Airlines

two Aces.

Ashtray

Ace and three.

Bachelor's Hand

King and Jack.

Big Chick

Ace and Queen.

Big Lick

6 and 9.

Big Slick

Ace and King .

Blackjack

Ace and Jack.

Bookends

Ace and Ten.

Bullets

two Aces.

Canine

King and Nine (K-9)

Cowboys

two Kings.

Crabs

two 3's.

Dead Man's Hand

Ace and 8.

Dimes

two 10's.

Dolly Parton

two 4's.

Ducks

two 2's.

Fishhooks

two Jacks.

Flat Tire

Jack and 4.

Heinz

5 and 7.

Hockey Sticks

two 7's.

Hooks

two Jacks.

J-Birds

two Jacks

Jackass

Jack and Ace.

Jack Benny

3 and 9 .

Jeffrey Dahmer

8 and Jack.

Jesse James

4 and 5.

Katie

King and Ten (K-T).

King Kong

two Kings.

Kojak

King and Jack.

Lumberman's Hand

2 and 4 (like a 2 x4).

Magnum

two 4's (44 Magnum).

Marriage

King and Queen.

Maverick

Queen and Jack.

Mississippi Slick

3 and 2.

Motown

Jack and 5 (Jackson 5).

Mullets

two 7's.

Oldsmobile

9 and 8 (named after the Oldsmobile 98).

Pocket Rockets

a pair of aces, the strongest pocket combo.

Popeyes

two 9's.

Presto

two 5's.

Quinine

Queen and nine.

Quint

Queen and ten.

Railroad Tracks

two 10's

RPM

7 and 8.

San Francisco

4 and 9. (The San Francisco 49'ers)

Snowmen

two 8's.

Speed Limit

two 5's.

Transvestite

Ace and four (because it can look like 2 aces at first glance)

Treys (or Trays)

Two 3's.

Trombones

7 and 6. ("Seventy six trombones led the big parade" ...)

Woolworth

5 and 10.