I was given a book called Schott's Sporting Gaming & Idling Miscellany for my birthday. In there is a list of popular nicknames for poker hands. I'm dubious about some of them myself, but they are:

• Ace, King, 4, 7 - The AK47 Machine Gun
• 4, 4 - Magnum (Colt 44)
• Jack, Jack, 5, 5 - Motown ('Jacks on fives')
• King, King, King, King - The Horseman (of the Apocalypse)
• 3, 3, 3, 3 - Forest ('four trees')
• Queen, Queen, Queen, Queen - Village People ('four Queens')
• 10,4 - Over and out
• 6, 6, 6 - The Devil/The Beast
• Jack, Queen - Oedipus
• Queen, Queen, Queen, 3, 3 - San Francisco Waiters ('queens with treys')
• 9, 5 - Dolly Parton ('working 9-5')
• Ace, Ace - Pocket Rockets/Bullets
• Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Wheel (Steel Wheel if suited)
• Jack, King - Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling)
• Ace, 3 - Ashtray
• King, King, 9, 9 - Pair of Dogs (two K-9's)

Whilst playing at Pacific Poker I've also come up with a few of my own:

• Jack, 6 - Jack Shit
• King, Ace - f**king ace!
• 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 - not quite a run (doesn't generally win you much)
• 2, 2 - A Desmond (Tutu)
• Ace, Ace, Ace, Ace, Ace - Cheating Bastard
• Number 9, Number 9, Number 9, Number 9 - Annoying Beatles track

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I have a gem...For two Cowboys (Ks) in the hole...Brokeback Mountain...



Ned

posted by Ned : January 13, 2006 6:02 AM

I call 3 kings clooneys, because of the movie he was in. I've heard others refer to it as the same, but I can't find any reference to it on line.

posted by Anonymous : November 24, 2006 3:39 PM

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