Phone Poker

It is true, there are some Texas Holdem hand nicknames often used by players online. Of course, these players are into playing the most popular poker variety. Well, they just prefer to use such hand nicknames because it is easier for them to, most especially when they chat with a friend or even an opponent.

Some Texas Holdem hand nicknames often used by players online include:

• Ajax – for A,J.
• American Airlines, Pocket Rockets or Bullets – for A,A.
• Big Slick or Walking Back to Houston – for A,K.
• Canine – for K,9.
• Computer Hand – for Q,7.
• Cowboys – for K,K.
• Dames, The Hilton Sisters, Divas, Ladies, or Siegfried & Roy – for Q,Q.
• Ducks – for 2,2.
• Five and Dime – for 10,5.
• Hooks or Jokers – for J,J.
• Jesse James – for 5,4. It has something to do with Jesse James and his Colt 45.
• Kojak – for K,J.
• Marriage – for K,Q.
• Motown or Jackson Five – for J,5.
• Nickels – for 5,5.
• Octopuses or Snowmen – for 8,8.
• Oedipus Rex or Maverick – for Q,J.
• Sailboats – for 4,4.
• San Francisco Busboy – for Q,3.
• The Doyle Brunson – for 10,2. It has something to with Doyle Brunson’s victory at WSOP because of playing the said hand.
• The Hammer – for 7,2.
• T.J. or Cloutier – for J,9.
• Walking Sticks or Hockey Sticks – for 7,7.

If your poker variety is also Texas Holdem and you play it online, definitely, you need to get to know what we have just mentioned. It is not that you need to use them yourself when you play Texas Holdem online but at least if ever a player or some players talk to you and are using such nicknames, you will not be clueless about what actually they are talking about and so you can deal with them properly. Still, it is for your own good.