The final nine players who will make up the 2010 WSOP main event final table have emerged from a field of 7,319 players who began play back on July 5. The chip leader, Jonathan Duhamel (65.9 million in chips) is a 22-year-old from Montreal who finished 10th last December in EPT Prague. Next is John [...]

Here is an update on the “durrrr Challenge” where Tom “durrrr” Dwan is playing heads-up in Pot-Limit Omaha against Patrik Antonius. If you’re not familiar with the challenge, check out the “durrrr” online Poker Challenge that I posted previously that explains many of the rules and details of the challenge. As of today, there have [...]

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Here are the answers to part four of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia. It covers some of the poker hand nicknames for hands without a face card. T 9   “Countdown” Because countdowns usually start at ten…nine… T 4   “Broderick Crawford” This comes from the television series Highway Patrol where [...]

This is the last post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I’m including starting hands that don’t include a face card. Poker hand nicknames for hands without face cards: T 9  “__________”    T 4  “_______  _______” or “______ _____ _____” or “____ _____” T 2  “_________  ___________” 9 8  [...]

Here are the answers to part three of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia. Hands with a queen: Q J  “Maverick” Taken from Maverick TV show theme song, “Livin’ on jacks and queens…” Q 9  “Quinine” Because queen 9 sounds like Quinine. Q 7  “Computer Hand” Calculations tell us that [...]

This is the third post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I’ll include hands with a queen or a jack in them. Hands with a queen: Q J  “___________”  Q 9  “___________”  Q 7  “___________ __________”  Q 3  “_____ __________ ________”  “______ ________” Q 3 suited “_____ _____ _____” [...]

Here are the answers to part two of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia. Hands with an ace: A K  “Big Slick” or “Anna Kournikova” because it looks great but hardly ever wins. AK suited  “Big slick in a suit” A Q  “Big Chick” or “Little Slick” A J  “Blackjack” [...]

This is the second post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I will include hands with an ace and hands with a king. Obviously, I didn’t include every possible combination, nor did I include every possible nickname for the hands listed. I went with hands that weren’t so obscure [...]

Here are the answers to part one of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand  nickname trivia. A A  “Pocket Rockets” or “Bullets” or “American Airlines”     K K  “Cowboys” or “Ace Magnets” or “King Kong”  Q Q  “Ladies” or ”Hilton Sisters” or “Sigfried & Roy” J J    ”Hooks” or  “Fishooks” or “J-Birds” T [...]