10. The year was 1990 and it marked the first year that a non-American won the World Series of Poker championship. What was his name? 11. Who is the only poker player to win a WSOP (World Series of Poker) bracelet, a WPT (World Poker Tour) title and an EPT (European Poker Title) event? 12. In [...]

 7. In what year did the World Series of Poker (WSOP) add a Ladies World Championship to the poker menu?  8. In 1983, this tournament director is credited with coming up the idea of the poker satellite. What was his name? 9. Who was the first WSOP main event winner to qualify through a satellite? Scroll down [...]

4. In 1973, CBS Sports televised the World Series of Poker for the first time. The WSOP was also expanded for the first time to include four preliminary events. Name them. 5. The World Series of Poker saw many changes in 1978. To start, it was the first year that the main event’s prize money was divided [...]

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 [...]