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 [...]

Do you know the nicknames of the main poker hands? This post is the first of a four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia. This first trivia quiz will cover the nicnames for the poker hands as they apply to wired pairs. I listed the first one that probably everyone knows just [...]

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