I'm not talking flush or straight... I want to know all of the other hands, like aces and 8s is the dead man's hand because that's what Wild Bill Hickock had when he was shot and killed. What are some of the other hands' names and their origins? Also, what are the "special names for each card (ie. Cowboys for Kings, Dueces for twos, etc.)?

Here's some of my fav's!
A,K,4,7- the machine gun
A,2- Acey-Deucey
Q,Q,Q,Q- villiage people
A,A -pocket rockets
5-feva
9-pothook
Q-dame

The only one I know is that the King of hearts is the "Suicidal King" (we used to play with one-eyed jacks and suicidal kings as wild)

Here are some more for yah
AAAA-Four pips
Straight flush, ace to five-steel wheel
666-devil's hand

3 queens---Charlies angels
3 tens-------30 days
3 Jacks------Joe, Jack and Jesus
Full on aces ----fully bully or full to the bull

In Hold'em:
A-K : Anna Kournikova
Looks good, never wins
J-J : Fish Hooks
Looks like hooks, plus makes a fish (new player) run around in circles even though he rarely wins with it.

I'm not talking flush or straight...I want to know all of the other hands, like aces and 8s is the dead man's hand because that's what Wild Bill Hickock had when he was shot and killed. What are some of the other hands' names and their origins? Also, what are the "special names for each card (ie. Cowboys for Kings, Dueces for twos, etc.)?
Here is a link to a poker site with lots of them.

Don;'t know the entymology though

Poker Hand Nicknames (http://www.thepokerforum.com/handnames.htm)

KK - cowboys

My favorites are:
QQ: Sigfreid and roy (pair of queens)
Q3: Gay Waiter (Queen with a tray)

9 5- Dolly Parton

I have Two:

1. Pocket fours are "Obama" (as Barack Obama will be the 44th US President).

2. 3-5 Offsuit is "Kelly's Heat" - it is only a good starting hand at Kelly's 19th Hole in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

88 snowmen
77 walking sticks
22 ducks
Qq ladies
Ak big slick

HERE YOU GO MATE!
Hand Name Cards
Ace Magnets K - K
American Airlines A - A
Assault Rifle A - K - 4 - 7
Bachelor Hand J - Ko
Baskin-Robbins 3 - A
Beer Hand 7 - 2
Bicycle 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - A
Big Lick 6 - 9
Big Slick A - K
Blocky 6 - 3
Bookends A - 10
Broadway A - K - Q - J - 10
Broderick Crawford 10 - 4
Bullets A - A
Canine K - 9
Computer Hand Q - 7
Cowboys K - K
Crabs 3 - 3
Dames Q - Q
Dead Man's Hand As - Ac - 8s - 8c
Divorce K - Q
Dog, The K - 9
Dolly Parton 9 - 5
Doyle Brunson 10 - 2
Ducks 2 - 2
Fishhooks J - J
Five and Dime 5 - 10
Flat Tire J - 4
Forest 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
Four Horsemen K - K - K - K
Four Tits Q - Q
Gay Waiter Q - 3
Good Buddy 10 - 4
Gretzky Gretzky 9 - 9
Hammer, The 7 - 2
Heinz 5 - 7
Hilton Sisters Q - Q
Hooks J - J
Hunting Season A - 2
Jack J - A
Jack Benny 3 - 9
Jackson Five J - 5
Jackson Five J - J - 5 - 5
Jessie James 4 - 5
Johnny Moss A - 10
Kicks 6 - 6
King Crab K - 3
Kojak K - J
Ladies Q - Q
Little Oldsmobile 8 - 8
Little Slick A - Q
Lumber Yard K - 8
Magnum 4 - 4
Marriage, The K - Q
Montana Banana 9 - 2
Motown J - 5
Oedipus J - Q
Oldsmobile 9 - 8
Over and Out 10 - 4
Pocket Rockets A - A
Posse K - K - K - K
Presto 5 - 5
Quint Q - 10
Raquel Welch 3 - 8
Route 66 6 - 6
Sailboats 4 - 4
San Fransisco Busboy Q - 3
Seigried and Roy Q - Q
Snowmen 8 - 8
Speed Limit 5 - 5
Sticks A - A
Sunset String 7 - 7
Thirty Miles (of Bad Road) 10 - 10 - 10
Twiggy 2 - 9
Union Oil 7 - 6
Walking Sticks 7 - 7
Wheel 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - A
Woolworth 5 - 10
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