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Texas Holdem Hand Rankings and Nicknames

  
 

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Understanding Texas Holdem hand rankings and Texas Holdem Hand Nicknames is vital to your success when playing poker.

Of course, right? You need to know what beats what. Don't worry. We'll cover everything right here.

We'll also go over all the hand nicknames. This is a fun thing to do so when you're playing with you're friends you can though out all the cool hand nicknames and they'll be very impressed. You may also intimidate them a little as well!
 
   
 

Hand Rankings

  
  Below is a list of the rankings of potential poker hands starting with the strongest. (A Royal Flush is the best hand, and High Card is the weakest)
  • Royal Flush: 10, J, Q, K, A of the same suit, this is the strongest hand in all of poker.
  • Strait Flush: Any series of 5 consecutive cards of the same suit. (i.e. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of Hearts)
  • Four Of A Kind: Any hand with four cards of the same rank: like four sevens. It doesn’t matter what the fifth card is. (i.e. 7, 7, 7, 7, 3)
  • Full House: This hand consists of three cards of the same rank and two cards of another equal rank. For example (K, K, K, 4, 4)
  • Flush: When the hand has 5 cards of the same suit. It doesn’t matter the rank of the cards, so long as they are all the same suit – like Spades or Diamonds. If two players have a flush, then the player with the highest card of that suit wins the hand. If the highest cards are equal move to the second, then to the third, etc. (i.e. K, 9, 8, 5, 3 of Hearts is beaten by K, 9, 8, 6, 3 of Hearts because of the six.)
  • Strait: Five sequential cards of any suit. If two players have straits, the strait with the highest card wins. (5, 6, 7, 8, 9 is beaten by 9, 10, J, Q, K)
  • Three Of A Kind: Three cards of equal rank.
  • Two Pairs: Two pairs of cards of equal rank.
  • Pair: Two cards of equal rank.
  • High Card: A hand that doesn’t form any of these combinations. If comparing two of these hands, whichever player has the highest card is the winner.

In poker hands where the combinations are the same, (two players have 3 Kings) then the tie is broken with the kicker or the highest card that the players have not in the combination (not a king).

Whichever player has the higher kicker is the winner of the hand. If two players have the exact same five cards, the plot is split and the players equally divide the pot.

 
   
 

Hand Nicknames

  
 
A A "Bullets" or
"American Airlines" or
"Pocket Rockets"
K K "Cowboys"or
"Ace Magnets"
or "King Kong"
Q Q "Bitches" or
"Sigfried & Roy"
or "Four Tits"
J J "J-Birds"
or "Hooks"
T T "Dimes"
or "Tension"
9 9 "Phil Hellmuth"
or "Popeye's"
8 8 "Snowmen" or
"Little Oldsmobile"
or "Dog Balls"
7 7 "Mullets" or
"Hockey Sticks"
6 6 "Cherries"
5 5 "Presto"
or "Speed Limit"
4 4 "Magnum"
or "Sailboats"
3 3 "Crabs"
or "Treys"
2 2 "Ducks"
A K "Big Slick" or
"Walking Back To Houston"
A Q "Big Chick"
A J "Ajax"
or "Blackjack"
or "Jackass"
A T "Bookends"
or "Johnny Moss"
A 9 "Jesus/Chris Ferguson"
A 8 "Dead Man's Hand"
A 7 "Slap Shot"
A 5 "High Five"
A 4 "Transvestite"
A 3 "Baskin Robbins"
or "Ashtray"
A 2 "Hunting Season"
K Q "Marriage"
K J Suited "Kojak"
K J Offsuit "Kojak" or
"Bachelor's Hand"
K T "Katie"
or "Big Al"
K 9 "Canine"
or "Dog"
K 8 "Kokomo"
or "Kate"
K 7 "Columbia River"
K 5 "Seattle Special"
K 4 "Fork"
K 3 "King Crab"
or "Sizzler"
K 2 Suited "Big Fritz"
or "Donald"
K 2 Offsuit "Donald"
Q J "Maverick" or
"Oedipus Rex"
Q T "Quint"
or "Robert Varkonyi"
Q 9 "Quinine"
Q 8 "Kuwait"
Q 7 "Computer Hand"
Q 6 "PB&J"
Q 5 "Granny Mae"
Q 3 "San Fransisco Busboy"
Q 2 'Daisy'
J 9 "TJ Cloutier"
J 8 "Jeffrey Dahmer"
J 6 "Jack Talley"
J 5 "Motown"
J 4 "Flat Tire"
T 9 "Countdown"
T 8 "Tetris"
T 7 "Bowling Hand"
T 6 "Sweet"
T 5 "Woolworth"
or "Merfs"
T 4 "Broderick Crawford"
T 3 "Weinberg"
T 2 "Doyle Brunson"
9 8 "Oldsmobile"
9 6 "Big Lick"
or "Railroad"
9 5 "Dolly Parton"
9 4 "Joe Montana Banana" or
"San Fransisco"
9 3 "Jack Benny"
9 2 "Montana Banana"
or "Twiggy"
or "Golf Bag"
8 7 "RPM"
8 6 "Henry Bowen"
8 5 "Finky Dink"
8 4 "Orwell"
8 3 "Raquel Welch"
or "Sven"
7 6 "Union Oil"
or "Trombones"
7 5 "Heinz"
7 4 "Cambodian Big Slick"
7 3 "Hachem"
7 2 "Beer Hand"
6 5 "Ken Warren"
6 4 "The Rabbit"
6 3 "Blocky" or "Jimmy Summerfield"
6 2 "Ainsworth"
or "Cowboy Wolford"
5 4 "Jesse James"
or "Jane Russell" or
"Moneymaker"
5 3 "Bully Johnson"
5 2 "Quarter"
or "Two Bits"
4 3 "Waltz"
4 2 "Lumberman's Hand"
3 2 "Mississippi Slick"
or "Polish Big Slick"

 
 
 
 

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