Hand	Nickname(s)	Description
A A	Bullets American Airlines Pocket Rockets	This is the best starting hand in holdem.
K K	Cowboys Ace Magnets King Kong	Ace Magnets because the ace is the only card you don't want to see.
Q Q	Bitches Sigfried & Roy Four Tits	Unfortunately, the most common nicknames for QQ are derogatory.
J J	J-Birds Hooks / Fishhooks	JJ is considered the highest medium pocket pair.
T T	Dimes Tension	The chance of getting overcards on the flop with TT is almost 70%.
9 9	Phil Hellmuth Popeyes	Phil Hellmuth won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1989 with this hand.
8 8	Snowmen Little Oldsmobile Dog Balls Infinity	Snowmen and dog balls look like the number "8". 88 was an oldsmobile model that's smaller than the 98.
7 7	Mullets Hockey Sticks Walking Sticks	Nicknamed because of similarity to the shape of the number 7.
6 6	Cherries	Nicknamed because of similiarity to the shape of the number 6.
5 5	Presto Speed Limit	It's unconfirmed that the nickname "Presto" for 55 came from the rec.gambling newsgroup.
4 4	Magnum Dirty Harry Sailboats	"'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Now, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is the .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and could blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
3 3	Crabs Treys	Nicknamed crabs because of the similarity to the shape of the number 3.
2 2	Ducks	Nicknamed ducks because of the similarity to the shape of the number 2, and possibly from the word "deuce".
A K	Big Slick Walking Back To Houston Anna Kournikova	Nicknamed "walking back to houston" because of some players' tendency to overplay AK in no limit games. Nicknamed "Anna Kournikova" because it looks pretty but loses a lot.
A Q	Big Chick Doyle Brunson	Doyle Brunson says he tries to never play this hand.
A J	Ajax Blackjack Jackass	Nicknamed Ajax and Jackass for purely phonetic reasons.
A T	Bookends Johnny Moss	It's speculated that Johnny Moss is associated with this hand because he began playing poker at the age of 10.
A 9	Jesus/Chris Ferguson	Chris "Jesus" Ferguson beat TJ Cloutier at the final hand of the 2000 WSOP Championship event holding A9 against TJ's AQ.
A 8	Dead Man's Hand	"Wild Bill" Hickock held two pair, Aces and Eights, when he was fatally shot in the back by Jack McCall on August 2nd, 1876.
A 7	Slap Shot	Nicknamed "Slap Shot" as a hockey reference as sevens are sometimes called hockey sticks and aces are bullets.
A 5	High Five	A5 is a statistically better hand than A6 because of its ability to make a straight.
A 4	Transvestite	Called Transvestite because you see the first ace, and the 4 looks like another, but it turns out not to be.
A 3	Baskin Robbins Ashtray	Nicknamed Baskin Robbins because of their 31 different flavors of ice cream.
A 2	Hunting Season	Aces are known as bullets and twos are known as ducks, hence hunting season.
K Q	Little Slick Marriage	...or "Divorce" if it doesn't hold up.
K J	Kojak	Nicknamed "Kojak" for phonetic reasons. Nothing to do with Telly Savalas.
K J offsuit	Kojak Bachelor's Hand	Nicknamed "Bachelor's Hand" because it is literally Jack King off.
K T	Katie Big Al	K-T sounds like Katie, "Big Al" is a reference to a Wisconsin poker player named "Big Al" Emerson.
K 9	Canine Dog	K9 sounds like Canine.
K 8	Kokomo Kate	Called "Kate" for phonetic reasons.
K 7	Columbia River	The Columbia River is famous for its salmon runs. "King Seven" sounds like "King Salmon".
K 4	Fork	4K sounds like Fork.
K 3	King Crab Sizzler	3's are known as crabs, hence "King Crab". "Sizzler" because of their specials on Alaskan King Crab?
K 2	Donald	A reference to Donald Duck.
K 2 suited	Big Fritz Donald	"Big Fritz" is an unconfirmed reference to German poker player Andreas Fritz.
Q J	Maverick Oedipus Rex	Taken from the Maverick TV show theme song: "Livin' on jacks and queens; Maverick is a legend of the west." "Oedipus Rex" refers to a play by Sophocles featuring an incestuous mother and son.
Q T	Quint Robert Varkonyi	Robert Varkonyi won his 2002 WSOP Championship bracelet holding QT and making a full house over Julian Gardner's flush.
Q 9	Quinine	Queen Nine sounds like Quinine, an early anti-malarial drug.
Q 7	Computer Hand	Computer calculations tell us that this is the average hand.
Q 5	Granny Mae	Nicknamed because granny can be a queen and May is the fifth month of the year.
Q 3	San Fransisco Busboy	A queen with trey (tray).
Q 2	Daisy	"Daisy" is a reference to Daisy Duck.
J 9	TJ Cloutier	Scotty Nguyen won the '98 WSOP with this hand when the board came 89988 and induced a call from Kevin McBride by saying the memorable line, "You call this one and it's all over, baby".
J 8	Jeffrey Dahmer	Jeffrey Dahmer ate Jack.
J 6	Jack Talley	Jim Bechtel won the '93 WSOP with J6. The board didn't help either player and the winning hand was jack high!
J 5	Motown	The Jackson Five released their albums through the record company 'Motown'.
J 4	Flat Tire	Answer to the question "What's a jack for?".
T 9	Countdown	Countdowns usually start at ten...nine...
T 8	Tetris
T 7	Bowling Hand	The 7-10 split in bowling is a famously tough pin setup.
T 6	Sweet	Nicknamed so as a reference to "Sweet Sixteen".
T 5	Woolworth Merfs Five and Dime	"Woolworth" comes from nickel and dime (10 and 5). "Merfs" is a draw poker game where tens and fives are wild.
T 4	Broderick Crawford	From the show "Highway Patrol" where he used to say 10-4 all the time.
T 3	Weinberg
T 2	Doyle Brunson	Doyle Brunson won his 1976 & 1977 WSOP Championship bracelets holding T2.
9 8	Oldsmobile	98 was an oldsmobile model that was bigger than the smaller 88 model.
9 6	Big Lick Railroad	Sexual reference to "Big Slick".
9 5	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton starred in the movie "9 to 5".
9 4	Joe Montana Banana San Fransisco	49 refers to San Francisco's Football team, the 49ers, which in turn refers to men of the 1849 gold rush in the Sierra Nevada mountains east of San Francisco.
9 3	Jack Benny	For years Jack Benny claimed to be 39 years old.
9 2	Montana Banana Twiggy Golf Bag	Twiggy was a fashion model.
8 7	RPM	The very first record format was a 10 inch disc that spun 78 revolutions per minute.
8 6	Henry Bowen	Henry Bowen was a Texas gambler.
8 5	Finky Dink
8 4	Orwell	George Orwell was the author of the book "1984".
8 3	Raquel Welch Sven	Raquel Welch still claims to be 38.
7 6	Union Oil Trombones	Named after the gas station "Union 76" and the song "76 Trombones" in the movie "Music Man".
7 5	Heinz	The Heinz company in Pittsburgh, PA has 57 varieties of condiments.
7 4	Cambodian Big Slick
7 3	Hachem	Joseph Hachem won the 2005 World Series main event holding 7c3s when the flop came 4d5d6h.
7 2	Beer Hand Whip	The worst starting hand in holdem. It's called the "Beer Hand" because it's either time for a beer; or if you win with this you need to get other players a beer; or only a person full of beers would play this hand. "Whip" stands for "Worst Hand In Poker".
6 5	Ken Warren	Ken Warren is a poker writer, who lists himself as the nickname for 65 in one of his books.
6 4	The Rabbit
6 3	Blocky
6 2	Ainsworth Cowboy Wolford	Unconfirmed reference to British poker player Ron Ainsworth. Byron "Cowboy" Wolford would also play this hand.
5 4	Jesse James Jane Russell Moneymaker	Jesse James was thought to have been shot with a .45. Moneymaker won the WSOP in 2003 with this hand.
5 3	Bully Johnson	A poker player that Doyle Brunson described as being laid back and quiet. He played this hand after being raised preflop and caught a straight on the flop to beat another guy's trip aces.
5 2	Quarter Two Bits	Nicknamed because they are synonymous with 25 cents.
4 3	Waltz	In music, waltzes are always in 3/4 meter.
4 2	Lumberman's Hand	A common piece of lumber is a two by four.
3 2	Mississippi Slick Polish Big Slick	Derogatory terms, as 32 is the complete opposite hand of Ace-King or Big Slick, the best non-pair starting hand in holdem.