Poker Hands

AA : American Airlines, Pocket Rockets, Bullets, The Boots, Two Pips. Hal Fowler’s winning hand WSOP 1979 KK : Cowboys, King Kong, Kangaroos, Kray Twins, Ace Magnets. QQ : The Ladies, Jailhouse Rock, Siegfried and Roy, Flower Girls, Hilton sisters, Snow Shoes. Tom McEvoy’s winning hand WSOP 1983. JJ : Jay Birds, Hooks. TT : Dimes (A dime in American currency is worth 10c). Mansour Matloubi’s winning hand WSOP 1990. 99 : Mints (after eights…), Phil Hellmuth (Specifically the two black nines - Hellmuth won the WSOP winning hand 1989) Popeyes, Red Balloons (from the song by Nena). Ben ‘Sailor’ Roberts’ winning hand WSOP 1975. 88 : Snowmen, Two fat Ladies, Racetracks, Chinese Aces (The Chinese have eight as their lucky number). Greg Raymer’s winning Hand WSOP 2004; Jerry Yang’s winning hand WSOP 2007. 77 : Saturn, Mullets, Sunset Strip, Walking Sticks. 66 : Route 66, Kicks. 55 : Presto, Speed limit, Noel Furlong’s winning hand WSOP 1999. 44: Sailboats, Midlife Crisis, Magnum. 33: Crabs, Larry Bird (his shirt number at The Boston Celtics), Hooters, City Park (two trees). Bill Smith’s winning hand WSOP 1985. 22: Ducks, Pocket Swans, The Larte, Desmond (Tutu). AK : Walking back to Huston, Big lick, Anna Kournikova, Santa Barbara. AQ : Little Click, Doyle Brunson, Big Chick, Stu Ungar’s winning hand WSOP 1981. AJ : Black Jack, Ajax, Rockette, Adam and Joe, Apple Jacks, Jackass, Apple Juice. AT : Johnny Moss, Corners. A9 : Johnny Chan’s winning hand WSOP 1987; Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson’s winning Hand WSOP 2000. A8 : The Dead Man’s hand (Wild Bill Hikcock shot in the back when holding this hand – two pair A-A-8-8), Reet Candy. A7 : Puggy Pearson’s winning hand WSOP 1973. A6 : We can’t find anything for this – any Laddies players have an idea? A5 : High Five. A4 : Stu Ungar’s winning hand WSOP 1997. A3 : Baskin Robbins (31 flavours of ice cream). A2 : Hunting Season (a bullet and a duck), Acey-Duecey. KQ : Marriage, Royalty. Carlos Mortensen’s winning hand WSOP 2001. KJ : Kojack, Bill Filmath, Bachelor’s Hands (Jack King Off) King John, Tucson Monster. Brad Daugherty’s winning hand WSOP 1991. KT : Katie. K9 : Canine, Saw Mill, Fido, What a Dog. K8 : Royal Banquet, Kokomo, The Dancing Hand. Russ Hamilton’s winning hand WSOP 1994. K7 : Columbia river. K4 : Sex. K3 : King crab, Seafood. QJ : Maverick. QT : Quint, Goolsby, Varkonyi, Best hand in poker, Watch your hair Phil (this hand caused Phil Hellmuth to have his head shaved in 2002). Robert Varkonyi‘s winning hand WSOP 2002. Q9 : Jamie Gold ‘s winning hand WSOP 2006. Q8 : Kuwait. Q7 : The Computer Hand (according to a computer simulation this is the median hand that is generally profitable against a random hand). Q5 : Granny Mae. Q3 : Gay Waiter (Queen with a trey). JQ : Oedipus JT : Cloutier (play on the name T J Cloutier) J9 : Scotty Nyguen’s winning Hand WSOP 1998; Johnny Chan’s winning hand WSOP 1988. J8 : Dahmer (Jeffery Dahmer ate Jack). J7 : Jack Daniels. J6 : Railroad Hand. Jim Bechel’s winning hand WSOP 1993. J5 : Motown ( Jacks and Fives – say fast ), Redmond Special. J4 : Flat Tyre (play on words – What’s a jack for?). T9 : Countdown. T8: Rosary, Hail Mary. T7 : Bowling Hand (seven-ten is the big split in ten pin bowling) Daniel Negreanu (hand has to be off-suit). T5 : Woolworth, Five and Dime. T4 : Broderick Crawford, Over and Out, "Roger That, Good Buddy" (CB radio call), Convoy. T2 : Doyle Brunson, Texas Dolly (Doyle Brunson won the WSOP twice with this hand, in 1996 and 1997). 98 : Oldsmobile. Dan Harrington’s winning hand WSOP 1995; Huck Seed’s winning hand WSOP 1996. 96: Joe Bernstein, Big Lick, Dinner for Two, Prom night (when suited). 95 : Dolly Parton (Sang the song 9 to 5). 94 : San Francisco (The 49ers are San Fran’s American Football team), Gold Rush 93 : Jack Benny (he always claimed to be 39 years old). 92 : The Montana Banana (Article 92 made poker legal in the state of Montana). 87 : RPM (78 was the old). 84 : George Orwell (He wrote the novel 1984). Hamid Dastmalchi’s winning hand in WSOP 1992. 83 : Raquel Welch. 76 : Union Oil, Philadelphia (The 76ers are the basketball team from the city). 75 : Heinz (57 varieties), Ketchup. 74 : Double down (Blackjack reference for doubling your bet when dealt 11). 73 : Hachem (Joe Hachem flopped a straight with this hand in the WSOP 2005 to win it all). 72 : Beer Hand (You play it if you are leaving the game and getting the beers; frames 2 and 7 in ten pin bowling are the ‘beer frames’), The hammer, The Worst Hand in Poker, Teddy Lee. 65 : Retirement (the age thereof). 64 : Arlo, The Hennessey. 63 : Blocky. 54 : Jesse James, Colt, The Moneymaker (Chris Moneymaker ‘s winning hand WSOP 2003; Stu Ungar’s winning hand WSOP 1980). 53 : The JymJam. 52 : The Powerhouse. 43 : George W Bush (43rd president). 42 : The Mad Yank, Bill Clinton (42nd president), Lumberman’s hand. 32 : The Hooter hand, Mississippi Slick, Michael Jordan (his shirt number at the Chicago Bulls).