Poker Kiwi

www.pkr.com – The game itself is something that can be difficult to learn for new players, but often the phrases used during play can be , often have nicknames to start with, and some of the following are commonly used.

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Pocket Aces can be known as ‘pocket rockets’ and ‘bullets’ amongst other things, with (K,K) sometimes referred to as ‘cowboys’. (Q,Q) is often called ‘ladies’ for obvious reasons, and (J,J) is known as ‘princes’ or ‘hooks’. (8,8) is often called ‘snowmen’ and (2,2) is called ‘ducks’ or ‘deuces’ to name but a few hand nicknames.

In our local tournament, (A,2) up to (A,10) is generally known as a ‘rag ace’ too, although I am sure you will find different nicknames for hands in different places.

In terms of new players, you will not have to learn all this language in order to play poker, you only really need to know how to let your opponents know your actions when you are raising, calling, or folding. Although all these names may sound strange, you should pick them up relatively quickly simply by being involved in games of poker.

It is not only the hand types that have nicknames of course, ‘calling the clock’ on a player means to give them a set amount of time to make their decision, and a ‘race’ is a general term used to denote a pocket pair against two overcards. All in all I advise playing the game and not worrying too much about the lingo involved, and if you do need to know what a phrase means, just ask your fellow players.