Poker Terms for Poker Hands

To play better poker, you need to understand poker and to understand poker you need to know the various poker terms. We at Asia’s best online poker site, Dafapoker, wishes you to have the best poker careers possible. So, we compiled a list of poker slang names for poker hands that might help you get a better grasp on the game.

Individual Card Slang Names

• Card

A – Bullet, Rocket
K – Cowboy
Q – Lady, Cowgirl, Dames, Diva
J – Johnny, Jackal or Valet
10 – Dime
9 – Nina Ross
8 – Snowman
7 – Stick or Candy Cane
5 – Nickel
4 – Sailboat
3 – Trey, Crab
2- Deuce, Duck

• Combinations

A-K – Big Slick
Q-J – Maverick, Oedipus Rex
A-J – Ajax
J-5 – Jackson five
K-Q – Marriage
7-2 - Hammer
K- J – Kojak
5-4 – Jesse James
K-9 – Canine

Five-card Hand Slang Names

Straight Flush (A-5) – Steel Wheel
4 of a kind – Quads, Book
4 of a kind (Aces) – Four Pips
Full House – Full Boat

Flush (Hearts/Diamonds) – Pink
Flush (Clubs/Spades) – Blue
Straight (10-A) – Broadway
Straight (A-5) – Bicycle, Wheel

3 of a kind- Trips
3 of a kind: (Kings) – 3 Wise Men
(Sevens) – Slot Machine
(Sixes) – Devil hand, Beast
(Deuces)- Huey, Dewey and Louie

Outside Straight Draw (2 different cards can complete the end of the straight. E.g you have 6789 and just needs a 5 or 10 to complete the straight) – Bobtail

Outside Straight Flush – Big bobtail

Inside Straight Draw (Needs a card to complete the straight E.g. 67_910) - Gutshot

Fly to the APT Asian Series with Dafapoker!

This August, Asia’s biggest land based poker tourney, the “APT Asian Series” or better known as the “Asian Poker Tour” will finally kick off at Manila, Philippines. The tour, which will be holding events in Asia’s most popular poker destinations such as Macau and the Philippines, has been known to provide nothing less than world-class poker experience to poker players and enthusiasts not only in Asia but all over the world.

Want to be a part of it? Here’s how.

From June to July 31, simply register and participate in Dafapoker’s “Fly to APT Asian Series” promo and earn “fly points”. First, become a VIP at Dafapoker and play in various cash tables and tournaments to earn Gold Coins. The more you play the higher VIP level you'll get and the faster you'll earn these Gold Coins, which in turn, can be converted to “fly points”. “Fly points” could win you various rewards including cash prizes, tournament tokens and an APT Asian Series package that can worth up to $3000!

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Dafapoker Shows its Gratitude

God rewards the faithful,

Teachers reward the obedient,

And Dafapoker rewards the loyal ones.

This year Dafapoker shows its appreciation to its loyal customers by providing bigger benefits, bigger rewards and bigger bonuses!

How big?

For this month of May, together with DafaPoker’s ongoing VIP Club promotion; Asia’s leading online poker room launches 2 new rewarding events—$1,000,000 Summer Sales and Best Hand of the Day; that will surely make your online poker experience more gratifying than ever!


Bigger benefits!

DafaPoker’s VIP club

How does it work?

Dafa Poker’s VIP club levels are divided according to the following: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Super Elite. All real money players will start out at Bronze level. After 3 months, DafaPoker will award a corresponding VIP level according to the number of Dafa Gold Coins you’ve accumulated so far. The higher you climb the levels the faster your ability to earn Dafa Gold Coins will be and the bigger benefits you can avail. So what are you waiting for? If you want better benefits, play now to climb the ranks!

Below are the various benefits a VIP club level member can avail:

· Monthly reload bonus

· Higher accumulation rate for Gold Coins

· Private support and assistance (only for VIP Diamond and Super Elite)

· Unlimited Bonus (only for Super Elites)

Take note, DafaPoker Gold Coins are earned at ring games and tournaments.


Bigger rewards!

$1,000,000 Summer Sales

To show their appreciation to their loyal customers, Dafapoker is cutting the prices of their biggest and most exciting tournaments by up to 80%! You read that right! You can now join huge guaranteed tournaments at less than half the usual buy-in prices!

Aside from that, you can win free entries to tournaments with huge guaranteed prizes!

Just play the various tournaments in the schedule provided by Dafapoker and win in a row to be eligible to the prizes:


4 consecutive tournaments won: you get a token to the next Sunday $250,000 mega satellite tournament

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Bigger bonuses!

Best Hand of the Day Bonus

How does it work?

Every day Dafapoker will reward the player who gets the highest winning hand with cash prizes up to USD 500! It’s that simple! Take note that this promotion is only applicable at Texas Hold’em non-tournament plays. The winning hand must be 4 Jack’s or higher to qualify for this promotion and only one player can win every day.

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