Here we have listed some popular nicknames that have stuck with the Jack card for many years now.
- 1- Boy
- 2- Fishhook
- 3- Jackal
- 4- Lady
- 5- Girl
- 6- Argine – Queen of Clubs
- 7- Black Maria/Calamity Jane/Molly Hogan/Pallas Athena/Fanny Kaplan – Queen of Spades
- 8- Helen of Troy/Judith – Queen of Hearts
Starting Hands names with Jack card
J J
Brothers – Similar looking cards.
Fishhooks – The alphabets (J J) looks like the curved piece of metal used for catching fish.
John Juanda – Named for the famous American poker player.
Kid Dy-no-mite – Name is given due to the signature expression of the character JJ Evans from American sitcom “Good Times”.
J 10
Justin Timberlake – The hand shares the initials of the name of the famous American singer and actor.
John Terry – Named after the English football coach and former professional footballer.
Hooker – Named for the titular character of 80’s American police drama TV program of the same name starring William Shatner.
J 9
Cloutier – Named after the famous professional poker player from Texas. He flopped three straight flushes in a single year with this hand.
J 8 –
Jacket – Due to phonetic similarity with the pronunciation of words Jack and Eight together.
J 7
Jack Daniels – Named after the popular whiskey brand.
J 6
Railroad – Pronouncing Jacks and Sixes repeatedly sounds like a train going on over tracks.
J 5
Jackson Five – Named after a popular American pop band “The Jackson 5” which is composed of family members of Michael Jackson.
Motown – A reference to Motown Records which was associated with The Jackson 5.
J 4
Flat Tire – As an answer to the question, “ what’s a jack for”?
Austin Squatty – Named for poker player John “Austin Squatty” Holmes Jenkins III who often raised and re-raised pre-flop with this hand.
J 3
J Lo – Lo means low card. Also named after American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez.
Lumberjack – A Jack and a tree (3).
J 2
The Prince and the Pauper – A reference to the story of two identical in appearance boys – Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII and Tom Canty, a pauper.
Heckle and Jeckle – Named after a pair of identical anthropomorphic cartoon characters “J-birds”.