Poker At Its Trickiest

Playing cards is fun. I grew up with card games being a part of family life - birthdays and special celebrations always featured a card game somewhere along the way.

Today, however, people seem to take playing cards to another level. Look at how poker has become popular! Now everyone has heard about poker but not everyone has played it (myself included). We've all seen it featured on tv and in some great movie scenes over the years (more of that in another post later on).

I found a web page with some incredible yet true poker stories. Wild Bill Hicock features in one of them and President Truman in another.

If that's not enough, there's always the glossary of poker terms to set you thinking. You might be a fish or a high roller without even knowing it!

Holdem Poker - Some Great Nicknames!

For some people, the fun in life comes from playing card games and for many that means only one thing ... POKER.

Texas Holdem poker is apparently one of the most popular poker games. I was interested to read about holdem poker rules recently for an article I was writing (on another blog!) and it was fascinating. I came across some great nicknames for holdem poker hands such as "Pocket Rockets" which refers to a hand of AA (the best starting hand in holdem). Then there is the hand of 99 which has the nickname "Phil Hellmuth" who is an actual real-life player who won the World Series of Poker in 1989 with a 99 hand. The one that caught my eye thought was the A3 hand - nicknamed "Baskin Robbins" because they have 31 different flavours of ice cream. Funny thing is that many poker players over the years have enjoyed ice cream whilst playing the game - here is a great blog post that connects Poker & Ice Cream. Fascinating!

Read this great list of Poker hand nicknames.