How do you call / name cards 2 to 9?
But this may only make sense to me, but I use them to recall my pocket cards.
However, a search reveals that in bridge the 2-10 are (sometimes) referred to as spot cards. Typically, only the 2 thru 9 are used for signaling, and I was taught to signal with the 'spot' cards.
So... close, but not quite?
EDIT: A little more reading confirms that some bridge writers refer to the 2-9 as spot cards, while others refer to the 2-10 as spot cards.
3 - Trey
9 - Niner
There are also nicknames for pocket pairs of all the cards:
22 - Ducks
33 - Crabs
44 - Sail Boats
55 - Speed Limit
66 - Route 66
77 - Sunset Strip
88 - Snowmen
99 - Agent 99
TT - I forget
JJ - Johns
QQ - Ladies, Bitches
KK - Cowboys
AA - Rockets
3= trey
7= hockey stick
8= snowman
You're right on the money. Merriam-Webster defines Spot Card as (1) a playing card of rank two to nine inclusive (2) a playing card except an ace or face card but including the ten.Quote: dwheatleyMy gut reaction was "spot" cards.
However, a search reveals that in bridge the 2-10 are (sometimes) referred to as spot cards. Typically, only the 2 thru 9 are used for signaling, and I was taught to signal with the 'spot' cards.
So... close, but not quite?
EDIT: A little more reading confirms that some bridge writers refer to the 2-9 as spot cards, while others refer to the 2-10 as spot cards.
Yeah, 10 is a number, but is often written as T in game notation.
A Rocket
2 Duck
3 Crab
4 Sailboat
5 Nickle
6 Pot Hook
7 Hockey Stick
8 Snowman
9 German Virgin
10 Tennessee
J Fishhook
Q Lady
K Cowboy
Quote: JackSpadeMost of the poker hand nicknames seem fitting - snowmen (88), ducks (22), ladies (QQ), etc. Others seem less intuitive - dirty diaper (32) big slick (AK). One that makes absolutely no sense to me is cowboys (KK). A king is a monarch who wears a crown and sits on a throne. A cowboy is a commoner who wears a wide brimmed hat and herds cattle.
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Cowhands herd cattle. In the West, the term cowboy was used for rustlers, highwaymen, and other low-lifes. Calling someone a cowboy was fighting words.
Now that I think about it, dirty diaper is a fitting name for (32) because 3 looks kind of like what a diaper covers - and #2 makes it dirty!
Quote: JackSpadeI refuse to call (KK) the cowboys unless someone can explain to me why the name for rustlers, highwaymen, and other low-lifes who wear dusty Wrangler jeans is applicable to a pair of cards that represent royalty.
Now that I think about it, dirty diaper is a fitting name for (32) because 3 looks kind of like what a diaper covers - and #2 makes it dirty!
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Are you asking why a pair of royals would be associated with degenerates, cutthroats, and gangsters?
Quote: JackSpadeI refuse to call (KK) the cowboys unless someone can explain to me why the name for rustlers, highwaymen, and other low-lifes who wear dusty Wrangler jeans is applicable to a pair of cards that represent royalty.
Now that I think about it, dirty diaper is a fitting name for (32) because 3 looks kind of like what a diaper covers - and #2 makes it dirty!
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I refuse to use any nickname for a hand. I just say exactly what I have.
Quote: JackSpadeI refuse to call (KK) the cowboys unless someone can explain to me why the name for rustlers, highwaymen, and other low-lifes who wear dusty Wrangler jeans is applicable to a pair of cards that represent royalty.
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You're overthinking it. I'm sure they're called cowboys for no other reason than they both have the K sound.
Remember that the people who played poker in the Old West WERE "rustlers, highwaymen, and other low-lifes who wear dusty Wrangler jeans".
Quote: DeucekiesQuote: JackSpadeI refuse to call (KK) the cowboys unless someone can explain to me why the name for rustlers, highwaymen, and other low-lifes who wear dusty Wrangler jeans is applicable to a pair of cards that represent royalty.
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You're overthinking it. I'm sure they're called cowboys for no other reason than they both have the K sound.
Remember that the people who played poker in the Old West WERE "rustlers, highwaymen, and other low-lifes who wear dusty Wrangler jeans".
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Don't forget the big fancy headwear.
