Poker Name Ideas

  
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Poker night? We’re all in. Check out our pointers for planning one.

Invitations

Get started by sending an Evite invitation, like the free “Who’s In?” cards-themed invitation below or a premium “Ante Up” poker night invitation. Check out our game night invitation gallery for more designs.

Decorations

It’s easy to find a home poker kit that includes cards, nice chips and a good playing surface. But if you don’t have one of these fancy kits, take a trip to a fabric store and get a big swatch of green felt to put over your tabletop.

It’s important to make sure you have enough poker chips for all of your guests. You probably can’t get by with less than 35 chips per person — most experts suggest more like 50 to 100 per head. If you don’t mind a mish-mash, ask your guests to bring some extra chips of their own. If you’re playing Texas Hold ‘Em, make sure you have a special chip set aside for the button.

To round out the theme, pick up some casino-themed napkins and plates decorated with images of dice, cards or dollar signs from a party store.

Attire

Even if you’re not playing for high stakes, you can still dress the part. Asking guests to come in suits and ties or cocktail dresses makes a simple get-together seem like an event.

You can also go casual and ironic by getting cheap costume armbands and green plastic dealer visors — poker doesn’t have to be super serious.

Playing with some card sharks? If they arrive wearing shirts with billowy sleeves, make sure they roll them up when you play so they can’t hide cards in them.

Variants

Texas Hold ‘Em is all the rage, but you can have a great card party with other poker variations: five-card draw, seven-card stud, hi/lo, baseball poker and other make-up-your-own-rules games.

The most important thing when playing poker is to be familiar with the winning hands. Here they are from high to low:

  • Royal flush
  • Straight flush
  • Four of a kind
  • Full house
  • Flush
  • Straight
  • Three of a kind
  • Two pair
  • One pair

Too confusing? Just remember that a full house flushes a straight.

Food

Club

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Get a pizza delivered for quick sustenance that minimizes card-playing down time. Or put together a simple spread of appetizers. Make your own or get a big box of warm-in-the-oven hors d’oeurves at a warehouse club store. Just keep the food away from the playing table.

Drinks

If you’re playing poker, you might be thinking martinis are in order. Martinis will make your party upscale for sure (but they do call to mind James Bond, and his game was baccarat). If you’re going to go for some straight liquor, grab a bottle of single-malt scotch. Or, to mix cards and cocktails, consider the classy, old-fashioned cocktail called the Sidecar.

Sidecar

  • 2 parts Cognac
  • 1 part triple sec
  • 1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice

Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add ice. Shake, then strain into a chilled highball glass.

There are many who say that serious cards need to be played without the hazy influence of booze. So for a non-alcoholic alternative, grab some carbonated soda water and mix it up with some Italian syrup.

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GAMBLING NAMES

Ace Of Spades
Aces High
Aces Wild
Acey-Deucey
Across The Board
Ajax
All In
All Or Nothing
Apple Jacks
Apprentice�
Bagman
Baccarat
Banker
Bank Roll
Barabino�
Bachelor's Hand
Bearoff�
Beat The House
Belly Buster
Best Bet
Bet The Pot
Betting It All On Luck
Big Bluff�
Big Bobtail
Big Lick
Big Play
Big Slick�
Billabong
Bill Daly�
Bingo
Blind Bet
Blind Raise
Blind Switch
Blinkers
Bobble
Bobtail
Bookie
Bookie's Hope
Boxman
Broadway
Bullets
Burn Card
Calcutta
Calling On Lady Luck
Camouflage
Card Shark
Card Sharp
Cash Out
Cash Play
Casino Nights
Chemin De Fer
Chips Are In
Chouette�
Club Dice
Cold Call
Color Up
Countdown
Cover to Win
Cracking The Nut
Crossfire
Crossroader
Croupier
Daily Double
Dead Heat
Deadwood
Dealers Special
Dealer Takes All
Deal Off
Deuces Wild
Dividend
Double Action
Double Down
Double Draw
Double Up
Down To The Felt
Draw Card
Draw Poker
Drink Pot
Each Way
Even Money
Exotic Wager
Face Card
Fall Guy
Fast Track
Fence-Hopper
Fifth Street
Fishhooks
Five Card Stud
Fixed Limit
Fixed Odds
Flat Tire
Fox Hunt
Free Play
Freeroll
Freezeout
Front Line
Full House
Gambling The Night
Goliath
Good Bet
Good Buddy�
Good Thing
Got the Money
Grand Salami
Granny Mae
Gutshot
Handicapper
Hard Count
Harlequin
High Limit
High Roller
High Society
High Stakes
High Bidder
Hit And Run�
Hit Rate
Hold All Tickets
Hollywood
Hooters
Hot Tip
Inside Bet
Inside Straight
In The Money

In The Red
Jack It Up
Jackpot
Jackson Five�
Jacks Or Better
Joker
Jokers Wild
Keno
Keno Runner
Kicker
Kid Dynamite
Kitty
Kojak
Ladderman
Late Mail
Laying The Odds
Let It Ride
Linemaker
Live Card�
Loan Shark
Longshot
Losing Streak
Luck Be A Lady Tonight
Luck Of The Draw�
Lucky Charm
Maverick
Mile Higher
Money Line
Motown
Mystery Jackpot
No Limit
Odds On
Odds on Favorite
Offsuit
Oh Craps
Oldsmobile
Open Card
Outdraw�
Outside Bet
Over And Out
Over The Top
Past Post
Payline
Payoff
Payout
Penny Line�
Pit Boss
Place Your Bet
Playing The Rush
Pocket Card
Pocket Rocket
Poker Chips
Poker Face
Poker Man
Pot Odds�
Praying For The River
Presto
Pricemaker
Prom Night
Punter
Punto Banco
Puppy Feet
Pushka
Queen Of Hearts
Rainbow
Raise The Ante
Raise The Stakes
Ramblin Gamblin Willie
Real Money
Roughie
Roulette
Roundabout
Round Robin
Route 66
Royal Flush
Sailboats
Sandbag
Satellite
Sawbuck
Sawmill
Shanghai
Shooter
Showdown
Shuffle Up
Side Bet
Smart Money
Snowshoes
Speed Limit
Spinner�
Starting Price
Steel Wheel
Steep Climb
Stud Poker
Sunset Strip
Sure Thing
Sweepstakes
Table Stakes
Table Talk�
Taking The Odds
Teaser
Texas Hold'em
The Gamester
The Hammer
The Hustler
Three Card Monte
Tic Tac
Tipster
Top Card
Toss Up
Touch Wand
Triple Crown
True Odds�
Trump Card
Trumps
Trumps Are
Turn Of The Cards�
Twiggy
Under The Gun
Wild Bill
Wild Card
Winner Takes All
Wise Guy

CASINO NAMES

Aladdin
Alystra
Ameristar
Arizona Charlies
Barbary Coast
Bellagio
Bingo Palace
Binion's Horseshoe
Boardwalk
Boomtown
Boulder Station
Bourbon Street
Buffalo Bill's
Cactus Pete's
Caesars Palace
Casino Royale
Castaways
Circus Circus
Desert Inn
Dunes
El Cortez
El Dorado
El Morocco
El Rancho
Eldorado
Excalibur
Fiesta
Fitzgeralds
Flamingo
Four Queens
Four Seasons
Fremont
Frontier
Glass Pool
Gold Coast
Gold Spike
Gold Strike
Golden Gate
Golden Nugget
Golden Palace
Golden Slipper
Grand Victorian
Hacienda
Hard Rock
Harrah's
Holy Cow
Horseshoe
Imperial Palace
Joker's Wild
Key Largo

King's Crown
La Concha
Lady Luck
Landmark
Las Vegas
Last Frontier
Luxor
Maxim
Mint
Mirage
Monte Carlo
Moulin Rouge
New Frontier
Paddlewheel
Palazzo
Palms
Paradise
Paris
Poker Room
Red Rock
Regent
Riata
Riviera
Royal Nevada
Sahara
Sal Sagev
Sam's Town
San Remo
Sands
Santa Fe
Showboat
Silver City
Silver Nugget
Silver Slipper
Silverbird
Silverton
Stardust
Suncoast
Sundance
Tally-Ho
Tam O'Shanter
Thunderbird
Treasure Island
Treasury
Tropicana
Vegas World
Venetian
Westward Ho
Whiskey Pete's
Wild Wild West

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LINKS

GLOSSARY OF GAMBLING TERMS
Long list, arranged in alphabetical order

NAMES OF CARD GAMES
Names of card games around the world

Master List

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