Hand Nicknames


Those hands can be fun and unique, and one hand may have several names. Here’s a guide on which each hand is often called what and how that name came about. Some are very creative, some are just plain silly, and some just seem strange. Poker hand nicknames references include sports, people, shapes, history, pop culture, and many more. Poker hand nicknames. The following sets of playing cards can be referred to by the corresponding names in card games that include sets of three or more cards, particularly 3 and 5 card draw, Texas Hold 'em and Omaha Hold 'em. The nicknames would often be used by players when revealing their hands, or by spectators and commentators watching the.

Nicknames

Left Handed Nicknames

More Poker Hand Nicknames There are also nicknames for other specific combinations of cards, apart from simply hole card combinations. Some of these are used quite frequently, so we have listed a small selection of these below.

The usage of 'Mormon' and 'LDS' on this page is approved according to current policy.


  • 2Histories
  • 3Related FamilySearch Blog Articles
Nicknames

Handcart Companies[edit edit source]

Between 1856 and 1860 nearly 3,000 emigrants from the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined ten handcart companies--about 650 handcarts total--and walked to Utah from Iowa City, Iowa, (a distance of 1,300 miles) or from Florence, Nebraska (1,030 miles). Among these courageous handcart pioneers were cobblers, factory workers, farmers, fisherman, and aristocrats. Swiss, Danish, Scottish, Norwegian, Welsh, and English immigrants; they often didn’t share the same language. However they did share the same desire, to reach the Rocky Mountains and live among the members of their newfound church. This was, according to historian LeRoy Hafen, 'the most remarkable travel experiment in the history of Western America.' [1][2] See also Mormon Trail and Latter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration.

Poker hand nicknames

Many families have a tradition that their ancestry came to Utah in a handcart company. These and others came overland between 1847 and 1868.

‘Plongeur’ is the French for Diver. Plongeur hands usually refer to dive watch hands (specifically for Omega) with a straight hour hand and a more prominent and highly visible sword shaped minute hand. Orange is a popular color to highlight the all-important minute hand.Example → Omega Seamaster Ploprof 1200m. 101 Cute Catchy Knitting Shop Names Mar 7, 2019 May 15, 2018 by Brandon Gaille Getting the right materials for your craft is made easier with a steady supplier of materials.

Handcart CompanyCaptainLeft
Florence
IndividualsDied en routeArrived
Salt Lake City
FirstEdmund Ellsworth20 Jul 18562741326 Sep 1856
SecondDaniel D. McArthur24 Jul 1856221726 Sep 1856
Third
(Welsh)
Edward Bunker30 Jul 1856320< 72 Oct 1856
Fourth/WillieJames G. Willie17 Aug 1856~404689 Nov 1856
Fifth/MartinEdward Martin27 Aug 1856576>14530 Nov 1856
SixthIsrael Evans20 Jun 1857149(0)11 Sep 1857
Seventh
Scandinavian
Christian Christiansen15 Jul 1857~330~613 Sep 1857
EighthGeorge Rowley9 Jun 1859235~54 Sep 1859
NinthDaniel Robison6 Jun 1860233127 Aug 1860
TenthOscar O. Stoddard6 Jul 1860124024 Sep 1860

Histories[edit edit source]

Big Hand Nicknames

Nicknames
  • Jolene S. Allphin. Tell my story, too : a collection of biographical sketches of pioneers and rescuers of the Willie, Martin, Hodget, and Hunt Companies of 1856.[S.l. : Tell My Story Pub., [c2001] 2009 FHL 979.2 W2ajs]


List Of Poker Hand Nicknames

Google Books[edit edit source]

  • Handcarts to Zion[3]
  • The Rocky Mountain Saints[4]

Articles[edit edit source]

Related FamilySearch Blog Articles[edit edit source]

References[edit edit source]

  1. LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen, Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860 (1960);
  2. Wallace Stegner, The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail (1964).
  3. Le Roy Reuben Hafen, Ann W. Hafen, Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860 (1960)
  4. Thomas B. H. Stenhouse The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons, from the First Vision of Joseph Smith to the Last Courtship of Brigham Young...and the Development of the Great Mineral Wealth of the Territory of Utah Published by D. Appleton and company, 1873, 761 pages
Retrieved from 'https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Handcart_Pioneers&oldid=4062973'

Getting the right materials for your craft is made easier with a steady supplier of materials. These great knitting shop names from existing businesses offer the right encouragement to start your own knitting shop with your design and specialty materials.

Poker Starting Hand Nicknames

70s Chic Fashion
A Stitch In Time
Abstractiful Art
Annie & Company Needlepoint
Arry Artistry
Binghamton Knitting Co
BOC Knitting Company
Brainy Bella Crafts
Cavy Madness
Claymation Creations
Con ART seur
Cool Quick Knitting
Cotton Bunny Hunny
Cozy Canvas
Cozy Dazzle
Cozy Kind Knitting
Craft Owl
Crawford Knitting Co
Creative Crissy
Crown Me Royal Prints
Crustacean Creations
Dazzle Me Invites
Draper Knitting Company
Dreging Mill
Dublin Bay Knitting Co.
Emi-G Knitting
Fashion Cutz
Feel Good Knitting
First Front Knitting
Five Star Knitting
Fuzzy Wuzzies Crafts
Get Animated
Glitter Goddess
Golden Scissors
Guinea Pig Boutique
Head 2 Toe Fashionista
Heels Up Shoes
Hipster Wool Knitting
Hot House Crafts
Hot Threads
Huggle Berry Knitting
Its Sew Thirty
Joy Stick Knitting
Kitty Kat Toy Store
Knit Bee Knitting
Knitty Witty
Knitwit Knitting
Lady Bug Fashion
Little Thread Knitting
Love Loop Knitting
Loving Lips Knitting
Mayo Knitting Mill
Museum of ME
Nancy Knits
Needle Pointer
Nifty Thrifty Crafts
Oh My Gloves
Old Boy Stitch
Oregon Knitting Co
Out of the Box
Paintings and Pastels
Paisley Prints
Perfect Creations
Pixel Dreamer
Polartec
Posies and Periwinkles Flower Art
Precious Posh
Princess Embellish
Print Junkiez
Purple Power Print Shop
Putta Lid On It
Red Heart Knitting
Seashells N Sequins
Sephine
Sew Custom
Shamrock Knit
Simply Knitt
Snowflakes Winter Shop
Social Knitwork
Sole Searching Shoes
Specify Knitting
Spin Time
Stars N Stripes Clothing
Stitch Style
Strutwear Knitting Company
Super Sylvia Stylist Prints
Susquehanna Knitting Company
The Artists Loft
The Fastionista
The Pin Cushion
The Sewing Room
The Unique Boutique
Threaded N Ready
Twin City Knitting Co Inc
Twisted Yarns
Warm Woolies
White Fox Quilting
Whiteford Knitting
WhiteFox Quilting
Your Grace Sweetsters Knitting
Zen Craft Shop

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