In poker, when you are dealt a 9 and a 5?

Question

In poker, when you are dealt a 9 and a 5 it's called a Dolly Parton(cuz her hit song: 9 to 5), right?

Is a King and a 9 called a Police dog?

What other hands have nicknames?

Answer 1

5,5 is presto

9,9 is Gretzky

Q,7 computer hand

10,10,10 is thirty miles

9,8 is Oldsmobile

A,K is walking back to Houston

Answer 2

also pocket deuces are called ducks.

Answer 3

For two-card opening hands in Texas Holdem, my favorites are:

Pocket Rockets or American Airlines A-A

Cowboys K-K

Hilton Sisters Q-Q

Fish Hooks J-J

Big Slick A-K

Big Chick A-Q

Royal Couple K-Q suited

Kojak K-J

Snowmen 8-8

Dead Man's Hand A-8

Ducks 2-2

The Doyle Brunson Hand 10-2

Sunset Strip or Walking Sticks 7-7

Fido K-9

Motown or Jackson Five J-5

Union Oil 7-6

Broderick Crawford 10-4

Speed Limit 5-5

Heinz 5-7

Dolly Parton 9-5

Sailboars 4-4

Jack Benny 3-9

Crabs 3-3

Ducks 2-2

Answer 4

Some of the more common names are

obv AK (Big Slick) aka Ana Kournikova (looks pretty but hardly wins).  

6-9 aka Big l**k

10-2 aka The Doyle or Texas Dolly

AA - aka Bullets

KK - aka Cowboys or King Kong

At some of the home games I play at we have our own hand names

7-9 aka The Hammer

6-7 aka The Naughty

8-5 aka The Milosh

Answer 5

yes it is because of the song which came first then the movie

K-9 police dog

pocket rockets AA

fish hooks JJ JAcks

the Brunson 10 - 2 on which he won his to main even braclets

snowmen 88

route 66

speed limit 55(years ago)

dime store 5 -10