pocket aces
Premium starting hand
Pocket aces is the best starting hand in Texas Hold'em poker—two aces dealt face-down to a player.
Also called American Airlines or bullets.
The term extends figuratively to mean a hidden advantage or unbeatable asset: She had pocket aces going into the negotiation.
- bulletsFirearm projectiles
- rocketsPropulsion-driven flying vehicles
- American AirlinesMajor U.S. carrier
- hole cardsPlayer's concealed dealt cards
- pokerHearth implement for coals
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- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- pokerblinds, all-in, all in, call, seven-card stud
- Poker Handsroyal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush
- card termspair, flush, king of hearts, straight, king of spades