Poker terminology origins

[Grovewilks]

I am sure some of this will have been answered before and may have been in previous threads. Although i understand what most of the terminolgy in Poker means, i dont know why or how the terms came about.

If anyone wants to fill in the gaps please feel free.

1. Poker - why poker, where did this name come from
2. Flop, turn, River - although i think flop speaks for itself and to a certain extent so does turn - why River
3. Full house - Why full house
4. Ainsworth - why is holding 6 2 called an Ainsworth
5. Big slick - why is AK called big slick
6. Bubble - why is the last out before the prizes called the bubble

[jim1961]

I like AK = Anna Kournikova
Looks fantastic but never wins.

And

did you mean Bobble for the last one ?

[MRCOOL1]

a few excellent questions for me to investigate. the first is relatively easy, simple etymology:

"POKER" comes from either the Irish Poca ('Pocket') or even the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ('to brag as a bluff' )

[corkonianlynda]

if you google origins of poker you will get all the information you need...Hope Iam not after spoiling your investigation MrC....

[MRCOOL1]

Originally Posted by corkonianlynda

if you google origins of poker you will get all the information you need...Hope Iam not after spoiling your investigation MrC....

not at all, Lynda

still, some of the actual terms I'm finding a bit harder to nail down. teeheee exactly the type of noodle my head likes to chew on....

I shall return with answers...

LOL, btw... googling "poker term origins" will bring you back to this post lmao.

[ch3ckraise24]

hehe..........

[pushy1]

i cant answer those but the term or name sandwich (the food) came from poker there was a man that liked playing poker so much he would not take time to get up and go eat so he would have them put some ham between two slices of bread and bring it to him at the table others saw this and started requesting it and it became known as a sandwich.

[MRCOOL1]

Originally Posted by pushy1

i cant answer those but the term or name sandwich (the food) came from poker there was a man that liked playing poker so much he would not take time to get up and go eat so he would have them put some ham between two slices of bread and bring it to him at the table others saw this and started requesting it and it became known as a sandwich.

sorry, i think you missed the important point that the man's name was John Montagu (1718-92), Fourth Earl of Sandwich