Anyone that has watched even twenty minutes of poker on television will know what "Big Slick" is. For the other 6 people that don't know, "Big Slick" is a nickname for a poker hand consisting of an Ace and a King.

Hold-em Poker has dozens of these nicknames for hands. To some 77 might be 'hockey sticks,' and 88 could be 'snow men' (both getting their name from their shape - if you hadn't noticed or hadn't cared to think about it). To others A5 could be 'high five,' or A8 is 'the dead man's hand.'

Well, I would like to coin a new name for a hand.

I think that from this day forward, King Four should be known as "Wil Wheaton."

I've been reading a lot of WWdN (Wil Wheaton dot Net) lately as he's been recounting his experiences playing at the World Series of Poker.

If you read up on Wil you will find that K4 keeps giving him troubles (and nightmares). Wil seems like a nice enough person and I think it'd be nice to name a poker hand after him - especially since its one that gives him so many headaches.

If you like my idea leave a comment. We can then petition the international poker jargon standardization committee and have them include the name in the official 2006 glossary.

andre