Cowboys

Cowboys Meaning – A Favorite Nickname for Pocket Kings in Poker

Cowboys is a poker slang term for pocket Kings, a hand in which both of the player’s hole cards are Kings.

This is the second-strongest starting hand, with only the American Airlines (A-A) hand being stronger. This noun can also be used in the singular when referring to just one King.

For example, if you hear a player at the poker table commenting something along the lines of: “I had cowboys in my hand and went all-in as I was sure that my opponent couldn’t have anything more than a pair of ladies”, you know that they are commenting how they had pocket Kings and their opponent a pair of Queens.