Walking Sticks
Walking sticks is a nickname for a pair of sevens, because the sevens look like canes. It is used for the hand 7-7.
The simple explanation
A pair of sevens is a medium pocket pair. It has a good chance to make a set, and it is often played from late position.
A closer look
Sevens are a typical hand for set mining. They are strong enough to see the flop for a small raise, but not strong enough to play for big pots when overcards come. The nickname is an example of the many names for pairs, such as ladies and cowboys.
A practical example
You are dealt 7♥ 7♦ and say, 'Walking sticks.'
Full explanation
Walking sticks is a nickname for a pair of sevens, because the sevens look like canes. It is used for the hand 7-7.
Walking sticks is a pair of sevens.
The sevens look like canes.
It is a medium pair.
It is often used for set mining.
Walking sticks
No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
Read the example transcript
Player A has the button (BTN) and posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player B posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).
- Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
- Player A BTN / SB 77 of hearts (7h)77 of diamonds (7d) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player B BB KKing of clubs (Kc)QQueen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 8 chips
Player A raises to 6 with a pair of sevens. Players call this hand walking sticks, because the sevens look like canes.
- Player A BTN / SB 77 of hearts (7h)77 of diamonds (7d) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB KKing of clubs (Kc)QQueen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
Cards are shown for learning; totals are displayed before pot collection.