Poker glossary
Jake
Jake is slang for a jack, the card between the ten and the queen.
The simple explanation
If someone says 'a pair of jakes', he means a pair of jacks.
A closer look
The nickname belongs to a group of names for the jack: jake, john, hook and knave. The names mean the same card. They appear in table talk and in old glossaries, and they can be used for fun, for example 'a jake in the hole'.
A practical example
A player says that he has 'two jakes' and shows a pair of jacks.
Full explanation
Jake is slang for a jack, the card between the ten and the queen.
Jake is slang for a jack.
It is table talk.
The same card is also called john, hook or knave.
The card is the same.