The Texas Hold 'em starting hand 7-
5 suited.
Although the specific reason why the hand was named for the small
Cameron Parish town on LA-27, the name is said to have been initially made popular both at the Lake
Charles Isle of Capri poker room and in several homegame circles in Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas.
A weaker, speculative hand that is beleived by most to only be profittable in certain situations, such as many players to an unraised
pot, and in late position, the Hackberry
Hammer will rarely find glory on the felt. Regardless, the novelty value of the ambiguous nickname at least gives some players a second thought when peering down at the 7c5c, 7s5s, 7h7h, or 7d7d.
I snuck in off the big blind with the Hackberry
Hammer and managed to
boat up when the
flop spewed a pleasant 7, 7, 5