Hackberry hammer

[Monty]

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.