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American Airlines

In poker, American Airlines is another name given to the pocket Aces starting hand. This is primarily due to American Airlines having the initials AA which is, in turn, the initials for Ace Ace.

e.g "American Airlines, pocket Aces, bullets...it's all the same to me."
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