THE AQ URBAN LEGEND

A dealer once told me in Houston there is a common belief that if you raise with AQ, the flop will come “King Little Little”. Years later I have come to agree with this belief. Time and again I have looked down at that deceptively beautiful hand and with a glimmer of hope I watch the dealer in slow motion flop K-3-7.

My friend Suzanne Carpenter thinks I am crazy and she has become determined to find at least one person in Vegas that has heard of this “King Little Little” urban legend.

Not only is AQ a potential nemesis hand, but also it is what I like to call “The Break Hand.” This is because whenever you go on break during a tournament you can hear at least ten people on their phones saying, “and he had Ace-Queen” or “I had Ace-Queen!” I want to yell at these people, “its trash! Let it go, man!” But, I keep my secret to myself. Oops.

Am I the only one that has heard of the AQ story? Or is this just a poker urban legend?