Ace Queen Holdem Mystery

Ace Queen is a mystery starting hand for some players and a starting hand that other player seem to love.  When this author plays this hand the flop seems to come with a king in it and miss both of these cards.  Other players seem to make it work.  The question is why and or how come.  There is no logical reason for this disparity of results that seems to prevail when different players play this hand. Doyle Brunson said this was not one of his favorite starting hands.   Other players on TV like this hand.  They have had very good luck with it in live play or online play.   If you watch enough TV tournaments, you will see players draw to this hand all the time, with some missing it and some making it.  Doyle seems to have had my luck with this starting hand, or he would not nave stated that this hand was not a favorite of his.

From a math standpoint it is a good starting hand, however Ace-King, Kings or Aces is far better. This hand is one of those that a player grits their teeth and plays hoping the Flop will be generous.  Truthfully I would rather draw to a pair of tens than this hand.  However I have seen other players catch both an Ace and a Queen on the flop.

Every player develops a prejudice for good or bad for starting hands.   Usually it is because the hand won a big pot or a tournament for the player.  They have a gut feeling about certain hands and will play them like the holy city.  This prejudice against certain starting hands is one that can get out of hand and make a player make serious mistakes in a game.  Refusal to play a decent starting hand is illogical and the same can be said for playing a low suited connector every time it is dealt to you.  Both can cost money in the end.  The list of starting hands is a good place to start when considering which hands to play and which to discard.  These lists from good poker books have validity in math percentages of making it with the flop.  This study is a place to start, but is not the Holy Grail.

Remember poker is a form of gambling and hunches do work all the time in the game.  This should be kept in mind when some other player makes a call that they should have folded.

TagsAce Queen, Doyle Brunson, online gambling, poker cards, poker online, poker tournaments

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